Jeremy’s Notes
Chayyei Sarah
The Torah has loads of contradictions…. Now, before everyone gathers together into a furious band, comes round to our house with pitchforks and scythes to skewer and shred me to
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Harvey Honoured at AGM Meeting
At the November 20th AGM meeting where 18 members of our community gathered, Harvey Kurzfield officially stepped down as chairman of Kehillat Kernow. Jeremy Jacobson was unanimously voted in as
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Jewish Chronicle 175 Anniversary Article
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Lech L’cha
Bereshit is full of big bangs. First there is the startling sequence of light, sky and water, the Earth and the seas, the sun, moon and all the stars, the
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
WEEK ENDING 5th NOVEMBER 2016 Israel has been enjoying a long summer, and Sukkot despite being so late in October was sunny and dry, and the weather remains extremely pleasant.
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Bereshit and B’nei Mitzvot Rachel & David Barral
After Ha’azinu, some of which was beautifully rendered for us by Isaac Feldman, the story continues in the Torah inevitably to the death of Moses. However, it is not a
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Rachel and David Barral double B’nei Mitzvot
Barral B’nei Mitzvot Rachel and David Barral enjoyed a double B’nei Mitzvot on Saturday, 29 October, Shabbat Bereshit, the 27th of Tishrei at services. Family members and members of Kehllat
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Issac’s Bar Mitvah
Isaac Feldman was the star of his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday the 13th of Tishri for Shabbat Ha-azinu. His leyning of the Torah portion and handling of the Haftarah was
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Ha’azinu and Isaac Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah
Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer come and go. So says Moses at the start of Va-yeilech, as he approaches the end of his long
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM NETANYA WEEK ENDING 24TH SEPTEMBER 201 It’s been a good summer including the unforgettable 50th anniversary of the Belmont Synagogue where I was the first Minister. To
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Ki Teitzei
We are now deep in the stream of Moses’ discourse as he goes through all of God’s laws, accompanying these with promises and warnings. It is as if he were
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Letter from a Moshav by Jo Gore
Helloooo No miracle birth but I have been in Israel now for 9 months! I finally succumbed and took a job at my friend’s company in Ra’anana – not my
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R’eih and Blessing for Elul, Machar Chodesh
You are a very stubborn nation. Why? Because (Ekev) you provoked God your Lord in the desert. So Moses tells the Israelites as he continues his lesson to the people
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Service with the A-Team
Murray Brown made his debut as a Sh’liach Tsibbur on Shabbat R’eih, 3 September, co-leading the service with his mentor, Harvey Kurzfield. A crowd of visitors and members of the
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Maureen Lipman Visits the Penzance Jewish Cemetery
A video of actress Maureen Lipman being shown around Penzance Jewish Cemetery by Keith Pearce is now available. She found the inscriptions on some of the gravestones heart warming. Taken
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Va-etchannan
Words, words, words… Devarim is full of these slippery, chameleon, shape-shifting creatures. Are they to be trusted? To encourage us to do just that, the last book of the Torah
Elkan’s View
View from Edgware
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM EDGWARE WEEK ENDING 6TH AUGUST 2016 This Shabbat is the 100th birthday of one of the great figures of Anglo Jewry, Lieutenant-Colonel Mordaunt Cohen, TD, DL. Mordaunt
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Mas’ei
If a man makes a vow to God or commits himself to some action, he must keep the vow. So we are told in Mattot, and this is not surprising.
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Pinchas
“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel. They stretch out like streams, like gardens by the river; they are like the aloes God has planted, like cedars
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Introducing Kehillat Kernow Cornish Magen David Pendants
“The arms of the Duchy are blazoned sable, fifteen bezants. These arms were designed in the 15th century, based on the arms of Richard, Earl of Cornwall (1209-1272). The bezants