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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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The Queen’s Final Letter

Boy, 7 Receives posthumous letter from the Queen The passing of Her Majesty the Queen has had an impact on all of us in the country. But for a boy of seven from Redbridge, in Ilford,

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Kindertransport memorial unveiled in Harwich

The Essex port town of Harwich, where Kindertransport carrying children fleeing Nazi occupied Europe first arrived in Britain, now has a memorial to honour the lives that were saved and recognise Harwich’s role in the rescue

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RAGS turns 50 and raises more than £100,000

ABRIDGE Golf and Country Club saw 110 golfers raise £110,000 at Jewish Care’s 50th Annual Redbridge Aid Golf Society (RAGS) golf tournament. A cheque for £95,000 was presented to Jewish Care’s Chief Executive, Daniel Carmel Brown,

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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,

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

Read More »

The Queen’s Final Letter

Boy, 7 Receives posthumous letter from the Queen The passing of Her Majesty the Queen has had an impact on all of us in the country. But for a boy of seven from Redbridge, in Ilford,

Read More »

Kindertransport memorial unveiled in Harwich

The Essex port town of Harwich, where Kindertransport carrying children fleeing Nazi occupied Europe first arrived in Britain, now has a memorial to honour the lives that were saved and recognise Harwich’s role in the rescue

Read More »

RAGS turns 50 and raises more than £100,000

ABRIDGE Golf and Country Club saw 110 golfers raise £110,000 at Jewish Care’s 50th Annual Redbridge Aid Golf Society (RAGS) golf tournament. A cheque for £95,000 was presented to Jewish Care’s Chief Executive, Daniel Carmel Brown,

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