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Movie Night
Bagels and Batteries (not included) Pat Lipert The first film/nosh/cultural event of the season took place on Saturday, the 28th of January at Malpas Village Hall in Truro. If you
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Remembering the Holocaust
Pat Lipert From January 25-28th, several venues were arranged in Cornwall to honour all those who died in the Holocaust in observance of Holocaust Memorial Day. School visits, services at
Jeremy’s Notes
Sh’mot
As I said last year, Bereshit goes from the macro – the creation, the flood, the scattering of nations after Babel – to the micro, that is the focus on
Jeremy’s Notes
Va-yiggash
The whole of the book of Genesis can be seen as a history of brothers… and sisters… and brother and sister… “Hang on a minute,” someone is saying. “How can
Jeremy’s Notes
Va-yeitzei
“But the children clashed inside her.” Is it not unusual for twins to fight? Are not twins usually as alike as two pins? Yet in the case of Esau and
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Harvey Feted at Kehillat Kernow Luncheon
Thirty-nine members of the Kehillat Kernow community came out to honour and celebrate the chairmanship of Harvey Kurzfield on Saturday, 3 December at Trevaski’s Farm. The feelings of all those
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December Newsletter
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Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
WEEK ENDING 3rd DECEMBER 2016 The weather is not normally a topic of conversation here in Israel. Occasionally when there is a Sharav, the hot dry wind that blows from
Jeremy’s Notes
Chayyei Sarah
The Torah has loads of contradictions…. Now, before everyone gathers together into a furious band, comes round to our house with pitchforks and scythes to skewer and shred me to
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Harvey Honoured at AGM Meeting
At the November 20th AGM meeting where 18 members of our community gathered, Harvey Kurzfield officially stepped down as chairman of Kehillat Kernow. Jeremy Jacobson was unanimously voted in as
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Jewish Chronicle 175 Anniversary Article
Jeremy’s Notes
Lech L’cha
Bereshit is full of big bangs. First there is the startling sequence of light, sky and water, the Earth and the seas, the sun, moon and all the stars, the
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
WEEK ENDING 5th NOVEMBER 2016 Israel has been enjoying a long summer, and Sukkot despite being so late in October was sunny and dry, and the weather remains extremely pleasant.
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Bereshit and B’nei Mitzvot Rachel & David Barral
After Ha’azinu, some of which was beautifully rendered for us by Isaac Feldman, the story continues in the Torah inevitably to the death of Moses. However, it is not a
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Rachel and David Barral double B’nei Mitzvot
Barral B’nei Mitzvot Rachel and David Barral enjoyed a double B’nei Mitzvot on Saturday, 29 October, Shabbat Bereshit, the 27th of Tishrei at services. Family members and members of Kehllat
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Issac’s Bar Mitvah
Isaac Feldman was the star of his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday the 13th of Tishri for Shabbat Ha-azinu. His leyning of the Torah portion and handling of the Haftarah was
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Ha’azinu and Isaac Feldman’s Bar Mitzvah
Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer come and go. So says Moses at the start of Va-yeilech, as he approaches the end of his long
Elkan’s View
View from Natanya
ELKAN’S VIEW FROM NETANYA WEEK ENDING 24TH SEPTEMBER 201 It’s been a good summer including the unforgettable 50th anniversary of the Belmont Synagogue where I was the first Minister. To
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Ki Teitzei
We are now deep in the stream of Moses’ discourse as he goes through all of God’s laws, accompanying these with promises and warnings. It is as if he were
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Letter from a Moshav by Jo Gore
Helloooo No miracle birth but I have been in Israel now for 9 months! I finally succumbed and took a job at my friend’s company in Ra’anana – not my