Woodford Liberal Synagogue is a proud constituent of Liberal Judaism – the dynamic, cutting and growing edge of modern Judaism to which more than 30 other congregations are affiliated.
Our motto is ‘Kol Yisrael areivin zeh ba’zeh’ – all Jews are responsible for each other.
As a community we:
• Proclaim and practise total equality.
• Welcome EVERYONE into our synagogue, embracing all who are Jewish, wish to convert or are non-Jewish members of a Jewish family.
• Provide a fun and friendly environment for all the family – involving children as much as possible.
• Guide individuals rather than instruct them.
• Teach children of all school years in our Cheder, offering dedicated Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Yachdav and Kabbalat Torah programmes.
• Offer different types of marriage and commitment ceremonies to suit a couple’s needs, including those in same-sex relationships – believing above all that a loving, monogamous relationship deserves to be sanctified in front of one’s family and community.
• Place a higher emphasis on ethical conduct than ritual observance.
• Believe that Judaism is not transmitted genetically but culturally and within families through example and influence.
• Seek to preserve the values of the Judaism of the past, while giving them contemporary force as we move into the future.
Woodford Liberal Synagogue is a proud constituent of Liberal Judaism – the dynamic, cutting and growing edge of modern Judaism to which more than 30 other congregations are affiliated.
