Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP)
Following the adverse judgment in the Supreme Court Jewish Schools have again
been forced to adopt a religious practice test for 2012 admissions.
We understand that in some cases the schools will be asking you to complete a
Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP), which includes verification of
Synagogue attendance.
We are therefore asking that everyone, whether a member or not, who wishes to
have their attendance at Synagogue verified for School admissions purposes
complies with a set procedure (see below), which includes:
1. Pre-registration of attendance.
2. Making oneself known to an authorised official when attending. We ask,
therefore, that you ensure that you arrive in the Synagogue no later than
11:00am if you would like us to record your attendance. You will be handed a
personalised card which you will need to keep until the end of the service when
you will be able "post" it back in a ballot box which is located in the
Caretaker’s office.
3. Receiving a signed CRP only if attendance has been verified.
Those requiring us to record attendance will be required to stay until
the end of the service.
This is a task that we would much rather we were not being asked to undertake.
However, we wish to provide assistance to our Jewish Schools as they have been
placed in an incredibly difficult situation forced upon them, because, and only
because, of the Supreme Court's decision. It is important therefore to point out
that this process does not confirm Jewish status.
For any more information please do not hesitate to
contact the Synagogue Office
by using the "Contact Us" page at the top of this website.
