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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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Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur Observances
All the High Holy Day services were well attended this year on the 8th and 9th of October with many visitors from afar and our own community of Kehillat Kernow.
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Rosh HaShannah Shines Despite the Weather
It may have been raining on Erev Rosh HaShannah and on the day of 5780, but the sun certainly shone when a large number of people from within the Cornish
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World Cup VS Bar MItzvah
The Fiction, Film, Food Event at Malpas Village Hall on the afternoon of 22nd September proved that both secular and religious rites of passage can somehow be managed with the showing of Sixty-Six for members of Kehillat Kernow and the greater community from the Cornwall Faith Forum. Add some popcorn, scones, brownies, and some Rosh HaShannah goodies, it was a
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Lev Returns to Kehillat Kernow
By popular demand, Lev Taylor, Reform Judaism’s student rabbi returned to take a service at Kehillat Kernow for Shabbat Va-ethannan on Saturday, 17th of August. Lev is one of four
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Newsletter for August 2019
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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Weekly Commentary on Chukkat
Fair-weather believers seem to be the underlying narrative in the B’Midbar parshot, from the pusillanimous ten spies to the blasphemous insurrection of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and on to
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Banner Turnout for Pesach 5779
The largest Seder in Kehillat Kernow history happened this year with 80 people attending the first night of Pesach at Trelssick Gardens in Feock, Truro.People came from near and afar
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Metzora
“Unclean! Unclean!” That’s what you would have had to shout out if you were struck by the leprous curse in the days of the Israelites. You would have also had
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Obedience at Disobedience
The Film/Food/Book/Fact Club met April 6th at Malpas Village Hall for another fantastic evening of good food, conviviality and discussion to view the film, ‘Disobedience,’ based on the book by
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Newsletter for April 2019
It’s the latest Kol Kehillat Kernow for April added to the Newsletter page. You can view the full version if you are a Kehillat Kernow member. Please apply to become
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Pesach in Cornwall
Spring is coming and, with it, one of the most wonderful festivals of the Jewish year: Pesach. It is fitting that, at the same time as the world around us
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Planting for the future
Envision Abraham sitting under the terebinth tree on the Plains of Mamre hosting the angels of God as they are about to reveal the future birth of Isaac. A seminal
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Holocaust Memorial Day Events in Cornwall
Several events were held during the weekend of January 25-28th throughout Cornwall to remember and honour the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
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Books… Books… Glorious Books!
The 1st of December got off to a rousing start with the sprit of Tzedekah in full swing. The annual Book Swap and Cake extravaganza at The Kurzfields took place.
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Film Food Night – Ushpizin
Happy Beginnings, Happy Endings! Saturday November 3rd was our evening for food and film. Despite the rain outside, the sun shone inside Malpas Village Hall. We came, we ate, we
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Cornwall Jews and Muslims talk story
Over forty members of Kehilat Kernow and members of the Islamic Community Centre gathered together at Carnon Downs on Sunday, 7th October, for a session of story-telling representing their traditions.
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New Booklet on the life of Lemon Hart
A new publication on the life of Lemon Hart, one of Cornish Jewry’s most famous ancestors who lived in Cornwall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, has now
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Ki Tavo
One can never have too much John Humphrys rubbish in this life, so here is some more from the parshiyot of Ki Teitzei and Ki Tavo: Social welfare rubbish When
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High Holy Days in Cornwall
Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur will be celebrated this year as follows. Erev Rosh Hashanah (Sunday, 9 September), 29 Elul 6:30 p.m. Service will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and