| Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) | |
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| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Rite | Movement for Reform Judaism |
| Status | Active |
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Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) is a Jewish community with about 100 members [1] in Cornwall, England, associated with the Movement for Reform Judaism. [2] Founded in 1999, its name is a combination of the Hebrew word kehillat (community) and the Cornish word Kernow, meaning Cornwall. [1]
Services take place fortnightly on Shabbat mornings at 10:30 [2] and are held in a local school, with alternative venues for High Holidays and some festivals. [1] They are led by members of the community and, occasionally, by visiting student rabbis from Leo Baeck College. [1]
The community uses a Torah scroll on permanent loan from Exeter Synagogue and also one that it received from the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro. [3] [4] [5] The scroll was previously used by Falmouth Synagogue, which closed in 1882. [3] It was officially handed over by the Duke of Gloucester to Kehillat Kernow at a ceremony in the Royal Cornwall Museum on 28 May 2004. [6] [7] [8]
The community runs a cheder for children and young people aged 2 to 15. [2]
Its newsletter, Kol Kehillat Kernow, is published three times a year. [9]
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