The Quest committee organises two lectures a year, one in the winter and one in the summer.

The winter lectures have included  eminent speakers such as Alice Shalvi, Shulamit Laderman,  Ada Rappaport and Karen Armstrong, The Summer lecture is the Louis Jacobs Memorial Lecture. A Memorial Lecture has been established to be held each year on the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Jacobs. The inaugral lecture took place on Wednesday 20th June 2007. A Memorial Tribute was given by Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Chicago, and the Keynote lecture "Jewish Preaching on Social Justice", was given by Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein, Principal of the Leo Baeck College.

The second Memorial Lecture, "Taking Hold of Torah", took place on Sunday 6th July 2008, and was given given by Rabbi Dr Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

The third Memorial Lecture, "Israel’s Future", took place on Sunday 28th June 2009 and was given by Rabbi Michael Melchior.

The fourth Memorial Lecture, "The Talmud and the Jewish Question", took place on Sunday 20th June 2010 and was given by Rabbi Dr Norman Solomons.
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July 2010
The new edition of the Quest journal is at the printers. It’s an important collection of articles, including the 2009 Jacobs Memorial Lecture by Rabbi Melchior on Israel and Karen Armstrong’s Quest lecture. It contains reflections on War and Peace, Church-Synagogue relationships, Ancient Near East Scholarship and humour.

To reserve your copy please email the office.