Dates for your diaries:  PJCEA services and events:

High Holydays 2010

Rosh Hashana (community led services):  Wednesday evening 8th September and Thursday 9th September

Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur (with student rabbi Kate Briggs) Friday evening 17th September and Saturday 18th September

Small Communities Shabbaton  - Saturday 6th November 2010, 10 am to 5 pm at the King of Hearts.

Normal service weekends with Rabbi Howard:

     *15/16 October 2010
   * 26/27 November 2010
   * 17/18 December 2010
   * 21/22 January 2011
   * 11/12 February 2011
   * 11/12 March 2011
   * 8/9 April 2011
   * 6/7 May 2011
   * 17/18 June 2011
   * 15/16 July 2011
   * 9/10 September 2011
   * 21/22 October 2011
   * 18/19 November 2011
   * 9/10 December 2011

Full information appears on the website.  We look forward to seeing you at these events.

With no service at the end of August, the next time we meet as a community will be for Rosh Hashana.  Rosh Hashana services will be 'homegrown' this year and, if everyone participates, they should be very special for that reason.  The High Holydays are always special but I found that leading services last year taught me so much that, although I hope we never have such a last minute 'emergency' again, I am sure that everyone who participates in our Rosh Hashana services will be glad of that opportunity.

The turnout for the meeting for the proposed Norwich Jewish Centre was high and the meeting went very well, with the proposal receiving overwhelming support. 

Being rabbi of a large London community means that most of my time is taken up with that community’s needs, leaving almost no time to visit other communities.

That is one of the reasons that I am so grateful to PJCEA for the privilege of being rabbi here, too. It gives me a perspective I would otherwise not have, and allows me to step back a little and broaden my view. Last month, as part of the Liberal Judaism ‘pulpit swap’, I was able to visit two more communities and so gain an even wider experience.

Access:  The Old Meeting House is accessible to those with special access needs, although their is no Disabled Access lavatory facilities.  Events had at other venues, particularly members' homes, may not be accessible to those with special access needs, so those with special needs should check before attending those events.