Chair: Jonathon Cowes, Isle of Wight Telephone 07971 415104 email: iwjs.chair@gmail.com We are a small society on the Island with about 30 members, not affiliated to any particular Jewish organisation, but best described as ‘Progressive’ (ie not Orthodox). We meet for the major Jewish Festivals (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, …
A Case Study A hospital chaplain contacted JSCN after reading the following article. We were able to give him the sources of information and support that he needed. A sympathetic Jewish environment for elderly parents can be difficult to find. Here’s one person’s story… “Following the death of our father …
After long-term decline, the Jewish community in Ireland has grown by almost 30 per cent in five years. According to the 2016 Irish census, 2,557 Jews now live in Ireland, with more than half in Dublin. It represents a 28.9 per cent increase since the last census was taken, the …
Newcastle’s United Hebrew Congregation has reached a deal to sell off part of its property to a retirement development builder. Anthony Josephs, president of the congregation, confirmed that the shul had “exchanged contracts on a conditional sale”, dependent on “acceptable planning permission. “The shul was built in the grounds of …
Join us for the first of a series of 4 Regional Meetings on Sunday 16th July in Chester: JSCN is on the road and meeting as many people as possible, listening and learning about the concerns and issues of small Jewish communities. And we’ve not forgotten that you’ve told us about …
York Liberal Jewish Community held the first ever Liberal Shabbat morning service in Leeds, last Saturday (22nd April) as part of the cross-community Leeds Jewish Housing Association Special Shabbat. York Liberals have recently become members of the Leeds Jewish Rep Council and were invited to join Masorti and Reform to worship …
Issues Facing the Jewish Community Today Presented by Jonathan Arkush, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who will lead this discussion which promises to be stimulating and thought provoking. …followed by… Livingstone and the Jewish Community As antisemitism has recently been hitting the headlines in the shape of Ken …
Over 30 Sheffield Reform members and friends enjoyed a rousing Purim celebration on 12th March 2017. We were entertained as Shonaleigh, our own Drut’syla, (traditional story-teller) told us an alternative version of the Purim story – drowned out of course when a certain rogue character in the story was …
South Bucks Liberal Synagogue welcomes Charley Baginsky as their new Rabbi. After being associated with the synagogue for a little while Charley has now become their rabbi too. Rabbi Baginsky studied Theology, first at Cambridge and then King’s College London. She then spent several years working in Israel which included …
The Dreidl Dribblers is starting a new bimonthly cheder, organised by Jody Hall and Anna Turns. The first Passover-themed class will be on Sunday 2nd April. Activities will be tailored to all primary school ages, and beginning with havdalah, festival-based stories and crafts, a short break, some Hebrew letter games and a …
