Jewish Community of Berkshire

Jewish Community of Berkshire
Jewish Community of Berkshire
Religion
Affiliation	Modern Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Zvi Solomons
Status	Active
Location
Location	West Central Reading, Berkshire, England
Country	United Kingdom
	Location of the synagogue in Berkshire
Geographic coordinates	51°27′06″N 0°59′50″W / 51.45169605259°N 0.9972267171°W
Architecture
Date established	2015 (as a congregation)
Website
	jcob.org

The Jewish Community of Berkshire (abbreviated as JCoB) is a Modern Orthodox Jewish community and synagogue based in Reading, Berkshire, England, in the United Kingdom.^[2] The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.^[1]

The community was established in 2015, following an accident when the rabbi injured his knee and was unable to walk to synagogue.^[3] Its rabbi is Zvi Solomons, formerly the rabbi of Reading Hebrew Congregation.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] Synagogue services are held in the rabbi's home, and the community hosts the only Orthodox rabbinic couple (Rabbi Zvi Solomons and Rebbetzen Dr Shira Batya Lewin Solomons)^[6] and cheder^[7] in Berkshire.

JCoB also provides a visiting service to schools in the region to teach Judaism as part of the religious education syllabus agreed by their local SACREs.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jewish Community of Berkshire". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Berkshire Jewish Community". Jewish Small Communities Network. 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b Rocker, Simon (10 September 2015). "Ousted minister starts rival group". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ Rocker, Simon (25 May 2015). "'Declining' Reading cannot afford to keep its minister". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Reading Rabbi wins settlement after being sacked from synagogue". Berkshire Live. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Who We Are". Jewish Community of Berkshire. Retrieved 26 March 2020.^{[self-published source?]}
^ "Cheder". Jewish Community of Berkshire. Retrieved 26 March 2020.^{[self-published source?]}
^ "School visits from JCoB". Jewish Community of Berkshire. Retrieved 26 March 2020.^{[self-published source?]}