The Calendar below includes upcoming DFBF events and other interfaith events in Devon, and reports and photos of previous events.
See also the Shap e-calendar of Religious Festivals, featuring dates and descriptions of festivals. It is an invaluable resource for the teaching profession, students, businesses, chaplaincies, those in health care and public services.
10th January
‘Happy new year’. Where do our traditions look to for hope? How can we stay hopeful in a world where people are suffering?
Jude Taylorson and Ed Pawson
Investigating life for Jewish people trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto through the finds of the extraordinary Oyneg Shabbes Archive
Dr Avril Alba is Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies and Jewish Civilisation at the University Of Sydney, Australia
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during WW2 and the Holocaust. It
was established in Nov 1940 and, at its height, as many as 460,000 Jews were imprisoned
there. In the summer of 1942, at least 254,000 ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka
extermination camp. The ghetto was demolished by the Germans in May 1943 after the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had temporarily halted the deportations.
Buried in milk cans and tin boxes under the rubble of the Warsaw ghetto, the Oyneg
Shabbes archive constitutes the largest collection of Jewish writing about the ghetto. The
compilation of the archive was both an everyday and extraordinary act of courage and
defiance that has bequeathed to us knowledge that otherwise would have perished
alongside its creators. This lecture will discuss the origins and content of the archive and
its implications for remembering the Holocaust today.
Booking: https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/
HMD Ceremony Exeter Cathedral Jan 2023
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10.00-10.35am |
HMD commemorations |
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Welcome |
Jeremy Roberts (Chair, Devon SACRE) |
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Opening reflections |
Jonathan Greener (Dean, Exeter Cathedral) |
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Song |
Song from pupils at local primary schools |
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Candle lighting |
Lord Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of DCC, Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Jewish Community (Menachem Olberg), Islamic Community (Imam Ahmed), Gypsy/Roma Community (Lizzie Small), representatives from diverse communities, school pupils |
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HMD 2023 |
Address: Robert Rinder and Bernie Graham |
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Closing prayer |
Jonathan Greener (Dean, Exeter Cathedral) |
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10.45-11.30am |
Talk |
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Speakers |
Robert Rinder and Bernie Graham: Ordinary People (age 12 and above) |
7th February
What does the 2021 census tell us about religion and belief in England today?
Ed Pawson
7th March
Why do some traditions have rules about food and drink?
Andrew Sails
This is a great opportunity for networking and getting to know the local Muslim community
