Queen's Award for trade is something to drink to

Italian Beverage Company founder Sheldon Flax is celebrating the announcement of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

Based in Borehamwood, the company’s product lines range from hot chocolate to smoothies, and also produces juices, syrups and milk shakes. Morrisons, Pret a Manger and Costa Coffee are among the major high-street chains it supplies.

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Elstree chair longs for stability

Replacements for the Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue officers who resigned last month following allegations of breach of confidence and disclosure of confidential material say they want to bring stability to the fractured congregation.

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Dena Coleman to retire from Yavneh College

Dr Dena Coleman, head-teacher of Yavneh College since it opened six years ago, is to retire at the end of the academic year.

Dr Coleman said: “It has been a great privilege to set up Yavneh College and to see it grow into a successful, well-established school. I am very proud of what has been achieved and look forward to watching the school flourish still further over the coming years.”

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Shuls that are too big to manage

This is a painful and unusually personal column, because it concerns the complete breakdown of management at my shul and the partial breakdown of community relations.

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Honorary officers resign at Borehamwood Synagogue

Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue members, along with United Synagogue leaders, were dismayed to hear that three of the shul’s four honorary officers have resigned.

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Borehamwood extends interim rabbi's contract

V Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue has asked interim senior rabbi Shimshon Silkin to remain in the role for a further 12 months, having failed to find a successor to Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer.

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Synagogue split over choice of rabbi

A major United Synagogue is still without a permanent minister after a lengthy selection process and the snubbing of the candidacy of its interim rabbi.

The 1,300-family Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue announced last Friday that after an “incredibly exhaustive” one-year search, no candidate would be recommended to succeed Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer.

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Herts rejects Yavneh College plan

Disappointed Yavneh College trustees are having to rethink their options for establishing a primary section after the local authority turned down a second application for a £4 million grant.

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