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Rabbi Leah's video to the community this week
Rabbi Leah speaks about hope and loss, plans to return to our newly renovated Community Rooms, and the themes of Tisha B'Av this week. Watch here, on Kehillah.org.uk
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New Community Room re-build progress update
Towards the end of July, Rabbi Leah along with members of our Management Committee went to see the building progress at the St Mary’s New Community Rooms (our former main venue ‘home’). The building progress is going well, and we have started the process of doing the risk assessments and making the necessary adjustments that will enable us to return to in-person services once it is possible to do so.
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Action Group on Black Jews and Jews of Colour Inclusivity in the Liberal Jewish Community launched by LJ
Kehillah Member Omar Portillo is putting together an action group for Black Jews and Jews of Colour within the Liberal Jewish Community. Liberal Judaism invites members of Liberal Judaism communities - who are Black Jews, Jews of Colour or Black non-Jewish members of Jewish families – to be part of this group. The goal is to make practical and sustainable recommendations to make LJ synagogues and other Jewish spaces welcoming, safe and celebratory. If you are interested in being part of this group, please email Omar@kehillah.org.uk by Sunday 2nd August. An initial meeting is planned for early August.
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Letter about the decision for the High Holiday services to be online
A letter from Rabbi Leah and the Management Committee was sent out to our members last week, which outlines the reasons why the difficult decision was taken for the High Holiday services to be online this year - with some opportunities to meet together for outdoor activities.
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Send us pictures of your gardens!
Many of us have taken the opportunity over the last few months to be more mindful of the changes happening in the natural world around us - whether that be in your garden, your window box, or your local park. We would love to see some of your gardening photos which will be showcased in our upcoming edition of the newsletter, and/or a couple of sentences to explain how gardening/green spaces has been helpful over the last few challenging months.
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Candle-Lighting Friday 7th August from 7pm
Join us to make kiddush, light the Shabbat candles, and for a short catch-up to mark the end of the week and the start of Shabbat.
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Tea with the Rabbi continues
Tea with the Rabbi will continue for at least another week. We will be reviewing with those in attendance this week whether we would like our weekly online Wednesday afternoon tea and chat to continue into August.
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