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
On Sunday 6 September, more than 100 members of Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Reform Jewish community in Cambridge. The community was founded in 1976, with the formal congregation established in 1981. In its early years, members met in one another’s homes to pray. As the community grew, … Read more
Did you know that the Talmud says it’s fully permitted to rob and exploit non-Jews? What can we do with that, as Reform Jews, never mind as decent people who are presumably against robbing and exploiting? Well, to start with: never listen to people who tell you ‘The Talmud says’ X. The Talmud doesn’t … Read more
Beth Shalom member Michael Levy, a volunteer educator with Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) and Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), has been awarded an MBE for services to Holocaust education in the King’s birthday honours list. We wish him a hearty Mazeltov! Mike is the author of Get The Children Out! Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport as … Read more
Kol Echad Choir presents its summer concert, Thank you for the Music, as part of Jewish Culture Month 2026.
My dear friends, Jewish tradition teaches us to pay attention to time, because time is where holiness lives. This Shabbat Ha Gadol, as I stand here for the last time as Chairman, I feel above all a deep sense of gratitude for the time shared, for the responsibility you entrusted me with and for the … Read more
Why is Torah scroll number 689 different from all other scrolls used by Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue?
Interfaith Question Time panel took place at Hills Road Sixth Form College on 10th Feb 2026.
Mike Frankl has written a book about his family history, “Three Women, a Rabbi and a Musician from Bohemia”. There will be a launch event on the evening of Sunday 19th April.
Members of the community joined in a willow-weaving workshop to celebrate Tu B’Shevat
David, a stalwart and familiar figure of our community, passed away suddenly on Saturday 24th January. He will be hugely missed by all who knew him. As we offer our deepest condolences to David’s family and friends and wish them a long life, this obituary has appeared in The Times and this in The JC.
