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Holocaust Survivor Passes Away

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:10:19 +0100

On 7th April 2011 our community lost a valued member who had a very powerful story to tell.

The local press reported here:-

Ancient Bones Laid to Rest

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:48:09 +0100

Sunday 22nd May 2011

"Long Gone - but not Forgotten"

A full year after the reburial of their remains, the memorial stone to three Northampton Medieval Jews was dedicated by Rev Malcolm Weisman the minister for small communities. More than thirty people attended the ceremony and afterwards returned to the shul for refreshments and an entertaining talk by Rev Weisman on Jewish humour.

John Josephs - Rev Malcolm Weisman - Marcus Roberts.

Sunday 30th May 2010
Skeletal remains of three medieval Jews discovered in Northampton 18 years ago have finally been laid to rest in our modern day cemetery. The skeletons of two men and a woman were recovered by town archaeologists when a culvert in Temple Bar, The Mounts, collapsed in 1992 on the eve of Yom Kippur. The area is now known to be part of the site of the town's medieval Jewish cemetery. The bones were laid to rest following a service led by Rabbi Elkan Levy and attended by members of the community and representatives of the European Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries. As a result of carbon dating the remains are believed to be from the 12th to 13th century. As much as 800 years old.

The JC reported the event as :-

Northampton Inter Faith Forum (NIFF) Jewish Wedding

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:21:03 +0100

18th October 2010

As our contribution to the Northampton Inter Faith Forum (NIFF) week members of the community enacted a typical Jewish wedding.
The doors to the synagogue were opened to more than 60 non members from a variety of faiths that were fascinated by the ‘ceremony’. This was followed by a reception of tea and biscuits.

Pictured here are the ‘Bride and Groom’ for the evening
Ruth Field and Jacob Maldonado.

The cast.

Bride and maid of honour

Len Shulman's birthday party

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:38:35 +0100

25th May 2010

Honorary Life President Len Shulman celebrated his 90th birthday recently. The synagogue marked this occasion by dedicating the upstairs room at the shul to him. To mark this special day a birthday tea was held in the synagogue. The tea was well attended and an excellent time had by all.

Chief Rabbi's Visit

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:25:47 +0100

On Sunday May 3rd 2009 our community was honoured with an informal visit to the synagogue Overstone Road by the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Lady Sacks. This was the first visit by a Chief Rabbi to Northampton in over 20 years.

The Chronicle and Echo reported the event in this article

Here are a selection of pictures taken on the day.