Events
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Diamonds are Wimbledon Synagogue’s best friend!
By Mel Angel The Wimbledon Synagogue was full to the rafters with snazzily clad members and honoured guests to celebrate another great milestone… its 75th anniversary. From the headline of this piece, you may think I’m 15 years late writing about the synagogue’s 60th celebrations – but 75 years is also a diamond event (more on that later). Our sanctuary and community space looked perfect for an evening of celebration. In the Corinne Burton Hall, guests were greeted with a Prosecco or a non-alcoholic alternative, along with many hugs, kisses, and exclamations of “wow, you scrub up well”. Only the prospect of food could disperse the crowd to their allocated…
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School Visits
Through the work of the School Visits Team, our Synagogue provides an educational resource to the outside world. Our team of volunteers (currently 9 of us) welcome children and their teachers from schools in South London and the southern Home Counties, helping to bring their learning about Judaism in school RE lessons to life and to extend and reinforce their understanding and knowledge. As well as learning about the distinctive features of a synagogue, our visitors will learn some key ideas about Judaism and the Jewish way of life. We are also able to offer schools from further away a video based “virtual” synagogue visit. Although we are called the…
