What is it about Bournemouth - which is supposed to be a placid seaside retirement for genteel Jewish folk?
Only a few years ago trouble broke out in the local Orthodox synagogue over whether to appoint Lubavitcher Rabbi Yossi Alperowitz as minister, leading to his resignation as acting rabbi.
Now the beast of broiges is loose among the Reform community, with a number of families splitting to do their own High Holy Day services this year.
(And how will the two synagogues react to a new Masorti group which could be setting up in town - with the potential to recruit members from both?)
