How should we celebrate Israel at 70?
Rabbi Neil Janes asks how Progressive Jews should mark Yom Ha’atzmaut in this piece for the Progressive Judaism page of The Jewish News.
Interfaith guests attend Seder at Newcastle Reform Synagogue
Newcastle Reform Synagogue (NRS) Chair, Linda Scott welcomed a variety of guests and members to our own ‘home produced’ Seder as Brenda Dinsdale, who catered the evening, explains. Chair of North Tyneside, Cllr Cath Davis said how honoured she felt…
Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivor Centre’s Testimony Project
The Testimony Project, of the Holocaust Survivors Centre which is run by Jewish Care, has now been in existence for over sixteen years as Lesley Urbach explains. We have a small but dedicated group of volunteers, who are trained and…
Twinning communities in the UK and Ukraine
Community Connections are currently looking for synagogues in UK to twin with two communities in Ukraine - Lutzk and Cherkassy. These two communities are quite small and under-developed and the twinning process would allow for the congregations to broaden their…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner on Yom Ha’atzmaut
“May the One who blessed our ancestors with the vision, fortitude and bravery to establish the state of Israel 70 years ago today, bring compassion, courage, integrity and many blessings for its future.” Chag Sameach! #Israelat70 #YomHaatsmaout pic.twitter.com/QYrQL1VGVu— Laura JannerKlausner…
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner: What Israel means to me
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner wites on what Israel means to her in this piece for The Jewish Chronicle. I’ve been in love with her for as long as I can remember. I love her contours, her sounds and her smells. Her…
My first time in Poland; the gentle chaos of defiance
"This was the first time I have managed to have a sliver of comprehension of the enormity of the number of victims". Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner writes in The Jewish Chronicle on her first visit to Auschwitz. Click here to read…
For Israel, mourning and celebration are intertwined
Yom HaZikaron leads straight into Yom Ha'atzmaut – we turn from grief to living life, writes Rabbi Neil Janes of West London Synagogue in this piece for The Jewish News. Click here to read the piece in full on the Jewish News…
Living and Learning at Menorah Synagogue
Reform Judaism in the north brought together both its cheder teachers and its Northern Learning House students for Live and Learn, a day of inspirational training and education led by Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers at Menorah Synagogue on Sunday 15 April. In…
Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger’s Pause for Thought: 17 April 2018
Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger of West London Synagogue contributed her ‘Pause for Thought’ on BBC Radio 2. Click here to listen to the broadcast.