Our last Judaism 101 of the Autumn term will be on Thursday 13th December at 7pm at the Friargate meeting house with: “The real story of Chanukah (or one of them)”. We light eight candles, but there are probably more than eight versions of the Channukah story.
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York Liberal Jewish Community’s first ever writing competition attracted a staggering 25 entries from our 100 members. Entrants were challenged to produce no more than 400 words of poetry or prose on the theme of social action. Judged anonymously, the results are now in and we
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Our next Shabbat morning service will be held on Saturday 15th December at 11am at the Friargate Meeting House. It will led by student Rabbi Gabriel Webber. Cheder and adult Hebrew are both at 10am as normal with Orly Askew and our assistant teachers, Jess Baker and Allison
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Please join us for our next Friday night service led by Ruth Morris and Sam Borin on Friday 4th January at Busk Coffee Shop, Sandringham St, York YO10 4BA. We start around 6pm with coffee and cake, with the service itself beginning at 6.30pm in the back
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York’s Interfaith Weekend, which encompasses its annual interfaith service with the Lord Mayor, Keith Orrell and local MP, Rachael Maskell, as well as grocery collections for those in need has once again proved a great success. Over hundred people – representing every one of York’s faith communities
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The Jews of York have built their Sukkah on the Terrace of the Friargate Friends Meeting House for the third successive year. Afterwards they held a short, informal service in the Sukkah itself, conduced by Student Rabbi Gabriel Webber, to mark the beginning of the festival of
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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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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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