Events Calendar

Free event for members and new olim

Bring along your favourite game or just come along for the social.

What is the evidence for the first Jews in England? Which is the oldest shul that still exists in Britain and is still in use? What is the Lokshen Buchel? Where is the 1760  furniture from Leadenhall Street? Which shul has a bimah similar to Nelson’s ships? Who was Anglo Jewry’s most notable ancestor? Which Sefer Torah mantle needs two people to lift it? Elkan levy will give an illustrated talk on the places, personalities  and communal rows involved.

From the Old World of Yiddish folk songs and theatre to the music of the great White Way, written and performed by Lynn Gross, pianist and alto vocalist, accompanied by Jo Levitt, soprano vocalist.

Pre-booking essential

Ilana Shemesh is a retired midwife, who ran her own birthing centre on her moshav. She volunteered as a midwife in Uganda and she will speak about the fascinating experience and the needs of the centre.

Doors open 7.15 p.m. Talk will begin at 8 p.m.

Numbers for this event are limited. Tickets in advance only through the branches: Tel Aviv, Netanya, Holon, South Sharon, Netanya or Five Towns (www.hob-israel.com).

Nitsan Darshana-Leitner is an Israeli attorney, human rights activist and the founder of Shurat HaDin, Israeli Law Centre. She has been leading the Israeli fight against terror financing, the anti-Israel boycott campaign (BDS) and combating the multitude of law fare tactics utilised against the Jewish State by its enemies. Ms. Darshan-Leitner has successfully recovered more than two hundred million dollars in compensation .