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Heritage Open Days take place nationally annually. There are very many interesting places to see in Norwich and Norfolk.  The Open Day showcasing Jews of Norwich, which jointly involves the Norwich Hebrew Congregation and  Norwich Liberal Jewish Community is taking place at the Norwich Synagogue, Earlham Road.  There will be an exhibition and talks about Judaism and our history. Refreshments are provided.  Please contact Sarah via the contacts page for more information.

This Sunday we will join together with members of the Norwich Hebrew Congregation at the Jewish Cemetery, Bowthorpe Road, NR2 3TD.  This will be to remember those Jews buried there who were in the forces and also killed in wars.  There will be a short service and we will recite the Kaddish.

Mitzvah Day as it is now, was initiated in the UK in 2015.  To see more information about it access www.mitzvahday.org.uk For more details of this year's Mitzvah Day in Norwich see Upcoming Norwich & Norfolk CCJ events. Council for Christians and Jews, Norwich Hebrew Congregation and Norwich Liberal Jewish Community will participate at the Norwich Foodbank on 15th November.

Please come along to the annual CHRISNUKKAH SOCIAL at the  House of Prayer Fishergate near Colgate NR3 1SE  There will be a Klezmer band this year with lots of seasonal food, readings and a quiz. Plus lighting  of the Hanukkiah.  £7 per head. Booking essential. For Info and bookings please contact margaret.bradley1@gmail.com OR 01263-579576

The Jewish Book Group meets once every six weeks or thereabouts. Meetings are relaxed. Nothing too serious. In fact, nothing serious at all. It's all about getting out and having a friendly chat. If you would like to know more, you can always contact me via the contacts page on this website —Byron Next Book: Norwich 1144: A Jew's Tale ~Bill Albert  

It is important for everyone to remember the holocaust and other genocides, as well as act to help prevent further such events. This Service is coordinated by CCJ (Council for Christians and Jews) on behalf of the Council.  Norwich Liberal Jewish Community and Norwich Hebrew Congregation are involved in this service with CCJ.  We will remember those who died in the Holocaust (Shoah), and also those who, I am sad to say, died in more recent genocides. In the past…

 Please join Norfolk County Council for a viewing of the film    ‘Learning from the past’    This moving and poignant film introduces Holocaust  Memorial Day and explains why we commemorate the  Holocaust, Nazi Persecution, and subsequent  genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.    The film will be introduced by Norfolk County Council’s  Chairman Rex Parkinson- Hare and followed by a 3 minute  silence and a reading by students from Framlingham Earl High  School.   

The Joan Goodman Lecture is an excellent event jointly coordinated by ourselves & Norwich Hebrew Congregation. This year we have the pleasure of two talks by Aaron Rosen - one for younger young people 'Look at Chagall' starts at about 5:15 - 6:00 p.m.; the other for older young people & adults 'From Chagall to Comics:  20th and 21st Century Jewish Art', to start at 7:15 p.m.  As usual, the talks will both be held at the Earlham Rd synagogue. Dr. Aaron…