Jewish families face an extreme crisis in London
There is a huge crisis facing Jewish families in the UK, with over 250 families needing access to essential services including advocacy with the...
Parshat Bechukotai: what drives history?
Our sedra contains the tochacha, a whole litany of curses that will befall the Jewish People should they turn away from a life of...
The new Paperweight office
The opening of our secondary premises on Sunday was a very exciting moment not just for everyone involved in Paperweight, but for our community....
Helping your teen overcome exam anxiety
“I’m so worried about my exams - I can’t concentrate on my revision”
“I revise so well but when it comes to the exam my...
The new era of Jewish Germany
A new Synagogue in Germany will be inaugurated this Sunday, May 22 in Eisenberg (Thuringia). I’m working with a hospital in East Germany that...
Belmont U.S. appoints new Rabbinic couple over Shabbat UK
Belmont United Synagogue is delighted to announce the appointment of Rabbi Sam and Rebbetzen Leat Millunchick as the community’s new rabbinic couple.
The Millunchicks spent...
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...
Starmer, Cummings and the Queen
In 1942 Albert Einstein was teaching at Oxford University. One day as he was walking with his assistant in the forecourt after having just...
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...
