Shofar January 2015 by Finchley Progressive

January / February 2015

Shofar

‫שופר‬

the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue

A Happy 2015!

From the Editor pat lehner 2014 was a long and eventful year for our FPS family. In many ways we have grown together more than in other years. In our many conversations, in and out of services and during many suppers and shiurim we have learnt much from each other. This is certainly what I’ve learnt to appreciate the most this year – how we are always stronger together. In the first week of December my family (along with many other families in North London) had the privilege of hosting two members of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth chorus, an amazing project with teenagers from very different backgrounds coming together to learn from each other – and they sound pretty fantastic, too. (http://jerusalemyouthchorus.org. Photo on p.10). A very Happy 2015 to all of you!

an invitation to help shape our future

A Vision for FPS Council has been working on a vision for the future of our community. We want to get you involved too. When? Saturday 31st January, 2:45 – 5:00pm What? An afternoon to explore our vision for FPS and plan for the future. An opportunity to hear where Council thinks we are going, to debate and shape our plans and to be part of joining up our activities behind a common view of what we want as a community.

Cover: Chanukah lighting at FPS, credit Louise Gellman

Why? We are part of a great community. With a shared vision and approach we can ensure that FPS continues to thrive. Who? Everyone is welcome. We particularly want everyone to come who is already involved in helping to run aspects of FPS. But you should also come if you are interested in sharing your views or just to find out more. So we can plan for numbers, please email pauline@fps.org to let us know you are coming.

Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org

From the Rabbi rabbi rebecca qassim birk

Green shoots are coming. We may be in the dead of winter still, but there will be green shoots. That is the nature of things. My Ruben, who as you know has been treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, is responding well to his treatment. The green shoots of Spring will coincide precisely with his emerging from the

Our synagogue has a strong trunk and we’re growing new branches, twigs and leaves! last chemotherapy. And we hope the beginning of his recovery. The seasons will mean even more this year. Thank you for your cards, gifts, kind words and of course cake! It has meant so much to us, and I am convinced has helped propel us through this inevitable but brutal cycle of treatment. We feel so grateful. At the end of this month will be Tu B’Shevat, New Year for Trees. Not much marked outside of agricultural circles until the kabbalists decided it was worthy of celebration. It’s a hugely symbolic portent of the advent of spring. We’ve often planted trees in our garden at FPS with Ivriah, eaten fruit and talked of Spring. This year we’re planting something more. Some of you know that we have embarked gently, and modestly on an initiative to reach out to more of our members. We have wanted to hear your thoughts and experiences of being part of our synagogue. It’s universally acknowledged that a healthy community is full of members who feel happy and fulfilled and cared for by it. We want that. Out of our

first listening and cups of tea campaign came interesting insights. “A friendly community, but I’m not sure I have friends there.” Many share a strong interest in good care for the elderly; some members have concerns about mental health in their children; some want help to get here and be at the synagogue. I’m very struck by the need for friends and connections and the opportunity to share experiences. Surely that is what a synagogue is for? And eating together helps, doesn’t it? As a means of planting shoots this Tu B’Shevat we will be arranging six dinners/ house meetings hosted by different members of the communities bringing people together. This is our next stage of community building and ameliorating. Our synagogue has a strong trunk and we’re growing new branches, twigs and leaves! (forgive the metaphors!). If you’d like to host or come to one, learn more, do contact me. I’m looking forward to the approaching spring for many reasons now.

From the Chair alex kinchin-smith

Several years ago I went on a leadership programme climbing in the Austrian Alps in the middle of winter. Yes, it was as crazy as it sounds. Freezing temperatures, waist high snow, hanging off the side of a cliff-face with rucksacks on our backs and sleeping on the mountains with only a thin piece of canvas hanging from the trees to shield us from the falling snow. I learnt a great deal from the experience. The most poignant lesson I remember is that the little things really matter to people. This was illustrated most clearly when the group was reflecting over hot chocolate at the end of a long day. Those of us who had waterproofed our boots thoroughly were pretty content, whilst those who had spent half the day with wet toes were decidedly less cheerful. I have observed this at Finchley over the last few months. Lots of things really do matter a great deal to people, particularly in terms of how we relate to each other. It may be how we are spoken to when the car-park is full, it may be about our perception of appropriate behaviour or even what is worn during services, and it may be what to do when there is a double booking of part of the building or how someone asks us to adjust our plans. All these things really matter to people and I want members to know that Council considers these issues as they arise. I think it is important for our community that our values guide how we interact with each other. I believe amongst these are

inclusivity, individuality, tolerance and choice through learning. Just like I could empathise with my colleagues with wet toes (I was lucky enough to have been in the waterproof boots group!) I know that we can all consider each other’s perspective when things that matter to us are called into question. To quote from our

‘the first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided that those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours’. siddur ‘the first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided that those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours’. In general, I am a big picture person and so would like to encourage you to come to a session looking at the future of our synagogue we are holding on the afternoon of Saturday 31st January. We will be looking at our vision for the community and seeking to join up the dots so that we are all working together towards this vision. I would really like everyone who is involved in FPS – Council members, Vice-Presidents, members of groups and committees, teachers, those who organise activities, services, rotas, indeed anyone who feels they have a stake, to join us and help shape our future. Whether you are a big picture person, or one who cares about the little things, I would love to see you there.

D’var Torah hannah gelman vayatzei - imperfection This is much abbreviated version of Hannah’s beautiful D’var Torah – you can find the full version, as well as Millie Bonneff’s D’var Torah, on our website: www.finchleyprogressivesynagogue.org

My portion is Vayatzei, from Genesis: Chapter 28, verses 10 to 22. It is about Jacob and his dream. Jacob sees a ladder reaching to the clouds and on the ladder, angels. Strangely, the Torah says that the angels went up first, then down,

...we are just expected to be human, rising up on our ladders, one rung each time we show compassion, kindness, strength & courage. implying that the angels started from the ground. This makes rather a lot of sense to me as I am scared of heights. A heaven in the clouds is not exactly what I’d call fun or an attractive prospect. I’d be much happier on solid ground. The rungs of the ladder also represent Jacob’s

spiritual journey. He must go through this before he is renamed Israel, and fully accepts his role as leader of the Jewish People later in the story. This led me to wonder: Where am I on my spiritual journey? What are our communal goals, and what’s at the top of our ladders? Jacob was awestruck. He had the feeling of “Yirah” which means shock, amazement, disbelief, or something in between. He marked his feeling of Yirah with the monument. How do we mark our feelings of Yirah? Do we take a photo on our phone? Offer a prayer? Share with friends and family? How will I mark my Bat Mitzvah? I’ve been marking it in a number of ways: my tzedakah project to raise money for the charity Cool Earth; leading part of the service today; and wearing this tallit which I made decorated myself, with other girls from FPS and David Hoffman. I treasure the idea of the imperfect Jacob and his relationship with God. I like the idea that our ancestors and leaders weren’t perfect, and I don’t think God expects us to be perfect either. Rather, we are just expected to be human, rising up on our ladders, one rung each time we show compassion, kindness, strength and courage. Like Jacob, we are just human, after all.

Left: Mitzvah day at FPS

Adult Learning at FPS rene pferzel Ben Bag Bag, a Sage of early Mishnaic times (1st2nd century C.E.), used to say: Turn it, and turn it, for everything is in it [i.e. Torah]. Reflect on it and grow old and gray with it. Don’t turn from it, for nothing is better than it (Pirke Avot 5:22). As part of its ethos and identity, FPS wants to be a place for intense Adult Learning. We offer a wide range of opportunities for people who want to join us and study. I would like to thank Adrian Lister and Tony Rose for their ongoing commitment to these various programs. Information is provided on the website, and on the weekly newsletter. I will issue a monthly flyer with the different programs running in our premises, the topics, the speakers. Meanwhile, I would like to present a comprehensive picture of our Adult Education programs. Most of them are run during school terms. Groups that meet on a regular basis: beit midrash

Every Thursday, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, people passionate about Judaism run sessions on various topics. For example, we just finished a series on “What did the Rabbis say?” We had the chance to study rabbinic texts on education, marriage, etc. Adam Ognel of the New Israel Fund will give six presentations in January/February on Thursday evenings. In summer term, Leo Baeck College teachers and scholars will come and share with us their teachings and their passions. Do not miss this chance to meet and study with them! For further information contact Adrian Lister and/or Rabbi Rene. 6

delving into judaism

This class runs also on Thursday evenings (7.30 – 9.30pm), and is led by Rabbi Rebecca and myself. It is primarily intended to people in the conversion program, but it is open to anyone who wants to refresh basic Jewish knowledge. The first hour is dedicated to learning the basics of Hebrew, and the second hour to Jewish studies. We follow the Jewish calendar, and we cover in one year various topics, such as Jewish practice, thought, calendar, and so on. For any question contact me. lunch & learn

On Wednesday afternoons, from 12.30 till 2.00pm, we meet and study together. We finished a series on the question of evil and suffering, and we will start in January a series on the Books of Chronicles, understanding their relationship to other historical books, and their proper theology. For any question contact me. cafe ivriah

Originally started by parents whose children are at Ivriah, this group meets every Saturday from 9.45am till 10.45am, to allow people to join the service at 11.00am. Coffee is served from 9.30am. Various speakers are invited to talk on various subjects, whether Rabbis on parshat ha-shavua, or other speakers, on poetry, art, philosophy… For any questions contact Adrian Lister. breakfast shiur

On some Shabbat mornings, Tony Rose invites guest speakers about key issues. For example, in October, Paul-Silver Myer talked about “God, Gaza, and Israel”. Valery and Frank Hellner explored the “Choreography of Prayer”. More

Adult Learning at FPS rene pferzel recently, I was honoured to talk about Rabbi Abraham Geiger. For further information contact Tony Rose.

FPS will host a “Patrilineal Shabbat” on March 14. We will celebrate together patrilineal Jews as full members of our congregation.

upcoming ad hoc programs in 2015 (save the dates!)

Young Adults. In collaboration with Rabbi Leah Jordan, LJ Chaplain for students and young adults, and Rabbi Benjy Stanley, her MRJ partner at work and at home, we will set a series of learning for the young adults in our community. Details to follow very soon.

Kippah & Tallitot: why do we wear them? How do we, as Liberal Jews, take informed decisions and make changes? Two Café Ivriah sessions will be dedicated to this question: On Shabbat January 17, Rabbi Rene will expose the traditional views on kippa and tallitot, and on Shabbat January 24, Rabbi Rebecca will bring a liberal input on these questions and guide the community into policy making. “I am a Jewish father, my partner isn’t” Liberal Judaism accepts patrilinearity as a valid definition of Jewish identity. Why so? What happens when the father is Jewish and the mother is not? We will explore as a community this definition of Jewish identity, not (yet?) widely accepted. In February, we will meet and have a dinner with Jewish fathers, to discuss their issues. I will invite a speaker to explore our sources, and to help us to understand how Jewish identity has been defined.

“It is OK to be gay!” One of your rabbis and some of our households belong to the LGBT community. This demonstrates the strong ethos of FPS as a true constituency of Liberal Judaism, its commitment to diversity and its openness. On Saturday May 8 we will hold a special LGBT Shabbat at FPS, with music, speakers, and food! I hope these different opportunities will meet your expectations, and I hope to see you soon and to take the chance to study together in depth our wonderful and meaningful tradition.

change of undertaker

woodland burial

From 1 January 2015 Ronnie King of Michael King Funeral Directors will serve as the Liberal Judaism undertaker. His contact details are 020 8368 7453 or mobile 07595 956936 and they replace any previous numbers you may have been given in any previous Finchley Progressive literature. Ronnie will be contactable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including Bank and Jewish holidays.

From 1 January 2015 woodland burial is available at both Edgwarebury and Cheshunt Cemeteries. There is an additional charge – payable by the family or the estate of the deceased before burial – of £1,700 for 2015. This charge, to be reviewed annually, reflects that payable for the land. This extra charge is not payable by either Finchley Progressive Synagogue or by Liberal Judaism under any insurance or other arrangement. 7

Beit Tefillah services at fps

services - january Friday 2 January

Erev Shabbat service

Saturday 3 January

Shabbat service

Friday 9 January

Erev Shabbat family service

Saturday 10 January

Shabbat service

Friday 16 January

Shabbat Resouled

Saturday 17 January

Shabbat service

Friday 23 January

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 24 January

Shabbat service

Friday 30 January

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 31 January

Shabbat service

new reflective erev shabbat service

Uninspired by our siddur, struggling with the liturgy and the language? Yet yearning for a quiet and uplifting spiritual connection? Several of you have expressed this and so we

are creating a new reflective erev shabbat service with a difference. Music, Silence & Space. Come Join Dean, Franklyn and Rabbi Rebecca on Friday 9 January and 6 February

Beit Knesset what’s happening at fps

people congratulations & mazal tov

To Patricia and Alan Banes on the birth of their grandson, Rufus Lionel Nightingale Banes born to Robert and Katherine And to Laura Lassman and Danny Rich on the birth of the first grandchild, Emilia Remi Lassman-Wat Many members are celebrating important life milestones by hosting and accepting a mitzvah at a Shabbat service. If you have a celebration you would like to share with the community please contact the office.

Emilia Remi Lassman-Wat

condolences

To Judith Wolfe on the death of her sister Ruth. And to Brian Solomons on the death of his mother Deborah. We wish the families long life.

yahrzeit list

If you do want to be reminded please provide the office with: Name of the Honoree, Date of Yahrzeit, Name of Observer/s.

There is an FPS Yahrzeit list from which we remind those who would like a Yahrzeit to be announced, that the date is coming up.

notes from the council

Key topics discussed at Council meetings will be published in Shofar. If you are interested to know more then please contact Alex KinchinSmith at chair@fps.org In November Council • Reviewed the accounts for 2014 year to date • Considered a budget for 2015 and agreed membership fees • Reviewed all aspects of adult education • Considered external communications – website, Facebook

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In December Council Considered the plans for fundraised presented by our new fundraising group Considered the plans for increasing membership developed by our new membership group Received an update from our Citizens UK listening project Considered policy on Tallit and Kippot discussed at Beit T’fillah (our group that oversees worship).

Beit Midrash learning at fps beit midrash

Israel behind the Headlines 15 January – 19 February Led by Adam Ognall, CEO of the New Israel Fund. This series will explore some of the key issues within Israel; both those hitting the headlines as we head towards an election, and those issues that are less in the spotlight that are no less important.

expert guidance of Tali Swart. Cost £60 for a series of six sessions. To arrange a trial session, contact adrianlister@blueyonder.co.uk 7.30-9.30pm Discussion, Debate & Culture with break for tea, coffee and cake. A voluntary donation of £5 is requested to cover costs. cafe ivriah

Saturdays 9.45 – 10.45am Informal discussion over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service. delving into judaism

Also at Beit Midrash, our flagship adult learning experience: Thursday evenings 6.30 - 9.30pm 6.30-7.15pm - Pilates Get fit in our small, friendly class, under the

In-depth Jewish learning, Thursday evenings 7.30pm-9.30pm 7.30-8.30pm: Learning and discussion 8.30-9.30pm: Biblical Hebrew with Ofra Rosenwasswer. Everyone welcome so long as they can at least read Hebrew slowly.

Above, left: Alaa Obied and Alaa Jodeh, of the YMCA Youth chorus, with Dylan, Lyra and Pat Lehner, a quick breakfast before a busy schedule of concerts and recordings.

Above, right: Happy Chanukah from Rabbi Rebecca

Beit Knesset arts at fps the screen on the grove

curtain up!

4 January: The Squid and the Whale (2005) American comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semiautobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents’ divorce in the 1980s. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera.

The theatre group will be starting off the new year of 2015 with two visits to theatres. The first is Golem at the Young Vic, a Wednesday matinee at 2.30pm on 14 January. Next is Shaw’s Man and Superman at the National Theatre (Lyttelton), another Wednesday matinee at 1.30 on 4 March. You are all are welcome to attend and also to join us for dinner after the theatrical event, if you would like to.

2 February - (please note change of date to monday due to Homeless Shelter at FPS)

book club

The Cheap Detective (1978) American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore as a follow-up to their successful Murder by Death. It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mould. The film is an affectionate parody of Bogart movies such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. 2 March (please note change of date to monday) - His Girl Friday (1940) American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, from an adaptation of the play The Front Page by Hecht and MacArthur. Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is a hard-boiled editor for The Morning Post who learns his ex-wife and former star reporter, Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson (Rosalind Russell), is about to marry bland insurance man Bruce Baldwin. Can Walter sabotage these plans by getting the reluctant Hildy to cover one last story?

All are welcome. For details contact the office or Elaine Borish at 020 8445 8159 Meetings are held in people’s homes, 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month. Contact sheilakl@waitrose.com yoga

Thursdays @ 7.30pm. Contact Richard on 020 8349 9602 cafe thursday

Thursdays @ 12.45pm, £6, for details contact Nicky Marzell via the synagogue office bridge group

Mondays @ 7.45pm £4, for details contact Gunter Lawson on 020 8346 5208 rosh chodesh

21 January (Wednesday): Rosh Chodesh Shvat “Women and Revolution” – led by Sarah Ereira & Wika Dorosz 18 February (Wednesday): Rosh Chodesh Adar “Immigration & Me” – led by Sheila King Lassman

Letter from Beijing john olbrich

ather than use this letter from Beijing as a travelogue, I shall put down some thoughts on being an exile. This has often been the Jewish situation, although enforced rather than a freely-chosen exile, and most often for economic reasons, sometimes for political ones, and occasionally through choice.

One develops a strong awareness of other people’s natures, simply because one cannot communicate verbally in the same way, and also a sense of direction and place which I never had at home The exile is faced with the choice of living in isolation, or making “native” friends, or socialising with other foreigners. Many famous writers – from Ovid to James Joyce to DH Lawrence – have lived in forced or chosen exile, and the Jewish condition takes it as a sine qua non. Of course I can just jump on a plane home, and global communication nowadays means instant communication with friends and family in the UK, so perhaps it is unfair to compare myself to exiles of past generations. But I would like to share some thoughts on this subject. Living away from one’s homeland is a refreshing and a difficult option. Living in China, in particular, means I am functionally illiterate (yes, I can read about 300 characters, but not enough to be able to read fluently, or fast enough, out of a list of some 85,000 characters). Each province in China has a different dialect, so that many Chinese cannot understand each other (hence the Chinese

subtitles on Chinese television, so that the whole nation can read if not understand their TV programmes). So the moment I leave Beijing and its environs I cannot be understood. This has the effect of developing the other senses far more strongly – visual clues for where to go, and heightened awareness of other people’s reactions. Being cut off from television, other than endless soap operas about the civil war and the Japanese invasion, or dating shows (surprisingly popular here, the parents get involved as well to give their sons and daughters advice on whom to choose) means that I read English books a great deal. So I’m catching up on the classics, something perhaps that in the UK I would force myself to do. The psychological effects of living away from one’s own country, where one cannot

Letter from Beijing john olbrich

read or understand, are interesting. Many ex-pats – I must include myself here – become extraordinarily sensitive to real or imagined slights. One develops a strong awareness of other people’s natures, simply because one cannot communicate verbally in the same way, and also a sense of direction and place which I never had at home (my Chinese friends are always amazed that I can find the way without their help). What is more disturbing is that I find an underlying sense of anger at the constant pushing in front and lack of manners, particularly on the road. In a vastly overpopulated country, I suspect that the only way of handling constant overcrowding is just to move slowly, regardless of other people, and to slowly forge ahead. So pedestrians will cross the road without looking – and certainly ignore traffic signals – in the expectation that bikes or cars will avoid hitting them (they usually do). Cars park on pavements because

any law forbidding this is never enforced. Cycles, including myself, motorcycles, and three-wheeled vehicles will ride on the left (i.e. contra-flow) side of the road. The only safe way to cross the road is to go with a large group of people, since cars can legally turn both right and left where pedestrians are crossing, despite any red light to the contrary. It was a shock when I visited the Republic of Korea recently to find that cars waited for me to cross at zebra crossings; I think that here crossings are simply painted as pretty decorations on the street. The standard advice on culture shock is to be adaptable and just accept the way things are, and of course it is unhealthy to feel angry at what one cannot change, and impossible for one person to change the behaviour of 1.5 billion people. But I can try! As an aside, for those interested in travel: last summer I visited the western end of the Great Wall, Jiayuguan, and the Buddhist caves at Dunhuang, where printed Buddhist sutras from the ninth century were discovered in the early twentieth century, and incidentally pillaged by the British (and other Europeans). This still rankles greatly with the Chinese, especially since the British Museum publicly exhibit very few of these priceless documents and wall carvings. We (my son and myself) also went to a Tibetan town in Gansu province [the difficulties in getting a permit to travel to Tibet proper, other than with a group, are immense], providing a stark contrast with rapidly modernising China proper.

from the headteacher

This term at Ivriah our young people have come every Shabbat, to meet each other and build a bond with their group, to work with their teachers on Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and to be part of the rich Shabbat atmosphere at FPS. In Jewish studies, we have been working to find out about Tzedakah - looking at Maimonides’ ladder of charity and discussing the differences between each step; finding out about how Tzedek work with the people of Ghana to make a difference to their lives; and working on a project of their own - Kita Aleph and Bet have made and decorated pillows to give to homeless people at the FPS Winter Shelter. In Hebrew we work in small groups - we have two extra teachers for Hebrew! - and everyone is improving, from beginners learning letter by letter of the Aleph Bet, to confident readers who are deciphering meaning and nuance in the text of the Torah. Last year a lot of children’s feedback was they wanted to learn more Hebrew - and we can see that happening! We have found out about the festivals of

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Chanukah in creative and hands-on sessions for everyone - we like to mix the groups up when we cover festivals, to give the children a chance to work with people of different ages and get to know the whole group. Every week Ivriah has Tefillah (prayers) with Dean leading our songs and a different teacher introducing the prayers and adding their own touch. One week we even thought about how we can pray without songs or written prayers and considered deeply what we say when we pray. Ivriah has been proud to see the first of the year’s Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and Kita Zayin will join and support their friends for each one as the year goes on. Mazal Tov to the families of Hannah Gellman and Millie Bonneff who have pioneered this term with their simcha’s! Wishing everyone Chanukah Sameach - a very Happy Chanukah and the teachers and I look forward to seeing you again on January 10th, for the first Ivriah of 2015! xx Adele Silk - Ivriah Headteacher

Baby blessing of Baby Reuben Jack Israel at the Havdalah service in November 14

Contacts fps who’s who finchley progressive synagogue

Vice-Chairs: Louise Gellman, Adrian Lister

54 Hutton Grove N12 8DR 020 8446 4063 www.finchleyprogressivesynagogue.org

Council members: Jacquie Fawcett, Wika Dorosz, Braham Fredman, Andrea Collett President: Alan Banes

Rabbi Rebecca Qassim Birk - rabbi@fps.org Rabbi René Pfertzel - rabbirene@fps.org

Life Presidents: Clive Winston and Sheila King Lassman

Emeritus Rabbi: Dr Frank Hellner

Vice Presidents: Renzo Fantoni, Josie Kinchin, Lionel King Lassman, John Lewis, David Pelham, Paul Silver-Myer, Andrea Rappoport, Joan Shopper

Ivriah Headteacher: Adele Silk education@fps.org Musicians in residence: Franklyn Gellnick, Dean Staker

contacts

Synagogue Manager: Pauline Gusack pauline@fps.org

Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk

Premises Manager: Howard Hamerton

Beit Midrash (Education): Adrian Lister, Louise Gellman

executive & council

Chair: Alex Kinchin-Smith - chair@fps.org Treasurer: Martin Silk Honorary Secretary: Josie Kinchin honsec@fps.org

Café Thursday: Nicky Marzell Shofar Editor: Pat Lehner - shofar@fps.org Calendar Co-ordinator: Sarah Aldridge

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