Elstree, Borehamwood and Bushey Mitzah Day

ELSTREE, BOREHAMWOOD & BUSHEY MITZVAH DAY BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND PROVIDE FOOD FOR LOCAL PEOPLE

Local faith leaders, school children, parents, an anti-hunger charity, a Jewish youth group and supportive members of the public recently came together in a heart-warming display of unity in Elstree & Borehamwood and Bushey’s Mitzvah Day that was based around the themes of “Food Brings us Together” and “Celebrating Diversity”. As part of the day, a special video was streamed live in which messages of peace and friendship were shared by local faith leaders from its Christian, Jewish, Hari Krishna and Muslim communities, together with the coordinators of local charity Gratitude.3 It also featured drawings from local school children, at Yavneh Primary School and Yavneh College running on a loop, welcoming the Muslim community to their new Mosque in Maxwell Road, Borehamwood. The video has received a fantastic response on social media and can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/GuF27ar7te8 Contact: Dan Ozarow Elstree, Borehamwood & Bushey Project Coordinator E: mitzvahdayborehamwood2020 @gmail.com T: 07944 052 859 9th February 2021

Meanwhile, over at Hartspring Lane Community Centre, Bushey, regular volunteers were joined by those from Jewish youth group FZY and Muslim community leaders to participate in a lively food distribution session, performing Mitzvot and good deeds for the wider community. With volunteers kitted out in bright green Mitzvah Day T-shirts and black caps, facemasks and respecting social distancing, the charitable activity was permissible under government lockdown guidelines as essential for combating food poverty and loneliness. As part of the week’s activities, Gratitude also ran a kosher food bank at Yavneh College. Photos can be viewed here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/o7vePY2iYp CzeSxn6

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