February 2020
Shofar the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue
Rabbi Danny Rich, Senior Rabbi of Liberal Judaism
From the Rabbi This month there is nothing from the editor because we have news of a new editorial team who will begin together in March. Watch this space!
Maureen Lipman brought Beattie to our screens in 1988 and declared to the nation how proud we were of ‘ologies’. An ology of any persuasion was special. It means an area of knowledge. We Jews venerate learning. We are also proud of our communal institutions and have so many of them. Perhaps it’s our commitment to community that makes us support communal institutions, whether they affirm identity, change lives or raise funds. I imagine each of us has a connection to several, starting with our own synagogue, with political parties and charities that attempt to change and protect. Many of our children identify Jewishly through their youth movement LJY-Netzer. This edition of Shofar explores the communal organisations we are connected to.
Cover photo - Rabbi Rebecca writes: Danny is known by many of us as a rabbi’s rabbi. He has done so much to support and enhance the lives of student rabbis and the Liberal Judaism rabbinate. 2
rabbi rebecca birk
We begin with Liberal Judaism; our Mother Ship that allows and enables each community to create its own Jewish identity and commitments. We also feature the Board of Deputies which aims to speak for the mainstream Jewish community; it sometimes fails to do so but is regarded by the British establishment as a key voice. Wika Dorosz updates us about our twin community, Mogilev in Belarus, which we support from afar. Others familiar to us are JCORE (Jewish Council for Racial Equality), WJR (World Jewish Relief), Tzedek which funds and supports projects in the developing world, Jewish Women’s Aid, Citizens UK, Jewish LGBTQI. These organisations inform and affect our lives. As the anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” I am proud of this issue and all we are connected to. May we and our collaborations go from strength to strength.
Danny is much beloved by FPS and certainly has been my Rabbi for as long as I can remember. Our 2020 LJ Biennial will include special tributes to him as he leaves his role at Liberal Judaism.
Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org
From the Chair T
his month I am delighted to introduce our new Treasurer, Chris Nash, You will see an overview of our finances from 2019 at the bottom of this page. Thank you Chris for your hard work. At the end of last year I attended a wonderful Chanukah lunch beautifully hosted by Rabbi Rebecca. Franklyn played some lovely songs and our synagogue was filled with delicious smells of food and then laughter during the quiz - which I sadly missed. On a different note I wanted to mention the rotas for welcome and security. Anjy and I have taken on the welcome rota from Josie who has done an excellent job; and whilst Naomi is in Australia we are doing the security rota too. Please bear with us through a few early teething problems. We are also looking for more volunteers for both rotas - please get in touch.
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fps finances - chris nash, fps treasurer
Last summer, I was honoured to take on the role of FPS Treasurer. Synagogue finances may well be a mystery that hopefully I can shed a little light. The graphs below show a summary of main ins and outs and represent the average over the past two years. Membership income is our main revenue source. Annual subscriptions are topped by Gift Aid and Higher Rate Tax Relief. If you are a higher rate taxpayer but haven’t yet registered, please get in touch with the office who can advise further. The thing to note is that our vibrant community led by an inspiring rabbi grew in 2019 from 321 to 332 member families. Let’s hope this continues into 2020. One of my aims, supported by council, is to manage the budget to break even with our regular activities. With a lot of hard work (especially around the Ed Balls fundraising dinner last May) we have closed our operating loss and achieved parity for 2020. This gives a good base to look forwards. We aspire to grow as a community, but recognise that our building needs investment. Putting this into practice will require careful thought about fundraising and legacy so expect to hear more about this in the coming months.
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Notice Board a big thank you to anthony kay
We have received an extremely generous donation from our congregant, Anthony Kay, who would like his donation to be used to renovate and beautify our Memorial Garden. This is the stretch on the right-hand side of the pathway leading into our car park. The Garden was the creation some years ago of Lionel Lassman and it means a great deal to members who have commemorative plaques next to rose bushes planted in memory of loved ones. The sum that Anthony has donated is sufficient for us to take a good look at how we can do more than keep it weeded and tidy –which is a considerable task in itself. Thank you Anthony! We would welcome anyone in the congregation chanukah photo competition winners
We invited members to send in photos for our Chanukah photo competition. Mazel tov to the winners - Naomi and Stuart Gould who sent the photo below right from New Zealand, the photo furthest from Finchley, and to Paul Silver-Myer
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who has experience in garden design and planting to join a small group to get this under way for the spring. Please email angelapaulwharton@ gmail.com if you are interested and we can meet to look at what might be possible.
who sent this photo of the most Chanukiot lit together. It was lovely to see so many people joining us in person for our various Chanukah events, but also how many photos were shared on facebook as our community came together virtually, too.
Night Shelter So, we have just finished our 3 months of the Together in Barnet homeless shelter at FPS! Every Tuesday since the 1 October we have been hosting up to 17 guests at the synagogue. The guests arrive at 7, have a good, hot evening meal and chat, read or play board games before bedding down for the night. In the morning they roll up their sleeping bags, eat a hot breakfast and move on to the next venue. By the end of the run they have become our friends! To make all of this possible, we have a marvellous team of volunteers who cook, host, sleepover, arrive at a ridiculously early hour to cook breakfast, and schlep bags. They are incredibly generous with their time and effort, and the guests think they are as marvellous as Peggy and I do. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your hard work! You
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are stars! And don’t forget your invitation to the Volunteer Supper on Friday 7 February! This year, for the first time Together in Barnet will be running for the full year. The second cycle is now up and running, and 6 of the 7 venues are set for the third cycle (Friday night slot still to be filled), and venues are being sought for the fourth. If anyone has any suggestions of a venue or a group of people who would like to become involved let me know and I will link them up with Amanda, who coordinates the running of the shelter across the borough.
people welcome Paul Barnett Daniel Epstein & Patrick Richmond with Curtis & Aaron
happy birthday to the following members
mazeltov to
stone setting
Sadie Westbury whose great grandson Joseph Philip Westbury celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in December Tom Dolan celebrating his Bar Mitzvah on 22 February Noa McDonald celebrating her Bat Mitzvah on 29 February
The stone setting for Lorna & Harry Roberts will be at 9.30am on Sunday 9 February at Edgwarebury Cemetery. Rabbi Rebecca Birk will officiate. The stone setting for Ronald Baker will be at 1.45pm on Sunday 16 February at Edgwarebury Cemetery and will be officiated by Rabbi Rebecca Birk
celebrating milestone birthdays in February: Renzo Fantoni, Myrna Lazarus, Marianne Karton, Edelle Carr and Janet Solomon
condolences to
The family of Ilse Dorset who died in December Lionel Jacobs and his daughter Sacha Avis on the death of Estella Jacobs in January
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Beit Tefillah
services at fps
services – february / shvat leading into adar Saturday 1 February
11.00am Shabbat B’yachad
Friday 7 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 8 February
11.00am Shabbat Service followed by FPS Tu B’Shvat Seder
Friday 14 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 15 February
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 21 February
6.30pm Shabbat Resouled
Saturday 22 February
11.00am Shabbat Service celebrating Tom Dolan Bar Mitzvah
Friday 28 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 29 February
11.00am Shabbat Service celebrating Noa McDonald Bat Mitzvah
Purim is coming early to FPS this year as we are celebrating together on Sunday 8 March. Join us at 2.00pm for study with Rabbi Rebecca and to prepare Mishloah Manot (gifts) for housebound or unwell members of the community, and then at
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3.00pm for Megillah reading and our fantastic Purim Spiel by the whole of Ivriah! Join Rabbi Rebecca on Thursday 12 March at midday for Purim-themed study over hamentaschen and lunch.
Beit Knesset
community events, all welcome!
bridge group
beit midrash
Mondays @ 7.30pm, £4. There are even small prizes for winners! For details: Paul Silver-Myer via the synagogue office 020 8446 4063
Full details of February sessions on page 8. All sessions start at 7.30pm on Thursdays and everyone welcome to attend. Refreshments served
book club
breakfast shiur
Wednesday 12 February @ 8.00pm The Book Club meetings are held in people’s homes on the second Wednesday of each month. Contact Sheila King Lassman skinglassman@gmail.com or Edgar Jacobsberg e.jacobsberg@gmail.com
29 February at 8.30am, ‘Listenings’ with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
rosh chodesh adar
25 February outing to Jewish Museum exhibition Life? or Theatre? by German-Jewish artist, Charlotte Salomon. All welcome to meet shortly before 3:00pm, with coffee and discussion after the exhibition delving into judaism
Wednesday 7.00-9.00pm. Weekly adult class exploring the building blocks of Judaism plus at 8.00pm Hebrew classes. lunch & learn
Thursdays, 12.00-1.00pm An hour’s learning in the small hall with Rabbi Rebecca with a bring-and-share lunch such as sandwiches, soup and cake pilates
Thursdays @ 5.30-6.30pm. Led by Tali Swart. Beginners to intermediate; individually tailored instruction. Payment in blocks of six, about £8 per lesson. Contact taliswort@btconnect.com cafe ivriah
Saturdays (Ivriah term only), 9.45-10.45am All welcome to an informal discussion, on a wide range of topics, over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service. Weekly Torah portion to current affairs
50/50 club draws winners, december
1st 2nd 3rd
Maeve Silver Paul Miller Eliza King-Lassman
£20 £15 £10
50/50 club draws winners, january
1st Vincent Lassman-Watts £20 2nd Corinne Oppenheimer £15 3rd Kirsty Myer £10
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Beit Midrash
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coming up at fps
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Interview: Tessa Samson
sarah rosen-webb
I recently visited Tessa Samson at Sunrise Senior Living in Elstree. Tessa is a very long-standing member of FPS. She holds both much information about our congregation and many fond memories of the time she was a more active member. Tessa and her husband Werner joined FPS in 1963 when their elder daughter was six. Tessa had previously been affiliated to LJS in St John’s Wood, and she holds many affectionate memories of her time there too. Tessa met her husband Werner shortly after the end of World War 2. Fortuitously for Werner, he arrived in England from Germany in 1934 when his father was sent to run the London office of the engineering group he worked for. It was when he was working for this firm that he met Tessa. Tessa and Werner married in 1955, when she was 24. Later they joined FPS when their older daughter Suzanne was 6 and Diane was a fouryear-old. Suzanne got interested in the religious side of life quite early on. Later on at university she became chair of the Oxford Liberal Group until she met her husband to be who introduced her to Orthodox Judaism. Together they raised their six (now adult) children. Diane has stayed closer to Liberal Judaism, and together with her husband has raised four more grandchildren for Tessa. Whilst Tessa never took a salaried position she was a real giver and joiner. She was on just about every committee, first at LJS and then at FPS. She had good secretarial skills and was always happy to take up the role of Secretary inlcuding at FPS. She was also Chair of the Fundraising Committee of the British section of World Union for Progressive Judaism. She enjoyed raising money for Israel and working with ‘a beautiful group of people who didn’t quarrel about anything’. She even helped
Frank Hellner settle into FPS when he arrived as our first salaried Rabbi. Werner died in 1982 living just long enough to meet his first grandchild. Tessa always enjoyed ‘being into everything’ and ‘working with all the good people she met through the movement’. She continued working for the Liberal Movement travelling to give talks at different synagogues. She put her heart and soul into helping the movement grow and flourish. Ten grandchildren and thirty three greatgrandchildren later, Tessa says in some ways her life is quite ordinary and in other ways it is ‘an odd, strange life’. She remains an ardent Liberal, pointing out that she just can’t tolerate the practice of women sitting separately from men. ‘One thing that I know for sure’, Tessa comments as we say our goodbyes, ‘is that Liberal Judaism has always run through my life.’
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Board of Deputies T
janet tresman & stanley volk
he Board of Deputies (BOD) is the only democratically elected, cross-communal, representative body in the Jewish community. It comprises nearly 300 deputies directly elected by synagogues and community organisations and Stanley Volk and I represent FPS. The BOD was established 260 years ago and over the years has dealt with many serious issues. Last year was no exception with an unexpected limelight on the Board, regrettably for negative reasons. But I believe the BOD acquitted itself well, culminating in the Jewish Manifesto produced by the Board in time for the December General Election.
When I, Janet, became Deputy I was also coopted onto the Family Law group currently chaired by Eleanor Platt QC (I aspire to succeed her when she retires). In the last year we have investigated forthcoming legislation and contributed on organ donation and the Marriage Act. We have worked on issues of same sex marriage, heterosexual civil partnership, Brit Milah, kashrut, admission to Jewish Schools and post mortems. I was instrumental in re-writing the leaflet on Rites and Rituals in Jewish Family Life launched at the Supreme Court with an introduction by President, Lady Hale. I now also represent Liberal Judaism in this group. I also sit on the Defence Division, which has
Part of our role is to attend the BOD’s Plenaires to hold the Board and speakers to account. Here we also raise motions for action, welcome guest speakers, meet religious leaders; government ministers and ambassadors, and hear presentations such as on the Holocaust memorial to be built in London. We have invited Danny Rich to address the Board, supported the Board’s public demonstrations such as the Enough is Enough antisemitism rally, and the Golders Green Together campaign. The Board has a highly skilled professional staff, headed by our very own FPS member, Gillian Merron, former MP for Lincoln and Foreign Office minister. If you’re interested you can watch the Plenaries in action as it’s streamed live on a Sunday at https://www.bod.org.uk/who-we-are
a dozen deputies, and I am currently the only Liberal deputy. This division’s brief is to defend Jewish life in UK and its territories and actively fight anti-semitism. The CST reports to us at every meeting, as does the Union of Jewish Students often telling of their troubled life on campus. This last year has been worse than most. We have tried to draw a picture for you of this vibrant organisation that continues to evolve and develop, but always with its main objective to protect our religious freedoms and Jewish way of life. We both agree it is a privilege to serve as your deputies and represent and support our diverse community.
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The Leo Baeck Education Centre, Haifa Sometime in 2006 Jane and I visited the Leo Baeck Education Center (LBEC) in Haifa for the first time. We have been back almost every year as we were so impressed with the standards of education and all-round grounding in human kindness. The principles of tikkun olam are at the forefront of this fine establishment. LBEC has been supported by leading British Liberal Jews ever since its formation in 1938 including our recently departed Rabbi Harry Jacobi z’l and Hilda Schindler z’l who was head-teacher at Southgate Progressive Synagogue for more than 50 years. The Haifa municipality pays for the cost of the basic education with additional funding from the USA, UK and Germany. This is what enables LBEC to continually turn out gifted students. One young Ethiopian woman stands out in my memory. Aged just 16 she was selected to speak to the Knesset about the plight of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Another outstanding achievement was sending an entire senior physics class to Geneva to visit the Hadron Collider and study its uses and purpose. There are 2,500 students from Reception onwards. The school strongly believes in the principles of shared existence and tikkun olam. Here are just some of their charitable projects: 1. Mercaz Ruth a centre for pre-school children whose parents suffer from addictions or are caught up in prostitution or in prison. LBEC brings them to the centre every day, feeds them, enables them to play, relax in a quiet room and returns them home each evening.
gordon greenfield
2. Medical Clowns - students visit hospitalised children dressed as clowns to cheer them up. 3. Many under-privileged children in Haifa have never been BarBat Mitzvah. LBEC enables these children to have a Bar-Bat Mitzvah through learning supplied by the school. 4. There is a voucher scheme for lunches throughout the school - needy families don’t have to pay for the vouchers. 5. Helping uneducated Ethiopian adults living in Haifa to learn Hebrew so that they may work and support their families. The school also operates a scholarship system for Ethiopian students. 6. On a spare piece of land nearby donated by the Mayor of Haifa, the school has organised and assists local Arabs share allotments with Jewish residents in the area. 7. The Peace Drums Project uses steel drums to create and promote co-existence between Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths. The steel band toured Europe in 2018 to great acclaim. There is so much more to say but not in 500 words. If you have the opportunity to visit this remarkable establishment, they will welcome you with enthusiasm. Please look at the LBEC web site at https://www.leobaeck.org.il. You can donate via www.uk.virginmoneygiving.com
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Mogilev Update Last summer our twinned community Keshet embarked on an ambitious project called ‘Discovery of My Big Jewish Family’: its aim is to introduce and promote Jewish values and traditions, to build connections between the participating families, and to strengthen bonds between generations by means of various activities and events. The project has been made possible due to a substantial donation from our FPS Twinning Fund. Here is the update from Mogilev:
‘The project “Discovery of My Big Jewish Family” has been working successfully. We hold weekly classes for our participants. We have enrolled 21 young participants (pupils and students) and 43 adult participants – parents, grandparents and other family members of the young participants. We have divided the young participants according to their age into two groups: the 8-12 and 12-18. They study
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wika dorosz
Jewish history and traditions, holidays, Hebrew and prepare for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony. At the end of each session we hold joint events for all the participants. At these events they share the received knowledge, hold quizzes and musical and theatrical performances. Members of “The treasures of the Jewish Cuisine” club perform masterclasses and hold workshops. The project participants together with other community members celebrate Jewish Festivals according to the Jewish calendar. For Sukkot, for example, we were invited to join the Progressive congregations in Minsk (Beit Simcha Centre). We were actively involved in the programme called “Reading in the Sukkah”. The event was visited by ambassadors and representative of diplomatic missions in Belarus. Our adult participants play active role as volunteers in the community. For example, currently together with the Jewish educators they help to hold the PJ Library Book fest. We present the books we received to the kids, read from them and discuss. We are planning a big Family Shabbaton for January 2020. We have made a deposit payment for the accommodation. The Shabbaton is expected to be held for 22 of the most active participants. We are very grateful to FPS for your continued support!’’
Citizens UK L
ondon Citizens consists of hundreds of London organisations working together to improve the quality of life for all Londoners. The current focus is to secure commitments from candidates for Mayor of London in next May’s elections. I first got involved with London Citizens after a Café Ivriah session. I had looked at a basketball club for my son which was trying to make basketball available to disadvantaged youth. Unknown to the kids, the club was sponsored by the police. When officers turned up to visit the club many of the kids panicked and ran away whilst others flushed items down the toilets. But when the kids learned that the police had sponsored the club their attitude changed and they started chatting to the officers. Sadly, this was a temporary sponsorship, even though during this time youth crime had reduced. The story had a profound effect on me. Getting kids off the street doing something they enjoyed seemed like a great idea giving them a physical, competitive outlet and even a potential future career as basketball coaches. Probably because I was passionate about this idea I was asked to join the London Citizens event, where one of the topics was youth crime. At the first event there were groups from diverse areas - Middlesex University, different religious groups, our synagogue, the Bravanese community and I wondered if the different groups would be supportive of each other. But in this environment, everyone listened. This was the big message to me, reminiscent of the basketball session, that if you bring people together with different viewpoints, you can still find common ground that can unite them. The next event I attended was much bigger with all London Citizen groups coming together to vote on their priorities. Youth crime, homelessness
anne andrews
and the environment won the day. However, it was difficult not to feel other topics were equally important and deserving. For me, it is great to be involved in Citizens as it makes me feel that there is more good than bad in the world and that we really can make a difference. Having a forum to raise meaningful, practical ideas feels more satisfying than just waiting and hoping change will come! And if you’d like to get involved please come along to our massive Mayoral Assembly event at the Copperbox in the Olympic Park on 21 April 6.00-8.00pm. We aim to convince the mayoral candidates to prioritise our campaigns and if they are lucky enough to become London Mayor put them into action. This could really improve London. We are expecting a good turn out from FPS so if you want to join us please email Zoe Jacobs at zoe@fps.org - we’d love to see you there. Ivriah are doing their own Mock Assembly to which all parents will be invited.
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tom dolan bar mitzvah 22 february
My name is Tom and my nationality is British, Israeli and French; all of my family originated from Israel. I play the piano and guitar, and like to watch Netflix, skate, make jokes and be with my friends. My Torah portion is Mishpatim (meaning laws or sentences), Exodus chapter 21, which is about the rules and laws for trading Hebrew slaves and their rights. Having a Bar Mitzvah is really special to me. I am proud to be part of the B’nei Mitzvah community
and to become an adult. I have always wondered what it would be like to be Rabbi Rebecca leading the congregation on Shabbat and see what it was like for my brother and father. My charity project is a fundraising concert for the International Anti-slavery charity www.antislavery.org I hope to be able to raise money towards antislavery work in this country and the wider world. I care a great deal about this. My fundraiser concert will be in the spring and details will be placed in the next Shofar. All donations will support this great cause. Thank you and see you soon.
noa mcdonald bat mitzvah 29 february
My name is Noa Olivia Sara McDonald. My family and I are new to FPS: my decision in 2018 to have a bat mitzvah led my family to join the community, as we shared similar values and ethos. The support I have received from all my friends and this community is amazing and my aspiration is that I will give back as much as I have received to this embracing community. I am a sporty teenager. I swim competitively for Camden Swim club and play netball and football for South Hampstead High School. I do ballet and
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love drama, reading, and playing with my dog Riley. My parasha is T’rumah, and is about the making of a Tabernacle or Mishkan. My portion describes in meticulous detail how the menorah is to be built and as I learned each line I was filled with wonder as I envisioned how beautifully it all came together. What also resonated with me is that the Mishkan was built through donations and gifts, generosity and kindness are qualities that I constantly strive for. My Tzedakah project combines my passion for sports and my desire to give something back so I am raising money as part of my participation in the Henley Triathlon in June 2020. I have already put into action my commitment to reduce my carbon footprint by eliminating reliance on plastic and water conservation. I hope to see all of you at my Bat Mitzvah.
LJY-Netzer Hi, my name is Rosa and my family are members of FPS. You may have seen me around shul visiting Ivriah or running a LJY-Netzer weekend whilst wearing a brightly coloured camp t-shirt! My first experience of LJY was when I went on Israel Tour at the age of sixteen. I could never have imagined that seven years later I would be in the Liberal Judaism office writing about my experiences that have impacted my life so much to this day. Israel Tour was very special to me as I had never been around a group of so many young Jews who also had similar values to me. It was so much fun. I came home newly inspired and attended the Hadracha leadership course. I found some of it very exciting but it was only when I became a madrichah (leader) on Machaneh Aviv that I finally understood how special these experiences had become to me. It is rare in mainstream society for young people to be empowered with real responsibility, facilitating activities from start to finish. It felt unique to me when I came full circle and was a madrichah on Israel Tour. It was such a privilege to take some of the lovely young people from the FPS community. Being a volunteer working towards a shared goal with others has felt as meaningful to me as my experience as a participant, which is something I did not expect. Now I am a full-time movement worker. At LJY-Netzer we pride ourselves on striving to be the most inclusive and ideological youth movement. This is reflected in the activities and education we run. For example, on Machaneh Aviv and Machaneh Kadimah (Spring and Summer camps) there are a range of activities such as water fights, education on Liberal Jewish values, a last night show and disco and lots of singing, dancing, art and running around playing games!
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We run two tours abroad, Israel Tour for Year 11 and Kayitz Tour for Year 12. Both of these have a consistent educational journey whilst also many varied and fun activities. And our gap year students - Shnatties - spend 6 months in Israel creating a community with other progressive Jews from around the world.
If you see me around FPS please feel free to come and say hi! Here is some information about our upcoming events:
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Spy weekend for years 3-6 at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue 21- 23 Feb Machaneh Aviv 14 - 19 April Machaneh Kadimah 10 - 23 August Israel Tour 12 July - 4 August Kayitz Europe Tour 28 July - 6 August Shnat Netzer is taking place from February - June 2021
For more information about LJY-Netzer as well as contact details, visit www.ljy-netzer.org
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Contacts
fps website: www.fps.org
finchley progressive synagogue
President: Alan Banes
54 Hutton Grove N12 8DR 020 8446 4063 www.fps.org facebook.com/finchleyprog
Life President: Sheila King Lassman
Rabbi Rebecca Birk – rabbi@fps.org Emeritus Rabbi: Dr Frank Hellner Community Development Manager: Zoe Jacobs – zoe@fps.org Musicians in Residence: Franklyn Gellnick, Dean Staker Synagogue Manager: Pauline Gusack pauline@fps.org executive 2020
Chair: Cathy Burnstone, chair@fps.org Vice-Chair: Anjanette Pavell, ViceChairAP@fps.org Treasurer: Chris Nash, treasurer@fps.org Honorary Secretary: Tamara Joseph, honsec@fps.org board members
Sam King, sam@fps.org Phillip Raphael, security@fps.org Ann Pelham, apelham@fps.org Roy Balint-Kurti, roybk@fps.org
contacts
Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk Beit Midrash (Adult Education): Adrian Lister adulteducation@fps.org Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Valerie Joseph Keep In Touch Team (contacting members): reached via Pauline in FPS office Website Editor: Philip Karstadt fpswebsite@fps.org Shofar Team: shofar@fps.org Sarah Rosen-Webb, Wika Dorosz FPS Office: administrator@fps.org The Finchley Progressive Synagogue is a company limited by guarantee (Company No 9365956) and a registered charity (Charity No 1167285) whose registered office is 54 Hutton Grove, Finchley, London N12 8DR
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janet tresman
insurance brokers
mediator & collaborative family law solicitor
Commerce House 2a Litchfield Grove London N3 2TN
Altermans Solicitors 239 Regents Park Road, London N3 3LF
Tel. 020 8349 5100
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Vice Presidents: Renzo Fantoni, Josie Kinchin, Alex Kinchin-Smith, Laura Lassman, Lionel King Lassman, John Lewis, Paul Silver-Myer, Andrea Rappoport, Joan Shopper
Office phone: 0208 346 1777 Email: janet@altermans.co.uk