Glasgow Reform Synagogue’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day Shabbat Civic Service, was held at the synagogue on Saturday, 24 January 2015. The focus for the service was linked to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust theme of ‘Keeping the Memory Alive’. The shul…
At a time when both the Jewish and Muslim communities are reeling from the impact of the horrific attacks in Paris, the positive and supportive relationship between Bradford’s Jews and Muslims has grown another step closer. Long-term ally and member…
Members at Edgware and District Reform Synagogue (EDRS) have literally walked through fire to help raise funds to build their stunning Holocaust Memorial Garden, possibly the only such memorial on synagogue grounds in the UK. The garden was officially opened…
The Movement for Reform Judaism held its Northern Communities’ Day on Sunday 25th January at Manchester Reform Synagogue. Presenters included Rabbis Laura Janner-Klausner, Bobby Silverman, Debbie Young-Somers, Warren Elf and Esther Hugenholtz amongst others as well as a range of…
Menorah Synagogue, Manchester, hosted the Movement for Reform Judaism’s education day. It was attended by approximately 30 teachers, assistants, Directors of Education and lay leaders from four Northern MRJ communities, including Sinai Synagogue, Leeds; Menorah, Manchester; and one Liberal community,…
Sinai Synagogue Leeds hosted the final celebration of its 70th anniversary year with an all singing all dancing simcha. Almost 100 Sinai members and friends enjoyed a delicious three course meal prepared by a team of volunteers led by member…
Sinai Synagogue Leeds’ Religion School pupils have decided on a special shmita project (you can find out more about shmita, the sabbatical year of rest and release here) and they are co-ordinating Sinai’s collection for the North Leeds Food Bank.…
In 1986, a year after the Thanet & District Reform Community was formed, the synagogue became custodians of one of the scrolls of the Klatovy community, a small town in Bohemia.The synagogue was able to take advantage of a paid…
On Wednesday 10 December 2014, West London Synagogue's own Rabbi David Mitchell and his partner, Ian Kirsh, kicked off a day of celebration as the first of three same-sex Jewish couples to celebrate fully-fledged legal marriages. The other couples were…
Last Shabbat saw the culmination of mutual endeavour between communities to ensure that a ‘weekend of twinning’ between Manchester Reform Synagogue and Manchester Central Mosque was successful. The Weekend of Twinning is an annual event held every November spearheaded internationally…