On November 4th, KK members, Jacqueline and Harvey Kurzfield, hosted and organised their annual Book Swap to raise funds for Cornwall Hospices. This year £665 was raised. A multitude of people arrived at the Kurzfield house to swap books, eat cakes, participate in raffles and contribute to this worthy cause which is held every year in honour the memory of one of our beloved, members, Kate Fagin (z’l). Pictures of this special event can be seen in our picture gallery by clicking here.
Jewish wild flower cemetery consecrated
Over twenty people attended the consecration ceremony at the Penmount Wildflower Cemetery section for Jewish burials in Truro on Sunday, the 15th of October. The service was led by Life President, Harvey Kurzfield, to officially mark the site which will eventually be the final resting place for members of the Jewish community who wish to be buried there.
The area has been especially marked off and separated from the other wild flower section of this cemetery with Hawthorne bushes. A portable water facility is on hand to accommodate those who wish to wash their hands after leaving the area and a bench has been placed which will one day have the names of people who are buried there.
In addition, a special book of remembrance will be placed inside the Penmount Crematorium building with a page for each member buried at this particular site with a picture of a Jewish headstone with the appropriate words in Hebrew and English and inscriptions of choice to replicate what the deceased person’s burial plot would have looked like with a traditional tombstone.
Following the ceremony an extra service took place to bury sacred, unusable sacred books.
A High Tea at the Alverton Hotel sponsored by Kehillat Kernow took place after the services.
Many thanks to Susan Cannon, Penmount Funeral Director; Harvey Kurzfield, Rachel Brown and Leslie Lipert for organising this meaningful event.
For Gallery pictures click here.
Teshuvah for Yom Kippur
From Kol Nidrei to Neilah, our final journey of the High Holiday on 29 and 30th of September, couldn’t have been more moving or expertly conducted by our star service leaders, Adam Feldman and Harvey Kurzfield. Highly attended by members, friends and visitors, the second half of the Days of Awe, combined song, remembrance, prayer and thoughtful moments and ended joyfully with Havdalah and a fine communal breaking of the fast.
Our hosts and caterers have become experts at treating us to proper gifilte fish as a savory reward for observing this most important of all festivals..
Some of these moments can be seen by clicking here onto our Photo Gallery.
Rosh HaShanah 5778/2017
Leslie has added a few photos from the Rosh HaShanah services.
I’ve also added some fantastic masthead banners, all taken by our resident photographer: Anthony Fagin. If you browse the website, you’ll see the new photos appear at random. There are currently nine in total – can you spot them all?
High Holy Days in Cornwall
There will be services for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. If you are visiting Cornwall and wish to attend one or more of these, please contact us.