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Concert of Rare Jewish Music
On 27th June the shul was full as Kol Echad Jewish Choir and guest professional cantors from the USA entertained us to a evening of rarely performed Jewish music. The…
Ancient Jewish torah and documents at the Wren Library
On 12 June the Cambridge Jewish community was invited to the Wren Library at Trinity College to view a number of ancient Jewish manuscripts including a torah scroll estimated to…
Communal Seder 2024
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…
Catering for a hundred
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…
New Torah scroll
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…
Juggling Megillah spiel
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…
Tree of life dedication ceremony
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…
Preparing mishloach manot
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…
Community & Social Lunch Club update
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…
Holocaust Memorial Day
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…
