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Pesach 5776
At the recent Seder, a good time was had by all, despite the absence of esteemed Newsletter Editor and stalwart Seder chef Pat Lipert, and Treasurer and general logistics wizard
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM NETANYA – WEEK ENDING 7TH MAY 2016 Rabbi Dr Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903-1993) was the major leader of Modern Orthodoxy in the United States during the 20th
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Acharei Mot and the last day of Pesach
Last Saturday, being the first day of Pesach, the parsha was different from normal and we would have read of the Exodus and, interestingly, from Deuteronomy, of the danger of
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Penzance Cemetery wins Heritage Lottery Funding
Good news for Jewish-Cornish heritage: a grant of £13,100 has been awarded by the HLF to restore Penzance Jewish Cemetery.
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M’tzora
“On the eighth day, Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.” That is what he does at the beginning of Shemini, which describes the sacrifices, so meticulously
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Newsletter April 2016
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Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
Israel at the moment is in the lovely gap between Purim and Pesach. Last week the country was full of people in fancy dress, after a week of preparation schools
Jeremy’s Notes
Tzav
…and He called to Moses, speaking to him from the Communion Tent. These are the words with which the parsha of Va-yikra launches Leviticus, the third book in our annual
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P’kudei
Earlier Moses received instructions on the making of the tabernacle, the ark, the altars, the lamp and other furniture and implements to be used both to host God’s presence and
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Ceremonies to Mark Restoration of Penzance Jewish Cemetery
The restoration was completed in August 2105. For more details of this and of the cemetery in general go to [intlink id=”7733″ type=”page”]Penzance Cemetery[/intlink] on this site and to Friends
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
Last Monday I ventured for the first time into a Hebrew play at the Habimah theatre in Tel Aviv. The Habimah started life in Bialystok in 1912 and despite persecution
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Liz Berg’s Bat Mitzvah
Saturday 13 February saw a very special event for Kehillat Kernow, that is the Bat Mitzvah of Liz Berg. Liz is an accomplished shaliach tzibbur (prayer leader), so one might
Jeremy’s Notes
Terumah
If a person strikes his male or female slave in the eye and blinds it, he shall set the slave free in compensation for the eye. What on earth is
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Strangers in the land
On Saturday 13 February, we will be celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of one of Kehillat Kernow’s prayer leaders, Liz Berg. Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner will be coming down to Cornwall to
Elkan’s View
View from Netanya
Dear Friends, I attach the current Elkan’s view which I hope you will enjoy. Elkan’s view was originally created to fill a gap for Radlett synagogue before the appointment of
Jeremy’s Notes
Yitro
How much punishment does Pharaoh want? Having watched – nay, been instrumental in making – his people suffer ever increasing horrors, he gathers his army and sets off in pursuit
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Bo
Joseph started life in Egypt as a slave and died there a free man. His grandchildren and those of his brothers and sister started life as free citizens and were
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Making Aliyah
The first two weeks by recently departed Kehillat Kernow member Joanne Gore As I start to write I am taken back exactly one week and was at the airport with
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Shemot
Believe it or not, the last parsha, Va-y’chi, marked the end of Bereshit, and what an immensity and intimacy we have witnessed. Genesis starts on the most macro of levels,
Elkan’s View
View from Budapest
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM BUDAPEST 23 December 2015 From left to right: The Levy-Landau family – Eddie, Julian, Joshua, Jasmine. The Gurwitz family – Sam, Abigail, Jamie,