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Weekly bulletin
A huge thank you to John Adelson for his Erev Shabbat service & Kiddush last Friday including his interesting and informative talk on Noah. Congratulations, as well, to Alexandra who
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Jewish Entertainment for a Sunday Afternoon
In case you’ve been adrift on Sunday afternoons at the end of the month at 5pm, Kehillat Kernow has been offering a series of entertaining events for its members since
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New website for Reform Judaism
Today, Reform Judaism launched its synagogue locator website, to connect those seeking a community for the High Holy Days with their local synagogue.
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Newsletter for August 2020
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for August added to the Newsletter page. If you are a Kehillat Kernow member or a registered website user, you may view the full
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Zoom into a Thriving Kehillat Kenrow
Since the beginning of March, Chairman Jeremy Jacobson has been organising members of Kehillat Kernow to prepare for the long period of self-isolation due to Covid-19, and to make contact,
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Newsletter for April 2020
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for April added to the Newsletter page. If you are a Kehillat Kernow member or a registered website user, you may view the full
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Cancellation of services and our Communal Seder Night due to the Coronavirus
The Prime Minister addressed the country on 12 March 2020 through a news bulletin outlining the serious situation the country faces with the spread of the Coronavirus. The most important
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Getting ready for Pesach, Torah Style
The four special Shabbats leading up to Pesach are God’s proscription for purification before the major festival of Passover to begin the Jewish calendar year. And you thought it was
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Purim Party 2020
Graggers and Hamentaschen: It must be Purim
Jeremy’s Notes
T’rumah: unholy acts in holy places?
One evening last week, an East Asian looking student was walking home from a gym in Sheffield when a man standing in a doorway shouted at her, “Chinese bitch!” In
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Yitro – Wise Old Bird
A wise old bird who, at the beginning of this week’s parsha, arrives in the Israelite camp with his wise daughter Zipporah, who earlier saved Moses from the wrath of
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Bo: A Plague On All Your Houses
Ten plagues, actually, and on their houses not ours. We have a seder plate at home on which all the plagues are represented around the rim. Similar to pictures in
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Sh’mot: sins of the parents
“…for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
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Vayiggash
The last four parashiyot in Bereshit deal mostly with the story of Joseph. However, when discussing the parsha of Va-yeishev two weeks ago, Melanie Feldman focussed on the story of
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Chanukkah Party
The Kehillat Kernow community representing four generations came out in droves to welcome in the 7th night of Chanukkah at a party hosted in the home of Pat an Leslie
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Historic England 100 Places List
Historic England has created a list of the 100 places, buildings and historical sites that tell the remarkable story of England and its impact on the world.
Jeremy’s Notes
Va-yeishev
“I am distressed for you my brother Jonathan; Greatly beloved were you to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.”
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Vayetze – my favourite
We probably all have favourites of one kind or another: a favourite aunt or uncle, a cousin, perhaps a brother or sister whom we somehow gel with better than our
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Chayyei Sarah and Blessing for Kislev – there’s business and business
If Abraham had been dealing with the landed gentry and merchants of Falmouth and Penzance, he would have had an easier time of it negotiating for a burial plot for his
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Lech l’cha
Our cat Queenie loves nothing more than to be cradled in the arms of one of the family and to bury his head in the crook of our elbow or in