Congratulations to all the trustees elected to our committee at the AGM on 21st July. New to our committee are Shaan Bloch and Miriam Thorpe, while Tina Anderson, Orly Askew, Lilian Coulson, Xavier Scott and Adrian Tellwright are re-elected. Also continuing their terms are Adam Addison, Sam Borin, Lee Carter, Hava […]
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Our next Erev Shabbat service will be at 6.30pm on Friday 3rd August. Please note: our time at Jacob’s Well has now come to an end so we will be meeting in one of our member’s homes this month, while we explore new venues. The location […]
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Our next Shabbat morning service in York will be held on Saturday 18th August at 11am at the Friargate Meeting House. It will led by our community members, Adam Addison and Adrian Tellwright. It will be followed by our normal bring-and-share vegetarian lunch. There is no Cheder or […]
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This is the York Liberal Jewish Community’s first ever writing competition. The prize? Glory, kudos and all proceeds to go the charity* of the winners’ choice! The winning entries will also be published in the YLJC newsletter and on our website. Subject: Social Action!You can […]
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Our term restarts on Thursday 18th October at 7pm at the Friargate meeting house with: “Making a prophet: God’s agents or obsessive troublemakers?” Hebrew is the only language with a tense called the ‘prophetic perfect’, but how perfect were the prophets of old? God spoke through them, […]
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York Liberal Jewish Community has welcomed the decision announced today by English Heritage not to develop a visitor building at the base of the Clifford’s Tower mound. While the community actively supported English Heritage’s objectives of increasing access to the Tower and providing more information and […]
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“Becoming (ever more) Jewish – Why I identify as a Jew – What Judaism means to me?” THIS PROJECT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FUTURE PUBLICATION ARE OF COURSE STILL WELCOME – SEE BELOW In one sense, we are all becoming […]
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On Wednesday 24th January, people from York and further afield, came together at the Minster’s Chapter House to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. The event, named the ‘600 Candles Commemoration’ , was held as part of a series of events all over York to mark National […]
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We are delighted to be marking Purim this year on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March as follows: Adult Purim celebrations Saturday 3rd March, 5 – 7pm, adult Purim celebrations to be held jointly with University J-Soc on the York University Main Campus, room D/L/006 in Derwent College […]
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York’s Liberal Jewish Community’s Mitzvah Day grocery collection for York Foodbank and homelessness charity, Carecent has netted over two thousand items, from tinned food to toiletries and from socks to spam. Generous shoppers at Sainsbury’s Foss Bank – site of the medieval Jewish cemetery – also donated […]
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