November / December 2014
Shofar
שופר
the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue
Season of mists & mellow fruitfulness
From the Editor pat lehner The days are suddenly shorter, but so golden and full, and it’s Autumn. I always find this time of year particularly precious, as if the air is somehow filled with a sort of magic. Coming so soon after the High Holy days, I always feel a bit more open and raw, as if I’d just lost a layer of old skin, outgrown and discarded, and was making my way new and fragile into the new year. My thoughts are drawn to what’s precious in my life, and in yours, and in our community: love, and caring for each other, our families, our friends, our sons and daughters and neighbours and strangers. This year we all stood together in our warm FPS building and our hearts broke together for Rabbi Rebecca who is facing what is for many of us our worst nightmare. I know she knows we all send our loving thoughts to her. And Ruben, you are loved and enveloped in thoughts by your whole community, and there isn’t a minute in the day without somebody thinking of you. You are not alone in this. This Shofar is as always a full bag of contributions and reports on all the many and varied activities that take place in our community. I’d particularly like to recommend our regular shiurim, a tiny excerpt of one recent and very popular shiur is included on page 6. Wishing you all a warm and glorious autumn, close to the people you love.
chanukah party 2014
Everybody is warmly invited to our Chanukah Havdalah party on Saturday 20 December at 5pm! Join us for doughnuts and latkes and bring along your own Chanukkiah so we can light the 5th candle together.
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Cover: Rabbi Frank Hellner picking apples at our preRosh Hashana outing Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org
The Travelling Rabbi rene pfertzel
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very week, either on Monday afternoon, when I travel to France, or Sunday afternoon, back to London, I find myself in a high-speed train, crossing the Channel, speeding through two lovely countries. From my window, I can see the landscape changing from the British green fields, to the low hills between the Massif Central and the Alps, as Lyons is located in the river Rhône valley. From London, the megalopolis, to Lyons, a city inhabited by one million people, sometimes through Lille, sometimes through Paris; but also from the United Kingdom to France, two countries only separated by a tiny sea, and yet very different. I feel privileged to live between two countries, although I have to confess that my new home is London now. Do not they say that, where you love, there you live? My community in London, FPS, is a longstanding community, in a city where Progressive Judaism is well established. It is not a curiosity to be a practicing Liberal Jew in the United Kingdom. I am also privileged to serve a Liberal
community in Southern England, Wessex. It is another dynamic, another Jewish experience, similarly enriching. In France, the situation is quite different. Because of the centralization of the Jewish community by Napoleon in 1808, through the “Consistoire Israélite Central”, the Orthodox authorities represent the Jewish community before the government. It is hard for Progressive Jews to make their voice heard, and our communities are often depicted as offering a “light” Judaism. We have to explain tirelessly that Progressive Judaism is not an
alternative path, but a valid way, alongside the others, and maybe even more faithful to the inner, essential progressive dynamic of Judaism since its origins. Another difference can be seen in the cultural backgrounds of our congregants. While British Jewry is largely Ashkenazi, French Jewry is mostly Sephardi. This is felt in the liturgy, the melodies, and the food! It is the coming together of an Ashkenazi born movement, and the Sephardi traditions. I would like to build bridges between our countries, between our communities. We need to create links between our members. We belong to a movement present worldwide. People constitute our wealth, and cross-cultural contacts will enrich our communities. These are the thoughts that come to my mind while I am travelling through England and France. But I can reassure you that sometimes I sleep, sometimes I read, sometimes I listen to some music. But I carry my communities in my thoughts, in my prayers. I cannot fathom yet all the outcomes of this new kind of cross-cultural, cross-country traveling Rabbinate, but I am convinced we will all benefit from it.
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From the Chair alex kinchin-smith
I would like to start with a massive thank you to everyone who volunteered and supported our synagogue throughout the High Holy Day season. Those who read, those who played, those who sung, those who stewarded, those who stood on the gate and those who put in many, many hours to plan and prepare all made it feel like the whole community was part of our prayers and celebrations. For someone with young children, I particularly felt the family services were truly wonderful this year, a comment repeated back to me by many members. Most of those reading this will know that Ruben, Rabbi Rebecca’s eldest son is undergoing treatment for a serious illness. Our thoughts are of course with Ruben and his family and we wish him all the best. Ruben has begun fundraising for Teenage Cancer Charity and I am sure will appreciate all donations that members can give – you can do so through his Justgiving page. Rebecca will be taking some time off to
care for Ruben and her family over the next few months. However, she wishes to continue to play a part in community life and will be taking some services and carrying on with some duties during this time. It is great that we have Rabbi Rene working with us part-time and lovely to see how well he has settled in. Over the High Holy days I spoke about some of the opportunities there are to get involved in action through FPS. Mitzvah day the year is on Sunday the 16th of November where there are a number of strands of action to choose from, please speak to Andrea Narcin or Sarah Rosen-Webb for more details. Our homeless shelter will begin on Sunday nights in January with volunteers welcome for cooking, serving and sleeping, please speak to Elliott Karstadt if you have time to help. In the words of Rabbi Tarfon from Pirkei Avot, ‘You are not required to complete the work, but nor are you at liberty to abstain from it’. So I would like to finish as I began, saying a big thank you to all those who volunteer and play an active role in both our internal efforts and in those to support the wider community.
fps breakfast shiurim - autumn 2014
Saturday 1 November 8.45am “Why do we do that?—The choreography of prayer” presented by Valerie Boyd-Hellner & Rabbi Frank Hellner Saturday 15 November 8.45am Rabbi Abraham Geiger & the birth of reform presented by Rabbi Rene Pfertzel
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Rabbi Abraham Geiger is considered as the founder of the Jewish Reform Movement in Germany in the 19th century Saturday 13 December 8.45am Living well with mindfulness presented by Anna Black
book signing at fps a jewish book of comfort by Charles Middleburgh & Andrew Goldstein
26 november 7.30pm Whether you are a person of faith or not, there are times in every human life when we need to find comfort to sustain us through pain, loss or bereavement. Throughout three millennia of Jewish history, Jewish sages have written words of encouragement, reassurance and hope, borne from suffering endured, faced, and overcome. This anthology presents a wide selection of poems, psalms and meditations from all periods of the Jewish past to the present day that offer words of comfort for diffcult times. ‘This volume is much needed and brings huge comfort to people who are in the immediate throes of recent bereavement, and, perhaps even harder, to those whose hearts are still partly numb months and years on beyond their loss.’ – Baroness Rabbi Julia Neuberger Charles Middleburgh is Dean of Leo Baeck College in London. Andrew Goldstein is President of Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Advisor to the European Union for Progressive Judaism.
please join us for this special event, hear from the authors about the book & take home a signed copy! Refreshments available
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God, Gaza & Israel paul silver-myer This is an excerpt from a Shiur given in October 2014
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his year, Yom Kippur gave me a much needed sense of personal perspective and reflection, after three months of intense media overload. In August, on Shabbat Nach’amu, the Sabbath of Consolation, Neil Janes said in his sermon at the LJS: “There is no comfort. How can there be comfort? The world is cleaved apart by rockets and missiles. Everyone who thinks they bear no responsibility for death and suffering, I say as my teachers said before me, ‘Few are guilty, all are responsible”. There is no comfort. How can there be comfort when the deep seated evil of antiSemitism lurks so close to the surface of modern Western societies. Rebecca illustrated this using the New Years’ message from Maureen Lipman: ‘We give the world everything we have, from Rhapsody in Blue to relativity, to penicillin, to Facebook. If one Jew perpetrated just one of the hate crimes committed in Rotherham, Lockerbie, Pakistan or the Twin Towers, then there would be another Kristallnacht.’ Anti-Semitism is not really about Jews. It is about how societies treat the Other. Jews were hated because they were different. But it is our difference that constitutes our humanity. A nation that has no room for difference has no room for humanity. The West misread the 21st century. This is not an age of secular ideologies. It is an era of de-secularisation. What rescued Europe from its last age of religious wars, in the 17th
century, was not weapons, but ideas: those of Milton, Hobbes, Spinoza and Locke that laid the foundations for religious liberty and the free society. Thus far the 21st century has been marked by an unprecedented series of new technologies, but no new ideas. That is the challenge of our time. First, we must stand together in defence of religious liberty and the scandalously neglected Article 18 of the UN universal declaration of human rights. People have the right to practise their faith, or lack of it, without fear. But
Everyone who thinks they bear no responsibility for death and suffering, I say as my teachers said before me, ‘Few are guilty, all are responsible’. without determined action on the part of the West it will not happen. Second, we need a commitment by leaders of all the great faiths to ensure the rights of religious minorities in every part of the world. None of us will win if we work alone. The victim cannot cure the crime. After the rabbi’s, I would like to end this introduction with some words by an Israeli citizen, Fania Oz Salzberger; “It is extremely difficult these days, to be a politically moderate Israeli. As I publish and post my views on the Gaza war, the amount of hate messages I receive, from both right and left, pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians, is astounding. continued on page 15
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mitzvah day 2014 sunday 16 november This year Mitzvah Day is on Sunday, 16 November. Each year on Mitzvah Day people in Jewish communities all over the world take this special opportunity to do a Good Deed for the wider community. As in previous years: • There will be a group of musicians visiting Rosetrees Residential Home. (Dean Staker has already volunteered to lead this group. Residents also appreciated the cakes that some of volunteers had made earlier and sent along with the musicians.) • There will be a group helping with Autumn Leaves tidy up at Highgate Cemetery. (Last year staff there were highly appreciative of our determination to make inroads through wild overgrowth, and were particularly complimentary of Asher Luder’s rescue of endangered head stones!) • There will be a group encouraging shoppers on the High Road to buy an extra item. This time we will be collecting together
with volunteers from a local Mosque outside Waitrose for food donation to be passed on to HAB (Homeless in Barnet), the charity we liaise with for the Together in Barnet Night Shelter. And new this year, • An Interfaith Tea Party where members of FPS, a local church and a local mosque can mix, eat and be entertained will be hosted at FPS. Everyone can join in. Please sign up in the office for whichever activity you would like to help with. Alternatively, you can email your choice, skill and contact details to Sarah Rosen-Webb at: s_rosen_webb@hotmail.com or Andrea Narcin at: andrea_narcin@yahoo.co.uk
fps night shelter
For the fourth year running, FPS will be running a winter shelter, offering a warm evening meal, accommodation, and breakfast, to up to 15 homeless people on a Sunday night / Monday morning. We are still looking for volunteers to cook dinner, stay overnight, provide breakfast and transport bedding. If you think you be able to help out, please contact Elliott Karstadt: elliott.karstadt@gmail.com
These are the dates: 18/19 January 25/26 January 1/2 February 8/9 February 15/16 February 22/23 February
1/2 March 8/9 March 15/16 March 22/23 March 29/30 March
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Beit Tefillah services at fps
services - november / december
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Friday 31 October
Erev Shabbat service
Saturday 1 November
Breakfast Shiur - ‘Why do we do that – the choreography of Prayer’ 10.15 Tots Service 11.00 Shabbat B’Yachad service incl baby blessing for Lily Pepper-Parsons
Friday 7 November
Erev Shabbat family service
Saturday 8 November
Shabbat service
Friday 14 November
Kabbalat Shabbat service
Saturday 15 November
Breakfast Shiur - Rabbi Abraham Geiger & the birth of Reform’ Shabbat service incl baby blessing for Niah Jarmon
Friday 21 November Saturday 22 November
Shabbat Resouled
Friday 28 November
Kabbalat Shabbat service
Saturday 29 November
Shabbat service incl Hannah Gellman Bat Mitzvah 5.00 Musical Havdalah
Friday 5 December
Shabbat Unplugged service
Saturday 6 December Friday 12 December
10.15 Musical Shabbatots Shabbat B’Yachad service Kabbalat Shabbat service
Saturday 13 December
Breakfast Shiur - ‘Living Well with Mindfulness’ Shabbat service
Shabbat service
Beit Knesset what’s happening at fps
people condolences
To the family of Deborah Kreimer, we wish Deborah’s mother Bela and her brother Jorge comfort and strength at this very sad time. And to Roger Lyons on the death of his aunt, Doris Samuel, aged 102. We wish the families long life. congratulations & mazal tov
To the family of Lily Pepper-Parsons on the occasion of her baby blessing To the family of Niah Jarmon on the occasion of her baby blessing To Roger and Kitty Lyons on the marriage of their daughter Hannah to Rafael Singer. To Kitty Lyons on election as a Councillor of the London Borough of Barnet.
To Hannah Gellman and her family on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah. And to the family of Millie Bonneff on her Bat Mitzvah – wishing you all the best for your move to Peru! 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. yahrzeit list
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. If you do want to be reminded please provide the office with: Name of the Honoree, Date of Yahrzeit, Name of Observer/s.
services - december / cont.
Friday 19 December
Shabbat Resouled 4th Chanukah candle
Saturday 20 December
Shabbat service 5th Chanukah candle
Friday 26 December
Kabbalat Shabbat service
Saturday 27 December
Shabbat service
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Beit Midrash learning at fps Our flagship adult learning experience Thursday evenings 6.30 - 9.30pm
series of six sessions. To arrange a trial session, contact adrianlister@blueyonder.co.uk
6.30-7.15pm - Pilates Get fit in our small, friendly class, under the expert guidance of Tali Swart. Cost £60 for a
7.30-9.30pm Discussion, Debate & Culture with break for tea, coffee and cake. A voluntary donation of £5 is requested to cover costs.
Autumn Beit Midrash : What Did the Rabbis Say? Rabbinic jewels from Aggada (stories) and Halakhah (laws). date
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speaker
topic
October 16
Rabbi Mark Solomon
The importance of the “breath of school children” studying Torah to the fate of the Jewish people. (Shabbat 119b; Genesis Rabbah 65:20)
October 23
Rabbi Frank Hellner
The Clandestine Tale of a Rabbi (M. Chagigah, Tosefta Chagigah and Genesis Rabbah)
October 30
Rabbi Rene Pfertzel
The Rabbis and the Others. A Reading of Mishnah Avodah Zarah 3:4
November 6
Rabbi Leah Jordan
November 13
Break
November 20
Rabbi Mark Solomon
November 27
Rabbi Rene Pfertzel
December 4
Rabbi Leah Jordan
December 11
Rabbi Mark Solomon
The establishment of universal (male) education in ancient times, and Rabbinic views on very modern issues such as class sizes, teachers’ employment, discipline and teaching techniques. (Talmud: Bava Batra 20b-21a)
The Talmud’s account of how teaching the Hebrew alphabet was used as a profound lesson in Jewish ethics and spirituality. (Talmud: Shabbat 104a)
Beit Knesset arts at fps the screen on the grove
book club
November: The Flat (Israel, 2011) Award-winning, emotionally riveting documentary, Arnon Goldfinger’s “The Flat” is a true-life detective story that uncovers much more than the tangled roots of its maker’s family tree. As a documentarian cleans out the flat that belonged to his grandparents - both immigrants from Nazi Germany - he uncovers clues pointing to a complicated and shocking story.
Meetings are held in people’s homes, 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month. Contact sheilakl@waitrose.com
December: Stavisky (France, 1974) Drama based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair, which led to fatal riots in Paris, the resignation of two prime ministers and a change of government. The film was directed by Alain Resnais and featured JeanPaul Belmondo as Stavisky and Anny Duperey as his beautiful wife, Arlette. Stephen Sondheim wrote the film’s musical score. curtain up!
The theatre group is already scheduling events for next year! Join us if you can for two theatre outings in 2015 and get your tickets, which usually have to be purchased well in advance. We have scheduled a Young Vic matinee of Golem for Wednesday, 14 January at 2.30pm. On the 4th of March it’s Man and Superman at the National Theatre—a Wednesday matinee at 1.30. We will plan to have dinner and discussion afterwards. All are welcome. For details contact the office.
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 please contact Gunter Lawson on 020 8346 5208 rosh chodesh
24 November: Rosh Chodesh Kislev “What we owe to others - women & community activism” - led by Sarah Sackman 22 December: Rosh Chodesh Tevet “Immigration & me” - led by Sheila King Lassman 21 January: Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat “Women & revolution” - led by Sarah Ereira & Wika Dorosz
Also in Beit Midrash... cafe ivriah
Saturdays 9.45 – 10.45am Informal discussion over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service. delving into judaism
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.
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Letter from Beijing john olbrich
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or the past eighteen months I have been living in a hutong, one of the small alleyways in the centre of Beijing, within the second ring road. Beijing is designed around the Forbidden City, or the old Imperial Palace, which of course under imperial Chinese was the centre of Beijing, in turn the centre of China, which saw itself in turn as the centre of the world. (The Chinese word for their own country is Zhong Guo, or Middle Kingdom.) Hutongs consist, ideally, of an alley of siheyuan, or four-sided courtyards, and probably create the picture everyone has of a typical old Chinese street. Old Beijing was divided into the Manchu (the ruling Qing dynasty) and Chinese
cities until 1911, but after the revolution in 1949, the state took over all property and divided the spacious old dwellings into multiple family occupancy, so that several families lived
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within one courtyard. These dwellings do not generally have toilets or bathrooms, hence the large number of public toilets in central Beijing, and communal bath-houses. Occupancy is by the ‘lao bai xing’, or literally, ‘hundred old surnames’, the Chinese term for what is translated into English as the ‘common people’. My dwelling is fortunate to have an indoor bathroom with a shower, as well as an upstairs room, without electricity, where I can sit and read and look over the hutong roofs when the weather is bearable. There are eight families in total within my courtyard. The Chinese living there think I am crazy to want to live in the romantic old part of Beijing: they would give anything to live in a centrally-heated tower block with an indoor bathroom and toilet. Winters are freezing: down to -12º, with no central heating, and only night storage heaters. Bedtime requires long johns, and (very) thick flannel pyjamas, plus several duvets. Although I, as a crazy foreigner, may enjoy living in the centre of Beijing, in a pre-war hutong, this does bring up wider issues. How far should romantic old dwelling places be preserved or modernised? The classic western view is that the wicked Chinese government is tearing down the old hutongs, but in fact, when you live here, there is a very different perspective. How far should an outdated and inconvenient way of life be preserved for the sake of tourism and a romantic historical view? If people are not to live in them, should the buildings be turned into bijou shops and boutiques – which has been done very successfully in one alley, Nanluoguxiang? Or should they be gentrified – the London solution continued on page 13
FPS Orchard Outing maureen lobatto
It’s not often there’s the opportunity for FPS members to prepare for Rosh Hashanah by a coach trip to Kent! But thanks to the generous hospitality of our members, the Newman family, we visited their fruit farms and picked strawberries, pears and of course apples from their extensive orchards. It was a lovely, early September day and we, a multi-generational group, filled the large coach for the journey. On arrival we were welcomed with drinks, fresh strawberries and cream, before learning about the growing and grafting of Newmafruit apple Trees. We then set to picking the fruits before our picnic lunch. Then while the youngsters played by the packing and storage houses, the adult members of the group dressed in Health and Safety white coats and hairnets, were shown how technology (and East European person-power) is used to grade, pack and store the produce, supermarket-ready for
immediate collection. It was a thoroughly fascinating, enjoyable and fun day, enhanced by the warm hosting of Melvyn and CA. Along with our little pots of honey they gave us, and loaded canvass bags
of beautiful apples and pears, we arrived back home, at least partly ready for celebrating Rosh Hashanah.
This article was first posted on our website. For this and many more articles, as well as up to date information on clubs and groups please visit finchleyprogressivesynagogue.org
Letter from Beijing cont.
to our own inner city houses – which puts the burden onto a middle class which hardly, as yet, exists, and also incidentally, destroys the colourful life of the hutongs? I enjoy the local colour – the old men carrying their song-birds in cages early in the morning to the local park, the small shops selling absolutely everything, the open-air
markets with fruits and vegetables which I have never seen in the UK, the children walking freely and unafraid down the street and often staring at the foreigner, even the men squatting in the hutong public toilets. This way of life cannot continue, as people demand a better living standard, but it is enjoyable and enthralling while it lasts.
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Roundhouse Concert At a recent Shabbat the film maker and writer Naomi Gryn reminded us of the emotional (as well as geographical) journey undertaken by children who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport. FPS is privileged to count some members of the Kindertransport as part of our community.
FPS members may be interested to find out that some of our younger members will also be remembering this episode in Jewish history. Zara Woolf, Gideon Leibowitz and Dylan Lehner
who are part of Finchley Children’s Music Group, will take part in Last Train to Tomorrow composed and conducted by Carl Davis, written by Hiawyn Oram. Natasha Kaplinksy will be introducing the choral performance, which promises to be a truly memorable event. There is one performance at The Roundhouse on Sunday 9 November at 3pm. The concert is presented by The Association of Jewish Refugees as part of a series of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport. November 9th also marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht. For further information and to book tickets http://www.roundhouse. org.uk/whats-on/2014/last-train-totomorrow/
God Gaza & Israel cont.
So why bother to raise a moderate voice? Because I do not believe that most Europeans, or even most Arabs, are willing to be fed lies and hatred. Because as a scholar of the Enlightenment and a political liberal I believe that rational dialogue, twinned with human
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compassion is bound to win. Because as a humanist Israeli Jew, and a Zionist believer in the two-state solution, I expect that hope will win. But only if we help hope win.� Shabbat Shalom.
IVRIAH is RECRUITING… Are you passionate about your Liberal Judaism? Do you relate well with kids and young people? Can you inspire and facilitate young people's learning? FPS is recruiting now for teachers and assistants to start in September Applications by cv and covering letter welcome from all ages and experience. For more details please contact Adele Silk adelesilk.fps@gmail.com
Ivriah is the Shabbat community cheder of FPS. It’s a friendly, lively and interesting place where we place children at the centre of their own Jewish lives. Join our team of teachers and deliver dynamic sessions where children can gather Jewish experiences, knowledge and skills, and develop a joy and confidence with Hebrew, and Shabbat services.
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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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janet tresman
insurance brokers
mediator & collaborative family law solicitor consultant now at hoffman-bokaei
Commerce House 2a Litchfield Grove London N3 2TN Tel. 020 8349 5100
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Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Michael Lassman, Josie Kinchin
Suite 2, Exhibition House, Addison Bridge Place Kensington Olympia, London W14 8XP Tel. 020 7433 2380 / jlt@hoffman-bokaei.co.uk