Typically, Shabbat morning services are held once a month at The Old Meeting House, Colegate in Norwich. Community-led mid-month erev Shabbat services are also a regular feature.

Shabbat morning services are always followed by a Kiddush, with coffee, tea and cakes to follow.

Community-led erev Shabbat services are typically followed by a havurah supper.

Rabbi Stephen Howard

Rabbi Howard first visited Norwich in January 2009 and has since taken on the role of permanent part-time rabbi. He visits PJC once a month, typically for the last weekend of the month.

Rabbi Howard was born in London in 1955 and was an enthusiastic member of both the Socialist Zionist youth movement Habonim and North London Progressive Synagogue, where he was Bar Mitzvah and confirmed. He and his family moved to Brighton in 1973 and he became the first chairman of ULPSNYC, (now LJY-Netzer, the Youth Movement of Liberal Judaism) representing Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue. He graduated in 1978 from University College London with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics and immediately made aliyah with a group from Habonim. After living on a kibbutz for two years, he returned to London and, after two years working for British Telecom, entered Leo Baeck College in 1982. In 1983, he married Abigail whom he had met at a Leo Baeck College Religion School teachers training weekend. They now have three children, Louise, Rachel and Sam. After graduating from Leo Baeck College in 1987, his rabbinic dissertation being on 'The Deaf in Jewish Law', he became rabbi at Southgate Progressive Synagogue, where he has been ever since. He was awarded an MA in Religious Education from the University of London Institute of Education and the Centre for Jewish education in 1994, specialising in Jewish adult education. He has served Liberal Judaism as head of adult education and has chaired the Rabbinic Conference. Currently, he is a governor of the Leo Baeck College - Centre for Jewish Education.