Norwich Hebrew Congregation

Refurbishment Project Update – February 2018

Community News, Project News

Welcome to our latest refurbishment project update. We are all very excited as we are now hopefully within spitting distance of achieving our original fund raising target of £385,000. We made significant progress in November and December last year when we received news from the Wolfson Foundation that they would giving us a grant of […]

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NHC Silent Auction – Success

Community News, Project News

With bidding in our silent auction ending at midnight on 9th September the final result was announced at the Annual Garden Party on Sunday 10th September. All the lots sold and a grand total of £1,616 was raised, which will go towards our refurbishment fund. A huge thanks from us all to both those who […]

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Silent Auction – Bidding Update 2

Community News, Project News

Bidding interest has continued and seven of the eight items have now received bids. Thank you again to those who have placed bids so far. Details are shown below. If you wish to bid on an item please email your bid, see below. Bidding Summary Lot 1. Holiday – Reserve met, minimum new bid £620 Lot […]

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Silent Auction – Bidding So Far

Community News, Project News

Early bidding has been brisk and five of the eight items have now received bids. Thank you to those who have placed bids so far. Details are shown below. If you wish to bid on an item please email your bid, see below. Bidding Summary Lot 1. Holiday – No bids – Reserve £500 Lot […]

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Project Update

Community News, Project News

Our funding appeal is continuing to go well as we have almost reached the significant milestone of £300,000 either donated or pledged. A few weeks ago we were delighted to hear from the Garfield Weston Foundation that they had decided to give us a grant of £10,000. We are of course indebted to them for […]

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Tu Bishvat Seder

Happy Birthday Trees!! NHC Cheder celebrated the New Year for Trees with a Tu...

Talk by Professor Lawrence Goldman

An audience of over 40 members and friends greatly enjoyed a fascinating talk about...

From the Bimah – March/April 2018 – “A Most Unusual Visit”

This month “From the Bimah” recalls the recent visit of a large number of...

SHABBAT SERVICE CANCELLED – 3rd March 2018

We are sorry to inform you that the Shabbat service this week has been...

From the President’s Chair – March/April 2018

From the President's Chair

Dear Members and Friends As I approach the end of my three years as your President I would like to extend a heartfelt vote of thanks to Daniel and the members of the hardworking and uncomplaining committee who have done so much to facilitate my term in office, and who have been outstandingly supportive throughout. […]

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From the President’s Chair – January/February 2018

From the President's Chair

Dear Members and Friends, Wishing you all a very happy 2018, and hoping that the forthcoming year brings an increased sense of hope and maybe even some peace in our otherwise troubled world, particularly in the Middle East. As most of you know, in our little community we work hard to keep the show on […]

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From The President’s Chair – November/December 2017

Community News, From the President's Chair

The High Holy Days are well behind us now and it is my pleasure to thank Daniel for leading on the services so brilliantly over the past month or so. We had fantastic attendance for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and for the Simchat Torah Services. Thank you too to our Chatan Torah, Nick and Poppy […]

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From the Bimah – March/April 2018 – “A Most Unusual Visit”

Community News, From the Bimah

This month “From the Bimah” recalls the recent visit of a large number of Chassidic Jews to Norwich. A Most Unusual Visit – Clive Roffe On Wednesday 21st February 2018 Norwich received a visit, at very short notice, from a large group of Chassids from Stamford Hill. They had been studying the history of the […]

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From the Bimah – January/February 2018

From the Bimah

As we close the book of Genesis we are told how Jacob during his last years made an impact on the lives of the Egyptians among whom he had been living for seven-teen years. The narrative tells us that there was a great sense of grief among the Egyptian nation who mourned his passing. Jacob […]

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From the Bimah – November/December 2017

Community News, From the Bimah

Being interviewed on his 92nd birthday, the late Lord Weidenfeld was asked, “Most people if they reach your age think about slowing down. You seem to be speeding up. Why is that?” He replied, “When you reach 92 you begin to see the door closing, and I have so much to do before the door […]

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