Beth Shalom welcomed over 100 guest for this year’s second night communal Seder. Mike and Sheila, who have led Beth Shalom’s communal seders for nearly 30 years, treated the community to a wonderful Haggadah reading, full of joy, singing and warmth. This year was particularly poignant as we remembered the victims of the 7 October … Read more
A huge thank you to our amazing team of volunteers who devised menus, shopped, baked, cooked, welcomed and looked after guests, set up the room, washed, cleaned and tidied everything until the early hours of the morning. Our thanks go to this year’s chefs: Portia for the 110 boiled (and peeled) eggs, Shally for her … Read more
Our member Jen Taylor-Friedman, a fully trained Soferet (Sefer Torah writer) asked for help from volunteers at Beth shalom to complete the Torah scroll she has just finished writing for a client in America. The beautifully written individual sheets of parchment were sown together by an enthusiastic group of volunteers on Sunday morning, April 7th … Read more
Beth Shalom celebrated Purim with a short shacharit followed by a juggling Megillah spiel and the Megillah reading. The Cheder team organised lots of activities for the children including a hamantaschen baking session, a Purim mask making workshop and a costume competition with prizes. The Cheder children treated the community to a fantastic Megillah drama, … Read more
There was a special gathering at Beth Shalom on 10 March to inaugurate our Tree of Life in commemoration of the life of Lady Olga Burgen. Olga’s family and friends were all invited to attend and 70 people gathered for this very special occasion. The first gold, silver and copper leaves and apples were up on … Read more
As Purim approaches, our Cheder co-heads Liz and Aga have spent an entire day preparing michloach manot for the community. Seventy bags containing all manner of sweet things will be handed out during our Purim festivities to children and grown ups. This illustrates all the hard work that goes into everything we do at Beth Shalom… … Read more
Mazal tov to Aga Cahn, who has been awarded the Father Stanisław Musial Prize for inter-faith activities in Poland. The award is given to people who have made outstanding contributions to Christian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish dialogue and cooperation. Aga is one of our joint Cheder headteachers – looking after our children’s religious education with enthusiasm and … Read more
We are delighted to announce that we received a very generous grant from the National Lottery Community Fund in January 2024. This will enable us to continue running our Community & Social Lunch Club for up to two years. The Lunch Club is open to all, so please do join us for a chance to spend time with old … Read more
Our children commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day during their Cheder session on 28 January with beautiful artwork and some challah baking. Our teachers were particularly touched by the message from one of the Year 1 students: “no more wars because people die”.
Beth Shalom celebrated Tu Bishvat with a special Tu Bishvat Cheder session with families on 21 January and a joint Beth Shalom-Alumot communal Chevruta for Tu Bishvat on 25 January. Our communal Chevruta took the form of a Tu Bishvat Seder, with talks and study passages on a variety of aspects of the environment and … Read more
