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Hamakom Cheder Wellbeing Event
Reform Judaism ran a mental health and wellbeing morning for Hamakom – the joint cheder of Kol Chai and Mosaic Synagogues. Our Mental Health Advocates ran activities for all the children, aged 6 -14, looking creatively at the links between body and mind, being active and being calm, meditation and developing emotional literacy – the ability to express and explore feelings. Parents heard from a panel of experts – Jessica Overlander-Kaye, a secondary school wellbeing practitioner, Michael Benjamin, father of mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin, and Ronit Gerber, cheder teacher and founder of the SMILE programme for building resilience. Discussion…
West London Synagogue announces new Senior Rabbinic structure for 2020
West London Synagogue today announced that Rabbi Helen Freeman and Rabbi David Mitchell will be appointed Co-Senior Rabbis on 31 March 2020, when Rabbi Julia Neuberger retires as Senior Rabbi. This joint appointment reflects West London Synagogue’s rich history and Reform Jewish values of diversity and egalitarianism. I look forward to accompanying West London, and its new rabbinic team, in the next chapter of its journey. Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism Read full press release