175 years of contribution: a Jewish community’s place in civil society
An address from our scholar in residence Rabbi Alon Meltzer during celebrations marking the 175th anniversary of our congregation’s first services in 1843.
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Celebrating 175 years
This column by Wellington Jewish Community Centre’s Rabbi Yitzchak Mizrahi was originally written for the special edition of Centre News marking the 175th anniversary of our congregation’s first services in 1843. This month we celebrate 175...
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Visit our services
We welcome visitors to our services – whether you’re visiting Wellington or a local.
Daylight saving hours
Daylight saving starts today and with that our daylight saving hours for services. Evening services will now generally be starting at 7pm until the end of daylight saving.
High Holidays hours
Our office and the Kosher Co-op will be open for their usual hours over the High Holidays, except where they coincide with chagim. See below for a list of days we’ll be closed for...
Ki Teitzei: Why do Mitzvot?
In this week’s parsha, HaShem tells us the reward for sending away the mother bird: If a bird’s nest chances before you on the road… you shall not take the mother upon the young....
Bring in the new year with us!
Bring in the new year with us at the Centre and join us for our erev Rosh Hashanah dinner.
Parshat Shoftim: Don’t be Afraid
In this week’s parsha, there are many laws about what we must do and how we should behave during a war.
The Haftorah question: what do we read on Shabbas Rosh Chodesh Elul?
The following discussion are the views of Dr Russell Harding and is not intended to be a psak on the issue.