“7th October 2023, the fallout in small Jewish communities in the UK regions” Almost one year on from the atrocities Hamas committed in Southern Israel, we asked JSCN followers and Community Leaders across the country to tell us about how the fallout has affected them and their local communities. WHO: …
The first ever Festival of Lights celebrated at Clifford’s Tower, the site of one of the darkest events in York’s history On the 18th of November 2022, Clifford’s Tower opened its doors for its first Jewish ceremony in over 800 years. The site, where a pogrom in 1190 left over …
Checks on kosher meats entering Northern Ireland from Britain are “insane”, Boris Johnson has told members of Belfast’s Jewish community. The British Prime Minister made the comments during a visit to a north Belfast synagogue. Mr Johnson’s cavalcade stopped at the premises on Somerton Road following political talks at Hillsborough …
Help JCCs in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries keep making a difference While the tragic war is still raging, there has been a tremendous outpouring of financial, social, emotional, and medical support from Jewish communities and JCCs the world over. Major Jewish organizations have mobilized enormous resources and staff who …
PEOPLE IN THE UK WILL BE ABLE TO NOMINATE A NAMED UKRAINIAN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY TO STAY WITH THEM FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS RENT-FREE. Hosts and refugees will be vetted (i.e. DBS checks for hosts) to ensure the scheme is safe.
More than half-a-million pounds was invested in the site at Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow, which will help to educate about the community’s 200-year-old Jewish history. The project will offer access to archive collections, research material and it will tell the story of Jewish history and culture in Scotland. It will …
The Board of Deputies has published the report of its Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community, the result of a 10-month exhaustive investigation unparalleled in UK Jewish history. As society as a whole sought to examine racial diversity, the Board of Deputies became aware of moving and concerning …
Damage to gravestones in the Jewish section of Belfast’s City Cemetery shows a “a total lack of respect”, police have said. About 10 graves in the cemetery on the Falls Road in west Belfast were damaged on Thursday evening. Police said the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. …
Jewish women from 35 Commonwealth countries gathered together on Zoom for the launch of a new Jewish women’s network. Canada and Australia are familiar to us, but it is an education to learn that Eswatini (Swaziland), Barbados, Mozambique and the Cayman Islands also have their own Jewish communities, however small. …
Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Omer Yankelevitch, and Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, opened a window into the small Jewish communities of the United Kingdom, during a special musical Havdalah to celebrate Purim on Saturday evening 27th February. Watch the full recording on Facebook: https://fb.watch/3WoBTDJyEw/ A team from …
