We are a constituent member of the Movement for Reform Judaism in the UK. Today the movement represents over 40 synagogues with more than 35,000 men, women and children. Harlow Jewish Community is proud to be one of the first Reform synagogues in Essex. We joined the Movement for Reform Judaism in 1960.

We cooperate with Leo Baeck college, which over the last fifty years has been a source of rabbinic talent worldwide and for our community in particular. Lionel Blue, Michael Leigh and Tony Bayfield had their Rabbinic careers launched in our synagogue in Harlow town while they were still studying for the Rabbinate at the college.

We belong to the group of Eastern Counties Masorti and Progressive Synagogues and collaborate with our partners from synagogues and communities that represent Progressive Judaism in the UK and abroad.

We also celebrate together important events in the Jewish world, such as Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Day of Independence.