IN the mere three months since Rabbi Rafi Goodwin was appointed senior rabbi at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue, exciting plans for 2023 and beyond are already taking shape. Included are a multi-million pound building and renovation
By Belinda Keller CRANBROOK United Synagogue is a special shul for so many people of every generation – warm, welcoming and a place of magical memories. And over the past years it has gone from strength
By Simon Rothstein A BUDDING young Jewish artist from Buckhurst Hill has won two competitions for his drawing skills. Noah Keller’s first win came in a contest held by Wohl Ilford Jewish School (WIJPS) in a
AN ANNUAL attendee at the AJEX Parade, Stanley Perry told us that this time there was an extra VIP flavour. His Loughton and Chigwell contingent were accompanied by Barbara Cohen, Mayor of Loughton, who marched alongside
A TIRELESS stalwart of the AJEX Parade since 1954, Arnold Rose is a member of Jewish Care’s Redbridge Jewish Community Centre (RJCC) and Cranbrook United Synagogue on Beehive Lane, which organises a coach to the Cenotaph
Pat Lidiker reports from the AJEX Annual Remembrance Parade & Ceremony IN NOVEMBER, Jewish ex-servicemen and women, together with family members and supporters of all ages, travelled from across Essex and the East Coast to take
CHIGWELL and Hainault Synagogue’s young families committee (pictured) hosted their first pub quiz fundraiser in November. The event was put on by Sarah Chessis, Ashley Sinclair, Jessica Shine, Julie Murray and David Blitz and was attended
JEWISH Blind & Disabled (JBD) held an event to mark the inaugural concrete at the latest in their expanding number of developments, which includes three existing buildings across Essex. A pour ceremony at their eighth development,
By Pat Lidiker WHILE enjoying opening all the cards from well-wishers on his milestone birthday, Rolf Penzias and his partner of 35 years Lucie Bernheim were not at all fazed to find one from King Charles
A NEW initiative is offering older members of the community the opportunity to socialise and chat about interesting topics at Jewish Care’s Chatty Café with Chabad in Buckhurst Hill. Hosted by volunteers, with cake and coffee,
IN the mere three months since Rabbi Rafi Goodwin was appointed senior rabbi at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue, exciting plans for 2023 and beyond are already taking shape. Included are a multi-million pound building and renovation
By Belinda Keller CRANBROOK United Synagogue is a special shul for so many people of every generation – warm, welcoming and a place of magical memories. And over the past years it has gone from strength
By Simon Rothstein A BUDDING young Jewish artist from Buckhurst Hill has won two competitions for his drawing skills. Noah Keller’s first win came in a contest held by Wohl Ilford Jewish School (WIJPS) in a
AN ANNUAL attendee at the AJEX Parade, Stanley Perry told us that this time there was an extra VIP flavour. His Loughton and Chigwell contingent were accompanied by Barbara Cohen, Mayor of Loughton, who marched alongside
A TIRELESS stalwart of the AJEX Parade since 1954, Arnold Rose is a member of Jewish Care’s Redbridge Jewish Community Centre (RJCC) and Cranbrook United Synagogue on Beehive Lane, which organises a coach to the Cenotaph
Pat Lidiker reports from the AJEX Annual Remembrance Parade & Ceremony IN NOVEMBER, Jewish ex-servicemen and women, together with family members and supporters of all ages, travelled from across Essex and the East Coast to take
CHIGWELL and Hainault Synagogue’s young families committee (pictured) hosted their first pub quiz fundraiser in November. The event was put on by Sarah Chessis, Ashley Sinclair, Jessica Shine, Julie Murray and David Blitz and was attended
JEWISH Blind & Disabled (JBD) held an event to mark the inaugural concrete at the latest in their expanding number of developments, which includes three existing buildings across Essex. A pour ceremony at their eighth development,
By Pat Lidiker WHILE enjoying opening all the cards from well-wishers on his milestone birthday, Rolf Penzias and his partner of 35 years Lucie Bernheim were not at all fazed to find one from King Charles
A NEW initiative is offering older members of the community the opportunity to socialise and chat about interesting topics at Jewish Care’s Chatty Café with Chabad in Buckhurst Hill. Hosted by volunteers, with cake and coffee,
