Pesach Seder ONLINE from 5.30pm-7pm Coronavirus won’t stop our annual, family-friendly communal seder (2nd night), led by student Rabbi Peter Luyendijk. This year, however, it will be held online on Thursday 9th April (note; this is different from the previously advertised date). With games, songs, and all the
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These are challenging times for all of us and so never has our community been more important. We are here to support you throughout, and out the other side of this crisis which will end. Services In the first instance, we are moving to weekly services, alternating
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To mark Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, on 9th February, Members of the York Liberal Jewish Community and St Nick’s Environment Centre in York had planned to plant some trees on the Millennium Fields next to the Millennium Bridge in Fulford. Unfortunately, when
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Hard to believe, but York’s Liberal Jewish Community has been around for less than six years. Our first service was held on 14thJune 2014. My co-founders Ros Clayton and Rachael Reeves ensured a turnout of fifty people through frantic networking, newspaper articles and even accosting random strangers in
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With many apologies this event has had been cancelled due to the coronavirus. We hope to rearrange the Israeli dancing for some future occasion. In meantime, please keep safe and well.
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LJ have taken the decision to postpone the quiz due the coronavirus outbreak. They hope to reschedule in the not too distant future. Thanks to Katrina for offering to host – we look forward to taking up her offer in due course.
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York Liberal Jewish Community (recently featured in the Times of Israel) has announced that it is launching a campaign to raise £75,000 to allow the community to appoint its first Rabbi. Until this point the community has been sustained by visits from Liberal Rabbis based in London
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York’s Lord Mayor, Cllr Janet Looker, and her Consort, Patricia Castle, joined around a hundred others from across the faith traditions at the York Liberal Jewish Community’s annual interfaith service on Saturday 16th November at the Friargate Meeting House. The service, which included a explanation of Jewish
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The theme of Mitzvah Day this year on 17th November was “going greener” – protecting the environment and caring for animals. To this end members of the community planted a hawthorn tree that will provide blossom for insects and berries for birds in the Groves area which
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9th – 17th November 2019 York will host a number of events during National Interfaith Week, each inviting you to discover more about our diverse and vibrant faith communities, beliefs, traditions, values and contributions to 21st Century York life. Here is the full programme, including our own interfaith service
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