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SHOFARthe magazine of Finchley Progressive Synagogue
APRIL 2011
The Czech Scrolls StoryPesach activitiesA tribute: Yasemin Narcin
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FPS NewS & CoNteNtS
CoNTENTS3. Rabbi’s word4. A note from our chair 5. Community6-7. The Czech Scrolls Story8-9. Calendar10. A tribute: Yasemin Narcin11. FPS Activities12. Outside FPS13. Letters14. Pesach Fun15. Clubs and Groups
Front cover picture: A display in the Czech Torah Scrolls Museum, Westminster Synagogue, London (Photo: V. Dorosz). More about the Czech scrolls on pages 6-7.
Next copy deadline: 7 April
Please send articles and letters to [email protected]
Shofar design: [email protected]
Stanley Volk entertaining the Monday Afternoon Club by singing Sinatra.
Sunday Arts Evening 15 May 2011, 8pm
On Sunday evening Dan Richardson, travel writer and novelist (and husband of Anna Parijskaia) will present a talk about his work. A writer for the Rough Guides, Dan enthralled an audience when he spoke at FPS several months ago. He returns now to inform and entertain on the subject of Egypt.
For an evening filled with anecdotes and stories that you will enjoy enormously, enter the date of this event on your calendar now. Cost: £5 including refreshments.
Purim celebration at FPS
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Rabbi’s WordWe have by now signed, sealed and delivered it. On the encouragement from the Board of Deputies many of us may have ticked the “J” box and identified Jewishly in the 2011 Census.
The decision whether to do so may have been not so straightforward. Memories or related memories of forced and public use of the letter J and all it represented may have rendered some Jews unwilling to replicate.
We had a session at FPS on this topic exactly. Our member Marc Hesker, a psychologist and psychotherapist, felt keenly we should be discussing it, for those with heavy memories of Jewish identification and those just choosing to take on Jewish identity now. How we feel ourselves Jewish? How we relate to the wider world as Jews? And how we negotiate our way into the Jewish community we have chosen. Just some of the questions we asked ourselves. Who holds the keys to Beit Yisrael and who gets to say who is Jewish after the Shoah?
Indeed in several ways negotiating our identity has been a live topic this past month here in the UK. I frequently ask our teenagers to consider which describes them best “Jewish Brit” or “a
“Is it impossible to capture on screen the complexity a Diaspora Jew can feel for Israel?”
British Jew”. This month has in a sense demanded that consideration.
And of course whether we choose it or not the link between the State of Israel and Jewish identity goes hand in hand for many. Channel Four’s The Promise may have caught us in its headlights. Its heady mix of scenes of the 1948 British mandate and its thoughtful and at times tortured protagonist with ludicrous stereotyped depictions of wealthy, liberal Israelis.
I had sympathy for the complexity it aimed for. The confused and slightly naive young British woman swayed like grass in the wind from each extreme experience she lived through; a suicide bomb, hateful behaviour from Jews in Hebron to their Arab neighbours, Combatants for Peace, being housed in the home of a suicide bomber, indifferent or perhaps impotent IDF guards. She is exposed to it all and ricocheted from side to side.
A clever metaphor for the uninformed onlooker in the UK or the US. And yet it felt very unsatisfactory.
Is it impossible to capture on screen the complexity a Diaspora Jew can feel for Israel?
During the month of February we at FPS followed the LJ suggestion to incorporate themed readings on Israel for each parasha, each Torah portion. Varied declarations of love and struggle. One service we discussed, others we just listened. It may not have been satisfying.
Shofar last month contained the letters of Rabbi Frank Hellner and Irris Singer who hold impassioned but different views on their Israel. It may be that an Israel group needs to form again united in its bid to hold a variety of opinions, to invite a variety of speakers, to find different ways to support, to enable a healthy conversation about how we Jews, who may or may not have ticked that box on the Census, relate to Israel as part this part of our Jewish world. As we approach Pesach we might find this an essential part of negotiating who we are before we find ourselves at the Seder.
Rabbi Rebecca Qassim Birk
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A Note from our Chair
A Jewish response to the disaster in Japan.
When natural disaster strikes we can only feel helpless as we watch images of devastation and, in this case, horror. For some in FPS there are very close connections with Japan and our thoughts are particularly with them and their families. Practically we can offer support through World Jewish Relief.
“As British Jewry’s leading international disaster organisation, World Jewish Relief enables us all to demonstrate our care and concern to those within and beyond our own community at times of such disaster. We have all been moved by the appalling scenes of destruction and devastation. WJR is in a unique position to support local Japanese agencies on the ground to respond and meet immediate and longer term needs of the hundreds of thousands of
persons affected.
Initial reports estimate that thousands of people have died in the disaster, with many more missing and many injured. As assessment teams access those areas most affected it is inevitable that this number will rise. More than five million homes are without power, hundreds of thousands have been displaced and a huge response operation is underway. The scale of needs is almost incomprehensible.
Japan has probably the most effective and well organised earthquake response capabilities in the world. The resilience of the Japanese at a time of such disaster is quite remarkable.”
A donation to WJR will help provide:
* Emergency assistance
* Medium term rehabilitation and recovery
* Longer term rebuilding
visit http://bit.ly/ijfVNX
Laura Lassman
Be Part of SomethingDo any of the following sound like you? I have an interest in the management of the synagogueI would like to help FPS develop for the benefit of all its present and future membersI am able to listen to other people’s points of view and make my own considered contributionI would like to welcome members into the communityI could chair one of the committees or co-ordinate a specific projectI am creative or analyticalI am committed to Liberal JudaismIf it’s a YES then get in touch and find out how you could be part of the FPS Council.
We warmly welcome new members:
Denis, Aleksandra and Eleanor Korotkov-Koganovich
We extend our sincere condolences to:
Anita Freedman on the death of her husband, Harold.
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CommuNity
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On Leaving FPS
I have been asked to write a few words for this issue and I am finding it more difficult than I had imagined. I will be leaving at the end of May to return to the States, although at this moment the destination is undecided. I’m aiming for NEW England, specifically north of Boston. I have been the Director of Education here since the summer of 2008, and was immediately welcomed into the FPS community. A wonderfully warm environment, FPS, in my opinion, has a goal
of having families praying together as well as working as a community on common projects. I have had the honour of working with and learning from two amazing rabbis: Neil Janes and Rebecca Qassim Birk. FPS is a very lucky community and I look forward to being able to kvell with you, even from afar. I have met some amazing kids. The future of Progressive Judaism is safe because I see many youngsters already committed to Liberal Judaism. They are being taught by a wonderful group of people, many of them not formally trained teachers, who use their creativity and energy to be educators and role models for another generation. L’dor va dor—from generation to generation.The parents of Ivriah students want their children to get the best Liberal education
possible and it is a tribute to FPS that they choose to come here to Ivriah. These parents are shleppers and helpers and I am indebted to them for both, as well as for being role models for all the concepts that we teach. I will miss the Sukkah Smoothies, but do not fear: there will be a bottle of etrog vodka in the shul freezer for next year’s Sukkot!
The Education Committee adopted me immediately and I thank you for guiding me as parents and active members of FPS.
I leave you in very capable hands. I take with me the wonderful melodies of Resouled, and the warm and welcoming smiles of the FPS community. Thank you for letting me be part of it.
B’shalom,
EJ Cohen M.A., M.Ed.Director of Education
ShabbatotsA new service for our youngest members. The hour service will be full of music and stories, but following the traditional service. Good for small people and adults/grown ups!
Music led by FPS’s Gideon Lyons
2nd Saturday of the month (stars 9 April)
10am - 11am
Call the office for more info 020 8446 4063
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the CzeCh SCRollS StoRy
The extraordinary story of the Czech Memorial Scrolls is worth retelling at this time of the year, when we commemorate the victims of the Shoah. The date of Yom HaShoah is always set around the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which started on 19 April 1943 and – against all odds – lasted for a whole month. Many people believe that
during WW2 the Nazis planned to create a ‘museum to an extinct race’ in Prague and to this purpose amassed a vast collection of Jewish artefacts. Recent research seems to suggest that this is a kind of unconfirmed ‘urban myth’. It is more likely that those treasures from Bohemia
and Moravia were saved due to the efforts of the Jewish community and curators of the Jewish Museum in Prague. They decided to bring the possessions of disappearing provincial Jewry to one place and thus save them from vandals and looters. Later all the curators were transported to Terezin and Auschwitz, with only one survivor…
And so in 1942 they persuaded the Nazis to bring together the religious treasures from the deserted provincial communities to Prague: more than 100,000 items were sent to the museum – among them about 1,800 Torah Scrolls. Each was recorded on a card
The Czech Memorial Scrolls
What was lost
Jews lived in Bohemia and Moravia for more than a thousand years. Prague was the centre, but there were many large and thriving communities in other towns. Before the war over 350,000 Jews lived in Czechoslovakia; nearly 80,000 of them perished. As soon as the war ended, about 50 congregations were re-established. This revival came to an abrupt end with the Communist coup of 1949 and most of those congregations were closed.
The Nazis destroyed over 60 out of the 350 synagogues and those that survived were mostly abandoned and left to decay, with more than 80 demolished under Communist rule. Today about two hundred synagogue buildings still stand, but only a few are functioning as synagogues. Many have been restored by local municipalities, Federation of Czech Jewish Communities or, more recently, by private initiatives.
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Maeve Silver, who is 11, is doing a sponsored walk around Friary Park on Sunday 15 May along with some of her classmates from school. They are raising money for the North London Hospice which cared for Maeve’s mum, Kate, before she died last August. If you would like to support Maeve please go to www.justgiving.com/Maeve-Silver.
index by the Museum’s staff, with a description and its place of origin. In the late 50s all of them were transferred to the synagogue in Michle, a Prague suburb, and remained there until 1964. Then 1,564 Czech Memorial Scrolls were purchased from the Czechoslovak Communist government and brought over to the Westminster Synagogue in London (Kent House, Rutland Gardens, SW7). Most of the scrolls had a number label attached that corresponded to the index prepared by the Jewish curators at the Prague Museum. Some scrolls also had their Czech number painted on the rollers, but over 200 cannot be traced.
For the vast majority of the Czech scrolls Kent House in Knightsbridge was only a temporary home. Many that needed it were lovingly repaired, whenever possible reunited with their binders, and distributed to various communities around the world. We at FPS are fortunate to have three of them! By using them we are able to connect in a meaningful and positive way with the tragic history of our people; we become a link in the chain of Jewish life in Europe. Some of the Czech scrolls were badly damaged and beyond repair – they form a part of the exhibition at the Czech Memorial Scrolls Museum at the Westminster
Synagogue (see photos). You can also see there a beautiful collection of scroll binders and learn about their fascinating history. The binders are made from the linen cloth initially used at a boy’s circumcision. They were laundered, cut into four strips, sewn together and embroidered with a Hebrew inscription running the length of the binder. Typically, it names the boy and his father, his date of birth and the wish that he should grow up to Torah, chuppah and good deeds – most important events in the life of a male member of the community. The binder was presented to the synagogue on the occasion of the boy’s first visit and later used to wrap the Torah scroll on special occasions in his life, such as his Bar Mitzvah and the Sabbath preceding his marriage, sometimes also to decorate the chuppah at the boy’s wedding: a symbolic reinforcement of the covenant with God.
You can learn more about the Czech Scrolls and the Museum on its website:www.czechmemorialscrollstrust.org.
Viktoria Dorosz
Please note: There will be a special Czech Scrolls Service in our synagogue on Saturday 23 April.
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CaleNdaR aPRil 2011
Monday Afternoon Club 1.45pmMembership Com. 6.30pmBridge Club 8pm
Ivriah Half Term
Ivriah Half Term PassoverSeder Night
Passover Erev last day 6.30pm
Ivriah 9.45amPesach Preparation Workshop Screen on the Grove 7.30pm
Bridge Club 8pm
PassoverLast Day 11am
Youth Film Club 7pmArt Class 7.15pmCouncil 8pm
Passover
Art Class 7.15pm
April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
PassoverFirst day 11am
Communal Seder 6.30pm
Lunch & Learn 12.30pm
Art Class 7.15pm
Jewish festivals 201119 April - 1st day Pesach25 April - 7th day Pesach1 May - Yom HaShoah8 June - Shavuot9 August - Tisha B’Av
29 Sept. - Rosh Hashanah8 October - Yom Kippur13 October - Sukkot20 October - Simchat Torah20 Dec. - 1st night Chanukkah
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Youth Film Club 7pmArt Class 7.15pmCouncil 8pm
Passover
Art Class 7.15pm
Oneg Shabbat Special Friday service with EJ & Rabbi Rebecca 6.30pm
April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Book Club 8pmAccess to Judaism 8pm
New members and family chavurahErev Shabbat with jazz melodies 6.30pm
Shabbat Resouled 6.30pm
Kabbalat Shabbat 6.30pm
Shabbat family Service Bar Mitzvah James Colby 11amRikud 3pm Youth Club 5.30pm
Shabbatots 10am
Shabbat B’yachad morning Service 11amBig Bang 10am
Shabbat morningShabbat HaGaddol+ Children with EJ
+ PAL 11am
Lunch & Learn 12.30pm
Art Class 7.15pm
Access to Judaism 8pmBook Club 8pm
Passover
Meditation (6 sessions) 7.30pm
Passover
Kabbalat Shabbat 6.30pm
PassoverShabbat morning 11amCzech Scrolls ServiceChol Ha’Moed
Shabbat morning (Rabbi M.Solomon) 11am
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I have known Yas for many years, as her mother Andrea taught me at Ivriah, but recently I have got to know her better, when she took over the Youth Club from Andrea.
We get along extremely well, planning activities for both Youth club and Ivriah, where we both teach in class hey. They are a brilliant class to teach.
March Council NotesThe Council continues to consider ways of making our synagogue more efficient and appealing. Council members will be available at services to welcome newcomers as well as established members and to make sure that everything is proceeding smoothly.
Beit Tefillah is considering ways of distributing Mitzvot to members and giving people with birthdays and anniversaries the opportunity to celebrate by hosting.
Rabbi Rebecca is working on ways of freshening up the appearance of the building, including possible displays of original art work. A small committee has been formed to handle the financial management aspects of the premises including hiring out.Rabbi Rebecca announced that the first Shabbat of the month will be a Family Service, while the third Shabbat will be a Play & Learn and Youth Service. Also, a new Shabbatot service
will be established in April - Shabbatots, from 10-11 o’clock run by Gideon Lyons and Paula Kinchin Smith.
Work continues on simplifying finances and subscriptions in particular. Also, with EJ’s imminent departure, aspects of the running of Ivriah as well as innovations in education are being tackled.
Two important days to note are the Induction Service on 14 May and the AGM on Sunday, 12 June.
Elaine Borish
Yasemin NarcinYas also attends the foundation course for teaching at the Leo Baeck College for Jewish Education. She enjoys and benefits from this course as it allows her to develop her teaching skills. She would like to become a teacher one day and I think she will be fantastic at it. Yas has recently joined the Membership and Education Committee (alongside her mother) which will enable her to contribute her great ideas, which I hope she will use to develop the youth at FPS.
When Yas took over, the Youth Club numbers rose: this may have had something to do with her fantastic personality and her great sense of humour. Yas has very strong ideas about developing
the Youth Club at Finchley Progressive. She dedicates all her spare time to the club – which meets every Saturday at 5.30pm till 7pm - as well as teaching at the synagogue on Sunday mornings (despite being very tired). I am very lucky to work alongside her, as she is always great fun.
Yasemin is a great inspiration to all around her. She is always willing to help others to get jobs done around FPS. She is a great credit to the synagogue and a great friend to have. I wish her all the best of luck in whatever she does in the future.
Josh Hammerton
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ShoFaR
A Spot of Learning with our Access to Judaism CourseFrom 10th March Thursday Evenings 8- 9.30pm at FPS for 6 weeks This course is perfect for those wanting to learn about Judaism and those who want to refresh or fill the gaps they have always had. We begin with Jewish Timings. If you would like to no more about the course please contact Rabbi Rebecca Qassim Birk [email protected]
FPS aCtivitieS
LEARNING AT FPS- EDUCATION
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ACCess to judAism
BreAkfAst shiurSaturday 9 April, 8.45am-10.45am
The Limits of Freedom – Struggles with the Haggadah Presented by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (NNLS)Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is author of The Three Pillars of Judaism, The Eternal Journey: Meditations on the Jewish Year, and most recently, The Silence of Dark Water: An Inner Journey. Having earned his degree in literature at the University of Cambridge, he studied for the rabbinate at Leo Baeck College in London, and in Jerusalem. Since 1987 he has been Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue, in 2008 he was appointed Senior Rabbi of the Masorti Movement. Rabbi Wittenberg is very active in interfaith dialogue and has worked in multi-faith hospital and hospice settings.
ACCess to judAism
PESACH AT FPSPesach Morning Service Tuesday 19 April
A chance to connect again to some of the themes of the seder and sing more traditional tunes we have only once a year. It will be School holidays so there will be activities for our children.
Communal Seder Tuesday 19 April, 6.30pm
A great FPS tradition and now with Rabbi Rebecca leading.
We use the LJ Haggadah. Children and adults warmly welcome, it’s possible to meet everyone’s needs on this one different night of the year. Please bring something that represents being free or asking questions for our Freedom Plate! An objective that you could explain.
Chol Hamoed (Shabbat during Pesach) Saturday 23 April is our CZECH SCROLLS service when we recall where our scrolls have come from and the history and legacy they bring with them.
Erev 7th Night Pesach Sunday 24 April, 6.30pm
Reflective service on Freedom and the Challenges of Liberty. Finishing off the last bits of Matzah together.
7th Day Pesach Service Bank Holiday Monday 25 April ,11am
A rather unique outdoor service to be held in Dollis Brook (by it not in it!). All very welcome and we will coordinate to transport any who would like to come from the synagogue. A celebration of Spring and a picnic and service in the open air.
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From East to North West Sunday 10 April 2011, 11amHop on a classic Routemaster bus for a journey into London’s Jewish community from the medieval City to the old Jewish East End, the busy West End and finally the quiet suburbs of North West London. The tour will end at the Jewish Museum in Camden. £20 including free entry to the museum. Meeting point provided on booking (details on the website).
outSide FPS
As your Board of Deputies representative, I attended on 26 February the Interfaith Celebration of the Board’s 250th anniversary, held at West London Synagogue, Upper Berkeley Street. It was a great pleasure for me and Maureen Lobatto to be present at so grand a multi-faith occasion.
Some of you will know West London’s very impressive sanctuary, with its beautiful stained glass windows and domed ceiling and its decorative bimah. A packed congregation including regular West London worshipers, visitors like ourselves, Buddhists in orange robes, Roman Catholic, Church of England and Greek Orthodox Christians reinforced the sense of the wider faith community.
West London’s rabbis conducted the specially written service with other contributors such as Rabbi
Dr. Tony Bayfield CBE. The music was beautifully sung by the soprano chazan and choir (Sim Shalom rendered as we had never heard it before). Although it took a little adjustment after FPS’s informal style, this was sabbath on a large scale.
The Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, the Most Reverend Kevin McDonald, gave the sermon. He spoke of the Board’s history over the last two centuries and praised its current important and respected work in political and religious circles at home and abroad.
At the excellent kiddush, all agreed that it had been a spiritual and uplifting service and a fittingly religious way to mark this important milestone in the Board’s long history.
Stanley Volk
BoArd of deputies At 250 I’M JEWISH BUT...For people in their 20s/30s.
Liberal Judaism’s series of informal talks (with nosh) about what is it to be Jewish in the modern world. Contact: [email protected]
I don’t know any Hebrew
13 April 2011
Is it important to know Hebrew in order to practice Judaism? I feel embarrassed that other people know more Hebrew than I do and I feel too old to start learning.
With: Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry and Rabbi Michael Shire
I don’t believe god made the world
4 May 2011
Can I believe in evolution and still be religious? I don’t believe that the world was made in seven days but I’m not sure about the Big Bang theory; I don’t know what to believe.
With: Rabbi Pete Tobias and Student Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
@ The Jewish Museum: Passover Seder WorkshopThursday 14 April, 2-4pmDecorate a special Seder plate, an Elijah or a Miriam cup, inspired by our Morocco exhibition. Ages 8 upwards, £5 per child including free entry to the museum.
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In response to the Israel DebateTo the Shofar Editor:
Dear friend,
On rare visits to London I have enjoyed being at FPS. Recently, a very good friend sent me the interesting exchange of views on Israel between Irris Singer and Rabbi Frank Hellner which appeared in Shofar. Because of the importance of the dialogue, I would ask to add some comments.
Like for Frank, for me too “Israel must remain a ‘Jewish’ state”, for all the reasons Frank gives and more. That is what I came to Israel for from the UK, worked and fought for. Binationalism is a noble ideal but, today, sadly not relevant; however, I am sure that Iris, and hopefully Frank too, are with me in dreaming of a United States of the Middle East in a generation. But for now, keeping Israel a Jewish state – that is the existential question.
Today, between the sea and the Jordan, we Jews are the powerful majority. However powerful, in 10 – 15 years that will be changed. To keep Israel Jewish – demographically, democratically, culturally – we must end the occupation and bring the settlers, dispersed throughout the West Bank, home. The more we delay, the more difficult and painful it will be ‘to unscramble the egg’ (some say, purposely and provocatively scrambled). What are termed our ‘concessions’ are lands we took in war and which we are obliged to give back. Both sides have erred terribly and paid dearly and each victim is a whole world but when we count the dead, there are many times more Palestinian dead than Jewish dead.
The state is known and recognized as the state of Israel but its Jewishness depends only on us and does not require a special declaration by the Palestinians only as is demanded by some. General criteria apart, what makes Israel Jewish - by our standards, our history, our culture? Is it more of the clods of soil of the ancient Homeland where our prophets and sages walked, or rather the great ideas they preached which thunder down the ages? For my part, it is to live and work, strong and secure, according to the injunction of Hillel: ‘What is hateful to you, do not to another’ and in the spirit of the prophesy of Micah: ‘to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God’.
An American senator once said: ‘My country – right or wrong!’ At another time, another senator expanded this, to his abiding credit, without any shame: ‘My country right – for me to struggle to keep it so; my country wrong – for me to make it right’.
Avraham Shomroni email: [email protected]
FPS databaseWe are constantly trying to update/amend our
list of members’ email addresses. If you are not
receiving the Rabbi’s weekly bulletin in your
inbox, please let the synagogue office know
your current email address.
Tree of LifeHappy events can be recorded on the leaves of
the Tree of Life. To have a leaf inscribed, please
send your information with a cheque for a
minimum donation of £50 made out to FPS to
the synagogue office.
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Hiding the AfikomenIt always befalls on my grandfather to hide the afikomen, he’s the man of the house. But finding it has gotten too easy over the past years; here’s how to make this year different from all other years.
First things first, make sure the coast is clear, you don’t want any sneaky kids watching you (or their parents for that matter). Then think about where you hid it last year, probably the same place as the year before - try and stray away from there. On the mantelpiece - come on? This might be the only chance you have all evening to reflect on the Haggadah. Think on your feet, these kids have known you all their lives, they know about your stash of Green and Blacks, the collection of model airplanes in the study & they definitely know about your strange obsession of collecting the Beano. We all do. The biscuit tin... gone with the rest of the hametz. No, this is time for stealth. Here’s what to do.
The day before the Seder find an old book and carefully cut out the middle of about 30 pages (like Indiana Jones might). Have the book on the table so you don’t need to move. Getting it in there could be tricky, but if you work closely with one of your peers they could spill a drink or break something to distract the family. It should be a doddle. Watch them search frantically while you enjoy that fourth cup in peace.
Janet TresmanMediator and collaborative
Family law specialist solicitor
Consultant at Newman Law Solicitors10 Hendon Lane
FinchleyLondonN3 1TR
Phone - 020 8349 2655Fax - 020 8346 0270
A Quiz for Children during their Sederim
1. What month does Pesach/Passover fall in?
2. How many 4’s of things are there in the seder?
3. Whose name is not mentioned during the seder who you might expect to hear about?
4. What season does Pesach bring with it?
5. What is the AFIKOMEN?
6. What are all the animals in Chad Gadya? (song at the end of the seder.)
7. What should Miriam’s cup hold and what should Elijah’s cup hold?
8. What does Mah Nishtana mean and who should say it?
9. How many plagues are there? Get ready to remember them in order.
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50/50 ClubThis is a simple yet fun way to support the synagogue. Draws take place throughout the year and the more participants the larger the winnings. For more information contact the synagogue office - 020 8446 4063 or Edgar Jacobsberg on 020 8444 9910.
March draw winners: 1st £25 Robert Rote2nd £15 Edgar Jacobsberg3rd £10 Ben Leibowitz
Finchley Progressive Youth Club8 – 12 year olds Saturday term time (5.30pm – 7pm)The Youth Club runs almost every Saturday and offers all the classic youth club opportunities for members and friends. Contact Yasemin (07971 109103) or the synagogue office (020 8446 4063) for more information.
FPS Youth My name is Josh Dubell and I am currently a movement worker for LJY-Netzer. I am helping out Finchley Progressive with their youth provisions and I am so happy to be doing so.
I am going to be running monthly film clubs and leadership training for 15-18 year olds as well as helping Yasemin to run the Youth Club once a month.I look forward to talking with many of you.If you have any questions please e-mail me at [email protected] The first film club will take place on Wednesday 6 April, 7pm @ FPSFilm: Someone to Run WithAges - 15-18
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FPS Film ClubThe Screen on the Grove3 April, 8pm
Turn Left at the End of the World
An Israeli film by Avi Nesher. The drama with the highest Israeli box office gross of the past 20 years follows two young women in the Negev desert who make exciting new plans when they discover the sexual revolution is raging in the outside world. The amusing script and genuine sympathy for the characters keeps chuckles flowing. The film successfully balances the coming of age tale with more far reaching satire on cultural pretensions.
May: no film (first Sunday of the month is Yom haShoah)
Monday Afternoon Club4 April, 1.45pm
The FPS Monday Afternoon Club meets for social and entertainment events. The Monday Afternoon Club is for older people in our community — please come along and join us. For further information contact Angela at the synagogue office. Cost: £1.
Rosh Chodesh Group Tuesday 5 April, 7.30pm
Concepts of women in psychotherapy: from Freud to Jessica Benjamin
Led by Irris Singer, we will look at some of the major theories that have informed therapy. Come along and bring your (female) friends! For more information please contact Jenny Silk ([email protected] or tel. 020 7435 5572).
Contact GroupIf you would like a visit from a friendly member of the community – or are able to offer help - please get in touch with Debbie Sallas at the synagogue on 020 8446 4063 or directly on 07956 432 729.
ClubS & gRouPS
