Communities
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Photo Gallery: The Queen’s birthday weekend in our communities
Almost 60 US and UHC communities availed of a free personalised banner supplied by the Office of the Chief Rabbi as part of their celebrations for The Queen’s 90th birthday weekend. You can view some of these communities with their Read more... -
The Chief Rabbi and his communities celebrate The Queen’s 90th Birthday
The Chief Rabbi and his communities joined with people throughout Great Britain and the Commonwealth in celebrating The Queen’s official 90th birthday over the weekend of 10-12th June. Delivering BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day early on Thursday morning, Read more... -
Redbridge Shavuathon
Event A packed three-day programme offering inspiring learning and exceptional ruach over Shabbat and Shavuot brought Redbridge members together to celebrate not just the ‘Festival of Weeks’, but also the Queen’s 90th birthday. A varied learning programme involved sessions delivered Read more... -
Chigwell: Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Solomon
Event Over Shavuot, Chigwell & Hainault welcomed Rabbi Johnny Solomon as their scholar-in-residence, benefiting from his thought-provoking Torah insights at numerous points throughout the weekend, which included two enlightening sermons. His talks variously targeted different groups in the community, making Read more... -
Chief Rabbi launches Bushey’s new learning programme
The Chief Rabbi was pleased to join members of Bushey United Synagogue on Wednesday to launch ‘Engage’, a new adult learning programme that he praised as “ambitious”. A crowd of 140 attended the launch, for which the Chief Rabbi spoke Read more... -
Alei Tzion: Scholar in Residence Rabbi Shalom Rosner
Event Alei Tzion’s latest Scholar-in-Residence programme involved a range of high-quality lectures delivered by Rabbi Shalom Rosner over the course of a weekend. Rabbi Rosner, of the Modern Orthodox Zionist community in Israel, shared thought-provoking Torah insights with a crowd Read more... -
Birmingham Central: A pioneering concert for Lag B’Omer
Event As part of their programme celebrating Lag B’Omer, Birmingham Central members enjoyed an evening of orchestral music that featured works by Jewish composers and used pioneering technology to enhance the sound of the music, thus creating the impression of Read more... -
Valerie Mirvis heads Rebbetzens Leadership Trip to Gibraltar
This week forty Rebbetzens from London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Hong Kong, travelled to Gibraltar on Valerie Mirvis’ two day leadership trip as part of her landmark Investing in Rebbetzens Series, which has been developed in conjunction with the Read more... -
Chief Rabbi celebrates with Stanmore at 70th Gala Dinner
The Chief Rabbi spoke with warmth of the outstanding achievements of the Stanmore & Canons Park community at a gala dinner held in honour of their synagogue’s 70th anniversary. He joined over 300 people, among them former minister, Rabbi Dr Read more... -
Enfield & Winchmore Hill: Shavuot & the Queen’s birthday celebrations
Event For the auspicious occasion of the Queen’s 90th birthday, many Jewish communities celebrated in true patriotic fashion, with the Enfield & Winchmore Hill congregation even fusing their Shavuot and birthday celebrations. Not only did this allow for communal bonding, Read more...