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Manchester Reform to Seek New Site
Manchester Reform Congregation, who have been based at Jacksons Row in the heart of the city for the past seventy years, are to sell their building to a leading development company and seek new premises within the city centre. A resolution to sell the freehold and leasehold to Jackson's Row Developments Ltd. was approved by an overwhelming majority of members who attended a special EGM last Sunday, 25th July. Once the Trustees have each signed the agreement, it will lead to an automatic exchange of contracts within the next few days. Football expert and businessman, Gary Neville, who attended the…
‘Not a Dry Eye’ at Adult B’nei Mitzvah
In many ways, it was a traditional B’nei Mitzvah at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue; there were last minute nerves, proud family and friends and large cheers of “Sh’koyach!” Instead of the traditional 13 year old taking to the bimah to read from the Torah for the first time, however, it was a group of ten Jewish adults. The course was run by an organisation called Babel’s Blessing and was targeted at those who did not celebrate a Bar or Bat Mitzvah as children. Participants in the course studied Jewish theology, rituals and practices alongside weekly Hebrew lessons in weekly…