Outgoing chair Joanna Koeningsberg gave her report at the BRS AGM: At an annual meeting, nearly everyone feels amazed at the passage of another year, and the difficulty of summing it up in a few pages. This year is no...

Don’t the holidays come thick and fast in the autumn? I’ve already shaken the lulav in the sukkah (the Rabbi suggested it was supposed to encourage the rain, and it worked perfectly!). But before we rush on towards Chanukah,...

You know the list of sins – in alphabetical order – we read every year in the Machzor? I find that my feelings about it change from year to year. Sometimes I can assure myself that most of this...

Unless you have been on another planet, or perhaps extremely busy, you must have noticed that the Jubilee year with all its events is underway now at Beit Or. The shul always tries to offer events of interest to...

As I near the end of my unexpected year as chair of the Synagogue, I thought I might reflect on time past, time present and time future.

My article in the September Highlight concluded “Induction and welcoming teams are being set up and I very much look forward to BRS welcoming Rabbi Jason Holtz and his wife, Jodi, to Bromley next month.” Gosh, a lot has...