BPS is a welcoming place, hosting all sorts of lively community events.
Welcome Here! is our year-long project through 2024, with funding to welcome asylum seekers into our Jewish community alongside friends of all faiths and none. The project is inspired by Jewish ethics of welcoming the stranger, and by our synagogue members, past and present, who came as refugees from Nazi Germany and have contributed so much to our community.
Unprompted, a refugee child stuck this happy drawing on the wall at our Refugee Week Shabbat, on 17th June 23. BPS marked Refugee Week by welcoming interfaith visitors, refugees and asylum seekers to share our Shabbat service, kiddush and lunch.
Good frank (and quorate) discussion of community priorities at our AGM in July 2023, fuelled by samosas and strawberries.
We loved having Rabbi Shoshana Kaminsky (centre, in blue top) with us for a three-month rabbi-swap in spring 2023, while Rabbi Margaret Jacobi was at her synagogue in Adelaide.
Our annual communal seder has been building back since the pandemic. This year 60 people joined a lively event, bringing delicious Pesach dishes to share. Thanks to Eve and her team of helpers who worked so hard to create such an enjoyable and memorable evening.
Rabbi Shoshana treated us to a wonderfully lively and rowdy retelling of the Purim story, in her first week in Birmingham. Lots of home-made greggers, crowns, and a feast to share!
It's become a tradition - for all ages! Why not try it at home too - from the washing line?
Dancing practice after Shabbat service, beautifully (and encouragingly) taught by Eve. Age no bar - from our 20s to 97! We're learning - and having fun!
Nearly 200 people packed into the Birmingham Progressive Synagogue on Sunday November 27th to hear three talented musical ensembles. The Kol Kinor Choir began the concert. Laurie Taylor, one of their longest serving members introduced them and their conductor and Director of Music - Jake Fifer.
Welcome to The BPS. We are an inclusive and diverse community.
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BPS invite non-Jewish partners and people who have identified with the Jewish community to associate themselves with us by becoming a ‘Friend’.
Friends are welcome in all aspects of synagogue life (excluding a vote at general meetings) and their involvement and commitment to the synagogue is encouraged and valued.