Edgware & District Reform Synagogue (EDRS) celebrated the 80th anniversary of its inauguration on Saturday 14th February with a special Civic Shabbat Service attended by numerous distinguished guests. Joining the community in celebration were The Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet…
This year’s Tu BiShvat celebration at Sinai Synagogue Leeds was Tu BiShvat with a difference. In keeping with Shmita year, the Sinai community celebration included a sustainability marketplace. Celebrations started at ShabbaTots, Sinai’s Friday morning parents/carers and toddlers group, with…
A Jewish, Christian and Muslim audience of almost 200 packed Menorah Synagogue (Cheshire Reform) on Holocaust Memorial Day in a joint Hate Crime Awareness Week event with Wythenshawe’s five Anglican churches. Following the screening of the film, ‘Paper Clips’ –…
As part of its on-going interfaith work, West London Synagogue held, on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday 26 January, a special participatory service, immediately followed by a concert by the London International Orchestra. The sanctuary was packed…
Rabbi Maurice Michaels, minister of Bournemouth Reform Synagogue, visited local schools and churches as part of activities marking Holocaust Memorial Day. Following the end of the Second World War, when the full horrors of the Nazi campaign to exterminate the…
The annual Holocaust Memorial Day service hosted by the Harlow Jewish Community was attended by people of many faiths, including a number of Muslims, one of whom recited the Muslim prayer for peace. Razed Roof, an inclusive theatre company based…
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…