WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE
Welcome to the Website of Bet Nachman Synagogue of Kew. We are a Modern Orthodox Congregation under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Stephen Boroda. Our aim is to provide spiritual, cultural and social activities for the Jewish community as well as to foster and promote Jewish religious education now and into the future for both adults and children.
On these pages you will be able to find information about our history, staff, library, shiurim, courses, information and instruction booklets, news, functions and events, religious services and much more.
If you have any suggestions as to how to improve our site or what you would like to see added to the website, please let us know.
KHC Library Presents: Leon Cebon Memorial Lecture Series 2010
KHC Library is proud to present the Leon Cebon Memorial Lecture Series 2010 on the theme of Relating Judaism and Halachah to Science and MedicineOur four lectures will cover the following topics: - "On The Genetics of Being Jewish" All lectures will be held on Sunday nights at 8.00pm at Kew Hebrew Congregation in the Norman Smorgon Hall. _________ Please join us for our first lecture of 2010 this coming Sunday at 8:00 PM!SPEAKER: PROFESSOR AGNES BANKIERTOPIC: "ON THE GENETICS OF BEING JEWISH"Scientists are only now starting to unravel the interaction of our genetic nature and the influence of our environment. Our genetic lineage and culture influence disease susceptibility, our approach to ethical issues and the way we deal with the challenges of our lives. Professor Agnes Bankier is the Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, which is part of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. She oversees the provision of clinical and laboratory genetic services, research and education. |
Mark Regev - Streaming Audio
| Streaming Audio Now Available!
Listen to Mark Regev's address on 13 October, 2009, and the Q & A that followed. |
Additional Streaming Audio
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Streaming Audio of our Monday Afternoon Talks, including Rabbi Boroda's talk entitled "Teshuvah In Our Everyday Lives", and the most recent Leon Cebon Lecture are now available. Simply select the appropriate Streaming Audio link from the menu to your left. |
Decorative Arts Group
| “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful “ William Morris, founder of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Beth Russell, Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, Jenny McWhinney, Celia Rosser, Jenny Phillips If you have an interest in the works of the above and enjoy both the practice and intellectual traditions of decorative arts, then perhaps you’d like to meet with others once a month at Kew shule. We sit and sew together, exchange books, visit exhibitions and perhaps invite speakers to come and further inspire us in the pursuit of our interest. Bring your own art work and join the KHC Decorative Arts Group. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm at 53 Walpole Street, Kew 3101 Vic. Please contact the office on office@khc.org.au or 9853 9243 to register your interest. |
Leon Cebon Memorial Lectures
| In 2003 Leon Cebon, in his capacity as a member of the Board of Management of the Congregation, approached our Rabbi and the Board of Management about arranging lectures for the Congregation and for the community at large. There were 6 Lectures that year. In 2004 the first Lecture took place just prior to Leon's sudden passing. After Leon's passing, the Board of Management decided to continue holding the lectures and to name them the Leon Cebon Memorial Lectures in Leon's memory.
These lectures cover a wide range of subjects ranging from Jewish History, Kabbala and studies in Tanach, all areas of Leon's broad Jewish knowledge. |
The Kew Hebrew Congregation Library
| The Library is at present closed for a major clean, stock take and catalogue. However, if individuals are keen to view and study from books on the premises this can be arranged by contacting Rabbi Boroda. |
The KHC Library has existed since the 1960s. in June 2008 the KHC Library joined the Makor Jewish Library Network. The KHC Library includes a collection of mainly Jewish religious books and objects but also books about Jewish history, culture, music and literature, education, adult fiction and non fiction as well as children's books on Jewish themes, both fiction and non-fiction. The library and its archives includes the historical records of the Congregation, and educational materials for the teaching of Hebrew, Jewish history, Jewish culture and religion and music as well as objects and art works of religious significance.
