Tu b'shvat (the New Year for Trees) was celebrated in Bristol on Tuesday evening at the Bristol Hebrew Congregation’s Park Row synagogue with a seder. Rabbi Dovid Usiskin, the Bristol Chabad rabbi, and his wife Leah arranged a meal of fruits, wine and cake.
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Thursday 9th Feb 2012
Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, spoke to the Oxford University Chabad Society this week at the Slager Jewish student centre on the subject of European anti-Semitism and the future of Dutch and European Jewry. He argued that the battle against ritual slaughter that has been raging recently in the Netherlands has nothing to do with anti-Semitism and that, despite a number of isolated incidents, the vast majority of Dutch people are not anti-Semitic.
Sunday 5th Feb 2012
This past Friday night 45 students gathered at the Chabad of South Kensington Friday night Shabbat dinner, which was held at the Imperial Union. Speakers included Professor Kate Loewenthal from NYU London who spoke on “Mental Health and Religion” and Dr. Naftali Loewenthal from UCL who spoke on a range of topics including the “ Meta-history of Judaism”.
Sunday 5th Feb 2012
Mr Herman Rothman captivated dozens of students including 2 of his grandchildren at Nottingham Chabad with his fascinating life story. In an emotion filled talk he spoke about growing up as a child in Nazi Germany, and his family's miraculous escape to England thanks to tip-offs from a friendly German police officer.
Sunday 5th Feb 2012
On 29 January, 2012, two days after Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Oxford University Chabad Society hosted an event to commemorate 70 years since the Nazi Wannsee Conference.
Sunday 5th Feb 2012
150 students came out for a Sushi and cocktail evening to celebrate Rabbi Zalmy and Mushy Loewenthal’s new baby daughter, Chava.
Monday 30th Jan 2012
The squatters are out, although the lingering smell of cheap beer, tobacco and weed still made me gag as I went upstairs this evening. Chassidism teaches that everything we see, hear or experience, including supposedly negative or sombre encounters, are orchestrated ‘on High’. We are charged therefore to learn and be inspired from each experience.
Thursday 5th Jan 2012
This week, twenty Chabad on Campus couples and their families representing 16 centres across the UK and Europe converged in South Manchester for a two day conference to discuss vital issues confronting Jewish students in the UK and Europe today.
Thursday 29th Dec 2011
Over 100 people from all sections of the Bristol Jewish community gathered in Bristol’s City Centre yesterday evening to witness the lighting of the giant Chanukah menorah. The celebration was organised by Rabbi Dovid and Leah Usiskin of Bristol Chabad. Doughnuts and hot chocolate were served.
Thursday 29th Dec 2011
Jewish students celebrated Chanukah with Chabad of Liverpool Universities, directed by Rabbi Shmuli & Tzivia Brown. "We made a Mega Chanukah party before Chanukah" says Rabbi Shmuli...
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