Click here to read: YLJC newsletter Dec 2020
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York’s Rabbinic Development fund has past £55,000 thanks to a flurry of donations from members and non-members alike following coverage of the community in The Times, the Jewish Chronicle and on the BBC. One anonymous donation following a report in The Times of Israel was for more
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Watch our new film here to learn the history of our community and then read on… Ask most people about the Jews of York and they will tell you about the infamous massacre of the City’s medieval Jewish population at Clifford’s Tower in 1190. A popular fiction
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In this edition… Welcome back to Gabriel All the York High Holy dates How the Rabbinic Development Fund is growing Limmud 2020 A message from our chair … and much much more. Click here to read: York newsletter Sept 20
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Our High Holy Day services programme is listed below. The vast majority of our programme will be online, but we will have two physical services since the the beginning of March. Please email us for details. For security reasons, our HHD online services will be for
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For the moment, York Liberal Jewish Community is holding weekly online Shabbat services, alternating between Friday nights and Saturday mornings. Thanks to all those who have taken part and, in particular, helped to lead our services at this difficult time, especially Shannon, Sam, Ruth, Adrian, Lillian
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As a special treat during the lockdown, student rabbi Gabriel Webber will be virtually returning to lead a zoom Shabbat morning service for the York Liberal Jewish Community on Saturday 9th May at 11am. This will replace our scheduled Friday night service the evening before. Let’s
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To mark Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, on 9th February, Members of the York Liberal Jewish Community and St Nick’s Environment Centre in York had planned to plant some trees on the Millennium Fields next to the Millennium Bridge in Fulford. Unfortunately, when
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Hard to believe, but York’s Liberal Jewish Community has been around for less than six years. Our first service was held on 14thJune 2014. My co-founders Ros Clayton and Rachael Reeves ensured a turnout of fifty people through frantic networking, newspaper articles and even accosting random strangers in
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