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Essex youth lead the way on Mitzvah Day

SCHOOL and cheder pupils from across Essex have been hailed by the founder and chair of Mitzvah Day for their “wonderful” achievements this year. Performing a mix of good deeds – from entertaining at care homes

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Essex Menorah Lightings – dates and details

By Simon Rothstein LEYTONSTONE and Wanstead Synagogue (LAWS) are delighted to be organising a Leytonstone Menorah street party and candle lighting on Sunday 18 December at 5:30pm. Free latkes, doughnuts and hot chocolate will be served

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Bringing Auschwitz to life virtually

On Sunday 6th November, Chigwell and Hainault United Synagogue invites the local community to join them in a unique virtual journey to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration camps without leaving their seats. The Triumph of Spirit, is gripping,

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Why I queued to see The Queen 

By Stuart Diamond, Mitzvah Day Chief Executive  The week leading up to the lying-in-state found me – as a South African now living and working in the UK – pondering whether to stand in line to

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A communal wedding made in Essex

BOARD of Deputies’ president Marie van der Zyl has married Adrian Cohen, co-chair of the London Jewish Forum. Both lawyers, originally from Essex, they wed at West London Synagogue followed by a small reception at Tony

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A BIG batmitzvah club mazel tov

CHABAD Buckhurst Hill have celebrated the success of their new batmitzvah programme. The club helps girls who are approaching the age of batmitzvah (Year 7) to further their Jewish learning and life values. The club is

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Beatty celebrates her 105th birthday

By Manny Robinson BEATTY ORWELL, a former mayoress and councillor of Tower Hamlets, celebrated her 105th birthday at home with family and friends and staff and volunteers from Jewish Care’s Brenner Stepney Community Centre. Beatty, the

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Essex youth lead the way on Mitzvah Day

SCHOOL and cheder pupils from across Essex have been hailed by the founder and chair of Mitzvah Day for their “wonderful” achievements this year. Performing a mix of good deeds – from entertaining at care homes

Read More »

Essex Menorah Lightings – dates and details

By Simon Rothstein LEYTONSTONE and Wanstead Synagogue (LAWS) are delighted to be organising a Leytonstone Menorah street party and candle lighting on Sunday 18 December at 5:30pm. Free latkes, doughnuts and hot chocolate will be served

Read More »

Bringing Auschwitz to life virtually

On Sunday 6th November, Chigwell and Hainault United Synagogue invites the local community to join them in a unique virtual journey to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration camps without leaving their seats. The Triumph of Spirit, is gripping,

Read More »

Why I queued to see The Queen 

By Stuart Diamond, Mitzvah Day Chief Executive  The week leading up to the lying-in-state found me – as a South African now living and working in the UK – pondering whether to stand in line to

Read More »

A communal wedding made in Essex

BOARD of Deputies’ president Marie van der Zyl has married Adrian Cohen, co-chair of the London Jewish Forum. Both lawyers, originally from Essex, they wed at West London Synagogue followed by a small reception at Tony

Read More »

A BIG batmitzvah club mazel tov

CHABAD Buckhurst Hill have celebrated the success of their new batmitzvah programme. The club helps girls who are approaching the age of batmitzvah (Year 7) to further their Jewish learning and life values. The club is

Read More »

Beatty celebrates her 105th birthday

By Manny Robinson BEATTY ORWELL, a former mayoress and councillor of Tower Hamlets, celebrated her 105th birthday at home with family and friends and staff and volunteers from Jewish Care’s Brenner Stepney Community Centre. Beatty, the

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