Reading Liberal Jewish Community

Name

Reading Liberal Jewish Community (RLJC)

Name Former

Thames Valley Progressive Jewish Community (until about 2007)⁽ⁱ⁾

Address:

The congregation does not have its own synagogue but meets (as of 2019, twice monthly) in rented premises in the centre of Reading.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾  

Although based in Reading RLJC serves Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Oxfordshire.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1978⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Ritual:

Liberal (Progressive)

Affiliation:

A constituent community of Liberal Judaism (formerly Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues) since its formation.^(iv)

Website:

https://rljc.org/, although the site is currently restricted. Certain information may be available on WUPI webside.

Rabbis:

(To view a short profile of a rabbi, hold the cursor over her name.)

Rabbi William Wolff - early 1990s^(vi)

Rabbi Sybil Sheridan - from 1994 until 2003^(vii)

Rabbi Hadassah Davis - from about 2003 until at least about 2015 ^(viii)

Rabbi Dr. Miri Lawrence - dates uncertain^(ix)

Membership Data

National Reports and Surveys^(x)

1983 - 35 male (or household) members and estimated 35 female members

1990 - 44 members (comprising 35 households, 4 individual male and 5 individual female members)

1996 - 22 members (comprising 14 households, 2 individual male and 6 individual female members)

2010 & 2016 - listed as having 50 to 99 members (by household)

Charitable Status:

The congregation is a registered charity (no. 281610), registered as Thames Valley Progressive Jewish Community on 25 September 2011. The governing document is the congregation's constitution dated 3 September 1980.^(xi)

Registration District (BMD):

Reading^(xii) (since 1 April 1998) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

see Cemeteries of Liberal Judaism