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
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.
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.
A large multifaith crowd celebrated Mitzvah Day with music and dancing at Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge on Sunday.
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
