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January 2020
Remembrance and Resistance ~ Communal Friday Night Dinner
Please join us for a special Friday Night service and dinner in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day. We will be joined by our beloved member Hannah Lewis MBE, who survived Nazi Occupied Poland as a child and who now works with the Holocaust Education Trust in order to teach young people about her experiences. Hannah and Rabbi Jeremy will hold a public conversation about Hannah’s life, learning and teaching. Dinner will follow Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6.30pm. Minimum donation: members…
Find out more »February 2020
SILVER AT THE CONCLUSION OF SHABBAT
Join Stephanie Souroujon former curator at the Goldsmiths’ Company with Rabbi Jeremy. We will schmooze, nosh, make Havdalah and then have the opportunity to learn about Anglo Silver Judaica; its makers and their art, with a special focus on New London’s fabulous collection. This event is not taking place at NLS. Confirmation of venue address will be supplied upon booking.
Find out more »Sap Rising and Songs of Freedom ~ Communal Prayer Experience and Friday Night Dinner with Kohenet Rachel Rose Reid
Welcome in Shabbat with Kohenet Rachel Rose Reid, who will be leading a circle of chants and songs based on the Kabbalat Shabbat service. Over a communal Shabbat meal, Rachel will lead us in learning. We have just passed Tu Bishvat (New Year for Trees), when the sap is rising in the bare-branched trees, as well as Shabbat Shirah, where we celebrate the ancient Israelites crossing the Red Sea to freedom. We will explore this turning point in the year,…
Find out more »March 2020
Purim ~ a topsy turvy evening
Please join us for an evening of noise, storytelling, and festive fun! Families are welcome to join us for our youth festivities run by NOAM from 5.30pm. From 6.30pm, Lester Kershenbaum will honour us with his famous megillah reading and the community is invited to a Purim Feast afterwards. Booking details for the Purim Feast to follow but please save the date and start preparing your costumes! On Tuesday 10 March, Shacharit will start at 7.30am and will be followed…
Find out more »Special Shabbat Event: The Book of Sarah
With Dr Sarah Lightman to celebrate the publication of her autobiographical alternative Bible, ‘The Book of Sarah’. After a sermon-free service, all are invited to a sit-down Kiddush where there will be a chance to explore the book with its creator. Booking not required
Find out more »June Jacobs Memorial Lecture
Inspiration for Meeting the Challenges of Today: A Tribute to June Jacobs by Naomi Chazan Naomi Chazan, leading human rights activist, former Israeli Knesset Deputy Speaker and Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be delivering the June Jacobs Memorial Lecture. The Lecture will start at 7.30pm (doors open from 7.15 pm) followed by a finger buffet. Entry is free but for security reasons, registration is essential via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/june-jacobs-memorial-lecture-tickets-89579437509 before Friday 20 March. If…
Find out more »April 2020
Communal Seders at New London Synagogue
New London Synagogue is delighted to be hosting a communal seder on both seder nights. Booking prices are yet to be finalised but please save the dates. Come to either, come to both – either way, all who are hungry, come and eat! Both sedarim will follow evening service on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 April 2020.
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