Newcastle Reform Synagogue members experienced an emotional siyyum – the ceremony marking the completion of repairs to their Torah scroll – on 28 April, as Brenda Dinsdale explains. Sofer (scribe) Marc Michaels travelled up to Newcastle from London arriving to a crowded shul. In her welcome, Chair, Linda Scott, noted …
Leicester Progressive Congregation’s new Annexe was recently opened by the Lord Mayor, Ross Grant. Shul president Dr Alex Keller affixed the mezuzah and Rabbi Mark Solomon led guests in prayer and song. The £140,000-plus project was funded largely by a series of grants, although the 80-strong congregation had to raise …
Civic Service At the behest of the Lord Mayor of Exeter, on 11th April, we held a Civic Service of rededication of our Shul. His request was that we should arrange a service, followed by a reception that he would host at the beautiful, historic Guildhall close by in the …
UHC in Newcastle held a fun packed Magic Purim Seudah – over 60 people attended Many thanks to the Lipsey family and to Rabbi Aaron’s parents – the magician was great and a lovely time was had by all… including the wicked witch of the Northeast! UHC Newcastle Purim …
A year ago, Israeli parents living in Cambridge started to explore the potential for an organised community in the city, motivated by a desire to boost their children’s knowledge of Hebrew. They formed a WhatsApp group, put up posters and came up with a name, Alumot – meaning both “rays …
A FORMER synagogue in Barnsley has been commemorated with a blue plaque. John Love, of the trust, said the synagogue was a house, most likely lived in by a Jewish family who used it for prayer meetings. John, of Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, said: “I was aware there had been a …
St Annes Hebrew Congregation have appointed Rabbi Danny Bergson as their new Rabbi who, together with his wife Anna and family will take up his new role in August, to replace Rabbi Ephraim Guttentag, who will be leaving St Annes after four years to become Community Rabbi at Hampstead Garden …
The Somerset Jewish Social & Cultural Group meet in and around Taunton. Founded by Jane Warner and Leonard Daniels, the group is now led by Martin Straus. In the latter part of the nineteenth century professing Jews began to stand for Parliamentary constituencies in the West Country as well as …
125 years since its founding Southport Hebrew Congregation marked the anniversary with a communal service, lead by Rabbi Fachler, followed by an afternoon tea. It was attended by Chief Rabbi Mirvis, along with the Queen’s representative, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Southport’s local MP Damien Moore, leaders of the Merseyside Rep …
These days, around 200 Jews live on the tiny island, mostly in the capital Douglas. This small community is without a synagogue, a rabbi, or a place to buy kosher food. However there is a Jewish Cemetery. The community was represented in the island’s parliament, Tynwald, until recently by Leonard …
