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New kosher fishmonger in Coatsworth Road

April 18, 2008

A kosher fishmonger has added to the shopping facilities for the Charedi community in Coatsworth Road. The shop, under the supervision of Gateshead Kashrus Authority, is run by Moshe Leitner, 28, an ex-Sunderland Yeshivah student. He “saw a gap in the market, studied at North Tyneside College and persuaded my tutor, Darren Adamson, to help me set up shop and to come to work for me”.

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Banner reminds community of Pesach date

April 18, 2008

A 15ft-long Pesach banner is being displayed by the local Lubavitch group at a busy intersection in a Jewish area, with a reminder of the date and first Seder time. Scottish Lubavitch director Rabbi Chaim Jacobs explained: “We have used this media before to publicise Rosh Hashanah and Chanucah and it is very powerful.”

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European visitors for Lubavitch party

April 18, 2008

Lubavitch Purely Social, organised by Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, attracted around three dozen 18-35s to a social evening at the Mama San nightspot in the city. Guests included visitors from Hungary and Israel. The group’s next event will be a themed Friday-night dinner.

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Sounds International entertains MP for Israel's 60th

April 18, 2008

Multifaith choir Sounds International entertained an audience including MP Jim Murphy at a concert at Garnethill Synagogue celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary. The choir’s conductor, Eddie Binnie, is also choirmaster of the synagogue.

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Students complete Torah La'am course

April 18, 2008

Seven students from the Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt have completed a “Torah La’am” course, led by regional student chaplain Rabbi Dovid Cohen. The seven-week course examined the five books of Moses and the students all gave a presentation on the Torah at the final session. Rabbi Cohen was “very enthusiastic about the results of this programme. I hope to run it again in the near future”.

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Pope's representative addresses Shabbat service

April 18, 2008

Papal Nuncio Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, the Pope’s representative in the UK, addressed a Shabbat service at the West London Synagogue. Archbishop Munoz and West London minister Rabbi Mark Winer reflected on the evolving dialogue between the two religions and agreed that more needed to be done to achieve similar partnership with the Muslim community. The archbishop said he felt at home in West London and remarked on similarities in style with the Catholic service.

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