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Metzora
“Unclean! Unclean!” That’s what you would have had to shout out if you were struck by the leprous curse in the days of the Israelites. You would have also had
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Obedience at Disobedience
The Film/Food/Book/Fact Club met April 6th at Malpas Village Hall for another fantastic evening of good food, conviviality and discussion to view the film, ‘Disobedience,’ based on the book by
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Newsletter for April 2019
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for April added to the Newsletter page. You can view the full version if you are a Kehillat Kernow member. Please apply to become
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Pesach in Cornwall
Spring is coming and, with it, one of the most wonderful festivals of the Jewish year: Pesach. It is fitting that, at the same time as the world around us
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Planting for the future
Envision Abraham sitting under the terebinth tree on the Plains of Mamre hosting the angels of God as they are about to reveal the future birth of Isaac. A seminal
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Holocaust Memorial Day Events in Cornwall
Several events were held during the weekend of January 25-28th throughout Cornwall to remember and honour the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
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Books… Books… Glorious Books!
The 1st of December got off to a rousing start with the sprit of Tzedekah in full swing. The annual Book Swap and Cake extravaganza at The Kurzfields took place.
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Film Food Night – Ushpizin
Happy Beginnings, Happy Endings! Saturday November 3rd was our evening for food and film. Despite the rain outside, the sun shone inside Malpas Village Hall. We came, we ate, we
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Cornwall Jews and Muslims talk story
Over forty members of Kehilat Kernow and members of the Islamic Community Centre gathered together at Carnon Downs on Sunday, 7th October, for a session of story-telling representing their traditions.
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New Booklet on the life of Lemon Hart
A new publication on the life of Lemon Hart, one of Cornish Jewry’s most famous ancestors who lived in Cornwall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, has now
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Ki Tavo
One can never have too much John Humphrys rubbish in this life, so here is some more from the parshiyot of Ki Teitzei and Ki Tavo: Social welfare rubbish When
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High Holy Days in Cornwall
Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur will be celebrated this year as follows. Erev Rosh Hashanah (Sunday, 9 September), 29 Elul 6:30 p.m. Service will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and
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Out of the Wilderness
With the last two parashot of B’midar, we conclude the first four books of Torah. The second law of Torah (Devarim Mishneh Torah), which we call Devarim and the Latin
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From Chukkat to Pinchas
At the last service, we left the children of Israel on the Plains of Moab overlooking the Jordan after their monumental 40 year journey from Egypt into the wilderness and
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Chief Rabbi and Rebbetzin visit Penzance Jewish Cemetery
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and his wife, Valerie, paid a visit to the Penzance Jewish Cemetery early in the day on Friday, 15 June whilst they were on holiday in
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Shabbat with the Jacobs
Members of Kehillat Kernow welcomed members of their extended family, Hannah and David Jacobs to Friday night services and dinner at Estelle Moses’ house on Friday the 28th when the
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Dayenu!
The first night of Passover and Shabbat were celebrated with gusto on Friday, the 30th of March by members of Kehillat Kernow and many visitors from around the world and
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Godfrey and Winifred Simmons’ Plaque
On 2nd April, Godfrey and Winifred Simmons’ son, Bernard, together with his wife, Barbara and daughter Rachael came to Penzance from Bristol to see the recently installed memorial plaque.
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Newsletter for April 2018
I have just added the latest additon of the newsletter for this April: Kol Kehillat Kernow to the Newsletter page. To view the full version, you’ll need to be a
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Judaica Field Trip
Thirteen members of Kehillat Kernow took a trip to the Courney Library at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro on Sunday, the 25th of March, to see their collection of