Edgware Synagogue congregants were more than a little surprised when their rabbi asked them to turn up on a Sunday afternoon for a Shabbat service.
But there was no shortage of volunteers — particularly among the younger members of the community — when it was revealed that the request was because of a visit by a Blue Peter camera crew and Jewish presenter Joel Defries.
They were filming for a segment to be broadcast on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day.
Defries, 23 — who spent some of his formative years in India and New Zealand — also used the day to learn more about what it means to be Jewish.
