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Services take place fortnightly on [[Shabbat]] mornings at 10:30<ref name="Synagogue Directory"/> and are held in a local school, with alternative venues for [[High Holidays]] and some festivals.<ref name="About"/> They are led by members of the community and, occasionally, by visiting student [[rabbis]] from [[Leo Baeck College]].<ref name="About"/>


The community uses a [[Torah scroll]] that it received from the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]] in [[Truro]].<ref name="Scrolls – JC">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/119512/scrolls-returned-after-132-years | title=Scrolls returned after 132 years | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=9 June 2014 | accessdate=4 July 2014 | author=Lidiker, Pat}}</ref><ref name="Scroll - MRJ">{{cite press release | url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/kehillat-kernows-historic-return.html | title=Kehillat Kernow's historic return | publisher=[[Movement for Reform Judaism]] | date=30 May 2014 | accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Scroll – KK">{{cite journal | url=http://kehillatkernow.com/newsletter/Kol-Kehillat-Kernow-14-04.pdf | title=Torah Scroll comes home | author=Lipert, Pat | journal=Kol Kehillat Kernow | year=2014 | month=April | issue=37}}</ref> The scroll was previously used by [[Falmouth Synagogue]], which closed in 1882.<ref name="Scrolls – JC"/> It was officially handed over by the [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester|Duke of Gloucester]] to Kehillat Kernow at a ceremony in the Royal Cornwall Museum on 28 May 2004.<ref name="West Briton">{{cite news | url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/250-year-old-Jewish-scroll-returned/story-21093133-detail/story.html#hM1mEdp9hoovKHgz.99 | title=Museum to hand back historic Jewish scroll | work=[[Cornish Guardian]] | date=8 May 2014 | accessdate=16 July 2014 | author=West Briton}}</ref>
The community uses a [[Torah scroll]] that it received from the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]] in [[Truro]].<ref name="Scrolls – JC">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/119512/scrolls-returned-after-132-years | title=Scrolls returned after 132 years | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=9 June 2014 | accessdate=4 July 2014 | author=Lidiker, Pat}}</ref><ref name="Scroll - MRJ">{{cite press release | url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/kehillat-kernows-historic-return.html | title=Kehillat Kernow's historic return | publisher=[[Movement for Reform Judaism]] | date=30 May 2014 | accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Scroll – KK">{{cite journal | url=http://kehillatkernow.com/newsletter/Kol-Kehillat-Kernow-14-04.pdf | title=Torah Scroll comes home | author=Lipert, Pat | journal=Kol Kehillat Kernow | year=2014 | month=April | issue=37}}</ref> The scroll was previously used by [[Falmouth Synagogue]], which closed in 1882.<ref name="Scrolls – JC"/> It was officially handed over by the [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester|Duke of Gloucester]] to Kehillat Kernow at a ceremony in the Royal Cornwall Museum on 28 May 2004.<ref name="West Briton">{{cite news | url=http://www.westbriton.co.uk/250-year-old-Jewish-scroll-returned/story-21093133-detail/story.html#hM1mEdp9hoovKHgz.99 | title=Museum to hand back historic Jewish scroll | work=[[Cornish Guardian]] | date=8 May 2014 | accessdate=16 July 2014 | author=West Briton}}</ref><ref name="Parker">{{cite news | url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Sacred-scroll-returned-Cornish-Jews/story-21063655-detail/story.html | title=Sacred scroll to be returned to Cornish Jews Read more at http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Sacred-scroll-returned-Cornish-Jews/story-21063655-detail/story.html#fcZiAve3robgQ60H.99 | work=[[Western Morning News]] | date=6 May 2014 | accessdate=16 July 2014 | author=Parker, Simon}}</ref>


== Community ==
== Community ==

Revision as of 15:50, 16 July 2014

Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) is a Jewish community in Cornwall, England, affiliated to the Movement for Reform Judaism.[1] It was founded in 1999.[2]

Etymology

Its name is a combination of the Hebrew word kehillat (community) and the Cornish word Kernow, meaning Cornwall.[2]

Services

Services take place fortnightly on Shabbat mornings at 10:30[1] and are held in a local school, with alternative venues for High Holidays and some festivals.[2] They are led by members of the community and, occasionally, by visiting student rabbis from Leo Baeck College.[2]

The community uses a Torah scroll 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]

Community

The community has about 100 members.[2]

Education

The community runs a cheder for children and young people aged 2 to 15.[1]

Communication

It publishes a newsletter, Kol Kehillat Kernow.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall)". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "About Us". website. Kehillat Kernow, the Jewish Community of Cornwall. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Lidiker, Pat (9 June 2014). "Scrolls returned after 132 years". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Kehillat Kernow's historic return" (Press release). Movement for Reform Judaism. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  5. ^ Lipert, Pat (2014). "Torah Scroll comes home" (PDF). Kol Kehillat Kernow (37). {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ West Briton (8 May 2014). "Museum to hand back historic Jewish scroll". Cornish Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ Parker, Simon (6 May 2014). "Sacred scroll to be returned to Cornish Jews Read more at http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Sacred-scroll-returned-Cornish-Jews/story-21063655-detail/story.html#fcZiAve3robgQ60H.99". Western Morning News. Retrieved 16 July 2014. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Newsletter". website. Kehillat Kernow, the Jewish Community of Cornwall. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

See also

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