One of the humorous memes doing the rounds states “After the 7-day trial of 2021, please can I return it as it’s not an improvement on the last model!” One week into the new year, we might feel that the optimism of New Year’s Eve was naive or stupid, but I don’t believe it was […]
This has been another week when the news has buffeted us like the autumn winds, sun and rain. There has been some encouraging news on the Covid vaccines front, but there have also been troubling developments in both major political parties this week. My training is as a rabbi. As a consequence of my Liberal […]
An Official Brady Photographic Archive, with hundreds of photos taken between the 1940s and the late 1970s, has been launched – you can access the archive at: https://www.bradyarchive.co.uk/ The first Brady Club for Working Lads, was established in 1896, in Durward Street, driven by Lady Rothschild and other wealthy ‘West End Jews’ who wanted to […]
Last night ELELS hosted a special service of prayers and reflections following the horrific events at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Members of our congregation were joined by members of other local Jewish congregations and also from the local Muslim community. The service was led by Rabbi Richard Jacobi with contributions from Rabbi […]
The events that unfolded on Shabbat in Pittsburgh have left all of us shocked and saddened. This was the first murder of Jews in their place of worship in the history of the USA and the shock there is almost palpable. We are writing to you as news of the names and ages of the […]