June 2019
Shofar
שופר
the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue
Tzedakah in Tutus
From the Editor...
ca. cranston
calling all baby photos!
foodbank
The July / August Shofar is a double issue and we’d like to take the opportunity to introduce the FPS community to its youngest members by showing photos of the babies that have recently come into the world. We don’t have room to do this in the regular ‘People Page’ section, so we’re going to make a special splash in the next Shofar edition. Please send your photo, preferably in portrait layout, with baby’s name, before 10 June to shofar@fps.org
With Shavuot coming up we thought it would be good to focus on Dairy products. So here are a few ideas:
shofar option change!
In the interest of economics and the environment, readers will be offered the choice to opt in for the print version of Shofar (also available online). For those who opt in, they can choose to receive Shofar by post, or to pick up a copy at FPS. Remember, if you want things to continue as they are (i.e. receive a print copy of Shofar) you must still let the office know if you want the copy mailed to you or not.
Dairy based pasta bake sauce - tin/jar/packet (avoid plastics) Macaroni Cheese – tin/jar/packet (avoid plastics) Rice pudding Custard UHT milk (Preferably Full Fat) Although non-perishable Dairy items will be the FPS focus for June, if you prefer to give other non-perishable items or put money into the collection box on the table above the FoodBank crate, we will buy dairy products with the donations. Many thanks, Peggy & Alison
your name & address: shofar print copy: yes no, i will read the online copy shofar mailed: yes no, i will pick up a copy at fps Shofar is always interested in hearing your news and including photos of FPS members, and their families, near and far. We welcome your articles on any relevant topic. Please send these to shofar@fps.org 2
Cover: John Rubinstein and daughters Paula Kinchin-Smith and Tracey JohnBaptiste. Photo by Josie Kinchin.
Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org
From the Rabbi
rabbi rebecca birk
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ast month I returned to Windsor Castle, not to be close to the Royal birth, but rather to return to the Windsor Leadership Course I attended in October. I was asked back to teach about leadership in charities and how synagogue communities work. It is always fun returning there, hopping over the chain that separates tourists from those working at the chapel and in St George’s lodge. I was talking to folk who work in the military, the NHS, the Fire Brigade, Cancer Research, and many commercial organisations.
“I explained a synagogue is there for making meaningful moments through life cycle events. It supports members through difficult times. Offering, we hope, nourishment, comfort, and spiritual inspiration.” They were fascinated by the life and leadership of a Jewish congregation. I explained a synagogue is there for making meaningful moments through life cycle events. It supports members through difficult times. Offering, we hope, nourishment, comfort, and spiritual inspiration. Interesting news and articles in these pages of Shofar reach so many when the magazine lies on kitchen tables around North London. And affect many more than visits to the building might. I added that our synagogue sees its role in the wider community as similarly important, such as our work around refugees; and with those who need shelter through our Winter Scheme for the Homeless in Barnet, and now we are engaging with young people in
London and the challenges around poverty and opportunity. Our synagogue is an unusual organisation. Its focus is on its members and making the world a better place. Yet, it is also a business. My colleagues at Windsor Castle were intrigued by this juxtaposition. We are a charitable business. We must pay attention to our accounts and ways to secure our future by being focused and careful around finances. We must ensure things work well and smoothly. Following the successful sell-out of our first Fundraising dinner in quite a while, we will endeavour to continue raising funds, and to practically and fiscally support the congregational part of our vital work. Every month we will highlight the ways we are committed to doing so, and I hope you will join us.
“Our synagogue is an unusual organisation. Its focus is on its members and making the world a better place. Yet, it is also a business.” 3
From the Chair This month I turn 60. I often think about my favourite prayer, Modim Anachnu Lach, and of the significance of gratitude. This prayer is not included in the service booklet of the Friday night Shabbat Resouled Service. Instead Rabbi Rebecca asks us to talk to another congregant about our week, focussing on the positives. Sometimes I struggle with this: how can I find something positive to say without having time to reflect? It’s usually over the course of the following days that more ideas come to mind. Since I retired three years ago I am grateful every day for the time I have and I feel I have more choice about how I spend it, and I am thankful that I can choose the structure of my day. Unsurprisingly, like most retired people, I wonder how there was ever time to work! Family has always been important to me and in my case this meant my work family: City of Westminster, and subsequently the London Borough of Enfield, and more recently FPS. Coming to Synagogue on Shabbat when we’re in London provides me with a source of joy and a sense of gratitude. At our Board meetings we also begin with each member highlighting something positive about FPS from the preceding month. As I’ve been away since mid-April and won’t return until the end of May, I’m lacking context. However, a lengthy conference call between the Rabbi and Executive clarified the importance of complying 4
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with legislation and procedures yet retaining our humanity as we are after all a synagogue, not a business or corporation. This month, I’d like to thank Paul Silver-Myer and Anjy Pavell for chairing the Board in April, May and June. Melvyn Newman is stepping down from the Board and we are grateful to him for his hard work and commitment to FPS. We look forward to welcoming new Board members.
A Bar Mitzvah in Llandudno My
niece in Manchester organised a Bar Mitzvah party for her son – in Llandudno. “Why?” you might ask. Well, for one thing, with 35 guests arriving from Israel, it seemed a better idea than having them all as house guests in Manchester. For another, we can rent an entire small hotel in Llandudno for the weekend and party to our heart’s content. And, also, we want to give our Israeli family a bit of a holiday while they are here, and what better place than Llandudno! So off to Llandudno we went for a Bar Mitzvah like no other. Before Shabbat we drove to the top of Great Orme and walked out on the headland. Then in town we walked along the promenade while grandnieces and grandnephews ran about on the beach. I noticed an old synagogue in town, and, Google-tic that I am, I discovered that Jews have been present in Wales since the late 13th century when they helped to fund King Edward I’s ‘iron ring’ of castles around Snowdonia. There have been dozens of Jewish communities dotted throughout the valleys serving the mining communities as well as in the towns and cities of Bangor, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Wrexham, and Llandudno. Over the centuries Jews have been episodically welcomed, expelled, and admired in the towns and throughout the valleys. For many years Wales identified strongly with Israel, supporting it as an ally in its fight against colonialist England. More recently many Welsh
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identify with Palestinians in Gaza. Today the synagogue building is co-owned by Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Hebrew Congregation, and Chabad of Manchester. The ground-floor houses the Beit Knesset, and Chabad manages and rents out the flats above as low-cost holiday accommodation for members of its communities in Manchester and London. Soon enough, we welcomed Shabbat with a rousing rendition of L’cha Dodi. My sister and her husband, members of the group who founded Aish HaTorah, and nine of their children representing the Satmar, Sanz, and Belz dynasties were dressed in an assortment of styles, in black coats, white stockings, silk pantaloons and fur shtreimels representing their respective sects. Jonathan and I represented the Rosen-Webb branch of the mishpocha. Moishe, our Bar Mitzvah boy, led us on as we davened and sang and ate and talked the entire Shabbat. “He led as well as your average 25-year old”, everyone kvelled. After Havdalah, we sat around a bonfire and sang camp songs until 1am. Just when I thought the party was over, the teenagers announced they had prepared entertainment. We sat down again to over an hour of their acting out tales of the Ba’al Shem Tov (in Yiddish). Sharing, respecting and blending our respective traditions, we celebrated our Judaism all together. At 3am all were totally exhausted, and so we went to bed.
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Notice Board kabbalat torah service
This is us on a bridge in Amsterdam where we went for our KT trip. We become Kabbalat Torah on Shavuot this year, which is Sunday 9 June, when we will lead the service and read the traditional Ten Commandments from Torah. Shavuot marks the giving of Torah to the Jewish people, and KT is us receiving Torah as a group of (nearly) adults. We hope you will join and celebrate with us and the community. We all grew up in FPS, and some of us were born into the community. We have asked Gideon Leibowitz, another child of FPS, to be part of our service and to give us our certificates. We love our synagogue and are happy to be having our KT here. See you on Friday 7 June when we will lead the Shabbat Service (it might be a little creative), and on Sunday 9 June at 11am for the Shavuot service. Please note Ivriah has switched from Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 June so that everyone can be together. See poster >
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From right: Toby Levy, Sam Conroy, Jacob Kinchin-Smith, Dora Qassim, Elana Luxon, Sadie Gellman, Isabella Angel
Beit Tefillah
services at fps
services – june / sivan Saturday 1 June
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 7 June
6.30pm Kabbalat Torah group lead Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 8 June
11.00am Shabbat Service 6.30pm Erev Shavuot Service & Tikkun Leyl
Sunday 9 June
10.15am Shavuot Shabbatots 11.00am Shavuot Service led by Kabbalat Torah group on their graduation
Friday 14 June
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 15 June
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 21 June
6.30pm Shabbat Resouled
Saturday 22 June
11.00am Shabbat Service celebrating Joe Wade-Lobatto’s Bar Mitzvah
Friday 28 June Saturday 29 June
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 11.00am Shabbat Service
people welcome to new members Lisa Barry & Alan Melcher with Luisa & Raphael Danielle Brandon-Rocks & Mike Rocks with Jonah Samantha Harris & Mike Waywell Deb Hermer with Jess june congratulations to
Joe Wade-Lobatto celebrating his Bar Mitzvah at FPS on 22 June Amelia Mendel (at 103 our most senior member), Paul Miller, Angela Wharton, Cathy Burnstone and David Pinto-Duschinsky celebrating milestone birthdays
To Andrea & Nuri Narcin who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary condolences to
Two of Liberal Judaism’s senior Rabbis, Harry Jacobi and David Goldberg, died in recent weeks and FPS, together with the whole movement, sends condolences to their families and mourns with them To Corinne Oppenheimer on the death of her brother-in-law Rudi 50/50 club draws, may winners:
1st 2nd 3rd
Corinne Oppenheimer £20 Josie Kinchin £15 Paul Lichtenstern £10
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Beit Knesset
community events, all welcome!
bridge group
learn
Mondays @ 7.30pm, £4. There are even small prizes for winners! For details contact Paul Silver-Myer via the synagogue office on 020 8446 4063
Thursdays, 12.00-1.00pm An hour’s learning in the small hall, with Rabbi Rebecca. Followed by a bring-and-share lunch (sandwiches, soup and cake).
yoga
pilates
Tuesdays @ 7.30pm Contact Richard on 020 8349 9602
Thursdays @ 5.45-6.30pm. Led by Tali Swart. Beginners to intermediate; individually tailored instruction. Payment in blocks of six, roughly £8 per lesson. Contact taliswort@btconnect.com
rosh chodesh (sivan)
Celebration of the New Moon by women gathering for sharing, learning and spiritual exploration. The next Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday 5 June @ 8pm. Our invited speaker is Clare Smallman who serves as Chair of the Whittington Hospital Organ Donation Committee and is an Organ Donor Ambassador. She plans to discuss: the organ donation process, the “opt out” system due Spring 2020, and the implications of organ donation for the major world religions. Contact Wika on vdorosz@gmail.com
book club
Wednesday 12 June @ 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
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cafe ivriah
Saturdays (Term time), 9.45-10.45am All welcome to an informal, wide-ranging topic discussion, over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service. monthly bring a dish shabbat lunch
Saturday 29 June, 12.30 Let the office know you are attending.
Beit Midrash
learning at fps
Thursdays at 7.30-9.00pm in the Small Hall. Refreshments served. Discretionary £5 donation ostrava and its jews
Thursday 6 June, 7:30pm Local author Dr David Lawson will discuss his book Ostrava and Its Jews: Now No-One Sings You Lullabies (2018), co-authored with Libuše Salomonovicová and Hana Šustková. The session will then continue with biographical contributions by FPS members. lj music day
Saturday 22 June 2019 9am-10pm To be held at Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue (NPLS) with the theme of ‘music reflecting the text’. For more details on this year’s event, please email Cantor Tamara Wolfson and Ruth Colin of NPLS on music@npls.org.uk.
This year’s Day of Celebration, to be held at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John’s Wood, focuses on the role of communities to support their members in a variety of different ways. We will look at ways we can directly support individuals as well as how we empower our members to, in turn, support others inside and outside the synagogue walls. Keynote speakers: Dame Margaret Hodge and Jean Gaffin OBE. This keynote will be part of a full programme of sessions celebrating and discussing the Jewish textual basis for community relationships,
current best practice and the deeper questions around community responsibility vs state responsibility. Presenters will include senior Liberal Judaism rabbis and leaders, as well as outside speakers from a range of organisations and charities. LJY-Netzer will be running a parallel programme for children aged between 6 and 15 and there will be a fully staffed crèche for the youngest delegates. More information at Liberal Judaism www.liberaljudaism.org/calendar/day-ofcelebration/ 9
Notice Board NOTE THE DATE: FPS FUNDRAISER MAYHEM & MUSICAL MELODRAMA AT FPS JOIN US FOR A MUSICAL FUNDRAISING EXTRAVAGANZA: AN EVENING OF CANAPES & CABARET TO HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR TWO GREAT CAUSES: FINCHLEY PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE & JAMI A CHARITY DEVOTED TO HELPING WITH MENTAL HEATH ISSUES IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ENJOY A GLASS OF SOMETHING COOL, A LIGHT SUPPER & SOME MUSICAL MAGIC WITH DEAN, FRANKLYN, GABI & GUESTS 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 @ 7pm @ FPS
TICKETS £20, VIA THE FPS OFFICE: TEL: 020 8446 4063EMAIL: administrator@fps.org
kindertransport visitors in july
In early July 2019, a group of twenty people who came to Britain as children from Germany and Austria as part of the Kindertransport, along with the children of Kinder, will be undertaking a trip to Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, the Hook of Holland, and on then to Harwich to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport. The group will end their trip
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in London and will be joining us for Kabbalat Shabbat service service on Friday 12 July followed by a meal. They would like to meet with members of our community and I would very much appreciate help with catering and with entertaining them. If you can join us and/ or help, please contact me, Lesley Urbach on lcurbach@aol.com
In Praise of Daughters W
hat with the Shofar cover photo of John Rubinstein proudly displaying his dress sense and daughters Paula Kinchin-Smith and Tracey John-Baptiste, we dedicate this page to two other daughters who have made their parents proud: Gemma Fantoni and Clare King Lassman. making aliya
making news
In June, just days after her 22nd birthday, our daughter Gemma Fantoni is leaving London to live in Israel. Her interest was piqued when, after her GCSEs she, like so many of our young people, went on tour. Since then she has had a constant eye on Eretz. In 2018 she spent six months in Tel Aviv on the Masa induction programme, which clearly succeeded in convincing her that Israel would be a wonderful new home. As a parent it’s obviously quite difficult to see your child not only making tracks, but making such long-distance ones. Modern communications however will allow us to maintain daily contact. Israel is at the vanguard of technology and we learned last year that Tel Aviv, its beaches included, has free and efficient Wifi. Mandy and I look forward to giving Gemma our virtual support and love, and we hope that what may be a challenging move will benefit her and the vital young country she’s making her new home. Renato Fantoni
FPS member Lionel Lassman contacted Shofar to alert us to a programme on Channel 12, National Israeli TV News, featuring the work at Givat Haviva, The Center for a Shared Society. GHIS aims to engage divided communities in collective action to aim for “civic equality and a shared vision of the future”. His daughter, Clare King Lassman, is a prime mover in the work of Givat Haviva. The episode can be viewed on YouTube by title: GHIS On Channel 12 - National Israeli TV News or by URL https://youtu.be/ pxDE2NN0YHg
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Around FPS report on our listening day
We know that our greatest joy, our greatest power, comes when we work towards a goal with other people. And perhaps the joy–and power– are greater when those people are people we usually deem as ‘other’. And so on 24 April many Jews and Muslims, adults and teens, gathered at Finchley Reform Synagogue to listen. In each of our five Barnet Citizens communities we ran a Listening Campaign, hearing the stories and experiences of our members. We heard what was important, what we felt was unfair, and what we wanted to change. This was a chance to hear stories from across Barnet – and having heard them, decide where our collective time should be directed in order to begin making changes. Our Barnet Citizens group is small but mighty (or, as Shakespeare might have put it) “though she be but little she is fierce”. Our past successes include Barnet Council agreeing to resettle 50 Syrian refugees (the first Tory council to do so), and more recently agreeing to resettle a further 30 unaccompanied minors over the yom ha’atzmaut at fps
A rump of Beit Midrash regulars turned out on a cold and wet Yom Ha’Atzmaut to hear Rabbi Grisha Abramovich from Minsk talk about the present state of the Progressive Jewish community in Belarus. This is a country with strong links to early Zionism: four out of ten Israeli prime ministers came from that area. We were also privileged to have with us Rabbi Oded Mazor from the Leo Baeck Education Centre in Haifa who, in high cantorial style, looked at the State of Israel after the recent re-election of Netanyahu and the passing of Amos Oz. Between speakers we enjoyed a substantial Israeli supper, “the best falafel between here and 12
next 10 years if the government establishes a funded scheme. Plus, we have persuaded Barnet Council to implement Selective Landlord Licencing, ensuring renters are protected against rogue landlords. So what is next? After listening to extraordinary testimonies about knife crime, hate crime, mental health, and the environment, Barnet Citizens voted to move forward with knife crime and hate crime. The action teams met for the first time on 21 May to begin the challenge of turning these issues into campaigns that will make a difference. The campaign against hate crime already has connections with the eradication of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and misogyny, and would bring together many of the concerns of our Barnet community. The road ahead is complicated and challenging. But we are proud that FPS members are fighting for that change. If you’d like to be involved with our work at Citizens please do get in touch! Zoe Jacobs
Jerusalem”, catered by Wika Dorosz and Valerie Boyd-Hellner. An inspiring evening lacking only the bulk of our membership. It was a particular pleasure to welcome the wife and son of Rabbi Abramovich. Lionel Lassman
May Moonwalk fundraising, cross-dressing & night walking in aid of breast cancer
Shofar is always a month behind in reporting events (for instance the May Moonwalk), although at the time of this June publication we are moving in to Shavuot. Traditionally, at Shavuot, one stays up all night studying Jewish texts (tikkun); but the May Moonwalk event demonstrated how liberal Jews, being practical thinkers, used the night of 11 May to raise funds for charity. FPS members Jo Dowling (far right) and Gabrielle Highman (far left) took to pounding the midnight pavement to raise money in aid of Breast Cancer. Called Moonwalk (for obvious reasons) the 15-mile night walk garnered some great photos, even the tent (see above) dressed for the occasion.
Other moonwalkers included the Shofar cover trio: John Rubinstein (Barmitzvah Teacher extraordinaire) and daughters Paula KinchinSmith and Tracey John-Baptiste, all wearing their (obligatory) bras plus pink tutus. (Will the BM kids recognise their teacher?). Josie Kinchin writes: “And they did it! John, Tracey and Paula. My amazing husband and two daughters! Many thanks to all who sponsored them.” And while they were a month too early to celebrate receiving the Torah at Shavuot, they did receive medals. It’s not too late to donate via Paula’s link on https://moonwalklondon2019. everydayhero.com/uk/paula-31
modern slavery follow up
Follow on from my article on Modern Slavery last month, I am delighted to discover that FPS is applying for the René Cassin anti-slavery guide and template in order to ensure that any contractual arrangement (employment, services etc.) are compliant with anti-slavery best practice principles. Lesley Urbach
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joe wade-lobatto bar mitzvah 22 june
My name is Joe Wade-Lobatto. I live in Sheffield and I am 13. I am having my Bar Mitzvah in London because there isn’t a large Jewish community in Sheffield and my mum’s family have been active members of FPS for the past 40 years. My lessons have been on FaceTime with my brilliant teacher John Rubinstein. It has been challenging at times but mostly because of the
broadband connection! My parasha is about the discovery of the homeland and there already being people in that area. This is related to the charity I have chosen which is ‘Shelter’. I have chosen this charity because I hate the idea of people out there who don’t have a home to go to. I want to do more to understand the causes of homelessness and raise money to help. Otherwise I enjoy climbing, music (I play guitar), reading and games, both on a computer and on a board. I am really looking forward to my Bar Mitzvah at FPS and having all my family and friends together.
magic!
We had a great school holiday party for our Syrian families on Friday,12 April at FPS with our volunteer team from FPS, FRS, the local Christian and Quaker communities, and others. There were about 40 Syrians there (including children). In addition to our volunteer team, there were 15 volunteers. Thanks to Dora, Rebecca, Hannah, and Bea. The morning started with a Magic Show led by Tommy the Magician. We’d set up chairs in semi-circle rows so that everyone could sit together and enjoy the show. It was wonderful to see the excitement on
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the children’s faces as Tommy the Magician performed tricks, and to see the parents’ joy as the children took part. Even the shyest of the children volunteered to participate in the tricks. Tommy’s style was very accessible, and his charm was magic. We booked him through Adam Ant Parties. Lesley Urbach
Fun Page On Shavuot we celebrate receiving the Torah, which is central to Jewish life. The story in Exodus goes as follows: Remember at Pesach/Passover we celebrated how the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt? They wandered in the desert under the leadership of Moses. Eventually, God told Moses to climb up Mount Sinai where he would be given the commandments, so that he could teach them to the Israelites. Moses ascended the mountain for forty days and forty nights. The people down below didn’t know what had happened to him. Giving up hope, they built a golden calf to worship. Meanwhile
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Moses was having a very important experience. The LORD delivered two tablets of stone on which were the commandments, written with the finger of God. Then Moses came down the mountain. Imagine how angry he was when he saw everyone celebrating around the golden calf. He smashed the tablets of stone. God, however, decided to give it a second go. He told Moses to prepare two fresh tablets of stone. So Moses went back up Mount Sinai where God wrote the ten commandments on the stone. Moses took them down into the valley and gave them to the Israelites — and the rest is history.
The 10 Commandments are often written it an old-fashioned way. In the right column, there is oldfashioned writing; in the left is the normal English. Can you match them up? You shall not misuse the name of your God.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
You must not envy your neighbour’s goods.
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall not envy his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
You must not murder.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
You must not steal.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
You must not be unfaithful to your partner.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s ox.
You must not lie about your neighbour.
Honour thy father and thy mother.
Respect your father and mother.
Thou shalt not murder.
You shall have no other Gods but me.
Thou shalt not steal.
You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 15
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 2018
Chair: Cathy Burnstone, chair@fps.org Vice-Chair: Anjanette Pavell, ViceChairAP@fps.org Treasurer: Melvyn Newman, treasurer@fps.org Honorary Secretary: Tamara Joseph, honsec@fps.org board members
Sam King, sam@fps.org Phillip Raphael, security@fps.org Ann Pelham, annp@fps.org Chris Nash, chrisn@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 Care in the Community: Jacquie Fawcett jacquie@fps.org Website Editor: Philip Karstadt fpswebsite@fps.org Shofar Editor: CA. Cranston – shofar@fps.org Shofar Team: 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