20 years of Mitzvah Day celebrated at Beth Shalom
A large multifaith crowd celebrated Mitzvah Day with music and dancing at Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge on Sunday.
Kol Echad Jewish Choir Sings at fundraiser for St Mary’s Linton
In a wonderful piece of interfaith outreach, Kol Echad choir sang a Concert for Peace to a full St Mary’s Church, Linton on Sunday evening, 23rd November. This was the first performance led by new choir director Rachel Segman, since picking up the baton in September. The repertoire included many well-known Jewish liturgical pieces, including … Read more
Mitzvah Day 23rd November 2025
Join us for Mitzvah Day where the community gets together to carry out good deeds and promote interfaith cooperation! This year we are having a fashion show and clothes sale, please donate items as below.
24 May 2025 – Leviticus 25:1-13, Ed Kessler
This morning’s Torah portion has inspired some of the most important economic initiatives to reduce, or in some cases cancel, the burden of debt borne by many developing countries. It should not be surprising that religious and community leaders, not just economists and politicians, participated in Make Poverty History campaigns, such as Jubilee 2000, based … Read more
Multifaith youth work wonders on Midsummer Community Orchard
Jewish, Quaker and Bahai youth combined forces with the Friends of Midsummer Common to tidy up the Community Orchard
Guildhall Iftar
Mike Frankl, from Beth Shalom attended an Iftar at the Cambridge Guildhall in March, where he gave this speech: Distinguished guests and friends, It is a huge honour and privilege to be invited to speak at this multi-cultural Iftar hosted by the Mayor of Cambridge and the Cambridge Muslim Community. A few months ago another … Read more
8 March 2025 – Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Amalek, Ed Kessler
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving … Read more
8th February 2025 – The Song of Miriam, Leslie Wheeler
Rebbe Nachman of Brezlov wrote these words that I feel are most appropriate to both the song of Miriam and Shabbat Shirah“. A holy melody has the power to bring one to the level of prophecy. Music is the foundation of true attachment to God. Get into the habit of always singing a tune. It … Read more
Community Chanukah Party 2024
A highly enjoyable Chanukah party held by the community at Beth Shalom
Order of St. George Honors Victims of the Rome’s Jewish Quarter in a Mission of Remembrance and Unity
In a moving gesture of remembrance, members of the Order of St. George the Martyr, led by Grand Master Cllr Robert Dryden, visited the historic Rome’s Jewish Quarter in the Rione Sant’Angelo district of Rome. Alongside Father Eugene Harkness, Knight of the Order; Abdul-Kayum Arain, a close friend of the Order; and Piero D’Angelico, a … Read more
