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,
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
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
By Geoffrey Pepper CHIEF RABBI Ephraim Mirvis, local MP Anna Firth and Deputy Mayor Stephen Habermel were among 300 people attending the induction of Rabbi Geoffrey Hyman at Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation (SWHC), in a
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
Pat Lidiker talks to Natalie Newman about her new book co-written with son Henry TWO years ago, on the publication of her first children’s book Lark the Shark, with its environmentally-friendly theme, Natalie Newman showed she’s
YEAR 8 and 9 students at King Solomon High School welcomed Pamela Halawi, daughter of the late Leslie Sutton OBM, a much loved and missed member of the Essex Jewish community. Leslie would come into King
The café offers uplifting and engaging activities for people living with dementia and provides invaluable support for family carers… all over tea and cake! Neil Rebak, Jewish Care community hub manager, told the Essex Jewish News:
By Simon Rothstein NUCLEAR test veteran Stanley Barclay will receive a medal to honour his service – 65 years after taking part in the programme. Stanley, a member of Ilford Federation Synagogue, served in the RAF
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,
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
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
By Geoffrey Pepper CHIEF RABBI Ephraim Mirvis, local MP Anna Firth and Deputy Mayor Stephen Habermel were among 300 people attending the induction of Rabbi Geoffrey Hyman at Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation (SWHC), in a
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
Pat Lidiker talks to Natalie Newman about her new book co-written with son Henry TWO years ago, on the publication of her first children’s book Lark the Shark, with its environmentally-friendly theme, Natalie Newman showed she’s
YEAR 8 and 9 students at King Solomon High School welcomed Pamela Halawi, daughter of the late Leslie Sutton OBM, a much loved and missed member of the Essex Jewish community. Leslie would come into King
The café offers uplifting and engaging activities for people living with dementia and provides invaluable support for family carers… all over tea and cake! Neil Rebak, Jewish Care community hub manager, told the Essex Jewish News:
By Simon Rothstein NUCLEAR test veteran Stanley Barclay will receive a medal to honour his service – 65 years after taking part in the programme. Stanley, a member of Ilford Federation Synagogue, served in the RAF
