Category Archive: News

1. Re-opening the Shul – Important Announcement

   July 2, 2020 6:07 pm Comments Off on Re-opening the Shul – Important Announcement

   Dear Members   For nearly three months now we haven’t met together as a community in person and we know how difficult this has been for many, partic

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2. CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) – AN UPDATE FROM MHS 13.03.20

   March 13, 2020 11:55 am Comments Off on CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) – AN UPDATE FROM MHS 13.03.20 Below is a continued update from the United Synagogue that we are passing on to you, the community. This will reinforce and add to advice w… read more

3. Amended Pledge Card

   February 14, 2020 8:46 am Comments Off on Amended Pledge Card

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4. Yitro

   February 13, 2020 11:58 am Comments Off on Yitro When Rabbi David asked me if I would take Yitro this evening, the responsibility to cover the Ten Commandments in 2 minutes felt too great a task.… read more

5. Beshalach

   February 6, 2020 12:13 pm Comments Off on Beshalach I am connected to the sedra of Bashalach not through a birthday or an important life event but through a film: Cecile Demille’s “The Ten Commandm… read more

6. Va’yeshev

   December 26, 2019 11:30 am Comments Off on Va’yeshev

   Quick summary

   Va’yeshev is the beginning of the Joseph story, he is 17 years old and Jacob’s favourite – so his brothers hated him. 1^st dream– br… read more

7. December 6, 2019 11:40 am Comments Off on

   BUILDING PROJECT/FUNDRAISING UPDATE 03.12.19

   Dear Members, The Muswell Hill Synagogue building project reached a significant milestone l

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8. Vayetze

   December 5, 2019 12:00 am Comments Off on Vayetze Vayetze, the 7th sedra in Bereshit, covers a timespan of 20 years and many familiar themes in the development of the Jewish family: love, decept… read more

9. Toldot

   November 28, 2019 11:11 am Comments Off on Toldot Two nations waged war in Rivka’s womb Try as she might, it was not under stood Rivka asked of HaShem, what can this mean The answer,  &… read more

10. Vayera

    November 14, 2019 12:01 pm Comments Off on Vayera In this Parshah we read the account of Isaac’s birth, the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, the story of Lot, Hagar’s exile and the Akeida “… read more

11. Building Project Update – 8/11/19

    November 8, 2019 10:06 am Comments Off on Building Project Update – 8/11/19 In previous communications we promised that we would inform you when the Muswell Hill Synagogue building project gets to its planning stage. W… read more

12. Noach

    November 1, 2019 2:21 pm Comments Off on Noach It is still early in Bereshit and this sedra is action-packed, full of events.  For fact lovers, it has the most verses of any parash… read more

13. Support our building project

    October 24, 2019 8:17 pm Comments Off on Support our building project Thanks to the generosity of over 70 families that have so far contributed we are 85% of the way towards our budget. But we are not quite there yet. W… read more

14. Haazinu

    October 10, 2019 11:10 pm Comments Off on Haazinu Ha’azinu is the penultimate sedra in our annual cycle and Moses turns to song as he reaches his final moments. In the second half of his career Fra… read more

15. Our building project: the movie!

    September 6, 2019 4:32 pm Comments Off on Our building project: the movie!

    Huge thanks to Stephen Brown for directing this film that brings to life the need for our building project. A few members explain why we need the p… read more