Friends of the Small Communities, directed by Rabbi Yitzchak Sufrin, was founded because a large proportion of the Jewish community in the UK live in small communities, some structured, some not. Their demands range from having a child circumcised to establishing a Hebrew class, from keeping a family intact to trying to prevent inter-marriage, with occasional quite sinister problems to deal with, such as cults.

By means of regular adult study groups, one-off visits, Shabbatons and a sympathetic ear, hundreds of families and individuals have come to recognise that they are no longer alone, but merely a phone call away.

For these and many others, including people for whom verbal contact is not always possible, Concord, the journal of the Small Communities, is a welcome and colourful visitor to their home, with everything from a kosher recipe to a thought provoking article on a Jewish topic, presented in a 21st century style.

Concord has been awarded several prizes by the Board of Deputies in their annual review of Jewish magazines in the UK.

Click here to apply online for a subscription to Concord, or contact the Friends of the Small Communities at Head Office, Lubavitch House.