The Voice of the Shaking Mountain

According to Jewish tradition, all generations of Jews stood at the foot of Mount Sinai to hear God speaking. We recall that moment at the festival of Shavu'ot. But what if you couldn't hear? The Voice of the Shaking Mountaintells the story of what it was like to be a young hearing-impaired girl standing at Sinai.  Through her explanation of how it is possible to hear the voice of God in many differnt ways, we might also learn to appreciate that there is a differencebetween hearing and really listening.

Trouble Making Judaism

‘At its heart, Judaism is about – is supposed to be about – trouble-making.’

Elli Tikvah Sarah, the first ordained lesbian rabbi to lead a mainstream synagogue in Britain, has been making trouble for as long as she can remember. She reveals her struggles over many years to be accepted as a radical pioneer and the challenges that remain to make Judaism inclusive and responsive in a changing world.  Read more
Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah is the rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue and the Liberal Jewish Chaplain at Brighton and Sussex Universities.  

This is Not the Way:Jews, Judaism and the State of Israel

Few subjects invoke such passion as the history and current situation of Jews in Western societies. David Goldberg, a progressive Rabbi with many years' experience of dealing with other faiths and other Jews, takes the most difficult issues of this fraught relationship and confronts them head on. He argues that it is wrong to equate anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism, that it is far more difficult to be a Muslim in twenty-first century Britain than it is to be a Jew, that Israel is far too often treated sentimentally and that the identification of Israel with the Holocaust - memorializing the latter and sacralising the former - has had baneful effects. His discussion of the perennial question, 'who is a Jew?', is equally trenchant: he rejects all strict rabbinic criteria, proposing that a Jew is simply anyone who insists that he or she is one. 

High and Holy Days

By Rabbis Andrew Goldstein and Charles Middleburgh

The riches of the Jewish year with its times of preparation and celebration are opened up in this anthology of prayers, poems and prose arranged in forty different themes connected with the High Holy Days.

Siddur Lev Chadash

Services and prayers for weekdays and sabbaths, festivals and various occasions. The use of gender inclusive language, places this siddur at the core of a Movement that speaks to the world of today.

Deluxe Edition, individually boxed and case bound in chestnut leather. 714pp, page size 220x148mm. (Special Offer - £20)

Machzor Ruach Chadashah

Services for the Days of Awe. This new High Holyday prayerbook is a companion to Siddur Lev Chadash. The liturgy is based on 'Gate of Repentance', published in 1973, with many significant innovations like transliteration for frequently occuring sung passages, poetry, and a series of historic illustrations, making this Machzor an uplifiting and inspiring prayerbook. Machzor Ruach Chadashah is available in standard and large print versions. The Standard Edition, case bound in green cloth. 528pp, page size 220x148mm, 2003.
The Large Print edition is in 5 parts, each printed in paperback, page size 297x210mm.
Erev Rosh Hashanah & Erev Yom Kippur Services 100pp
Rosh Hashanah Morning Service 84pp
Yom Kippur Morning Service 80pp
Yom Kippur Additional Service 80pp
Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial & Concluding Services 92pp (£6.25 per part)

Liberal Judaism: A Judaism for the Twenty-First Century

This book seeks to set out the principles of Liberal Judaism and apply those principles to contemporary society and culture, the world of today in which Liberal Judaism and its adherents must find their moral bearings. Available in paperback 256pp, page size 220x145mm. 2007.
By Rabbi Pete Tobias

Haggadah b'chol dor va-dor

The new Liberal Judaism Haggadah offers several options for conducting a Seder, both at home or in a communal setting. There are all the traditional elements of the service, and the opportunity to supplement these with additional study passages, poems, songs and readings. For families with younger children, a shorter, child-centred version of the Seder can be found at the other end of the Haggadah, ensuring that this new book will fulfil the biblical requirement to transmit the story of Pesach from generation to generation.  104 pp, page size 255 x 180mm, 2010

Notes on Haggadah b'chol dor va-dor, including supplementary text and copyright information, can be found here.

Menus to help you use Haggadah b'chol dor va-dor can be found here.

Notes for the previous Liberal Judaism Haggadah can be found here.

Compelling Commitments

By Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah

The author presents a new appraoch to Liberal Judaism as a way of life, with a view to galvanizing indiviudals - both those already involved in Liberal Judaism, and those who are not - into choosing to become committed Liberal Jews in the twenty-first century.

You can download a PDF of Compelling Commitments by clicking here.

Liberal Judaism The First Hundred Years

This book traces ten decades of the development and growth of Liberal Judaism in Great Britain, Ireland and Luxembourg. Available in hardback 384pp, page size 234 x 156mm, 2004.
By Lawrence Rigal and Rosita Rosenberg

Affirmations of Liberal Judaism

A publication containing 42 Affirmations of Liberal Judaism, the basis of our faith, which has enabled us to be part of the proud, developing & dynamic history of Judaism. Available in paperback 8pp, page size 210 x 148mm, 1992 reprinted 2002.
Free of Charge.

Principles of Jewish Ethics

This booklet serves as a ready-reference guide to the main principles of Jewish ethics as stated, or inferred from, the classical sources of Judaism. Available in paperback 75pp, page size 210x148mm, first published 1998 by New Jewish Initiative for Social Justice. Reprinted by Liberal Judaism 2005.
By Rabbi John D Rayner

Aspects of Liberal Jewish Thought

The writers evaluate and outline their response to some of the challenges facing Judaism today. Available in paperback, 12pp, page size 210x148mm, 1999.
By Rabbi David J Goldberg, Rabbi John D Rayner and Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh

Fundamentalism

Available in paperback 16pp, page size 210x148mm, 1998.
By Rabbi John D Rayner

Guide to Jewish Marriage

This booklet has been written mainly for Jewish engaged couples and their parents, who may wish to know in some detail the marriage laws and customs of Judaism. Available in paperback 34pp, page size 210x148mm, 1995.
By Rabbi John D Rayner

Signposts to the Messianic Age

This collection of sermons and lectures is a summation of Rabbi Rayner's life as a preacher and teacher. If there is a common thread that runs through this volume, it is its emphasis on the gentler and more outward-looking values of Judaism, which are not much in evidence nowadays. Published by Vallentine Mitchell. Available in hardback 262pp, page size 235x152mm, 2006.
By Rabbi John D Rayner

A Jewish Understanding of the World

This is the second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons. It combines a radically progressive stance with Jewish commitment and seeks to understand contemporary history from a 'prophetic' point of view. Published by Berghahn Books. Available in paperback 196pp, page size 215x138mm, 1998.
By Rabbi John D. Rayner

Aspects of Liberal Judaism

A book of essays in honour of the 80th birthday of Rabbi John D Rayner the Hon. Life President of Liberal Judaism. Published by Vallentine Mitchell. Available in hardback 284pp, page size 235x152mm, 2004.
Edited by David J Goldberg and Edward Kessler

The Jewish People

The first part offers a survey of Jewish history and literature. The second part presents what the preface describes as "a thematic analysis of the teachings and practices of Judaism". Published by Penguin Books. Available in paperback 423pp, page size 197x128mm, first published by Viking 1987, published by Penguin 1989.
By Rabbi David J Goldberg and Rabbi John D Rayner

Covenant of Love

Covenant of Love is a compendium of texts from which rabbis, and lesbian and gay couples can choose the material to construct a Commitment Ceremony. Available in paperback. 36pp, page size 210x148mm, 1996.

Tzidduk Ha-Din. Funeral Service

This is a partner publication to Siddur Lev Chadash and contains meditations, the funeral service and the consecration of tombstone or other memorial. Available in hardback, 1996 reprinted 2005. 40pp, page size 210x148mm.

Birkat Ha-Mazon. Thanksgiving After Meals

Taken from Siddur Lev Chadash, this booklet contains the blessings before and after meals and the wedding benidictions. Available in paperback. 12pp, page size 210x148mm, 1995.

£16.00 per 10
Also available without covers: £9.30 per 10

Seder Tefillot B'vet Evel

This is written as a partner publication to Siddur Lev Chadash containing the shiva service, prayers for kindling the yahrzeit candle and when visiting a grave or other memorial. Available in paperback. 40pp, page size 210x148mm, 1996. (£34.00 per 10)