Passover details
See here for our guide to Passover preparation and celebration. Chag Pesach Sameach to all!
MoreNew Megillah for Purim
We were delighted to read from our new Megillat Esther this Purim, written by a female scribe, Soferet Linda Coppleson. Unusually, it shows vowels and cantillation marks, to be accessible to more members of our community. There’s a longer article..
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High Holidays 2023
Dates and Service Times: Rosh Hashanah: 1st evening – Friday 15 September, 6.45pm 1st day – Saturday 16 September, 9.30am 2nd evening – Saturday 16 September, 6.45pm 2nd day – Sunday 17 September, 9.30am Both days – Youth (6+)..
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Board of Deputies Rosh Hashanah Message
ROSH HASHANAH PRESIDENT MARIE VAN DER ZYL TISHRI 5784 This Rosh Hashanah, I would like to focus on two wonderful events which demonstrate the esteem in which the Jewish community is held in this country. The first of these was..
MoreMarie van der Zyl visits Belsize Square: AGM guest speaker
We were delighted and honoured to welcome Marie van der Zyl OBE, president of the Board of Deputies, as guest speaker at this year’s Annual General Meeting on 15 June. Marie is only the second woman, and the first member..
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Links for Pesach
Are you looking for resources to help you this Pesach? Look no further than the links below which will give you tips for what’s kosher, general shopping, cleaning and our sale of hametz form. The Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesach Guide..
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Rabbi Botnick in the Jewish Chronicle
Rabbi Gabriel Botnick of Belsize Square is one of the Jewish Chronicle’s regular Sidrah commentators for 5783 (2022-3). Click here to read his first piece – thoughts on the Tower of Babel.
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High Holidays 2022
Dates and Service Times: Rosh Hashanah: 1st evening – Sunday 25 September, 6.45pm 1st day – Monday 26 September, 9.30am 2nd evening – Monday 26 September, 6.45pm 2nd day – Tuesday 27 September, 9.30am Both days – Youth (6+)..
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Board of Deputies Rosh Hashanah Message
PESACH MESSAGE PRESIDENT MARIE VAN DER ZYL TISHRI 5783 For the past two years this message has focused on a pandemic which took our loved ones from us, destroyed incomes and tore families apart. Mercifully, the worst appears to have..
MoreAnnual Israel Dinner
We were delighted to hold our Israel Charity Fundraising Dinner in person for the first time since 2019. In a year where the three charities we support have been hit extremely hard, we were delighted to raise a record..
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