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STANLEY PERRY of Loughton

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

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ARNOLD ROSE of Gants Hill

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

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Essex puts its best feet forward

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

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Young families quiz a winner in Chigwell

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

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Chief Rabbi helps mark JBD’s expansion

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,

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Chabad caters for all ages

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,

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SWESRS takes a radical look at the Talmud

By Charles Hutchins A NEW adult study group exploring radical readings of the rabbinic text of the Talmud has begun at South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue (SWESRS) The free, weekly drop-in Mishnah Shiur offer

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JWA volunteer Iris wins national award

By Manny Robinson IRIS TAYLOR, a Redbridge-based volunteer for Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA), has won the Unsung Hero Award at the national Third Sector Awards ceremony. The 81-year-old member of Cranbrook United Synagogue has been a

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Sukkat Shalom Reform  Synagogue

By Frank Godson MEMBERS of Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (SSRS) along with guests, including Reform Judaism co-chair Michael Harris, marked the arrival of Rabbi Dr Tali Artman-Partock and the retirement of Rabbi Larry Becker. Although Rabbi

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STANLEY PERRY of Loughton

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

Read More »

ARNOLD ROSE of Gants Hill

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

Read More »

Essex puts its best feet forward

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

Read More »

Young families quiz a winner in Chigwell

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

Read More »

Chief Rabbi helps mark JBD’s expansion

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,

Read More »

Chabad caters for all ages

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,

Read More »

SWESRS takes a radical look at the Talmud

By Charles Hutchins A NEW adult study group exploring radical readings of the rabbinic text of the Talmud has begun at South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue (SWESRS) The free, weekly drop-in Mishnah Shiur offer

Read More »

JWA volunteer Iris wins national award

By Manny Robinson IRIS TAYLOR, a Redbridge-based volunteer for Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA), has won the Unsung Hero Award at the national Third Sector Awards ceremony. The 81-year-old member of Cranbrook United Synagogue has been a

Read More »

Sukkat Shalom Reform  Synagogue

By Frank Godson MEMBERS of Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (SSRS) along with guests, including Reform Judaism co-chair Michael Harris, marked the arrival of Rabbi Dr Tali Artman-Partock and the retirement of Rabbi Larry Becker. Although Rabbi

Read More »