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Parashat Nasso

To become a Nazirite seems a holy choice: to dedicate yourself to God and abstain from intoxicants and hair-cutting. Yet in Parashat Naso the ritual for ending a period of Nazirite living includes bringing a sin offering – so what was the sin in this period of ‘holy’ living?

PROFESSOR MELISSA RAPHAEL: WHAT’S JEWISH ABOUT JEWISH ART? – Free LBC Lehrhaus Talk

Many commentators today would be wary of claiming that modern Jewish art has any exclusively Jewish religious and stylistic characteristics. Instead, they would argue that

LBC Open House 2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Leo Baeck College’s Open House on Sunday 12 March 2023. We enjoyed meeting so many new people and welcoming back long-time supporters and previous students.

Vacancy – Fundraising Executive

Leo Baeck College is the pre-eminent UK institution of Jewish scholarship and learning that is the heart and lifeblood of the intellectual and spiritual life of the Progressive Jewish community.

Vacancy – Chair of Governors

Leo Baeck College, the preeminent UK and international progressive rabbinic educational institution, is looking for a new Chair for 2023.

Dr Jo-Ann Myers in conversation with Dr Anastasia Badder

On Wednesday 16th November, as part of Interfaith UK week, Leo Baeck College partnered with The Faculty of Divinity of Cambridge University to run a webinar comparing two case studies that explored the role of Hebrew learning in Jewish schools.

ISRAEL’S PERPETUAL ELECTIONS: WHAT NOW? – Rabbi Lea Mühlstein – Watch the recording of this talk

On 1 November, Israelis will be heading back to the polls for the fifth time in under four years. In this session led by Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, we will try to understand why Israel has so many elections and how the Israeli electoral system works. And then we will attempt to look ahead [...]

World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) President Rabbi Sergio Bergman met with Britain’s Progressive Jewish leadership as part of his first trip to the UK in the role.

In a day spent at Leo Baeck College, Rabbi Bergman and WUPJ Chair Carole Sterling met with Baeck College Principal Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, Dean Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh and Acting Chair Mimi Konigsberg, as well as Liberal Judaism CEO Rabbi Charley Baginsky and director of youth Becca Fetterman.

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