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| David & Hannah's visit 5th, 6th & 7th June |
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David Jacobs of the RSGB will be visiting Kehillat Kernow with his wife, Hannah, and will be presenting a Friday night Shabbat service at Gloria's house from 6.30pm, helping with a Shabbat morning service at TBC and presenting a discussion session from 10am on the Sunday at Harvey's.
Look forward to seeing as many members as possible on those dates. |
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Congratulations to Gerry. We celebrated a great BarMitzvah on 30th May 2009, enjoyed the service and had a very pleasant afternoon enjoying the sunshine at Trelissick Gardens. The small group which had travelled from the Exeter Hebrew Congregation expressed its appreciation of the event.
The Klezmer band, AZOY, played to an appreciative audience and all in all it was a day to remember with joy. |
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| Pesach |
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| Friday, March 27 2009 - Harvey
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Just to remind you all that our Pesach communal seder takes place on Wednesday 8th April at the Barn Restaurant, Trelissick gardens starting at 6.30pm. This will be our second Passover service at this venue following last year's very successful event. This is an all ticket affair so please make sure you have purchased your tickets from Anne in good time.
To all our friends out there 'Chag Sameach' for the Passover Festival. |
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| Kehillat Kernow Today |
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| Tuesday, November 18 2008 - Harvey
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Registered Charity No 1090562
Our title mixes Hebrew and Cornish. ‘Kehillat’ is understood as (Jewish) community and ‘Kernow’ is the ancient form for Cornwall – thus we arrive at the Jewish Community of Cornwall.
We have been established since 1999 and our members come from widely differing backgrounds. We have former members of the progressive movement, people who were brought up in the orthodox tradition, others who have been part of the reform establishment for many years, some who have converted to Judaism, and some, indeed, who are in the process of converting. We also have members who are not Jewish at all. The final words of the Dr Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi, in his wonderful book ‘The Dignity of Difference’ apply to the formation of our community within the body of Judaism itself – “Difference does not diminish; it enlarges the sphere of human possibilities.”
With just over 50 family memberships, although still small in number, we continue to grow, with new members joining our ranks each year. We also welcome the many Jewish holiday visitors who come to Cornwall from all parts of the world.
We hold regular fortnightly Shabbat services in the entrance hall of The Truro Baptist Church and festival services are also held on a regular basis either at members’ houses or in appropriate halls.
As a community we are associated with the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain from which organisation we have received considerable help and support, especially from David Jacobs, the director of the RSGB’s synagogue support service.
Our subscription rates are very modest and we have charitable status, which makes such subscriptions even more useful to our budgetary needs.
We look forward to meeting many more visitors. When you see how (reasonably) well organised we are and you experience the warmth of our community you may wish to become permanent ‘friends’ of the community. For a reduced subscription you will receive a copy of our regular newsletter and be able to attend any services and most events during your visits to Cornwall.
If you require further information you may visit us on our website kehillatkernow.com or feel free to contact me by e-mail.
Remember whatever the weather here in Cornwall, you can be assured of a warm welcome from Kehillat Kernow.
Shalom!
Harvey Kurzfield, Chairman hkurzfield@yahoo.co.uk
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| Latest News |
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| Friday, October 24 2008 - Harvey
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We had really excellent High Holy Day attendances this year.
Rosh Hashanna, as usual, was at the Lipert's house and our Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services were held at premises on the Trelissick Garden estate near Truro. The National Trust catering services also laid on a buffet to break the Yom Kippur fast.
Our European Jewish heritage Day events also went well with heavily oversubscribed visits to the Jewish cemetery in Penzance, a splendid lecture from Julie Stone and an evening concert in Chacewater.
Scarlett Cohen celebrated her Batmitzvah at the Porthminster Hotel very recently and this was well attended by both members of kehillat Kernow and other family members.
We now have a special 'building fund' committee which has the task of raising money towards our own synagogue premises at some time in the future.
Our AGM this year takes place on Sunday 30th November. |
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| Pesach 2008 |
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| Thursday, June 26 2008 - Noah
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Congratulations to Louise Garcia who wrote, produced and directed the all singing, all dancing, all acting 'The Mischling', a musical play inspired by Leisl Munden and centred round a young girl living in Germany in 1938 whose father arranges for her to leave Germany on the Kindertransport.
I saw the final performance of the World premiere of the play on Wednesday 27th June at The Burrell Theatre in Truro (Truro School) and was really moved at the wonderful performances of children whose ages ranged from 6 up to 15. The play, the music, the singing and the dancing were all fantastic and there is talk of Louise taking the production up to Leeds (with her Head Teacher's backing) for the Jewish festival at some time in the future.
I hope that in due course we will be able to show some of the photos from the production either here on the website or in the newsletter. |
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| Pesach 2007 |
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| Tuesday, April 10 2007 - Harvey
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Taking advice from Elkan Levy himself (who we saw at the Pre-Pesach study day in Exeter) we 9slightly) shortened the service. The result was a smoother and much enjoyed seder, held, once again, at Trevarno Gardens. There were plenty of children present to hear the story of the Exodus from Egypt and the 'stranger' in our midst was a very pleasant gentleman from Washington D.C who just happened to be holidaying in Cornwall.
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| Upcoming newsletter |
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| Saturday, July 15 2006 - Noah
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| We are approaching our next newsletter deadline (19th July), so please send your articles, stories, photos and adverts to Harvey before this date. You can contact him using the contact page. |
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Our communal seder was held once again at Trevarno Gardens near Helston and once again we all had a terrific time.
We welcomed guests from Leeds, Israel and Germany so it turned out to be an international affair! |
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