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Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1349+ words) Dayan Avraham Dadoun tells the JC about the work of the International Halacha Institute and its benefits for the global kehila As Jews around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, among them will be rabbis in some of the remotest corners…...
Home for the holidays: will it be Norwich or London for Rosh Hashanah?
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (800+ words) Growing up in a small community is very special – but will Jane Prinsley be heading east for Yom Tov? Call me materialistic, but my most enduring memory of Rosh Hashanah is getting a new outfit. Every September, my mother would…...
United Synagogue announces closure of Hackney and East London
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (301+ words) The historic community in north-east London will formally close on October 11 One of the United Synagogue’s oldest congregations, Hackney and East London Synagogue, is to close shortly after Succot. After its Grade II-listed building in Brenthouse Road was sold in…...
The spiritual power of walking
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (214+ words) Why it’s good to be on foot at this time of year Walking is one of the best-evidenced, most accessible and lowest-risk interventions for extending healthy life. The threshold is low, the gains are real and even modest increases in…...
The world is a circle: the parashah for Rosh Hashanah
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (238+ words) “Do not stretch out your hand” Genesis 22:12 Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur It is not impossible that Hal David, the lyricist, was aware that he was referencing the Babylonian Talmud. In Tractate Shabbat 151b we learn that “there is a wheel that…...
Let???s make this a year of awe, not of fear
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (777+ words) Rosh Hashanah calls on us to move from a sense of shared fate to a sense of shared destiny, When colleague after colleague echoed the same experience, I quipped that it had taken their team's tsuris for many of our…...
As we usher in a New Year, know that millennia of Jewish history show we will rebuild to thrive again
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (633+ words) Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis Yoni Finlay, wounded in the Heaton Park attack, has recovered to help lead the prayers – a powerful example of how we respond to adversity. Like Rabbi and Rebbetzen Walker and countless others in the community,…...
Shabbat and Yom Tov times from September 11 to September 18
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (167+ words) Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah times for the week Friday, September 11 (Ellul 29), erev Rosh Hashanah. Shabbat and Yom Tov begin in London at 7.10; Bournemouth 7.11; Leeds 7.14; Manchester 7.19; Gateshead 7.18; Glasgow 7.30. Saturday, September 12 ( Tishri 1). First day Rosh Hashanah. Torah portion: Genesis 21:1-34 and Numbers 29:1-6. Haftarah:…...
Why are Jews defending Mark Ruffalo?
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (401+ words) For Jewish progressives, acting in a way that is ruinous to other Jews is acceptable as long as it affirms their commitment to abstract leftist virtues Is there a difference between being a Jew and being Jewish? It’s a fascinating…...
Aviv Edgware closes restaurant to become simcha space
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (219+ words) The kosher eaterie has been running for over 40 years One of the UK’s oldest kosher restaurants has announced it is closing to become an event space. Owners of Aviv in Edgware explained that the restaurant’s closure came as the owners…...