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High Holy Days marquee used for interfaith celebrations

October 27, 2011 10:18

By

Jay Grenby,

Jay Grenby

1 min read

Radlett and Bushey Reform Synagogue put its High Holy-Days marquee to good use between the festivals, joining forces with Radlett United Synagogue, local churches and the neighbouring Bhaktivedanta Manor Hara Krishna Temple to promote interfaith co-operation and fundraise for charity.

The centrepiece was a performance of Renya The Cobbler’s Daughter, written and narrated by 86-year-old Michael Schocket.

It tells the story of how he met and fell in love with Irene (Renya), a 17-year old Holocaust survivor, while serving in the liberation army in Brussels.

Around £600 was raised for the Watford Peace Hospice and the National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease.

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