Youth Resources

Do you have children aged eight and under?
PJ Library (PJ for pyjamas!) sends high-quality, Jewish books to families with children aged 0-8 years old, each month. The award-winning books celebrate Jewish culture, values and traditions through a wide range of stories and beautiful illustrations. PJ Library books are FREE and posted directly to child(ren), so they can build their own Jewish bedtime libraries. Over 8,000 children receive these books throughout the UK. Sign up your child (and any siblings under eight) at pjlibrary.org.uk. We love reading PJ Library books at our synagogue and we encourage families to sign up so they can build their own collection of PJ Library books at home.

Jewish Care Community Dementia Programme

We are really proud to support many people living in the community with dementia. But we can’t do everything and would love to support you, as our community hub, to continue doing the amazing work that you do.

We have programmes in a variety of areas:

Memory Way Café
Singing for Memory
Art for the Mind
Movement for Memory

The sessions are innovative and empowering for individuals living with dementia as well as their carers. All of our members thoroughly enjoy the programmes. For booking or for more information please call 07810 121 214 or email communitydementia@jcare.org

Resources for Older Adults

Medical Resources

Measles cases are rising in London. Measles is more than just a rash – it is a serious condition that spreads very easily and can lead to severe illness and even death. One in five measles cases may require a hospital visit, and one in fifteen measles cases could cause complications such as meningitis, sepsis and blindness.

Measles is not just a children’s problem; any unvaccinated person can catch it. We encourage you to check your own and your child’s vaccination status through your GP, where you can also book an appointment for any missed doses. There are also community catch-up clinics happening in Islington, book a slot for your child here.

The MMR vaccine is safe and effective, and will protect your child against three serious illnesses – measles, mumps and rubella.

For more information on measles and the MMR vaccination please see:

National Measles guidelines

Measles information for prison and detention centre staff

Managing measles in asylum seeker accommodation settings

Antisemitism Resources

For a comprehensive library of resources for fighting Antisemitism please see L’Taken: Antisemitism Training’s website.

Hebrew Learning Resources

While we do not directly offer Hebrew Lessons, some of our members have used the following:

The JW3, the Jewish community centre of London, offers regular Hebrew classes at all levels: https://www.jw3.org.uk/languages
This Is Not An Ulpan offers Hebrew & Arabic courses online at all levels: https://www.thisisnotanulpan.com/
Friend of Kehillah, Matan Rosenstrauch, offers various levels of Modern Hebrew. For more information you can visit his website at https://matanhebrew.com/
The Ark Synagogue often provides several levels of Hebrew. You can see their offering at https://www.arksynagogue.org/learn-hebrew-online/

If you are interested in learning Hebrew or doing any other kind of progressive Jewish learning in the UK, we can also recommend the Lehrhaus Adult Jewish learning programme at the Leo Baeck College (the British progressive rabbinical college— https://lbc.ac.uk/study-with-us/lehrhaus/), Azara–Opening the Beit Midrash (a UK-based cross-communal yeshiva— https://www.azara.org.uk/), and Queer Yeshiva (https://www.yeshiva.lgbt/). They all have a range of courses available both in person and held online.