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July 2016
Kabbalat Shabbat
Members of our splendid lay leader team will lead us in a Kabbalat Shabbat service for Friday evening. After this (over dessert) we can talk about singing in our community and come up with helpful ideas. Please do come along and share welcoming shabbat with us. Please let Annie, Sarah or other Council member know if you would like to come along.
Find out more »Monthly Shabbat Service
Please join Norwich Liberal Jewish Community at the Old Meeting House for our community-led Shabbat service. This is truly a community event with Philip reading the Torah portion and Emily our, lay leader, leading the service. This is always followed by a very sociable kiddush. We look forward to meeting our new people and being together with members of the community. Please do not hesitate to contact Annie, Sarah or another council member (via the website contacts page) if you…
Find out more »August 2016
Monthly Shabbat Service
Please join Norwich Liberal Jewish Community at the Old Meeting House for another NLJC first - an August shabbat morning service led by Elliott K. He's a 4th year rabbinic student at Leo Baeck College. We’re very lucky to have him visiting our community. Please do come along and give him all your support. We'll also have a chance to chat with him about studies to become a rabbi. This is always followed by a very sociable kiddush. Please do…
Find out more »September 2016
Hebrew for Adults
In addition to (pre-b'nei mitzvah) Hebrew for young people NLJC has Hebrew for Adults. At present this takes place prior to our monthly Shabbat service at 10:00 a.m. in the OMH. It caters for people with different levels of Hebrew. We are delighted that this was initiated by one of our lay leaders, Emily. This month our Hebrew for Adults will be extra special as Elliott Karstadt, student rabbi, will be participating in this session. We also expect to practice…
Find out more »Monthly Shabbat Service
We are delighted to welcome Elliott Karstadt once more to lead our morning Shabbat service. Please join us. After the Service and our social kiddush we will have a chavurah bring and share lunch. We hope you will be able to contribute with vegetarian or appropriate fish. After our sociable lunch we plan to tidy up around the OMH in preparation for the High Holy Days as we have done for the past several years, to good effect. We do…
Find out more »Hebrew for Young People
We have Hebrew for young people regularly starting at 11:15. We are delighted that this is run by young people (Lily & Ollie) for young people. This also includes joining the Shabbat morning service at about 12:00. After our Shabbat morning service we also have Kiddush. We welcome enquiries regarding Cheder & Hebrew teaching; if you have any queries or wish to come along for the first time please contact Annie, Sarah or another Council member (via website contacts) if…
Find out more »Shehechiyanu – Children and Families event
PJ Library invites you to Norwich Synagogue to celebrate the new school and play year - Shehechiyanu - with arts, crafts, stories, song and games and lunch. There is a free book for children under 8. Older children can come along as helpers. PJ Library is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, a North American Jewish non-profit organization based in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It was created in December 2005 as a Jewish engagement and literacy program for Jewish and…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day
Members of Norwich Liberal Jewish Community and Norwich Hebrew Congregation will again join together at the Norwich Synagogue to display Judaism in Norwich and Norfolk. There will be exhibits, displays and several talks of Jewish practices, the history and current Jewish communities. Please do come along to view the Norwich Hebrew Synagogue and information of Judaism in the area.
Find out more »Talk on A Jewish Boy’s Quest for Freedom and His Future
Talk by Phyllida Scriven and Joe Stirling about his escape from Germany in 1939. Phyllida has written Joe’s story in a book entitled: Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Boy’s Quest for Freedom and His Future. As the hall has limited capacity please respond to Annie on my home email as I look at that more often annie.henriques1@gmail.com or by phone 07764 170652. From Joy Croft: Joe Stirling is known for many things in Norwich – not least as founder of Stirling…
Find out more »Selichot
Please join us with Rabbi Leah Jordan as we enter into the Days of Awe. Selichot prayers of repentance mark thoughts for the beginning the High Holy Days. We will have an evening of thoughtful, supportive spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days. We can all benefit from this Selichot observance and reflective discussion. Please contact Emily or Annie via the website Contacts page if you have any queries.
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