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WHATS ON IN THE COMMUNITY

WEEKLY EVENTS

If there other events taking place on a weekly basis or if the information given here is incorrect e:jewishbirmingham@talktalk.net

For further details of events listed, as well as synagogue services: contact organisations direct 

Kol Kinor: Mondays in term times:  weekly rehearsals  7.30pm start . Any queries, contact us  on http://www.kolkinorchoir.co.uk/ 
 
BHC Singers Hill  further details and zoom links for all BHC events detailed here from Rabbi Jacobs
Services

Shacharit:   Sunday & Friday 9:00am & Monday,Tuesday & Thursday:  8:00am
Mincha & Maariv: Wednesday 3:30pm
Friday Mincha & Kabalat Shabbat: Time of Shabbat
Shabbat morning service at Singers Hill & Moseley Minyan at 10:30am followed by Kiddush. 11:00am Children’s Service
Classes, Activities and Programmes 
Sunday  
7:00pm  Teenscene , 7.30pm Film Evenings (every 2 months)
Monday  
9:15am  Torah Tots , 11:15am  Rebbetzen’s Ladies Shiur,   7:30pm  Jewish Women's Circle
Tuesday  
6:00pm  Ivrit Class
Thursday 
10.45am  Coffee, Cake & Chat, 11:00am Rabbis Surgery, 12:30pm  Men's Lunch & Learn, 4:15pm  Cheder Club or Chai Club 
7:15pm  Bar & Bat Mitzvah Club, 8:00pm Adult Bat Mitzvah Class (monthly)
Friday
9:15am  Torah Tots , 11:15am   Torah Tots/Mummy & Me , 11:45am  Pause for prayer with the Rebbetzen 
6:30pm   Monthly Friday Night Dinner

Central Synagogue 
Services at shul
Shacharit: Monday and Thursday 7.20am Tuesday Wednesday and Friday 7.30am

Ma'ariv: Monday- Thursday inclusive 7pm,
Friday: Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat:  see shul website for time 
Sunday - Shacharit  8.30am Mincha & Ma'ariv - see shul website for time

Shabbat Morning  9.30am
Saturday night: Ma'ariv  15 minutes after 
Shabbat if there is a pre-organised minyan  
Zoom Coffee and Chat 4pm Mondays  see shul website for link


Solihull Synagogue
Many of our activities are on Zoom as well as in person, to receive the link contact rabbi@solihullshul.org
Services/ Events 
Sunday - Shachris followed by Bagels, Lox & Torah 9.30 pm (Monastery Drive)
Halocha Shiur 6.00 pm (Zoom)
Monday
SMILES Lecture Series 8.30 pm (Granby Close & Zoom)
Tuesday 
 Gentlemen's Shiur  11.00am - 12.00 pm (Granby Close & Zoom)
Wednesday 
Ladies Discussion Group 11.00 am - 12.00 pm (Granby Close & Zoom)
Tanya Shiur for Ivrit Speakers 7.00pm (Zoom)
Thursday 
Thursday Club 12.00 - 2.00 pm (Monastery Drive)
Friday 
Pre-Shabbos Sermon on Zoom 2.30 pm. 
Mincha, Kabbollas Shabbos & Maariv followed by Kiddush 10 minutes after candle lighting time (Monastery Drive)
Saturday 
Torah & Tea 10.00 - 10.30 am (Monastery Drive)
Shachris followed by Kiddush 10.30 am (Monastery Drive)
Talmud Shiur 7.30pm(Zoom)


Progressive Synagogue
All services on Zoom- for details contact office@bpsjudaism.com
Shabbat morning service In person and on Zoom 
To attend in person you need to book by contacting the Synagogue office: office@bpsjudaism.com or 0121 634 3888 (leave a message) by 12pm, and you will receive a confirmation email, or if you are not on email, a phone call.


WHAT'S ON 2022

JANUARY
3      BPS Lunch Break: Winter Poems 1pm Zoom
5      Central Synagogue Rosh Chodesh Group Zoom: Keeping Mentally Healthy through the Winter  8pm
7      Solihulll Synagogue Annual Friday Night Dinner  Book here  
8      Central Synagogue The Central Whisky Experience 7.30pm Book here
15     Central Synagogue Zoom: Shemitta: the year boycotting Israel?  7.30pm Book here
16    Central Synagogue Concert given by Second City Brass  2.15pm  click here to book tickets 
23     BPS Celebrate New Year for Trees- Tu B’Shevat Seder 6.30pm To book for Zoom/in person event,contact Val 
16    BHC  Film Evening Goodbye Columbus 7.30pm  click here to book tickets
29     Central Synagogue   Melavah Malka 7.30pm
30    Birmingham City Council Holocaust Memorial Day Event  Millennium Point 2pm


FEBRUARY
2.     Central Synagogue  ​An evening with Jason Sharon ​7.30 Zoom link
11    BHC Friday Night Dinner 6.30pm
12    BHC  Film Evening The Outside Chance of Maximillian Glick 7.30pm  click here to book tickets 
20    Central Synagogue Concert given by Violin and Piano Duo  2.15pm  click here to book tickets
23    Central Synagogue Rosh Chodesh Group Penina Savery 'How is Nach relevant to our lives in the 21st century?' 8pm
27.   BPS Quiz and Fish and Chip Supper 6pm
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MARCH
3      Meeting Raising Awareness about the current situation in Bosnia BPS 7.30pm
13    Central Synagogue Concert given by Broken Bones Tuba Quartet  3pm  click here to book tickets
13    BHC  Film evening Yentl  and Pick & Mix Snacks
16    Fast of Esther follow by Purim
16    BHC
Purim Celebration:English Themed Dress Up Party Further info office@singershill.com
17.   Central Synagogue  Purim: Megillah reading 11am followed by Brunch Seudah 11.40am Booking for Seudah
20    LIMMUD West Midlands 10am-5pm Library of Birmingham Register here
20.   AJR/BHC Book Launch: My Story by Dr Mindu Hornick MBE ​ 5.30pm Reserve your place
​20    Central Synagogue Rabbi Hambling's Induction 7.30pm Booking essential to attend
27    Central Synagogue Rosh Chodesh Group Pamper for Pesach 8pm

APRIL 
15    Pesach 1st night seder
15    Solihull Synagogue Ist night Seder 7.45pm click here to book
15.   BHC 1st night Seder 8.30pm click here to book
27/28 Yom HaShoah
27    Representative Council 
Yom Hashoah Commemoration 7.45pm
29    AJR 80 Trees for 80 years Tree planting in Birmingham 11am
 
MAY
1.      BJCC
Sunday Lunch
4.     Community Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'Atzmaut  free event 7pm book a place
10.    BJCC
Fish and Chips Lunch 11.30- 2.30pm call 0121 458 5000 to book

13    Shabbat UK:-
13    Solihull Synagogue -  8pm Kabbalat Shabbat followed by Chicken Soup Kiddush
13    Central Synagogue -   
6.30pm Mincha then Kabbalat Shabbat followed by Friday night Dinner
14    
Solihull Synagogue -   Torah and Tea 10am, 10.30am Explanatory Service, Lunch 12.30pm, 8pm Mincha, Seudah                                                                  
          Shlishit  and Musical Havdalah 
​14.    Central Synagogue - 9.30am Shacharit followed by Shabbat UK 
kiddush 8pm Minchah and Seudah Shlishit followed                                                                               by Maariv and Havdalah

17     Central Rosh Chodesh Group An evening of Art 8pm
22     Knit N'Natter 10.30am- 12 midday
26.    WMFI
Finding out what Israel does for the World with IsrAID Zoom meeting 7.30pm
28/29  Yom Yerushalayim
29     BJCC Carvery Lunch 11.30- 2.30pm call 0121 458 5000 to book
29     BHC  Film Evening Shine with Felafel and Hummus 7.30pm  click here to book tickets 


JUNE
4.    BHC Singers Hill Synagogue
A Service to celebrate HM Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 11am Info from here
4     Shavuot begins
4.    B'ham Progressive Synagogue Tikkun Leyl Shavuot 8pm: Shavuot Seder, Cheesecake Break, Study Session. Info from here  
4     Central Synagogue Shavuot programme: Mincha 8.30pm, Seudah Shlishit. Tikkun Leyl led by Rabbi Y Grunstein
4.    Solihull Synagogue Late night Cheesecake and Whisky Study Session email Rabbi Pink for further details
5.    Solihull Synagogue 1st Day Shavuot Lunch to book a place email Rabbi Pink
6.    Central Synagogue 2nd Day Shavuot Lunch to book a place click here

12    BJCC Garden Party 12-4pm
26.   Central Synagogue  LEaP (Learn and Pray) and Breakfast 9.15am

JULY
3.    BHC Prize Giving 11.30am
3.    CCJ Garden Party in Northfield 3pm
6     Nisa Nashim
Zoom meeting: Palestinian and Israeli Womens' photography group 7.15pm  Book online
10    Solihull Synagogue BBQ 12midday
10    BHC  Film Evening Funny Girl  with ice Cream and Popcorn 7.30pm  click here to book tickets
10    Central Synagogue ​ Wimbledon Mens Finals Garden Party from 1.30pm
​10    Singers Hill Synagogue Outing to RHS Harlow Carr

12.  
Central Rosh Chodesh Group Film Evening 7pm
18.   Central Synagogue Sandwiches, Schmooze and Shiur related to Death and Mourning 12.15pm

24    Central Synagogue  LEaP (Learn and Pray) and Breakfast 9.15am
25    Central Synagogue Sandwiches, Schmooze and Shiur related to Death and Mourning 12.15pm

AUGUST
1. 
 Central Synagogue Sandwiches, Schmooze and Shiur related to Death and Mourning 12.15pm
5   Tisha B'Av
7   Central Synagogue Tisha B'Av Film Screening: The Wave
17  Central Synagogue Visit to Manchester Jewish Museum and dinner at Pagoda restaurant
28  Jacombs BBQ from 1pm

SEPTEMBER
4    Central Synagogue  LEaP (Learn and Pray) and Breakfast 9.15am
6    WMFI  One of Israel's Success Story- IsraAid 12.15pm info - click here
11   BHC Singers Hill Celebrating 165 Years. Thanksgiving Service in the morning, Dinner 6.30pm Info from here
18.  WJR Annual Brunch with Adrian Goldberg
25   Rosh Hashanah

OCTOBER

5   Yom Kippur
9   Succot


NOVEMBER
8   Representative Council Commemorating Kristallnacht : Book Launch with Mike Levy "Get the Children out" 7.30pm
20  Mitzvah Day
20  BPS Naomi Paul Despite Everything, Price Includes Biscuits  evening – time tbc
27  BPS Concert: Songs Of Peace, Hope and Dreams 5.30pm book here for tickets
30 Representative Council Commemoration of Expulsion of Jews from Arab lands 7.30pm

DECEMBER
18  Chanukah 1st candle lighting
20  Civic Chanukah Candle Lighting
Lloyd House 
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