Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) is a Jewish community with about 100 members[1] in Cornwall, England, associated with the Movement for Reform Judaism.[2] Founded in 1999, its name is a combination of the Hebrew word kehillat (community) and the Cornish word Kernow, meaning Cornwall.[1]
| Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Rite | Movement for Reform Judaism |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Website | |
| kehillatkernow | |
Services edit
Services take place fortnightly on Shabbat mornings at 10:30[2] and are held in a local school, with alternative venues for High Holidays and some festivals.[1] They are led by members of the community and, occasionally, by visiting student rabbis from Leo Baeck College.[1]
The community uses a Torah scroll on permanent loan from Exeter Synagogue and also one that it received from the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.[3][4][5] The scroll was previously used by Falmouth Synagogue, which closed in 1882.[3] It was officially handed over by the Duke of Gloucester to Kehillat Kernow at a ceremony in the Royal Cornwall Museum on 28 May 2004.[6][7]
Education edit
The community runs a cheder for children and young people aged 2 to 15.[2]
Communication edit
Its newsletter, Kol Kehillat Kernow, is published three times a year.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "About Us". website. Kehillat Kernow, the Jewish Community of Cornwall. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall)". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ a b Lidiker, Pat (9 June 2014). "Scrolls returned after 132 years". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Kehillat Kernow's historic return" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Lipert, Pat (April 2014). "Torah Scroll comes home" (PDF). Kol Kehillat Kernow (37).
- ^ Parker, Simon (6 May 2014). "Sacred scroll to be returned to Cornish Jews". Western Morning News. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Falmouth Synagogue artefact returned to Jewish community after more than a century". This is the West Country. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Newsletter". website. Kehillat Kernow, the Jewish Community of Cornwall. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
External links edit
- Official website
- Jewish Small Communities Network: Kehillat Kernow
- Kehillat Kernow (Cornwall Community) & Truro Jewish Community on Jewish Communities and Records – UK (hosted by JewishGen)
- The Movement for Reform Judaism
- Kennedy, Naomi: Cornwall's Jewish Journey, Faith Features, BBC Cornwall, 28 September 2007