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.
LBC Lehrhaus – Autumn 2022 programme
Our programme for autumn 2022 is now available. Sign up and learn with our outstanding faculty and specialist teachers.
Please click on this link: https://lbc.ac.uk/…/additional-learning…/lehrhaus/
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BEREAVEMENT NOTICE – DR STEPHEN HERMAN
Dr Stephen Herman, z”l – Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh, Dean of Leo Baeck College, writes: On behalf of our Principal, Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, it is with feelings of personal and professional grief and loss that I must inform you of the death, last Thursday, of our peerless Chair of Governors, Dr Stephen Herman.
Five New Rabbis Ordained
Leo Baeck College (LBC) ordained five new rabbis in a service held at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue on Sunday 3 July.
New language courses at LBC Lehrhaus!
We are happy to announce that we have added new language courses! As well as Biblical and Modern Hebrew, and Classical Greek you can now learn Yiddish and Aramaic with us at Lehrhaus!
Leo Baeck College statement on Ukraine
Leo Baeck College has been training rabbis from the FSU since the 1990s. Three of our alumni are currently in Ukraine. We join our prayers for their safety with prayers for the Ukrainian people and state at this time of mortal peril.
NLPS Trust Grant Award to Leo Baeck College Library
With the grant awarded by the NLPS Trust we have been able to purchase a bespoke modular shelving system adding 50m to the library’s shelving capacity and maximising the use of our spaces.