The Liberal Jewish Synagogue Podcast

Event order: 1. Welcome by Rabbi Alexandra Wright 2. Introduction  3. Welcome words from Dolkun Isa, President of the World Uyghur Congress  4. Personal testimonies from members of the UK Uyghur Community  5. Words by Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner  6. Reading by Rabbi Michael Hilton  7. Reading by Mr Turgunjan Alawdun, Direct of the Committee for Religious Affairs of the World Uyghur Congress 8. Breaking the fast together and blessing by Rabbi Benji Stanley. THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY: The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (https://www.ljs.org/) and Rene Cassin (https://www.renecassin.org/)

Where has the rise of antisemitism in the 21st century come from? How do we distinguish between antisemitism and anti-Zionism? And what can our communities and faith groups do to combat the rise of racism in the current political climate? This is the first of two seminars with academics and authors who have written recently on the subject of antisemitism. Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and writer. He is a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College and runs the European Jewish Research Archive at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity is his sixth book. Dave Rich is Director of Policy for CST and an Associate Research Fellow at the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck, University of London. He is author of the book The Left's Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism and writes regularly about antisemitism and extremism for newspapers and journals in the UK and abroad.

On November 29 our community hosted The World AIDS Day Service organised by LGBT+ group and BKY. Rabbi Igor Zinkov co-led the service with Rabbi Mark Solomon and Student Rabbi Anna Posner. Sir Nicholas Hytner, theatre director, film director, and film producer, gave a frank and outspoken address during the service. In his own words, it was his first ‘solo gig’ on a bimah since his Bar Mitzvah.