by Rabbi Jordan Helfman | Mar 25, 2024 | Rabbi Jordan, Sermons
One of the stops on my Israel trip was Ofakim. Ofakim is a religious city, deep inside of Israel, with a highway running straight into Gaza – and thus, a Hamas battalion followed that highway into the city. On the street where that highway hits the city, there are...
by Deborah Roos | Mar 21, 2024 | Stop Press
Purim is here - our great festival of frivolity and nonsense. Throughout the world and history, it has been a time of raucous carnival and fancy dress. One of the commandments of Purim is that we must be happy. Right now, for some, that might feel out of reach. The...
by Deborah Roos | Mar 20, 2024 | News
The Board of Deputies has arranged hustings events in London and in regional communities for the offices of President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Registration is imperative, following which the venue and the time of the hustings for which one has registered to...
by Deborah Roos | Mar 19, 2024 | News
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by Deborah Roos | Mar 14, 2024 | News, Not in Newsletter
Soferet Avielah Barclay, a friend to Oaks Lane, ELELS and so many other shuls, is in the process of restoring the Czech Torah scroll at ELELS and it will hopefully be finished later this year! Avielah is giving a Zoom presentation on Tuesday 19th March, at 7.30pm, ...
by Deborah Roos | Mar 14, 2024 | News
Although I’m not their mother I care for them each day. I cuddle, sing and read to them And watch them as they play. I see each new accomplishment, Growing and learning over the years. They proudly show their work to me, I give the loudest cheers! No,...
by Deborah Roos | Mar 13, 2024 | Not in Newsletter, Stop Press
Feeling the Global Hug In the Moroccan Jewish community, on Simchat Torah (7 October 2023) they recited their traditional plea for rain, through a lament. Why a lament? Because rain is life. By showing how precious life is to us, and lowering our mood through a...
by Rabbi Jordan Helfman | Mar 11, 2024 | Rabbi Jordan
איש לביתו אשה לביתה כל ילד וילדה למטתם בבטחה. כאן שם ובכל מקום. שבת שלום -שאול ורדי A man to his home A woman to her home Every boy and girl to their beds in safety. Here There Every place. Shabbat of Peace - Shaul Vardi These words capture the tenor of struggle of...
by Rabbi Jordan Helfman | Mar 11, 2024 | Rabbi Jordan
A reflection from Rabbi Jordan Helfman on his visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Nova Festival site and Ofakim. “We are not tired from the journey, we are seeking the path“- Meir Ya’ari, Kibbutz Nir Oz I visited the house of the Bibas toddlers, but there was no one there...
by Stefan Roos | Mar 7, 2024 | Announcements
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