Southend and District Reform Synagogue celebrated Simchat Torah, with the traditional parading of Sefer Torah scrolls, while joyously dancing and singing Hebrew songs. The service was led by Rabbi Warren Elf, who bestowed the honours of Chatan Torah and Kallat…
Over 100 members, past and present, joined forces to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mosaic Reform, formerly Middlesex New Synagogue. Photos of events over the years, including rabbis, weddings and founders, lined the walls of the synagogue in Bessborough Road…
Considering Conversion? Friday, 8 November 2019 6.45 PM MUSICAL FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE AND BRING AND SHARE SUPPER Want an opportunity to think about becoming Jewish by choice? Join us for a relaxed Erev Shabbat Service in the company of Sha’arei Tsedek…
Children at Kol Chai, Hatch End Reform Community gather around Rabbi Naomi for Lulav training, after helping to build and decorate the slightly damp but very attractive Succah. The eye catching chocolate cake, probably a strong motivator, was the top…
This year's World Transplant Games took place in Gateshead and Newcastle. Newcastle Reform Synagogue (NRS) were delighted that Nadia Stock, who received a bone marrow transplant 16 years ago, is one of the competitors. Nadia’s parents, Lisa and Paul, suggested…
The first of Elul is the Jewish new year for animals, according to Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:1. In Temple times it was the time that tithes should be calculated on flocks and herds. Just as Tu B’Shevat, the time for…
On Sunday 18 August, 26 babies and toddlers from 15 families came to Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue for our first “Tea and Tots” event. This event is part of the synagogue’s commitment to young families, for the past two…
On 21 July, the Social Action Group of Newcastle Reform Synagogue (NRS) held a brunch in support of cyclists linked to Freedom from Torture, as Alison Cookson explains. Freedom from Torture provides medical and psychological care for survivors of torture…
Rabbi Paul Strasko, Sinai Synagogue Leeds' new rabbi, and his wife, Katrin Bergmann, were welcomed in style last Sunday with a grand Yorkshire tea party. The weather smiled as Sinai members and friends, many suitably garbed in flat hats and…
Just two days after arriving in the UK, Rabbi Paul Strasko celebrated Shabbat with over 100 members of his new congregation at Sinai Synagogue. A professional jazz musician, Rabbi Strasko brought a musical flavour to his first Shabbat services, sharing…