Laura Marks elected as Senior Vice President of the Board of Deputies

The Movement for Reform Judaism is delighted to announce that Laura Marks, a member of the MRJ Board and Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue) has been elected as Senior Vice President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Shavuot around the Movement

Staying up to take part in a 'Tikkun Leyl Shavuot': Jewish learning for all or part of the first night of Shavuot is an increasingly popular activity and many of our synagogues have events planned for the evening . If you are unable to get to a synagogue, services will be live streamed from the Sternberg Centre as well as a special address from HE Matthew Gould, the British Ambassador to Israel who is also a member of West London Synagogue.

Al Jazeera talk at Middlesex New Synagogue

Al Jazeera English's mission is to give the vulnerable and powerless a voice and is not a puppet of its funders Qatar. Those were the key statements Al Jazeera English's editor, Diarmuid Jeffreys strived to get across during his discussion with journalist, broadcaster and Middlesex New Synagogue (MNS) member Steve Levinson who he previously worked with at the BBC.

Muslim-Jewish musical takes Europe by storm

The 38 teenage cast members of 'Step by Step - Sauwa Sauwa', Leo Baeck’s Muslim-Jewish musical of hope, returned from their London-Zürich tour, elated by the audience response. 

Undergraduate Parliamentors

The Three Faiths Forum's Undergraduate Parliamentors year-long programme allows groups of undergraduates of different faiths and beliefs to be mentored by parliamentarians and create social action and community empowerment projects with support from leading NGOs.

Jewish student life with Jeneration

A grey rainy Sunday and looming AS level exams didn't prevent around 50 sixth formers and their parents, one rabbi, one Rich (not Ben, but his brother and founder of PUSH talks, Johnny), four university students and one UJS president from gathering at Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue) to discuss Jewish student life, as Deborah Blausten explains.

An enthusiastic reaction at Leo Baeck College dinner

Over 180 guests including senior representatives of the Reform, Liberal and Masorti movements attended the Kaufmann fundraising dinner on Tuesday 8th May 2012 held at the Inner Temple in the heart of London’s legal quarter.

Manchester Reform celebrates diamond jubilee

It is not only the Queen who celebrates her diamond jubilee this year!  Last Shabbat, 12th May, the Ladies' Guild of Manchester Reform Synagogue celebrated its own diamond jubilee, and enjoyed a special sermon from Rabbi Reuven Silverman.

Leo Baeck College leads three generations to ‘Jerusalem and Back’

Leo Baeck College’s Department of Jewish Education gathered 114 members of nine Reform and Liberal Communities to 'explore' Jerusalem at an event held at Menorah Synagogue. 'Jerusalem and Back', a specially commissioned short play by Debbie Freeman, proved to be a colourful and thought-provoking trigger for the day's programme.

A new light for four synagogues

In a ground-breaking move, the chairs of Middlesex New Synagogue, Kol Chai Hatch End Jewish Community, Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue and Hatch End Masorti Synagogue have signed an accord which begins the process of establishing a new Reform synagogue and the sharing of premises and other resources between the four communities.