Jewish Care celebrates Memory Way Café 10 year anniversary
Staff and volunteers were delighted to celebrate 10 years since the inception of it’s successful Memory Way Café, in the lead up to Dementia...
Parshat Behar: is the Torah speaking economics?
What is the Torah’s take on economics?
The laws of Shemittah and Yovel perhaps tell us. Every seven years was to be a “Shabbat of...
Torah reading: why specify the obvious?
Lineage
The sidra begins, "Say to the kohanim the descendants of Aaron". The definition of the kohanim as descending from Aaron seems too obvious to...
The changing tides of the Omer
Jews experience time very deeply. Different stages of our calendar are suited for different religious experiences. During the forty days leading up to Yom...
Q&A: Which finance firms are okay to use?
Jacob,
I notice that some financial services firms are authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority while others are not. Should this influence my decision whether...
Hasmonean girls’ GIFTs for teenagers in hospital
GIFT has been working with Hasmonean girls’ year 12 students this year, running sessions to inspire giving.
The initiative inspired and run by GIFT’s High...
Hatzolah evacuate 18 year old Israeli woman with serious brain infection from Ukrainian hospital
An 18-year-old Israeli woman who had been studying in Ukraine and remained in the country after the outbreak of the war to assist in...
Parshat Kedoshim: what is holiness?
What does the term kedusha mean? What is holiness? In what way is God holy, and how are we meant to copy it? Many...
Dying matters
Paula Plaskow is a social worker and Jewish Care’s End of Life and Palliative Care Lead, and her team are winners of the End-of-Life...
Over 400 people attended a reunion dinner celebrating the Boys’ liberation
Over 400 people, including some of the original ‘Boys’ and their children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren from all over the world, as well...
