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Yellow Candle 2021

Apr 22, 2021

Thank you to everyone who took part in Yellow Candle this year, lighting up their homes and social media to remember all those who tragically perished in the Holocaust. Find out more about how Yellow Candle started in the Masorti movement. Take a look at this...

NEMS own Mark Carter featured in Masorti Together Video

Feb 17, 2021

We are delighted that NEMS own Mark Carter is featured in this brand new video created by Masorti Together for their upcoming learning and fundraising event to coincide with Purim 2021.

NEMS Members Stones to Form Part of New UK Holocaust Memorial

Feb 2, 2021

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, some of our younger members took part in the Foundation Stones project. They each decorated a stone and which will form part of a memorial at the new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. Well done to all who participated. Some of...

NEMS members show their generosity on Mitzvah Day

Dec 8, 2020

A huge thank you to everyone who donated toiletries and children's toys to our Mitzvah Day project for local charity, Bag of Kindness to support families seeking refuge from abusive relationships. Pictured is NEMS member, Cathy Forman with some of your generous...

Another Successful Cook-along with Micky!

Dec 3, 2020

Sunday afternoon saw another great online cook-along take place. For this session, Micky led participants in making some delicious Veggie Puff Pastry Tarts and Raisin Cookies. Everyone had great fun and another cook-along is planned for January, look out for more...

TISHA B’AV – by NEMS member Renee Bravo

Jul 29, 2020

NEMS member and regular contributing writer for the Essex Jewish News, Renee Bravo, discusses the traditions and meaning of Tisha B'Av and the relevance it still has for our community today: Wednesday 29th July 2020 is Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of...

Great Afternoon of Virtual Pizza Making!

Jul 9, 2020

A great afternoon was had by all who attended Micky's online pizza making workshop. As you can see from the pictures below, we have some budding young chefs in the NEMS youth community! Here is the recipe if you would like to try making one yourself: Pizza Dough...

Community Delighted with Cheesecake Deliveries

Jun 3, 2020

Members of the NEMS community were delighted to receive deliveries of some delicious traditional cheesecake over Shavuot. A huge thanks goes out to Angela did the baking, Sara and Jeremy who delivered them and to Janet who co-ordinated everything. Here are just a few...

NEMS Online Cheesecake Cook-along a Great Success

May 28, 2020

The NEMS Shavuot events programme got off to a fantastic start yesterday with a number of the young people form our community participating in a Cheesecake cooking session via the wonders of Zoom! The event, led by Micky in Manchester was a great success with everyone...

NEMS Tu B’shvat Tree – 1 Year on!

May 19, 2020

We are delighted to report that the tree which was planted at Tu B'shvat by NEMS last year in Valentines Park in Ilford is flourishing beautifully a year after it was planted. Visited recently during some 'Lockdown daily exercise', NEMS board member Yvonne said that...