Charlie Hall, Chief Constable of Hertfordshire was guest of honour at a special chavurah supper at Radlett Reform Synagogue. Accompanying him were Clare Smith, Chief Inspector of Hertsmere and other senior uniform and CID officers. The occasion marked the recent…
Two hundred guests gathered at the Courtside Restaurant of Wimbledon's All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in early February to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of The Wimbledon Synagogue. They were entertained by actor and comedian John…
What’s the best way to enjoy your ‘five a day’? The answer is to be at the Newcastle Reform Synagogue Tu BiShvat Seder, as Brenda Dinsdale explains. Over 30 people, old and young, attended this special service and meal led…
Two Holocaust survivors, Renee Salt and Harry Olmer, spoke movingly about their ordeals to a hushed audience of over 100 local students at a Holocaust Memorial Day event hosted by Mosaic Jewish Community on 30 January as Jane Harrison explains. Holocaust…
The discussion panel at Kol Chai’s ‘Mental Health Awareness Shabbat & Brunch’ attracted a wide cross section of ages and questions from the Hatch End Reform Community. As part of Reform Judaism's Communities that Care Initiative on mental health, Kol…
The JJBS Woodland Cemetery is now nearly seven years old and proving to be more popular than originally expected. It provides a natural environment where the surroundings are planted with British native trees and plants to provide a green environment…
Reform Judaism mourns Della Carr z”l who died on Friday 11 January. Della was most recently chair of Southend and District Reform Synagogue and previously served as Chair of SWESRS (South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue) and as Chair…
175 people from 24 Progressive communities attended Reform and Liberal Judaism's joint teacher training day at Alyth Synagogue on 6 January. The event included a track for madrichim (teaching assistants), an inclusion track exploring special educational needs skills, LGBTQ students,…
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen was officially inaugurated as Manchester Reform Synagogue's Associate Rabbi on 16 December 2018. She previously completed a degree in theology and religious studies at Newnham College Cambridge and worked as a solicitor with a focus on human…
Maidenhead Synagogue has acquired a purple double-decker bus - not dissimilar to the ‘night bus’ in the Harry Potter novels - which will live in its car park and be a source of both refuge and hope for homeless people…