This event has now been cancelled Come celebrate our latest ambitious publication. It’s the S&P’s first completely revised Shabbat prayer book for 120 years and the Society of Heshaim is inviting the whole community to the book launch. Copies of Sabbath Prayers will be available to see and handle. You’ll learn about the years of […]
This event is now cancelled Join Rabbi Kada on a monthly basis as he shares some fascinating and modern Halachic problems he has encountered over the past few years in his Dayanut training and in his experience on the Beth Din. Session 6: Clandestine Kiddushin: The status of a covert wedding and the 17th century […]
Is delighted to invite you to the amateur production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta, the Pirates of Penzance Jr at the Royal Society of Medicine, W1G 0AE We should be delighted if you would like to advertise in our brochure Greetings £25 Quarter page £100 Half page £150 Full page £200 For further information […]
Getting Emotional in Barcelona, 1320: Visual Expressions of the Emotional Life of Sephardic Jewry The magnificent manuscripts illuminated for medieval Sephardi Jews often depict the characters of the biblical narratives embodying a rich spectrum of emotions. This is accomplished through the thinnest of lines on the parchment leaves—in spaces only centimeters high—showing furrowed brows, pouting […]
Join Rabbi Kada in conversation with Dayan Ofer Livnat: The functions of the Beth Din in the Modern World o How do we synthesise civil law with Jewish law? o Can DNA and other such factors be taken into account when ascertaining Jewish identity o Can a divorce be executed without the couple present? o What […]
Lag B’Omer is the 33rd day of the Omer count and is traditionally celebrated with outings, bbq’s bonfires, parades and other fun activities. In warmer climates it is customary to spend the day outside, enjoying the natural beauty of the world. This year we are not able to hold our usual Lag B’Omer family BBQ, […]
Join Rabbi Morris in conversation with Stanley Mirvis talking about "The Sephardic Caribbean: Plantations, Slavery, and Colony" . In this talk Dr. Stanley Mirvis, Assistant Professor of history and the Harold and Jean Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University, will discuss his anticipated new book: The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary […]
Join Rabbi Dweck in conversation with Rabbi Shmuel Phillips, author of "Judaism Reclaimed" RABBI SHMUEL PHILLIPS BIOGRAPHY: Born and raised in England, Shmuel Phillips has spent almost two decades studying in Yeshiva and Kollel in Israel, during which time he has also completed a law degree from the University of London. Shmuel currently resides in […]
Join Rabbi Morris in conversation with Laura Arnold Leibman talking about “Giving Sephardic Women a Voice" Laura Arnold Leibman is Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995. In her new book, The Art of the Jewish Family, Dr Laura Arnold Leibman, of Reed University, Oregon, examines […]
Join our Grandparenting Today event which is in conjunction with PJ Library and generously sponsored by the Sephardi Centre. Staying connected with your grandchildren: the oys, the joys and the ideas to make the bond even stronger when you can’t see them in person. Hear Lord Michael Grade’s personal experiences followed by practical suggestions from […]
