The Synagogue is affiliated to the Movement for Reform Judaism, and from our first minister, Rabbi Lionel Blue, to the present incumbent, Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton, it has been served by rabbis who have graduated from the Leo Baeck College, the institution that ordains rabbis for the progressive world and which now includes the Centre for Jewish Education.

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The Israel Committee was formed to enable the MNS community to engage with the people of Israel and its culture, with a programme of events that includes:
~ Speakers from Israel and the UK;
~ Cultural events including films and concerts;
~ Educational events for all ages;
~ Political briefings of the Israel political scene;
~ And (of course) food and drink from Israel.

Details of events will be announced in Bimah and theMNSwebsite from time to time.

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Severnaya (Northern) Congregation, founded in 2000, is located in the northern outskirts of Moscow and has about 100 members, many of whom are pensioners. It is exceptional in the World Union constellation of Progressive communities in that it is completely self-sustaining on the basis of voluntarism among its members.

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In November 2009, shortly after our meeting at the Sternberg Centre,  MNS had the pleasure of welcoming Rabbi Leonid Bimbat from the Moscow Centre for Progressive Judaism, to take the Torah service at our shul. Rabbi Bimbat joined our Chairman Harry Grant and his wife, Barbara, at their home for lunch on Shabbat, together with Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton and her family and other members from our community.