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PRESIDENT’S UPDATE – September 2025
Dear Friends Over the last week the synagogue has buzzed and been busy with cooking and preparation for two amazing simchas. The Nick Simons Hall

PRESIDENT’S UPDATE – August 2023
Norwich Synagogue is so fortunate to have such a wonderful building to use as the focus of our Jewish Community. But the building is in

FROM THE BIMAH – August 2023
Traditionally Rosh Hashanah is a time to reframe. A time when we look inwardly and ask ourselves who am I, why am I hear, and

Jurnet’s House Community Meeting
A meeting of the wider Norfolk and Norwich Jewish community was held in the Nick Simons Hall onthe 30th July 2023. It was heart-warming to

High Holydays and instructions for booking
The High Holyday dates and times can be found in the diary. As Rosh Hashanah falls this year on the Sabbath, the shofar is not

BOOK CLUB
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 5th September 2023 in the Nick Simons Hall at 11am. The new book is The Island of Extraordinary

Chi Kung
Victor Koenik, who is one of our members, is a qualified chi kung practitioner and he is holding a class on Tuesday evenings at 6.30

HERITAGE OPEN DAY- Sunday 10th September
Volunteer Helpers wanted As usual the Synagogue will be open one day only during Heritage Open Days in the City. It is always a very

CHALLAHS
Many of our members are excellent Challah bakers, but the Green Grocer shop in Earlham House Shopping Centre on Earlham Road, makes beautiful Challahs and

HERITAGE OPEN DAY
As usual, the Synagogue together with the NLJC, Norwich Liberal Jewish Congregation, will be contributing to Heritage Open Days and will be open for the

Buber Lecture
September 12th, 7pm, at the SynagogueSocrates and the Foundations of Ethics’ with Armand d’Angour Professor of Classics at Oxford University and Fellow and tutor in

JEWISH BOOK CLUB
The next meeting of the Book Club will be on 1st August at 11 am in the Nick Simons Hall. The book will be Brothers
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