Norwich Hebrew Congregation

Project Update

Our funding appeal is continuing to go well as we have almost reached the...

Silent Auction in Aid of the Refurbishment Fund

We have been fortunate to have a number of exciting items donated to us...

AJR – Peter Beschorner Rubinstein Finds & Meets Lost Brother in Germany

In August 2016 Peter Beschorner Rubinstein held the Association of Jewish Refugees and other...

IMPORTANT – CST Security Notice

CST wants to ensure that all UK Jewish communal organisations have CST’s new national...

Project Update

Our funding appeal is continuing to go well as we have almost reached the...

Silent Auction in Aid of the Refurbishment Fund

We have been fortunate to have a number of exciting items donated to us...

Zemel Choir Concert – Resounding Success

On Sunday 25th June 2017, The Zemel Choir in...

From the Presidents Chair – July/August 2017

Community News, From the President's Chair

Dear Congregants and Friends Since I last wrote in this newsletter our country has experienced a number of horrific events including terrorist attacks in Manchester and London and the truly awful Grenfell Tower fire. Our thoughts go out to all those affected in these incidents, and we wish to extend our sympa-thies to those who […]

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From the President’s Chair – May/June 2017

From the President's Chair

Dear Congregants and Friends Well although May is here, it’s feeling a little more like December. Let’s hope it warms up soon! It was a pleasure to see so many of you at the visit of Chief Rabbi. I hope you all enjoyed his time with us as much as I did. Of course I […]

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From the President’s Chair – March/April 2017

From the President's Chair

Dear Congregants and Friends It’s been another whirlwind couple of months, with a lot going on in shul and also in my personal life. Peter and I visited Swaziland and South Africa in February, to see my early childhood home and also to visit my brother and his family. My brother David has a profoundly […]

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FROM THE BIMAH – JULY 2017

From the Bimah

This month “From the Bimah” has been written by one of our congregants, Joel Drouet, who recently took to the Bimah to lead our Shabbat Service whilst Daniel was away. So it is a pleasure for us all to read his thoughts on the role of song in our services. “Raise a shout to the […]

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From the Bimah – May/June 2017

From the Bimah

There is a well known “aggadic passage” in which various sages put forward their idea of klal gadol ba-Torah, “the great principles of the Torah”. Among the list are, “Love your neighbour as yourself”, as well a verse which we are all familiar with taken from the Shema, namely, “Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, […]

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From the Bimah – Feb/Mar 2017

From the Bimah

The book of Exodus is crucial to our sense of identity, because in essence it is a recap of our Jewish Journey. It forms the basis on which we celebrate the upcoming Passover festival, describing in painstaking detail our historical past, and the long road from Egypt and slavery, until the moment we were able […]

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