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Welcome to a warm friendly community and the only community to offer, to all Jewish people in the area, regular weekly services and many other activities for adults and children, both inside our wonderful Synagogue & adjoining community hall and at other venues. Reading Hebrew Congregation and our Synagogue in Goldsmid Road is, and has always been, the centre of Jewish Community life in Reading, Berkshire, UK and the surrounding area for over 130 years. We are an Independent Orthodox Synagogue operating under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. If you would like to visit us or are considering moving into the area please contact us first by email, phone or via our Facebook site and fill out the Visitor form below. We also have provided help and hospitality to many visitors and welcome any donations to help us to continue to provide these services. If you would like to know more about the history of our community, please click here. Please see below for details of upcoming events.

Visitor Booking Process

We have a long tradition of welcoming visitors, both Jewish & Non-Jewish who are interested in attending services, joining us or just wishing to find out more about Judaism and our community. However, due to the need to maintain a secure environment for both members and visitors we ask that anybody wishing to visit the Synagogue for any reason to fill out the visitor booking form below. Therefore if you would like to visit the Synagogue we ask that you: 1) Contact us in advance (a minimum of 3 days notice is required). 2) Fill out the attached booking form. 3) Provide photo id to us (e.g.Passport, Photo Driving Licence, Bus pass, etc.), if this is your first visit, that will passed to our security officer. We retain the right to refuse entry to anyone without such id having been previously presented. 4) Wait for us to contact you to confirm availability.

Every month we have an extended kiddish after the Shabbat service. We also have one planned for Shavout, first day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previous Events Saturday, 3rd February - WIZO National Quiz We’ve got our team together for this year’s WIZO National Quiz. In previous years we’ve done very well! As usual lots of organization behind the scenes, not least sorting out who’s doing what for the accompanying supper. Visiting Rabbi We welcome Rabbi Garber who will be leading Friday night and Shabbat morning services followed by lunch and Afternoon service. We are looking to organising more services on these lines in the future and look forward to welcoming any local Jewish and other visitors who feel that thay would like to exprience this. Details will be published as they become available. Purim Rabbi Mark Daniels is coming to read the Megillah, followed by a reception in the Hall afterwards. Always a great event for the whole family. Please contact us if you would like to attend by filling out the visitor form above. Community Meal We’re organising a community meal after the Friday evening service. Our regular Friday evening services are always a good way to come and get to know the community.