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| Celebration Evening |
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| Monday, September 7 2009 - Harvey
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Our celebrations for the 2009 European Day of Jewish Culture went really well with many people turning up to enjoy our evening with Levow an Bys and Azoy.
Congratulations to our organisers Jonathan Poznansky and Anne Hearle for this entertaining event.
Levow an Bys, a small choir from Penzance, gave a sparkling and melodic display of songs from around the world, leaving the audience clapping for more - always a good sign.
Azoy - a relatively new klezmer band in Cornwall - was a joy to listen to and many of our guests were compelled by the music to leave their seats and dance! (Azoy can be booked at contact.azoy@gmail.com).
Overall, the impression I was left with was one of tremendous satisfaction from both the participants and the audience and I'm sure we've made many new friends as a result of this evening's celebration. Many thanks to the staff at Trelissick Gardens who once again helped to make the evening a great success.
Members : Please note - there is a morning service only for Rosh Hashanna. This will be held, as last year, in the conference room at Trelissick Gardens as will services for Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur. All members should have received details through the post. Please contact me if you need any more details.
This weekend also saw the visit of Andrea Zanardo, a trainee rabbi at Leo Baeck college, and all were agreed that his warm, friendly personality made our Shabbat service equally agreeable.
We also had an unexpected appearance in the Saturday Times (Sept. 5th 2009) with a piece by Simon Rocker of the Jewish Chronicle which will certainly have helped to maintain our positive profile. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Thanks to the generosity of the Exeter Hebrew Congregation we now have our own Torah Scroll. This was presented to us at the service at Exeter Synagogue for erev Shavuot. Sixteen members of Kehillat Kernow were driven in a very comfortable mini bus (patient driver: David Hearle) straight to the synagogue. We were welcomed very warmly and enjoyed a wonderful service during which our chairman, Harvey Kurzfield, was presented with one of Exeter Synagogue's Torah Scrolls. This was a truly memorable occasion for all present and the whole community is grateful to Exeter Hebrew Congregation for making this possible. The scroll has now been with us for several weeks and has been used during all our Shabbat services. |
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| Chanukah Drawings |
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| Sunday, December 21 2003 - Noah
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| I have placed some of the children's Chanukah drawings in the Kid's Zone for all to see. I'll be creating a proper photo gallery for other photos taken on the night and for all previous photos. This gallery will allow other people to easily place their own photos online. |
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