Shofar October 2018 by Finchley Progressive

October 2018

Shofar

‫שופר‬

the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue

5779 Shana Tova!

Challah Baking For one term, FPS teenagers made and delivered fresh challah to members of the community who were unwell, housebound or needing support. We want to keep this going. Join a team to help us make it happen:

1. Preparers Join us on the last Sunday of every month from 10amnoon to prepare dough for baking

2. Bakers Come along on Thursday evenings every week to shape and bake challah.Â

3. Deliverers Pop in on Fridays to collect the challah and deliver it to members of the community Please drop me a line if you'd like to be part of any of these teams! zoe@fps.org or 020 8446 4063

Every one of us is alive because of the NHS. On Mitzvah Day we are saying thank you. Join us as we visit care homes, make care packages for staff, write thank you letters and make our appreciation known! #NHS70 18 November 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: Ushering in the New Year by picking apples at Newmafruit farms, Kent. Photo: Nina Hirsch

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

From the Rabbi

rabbi rebecca birk

William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the US, claimed that “two to three months’ vacation are necessary” for someone “to work the next year with the energy and effectiveness it ought to have.” Times have changed. We know that a Taft timeline is unlikely and would be most unusual. We are now well and truly into October. Autumn, the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” as Keats described, is also a manifested sign that we are fully into the new year and the work that will accompany it. We are, doubtless, managing our expectations for what we hope to achieve this year. How we prioritise our time, our work, and our attention is no mean feat. We know the High Holidays are a time for spiritual reflection and taking stock. But they also, I am certain, create energy and motivation for the year ahead. And that is where we find ourselves now. The Sukkah is down, the branches cleared away, the fruit eaten. The etrog vodka is distilling and there is nothing for it but to get back to school, work and life. The month after Tishri (so full, with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah) is Cheshvan. Cheshvan has nothing. It begins 10 October and brings with it a period of quiet. Talmudic Rabbis referred to it as Mar Cheshvan, ‘Bitter Cheshvan,’ lacking festivals or liturgical moments. Times have changed. This pause is much appreciated. Now these T-shirts (above) are on sale and I know a few rabbis who will wear them.

The festivals might have paused. But we have the enviable opportunity to take breath and move forward. If we have learned the power and benefit of marking time perhaps we’ll claim Shabbat in its gentle glory as that regular weekly moment to renew, refresh and emerge stronger for the week ahead. Whether at home or together at synagogue. At FPS, Shabbat services begin at 6.30pm on Friday, and provide a variety of reflective opportunities along with the rich creativity of Shabbat Resouled. On Saturday morning Shabbat begins at 11am. Our new choir rehearses every Thursday and is open to EVERYONE who enjoys singing. Come sing, connect and, hopefully, be glad you came.

From the Chair In the September Chair’s report, I mentioned who is part of our new Board. Unfortunately, I omitted two people – so I am now pleased to welcome Ann Pelham and Simon Cooper to the Board. During September about twenty FPS members and several of our Syrian friends enjoyed a delightful and interesting day out to Newmafruit Farms in Kent. It was warm and sunny, and Melvyn and staff took us around the apple orchards allowing plenty of time for us to pick fruit. We also toured the packing house and walked through the hanger-sized storage fridges. Our Syrian friends take their picnics seriously and we shared a delicious array of Syrian foods. Everyone had a wonderful time and we are grateful to Melvyn for his generous hospitality. After many years of loyal and hard work, our caretaker Sergei decided to leave us. Sergei has joined his daughter in Israel where he previously lived and is hoping to live there permanently. We all wish him well. In the interim Mark Saunders, who is half-time caretaker at Southgate Progressive, is working part-time for us until we appoint a new caretaker. We’re grateful to Aimee Lydon and her cleaning company for agreeing to clean the Synagogue and Southover School at very short notice.

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Our first Board Meeting after the summer took place on Tuesday 11 September. Points discussed included the caretaker appointment; the land for sale adjoining FPS, where it was agreed we’d arrange a survey to determine its value and then consider options. Similarly, Richard Greene is arranging for architectural input on the beautification of the shul premises. To comply with legislation from the Charities Commission we will ask council members to sign a declaration that they will act in the interests of the membership. Rabbi Rebecca, Zoe Jacobs and Sam King will continue to work on building Community. The tax-deductibility of legacies will be discussed with the community later. Incoming Treasurer, Melvyn Newman, wishes to thank Martin Silk for leaving the finances in good shape, and invites suggestions for fundraising. As always, please feel free to give your constructive comments or feedback and let us know of any matters you would like the Board to consider.

ivriah taster session

Saturday 8 December Every Saturday, young members of FPS come together to learn, play and pray at Ivriah, our cheder. Our young, knowledgeable teachers offer fantastic informal learning spaces where they teach interactive, exciting and creative classes. At Ivriah, our children explore Progressive Jewish values, learn modern and biblical Hebrew, and spend time discovering their own opinions on 4

modern Jewish questions. We are sowing the seeds to create confident, engaged young people! Ivriah starts for children in Reception, and our special Bar and Bat Mitzvah programme begins in year 7. If you’d like to know more, or want to come for a taster session, please contact Zoe Jacobs at zoe@fps.org or call 020 8446 4063.

‘FPS & Me’: An Interview with Robert Lobatto “T

his interview is more or less a reflective view on growing up at FPS and how that has affected your life” I said to Robert, as we settled down in the Headteacher’s Study at King Alfred School. Headteacher Robert needed no further prompts and was off and running. “FPS has affected me in all sorts of ways,” he began. “I was about ten when my family joined. We had been members of somewhere else, but were looking for something more inspiring. When we heard about FPS and Rabbi Frank Hellner, we came along for a visit. FPS was everything we were looking for and more. We used to meet at Martin’s Primary School for Ivriah classes at first. The Whartons and the Sterns and a couple of other families moved to FPS with us, so I had friends from the start. Martin Boyd was the Head of Ivriah, and I soon made new friends there, including his sons, Elliott and Jonathan.

“FPS and Liberal Judaism have had a big impact on my moral landscape.We are a good fit, FPS and me.” My parents got involved in activities at FPS too. My Dad even became Chair for a while. My older sister Wendy started going to ULPSNYC on weekends, and I soon followed in her footsteps. At Ivriah and on the weekends we had fun, of course, and also explored all things relating to social, political and religious actions and

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values. By the time of my Bar Mitzvah, I surprised myself to realise that I was really listening to Frank’s sermons. His sermons were always very powerful and also very accessible, like he was talking directly to me. I remember one sermon in particular from back then. It was about the Vietnamese boat people, but at the same time it was about much more than the crisis of the moment. I didn’t know it at the time but that sermon was reinforcing what I was learning in Ivriah about social justice and social action. After Bar Mitzvah I was part of the Kabbalat Torah group. We used to meet on Friday nights, and we discussed and debated just about everything inside and outside of religion. I moved on from Kabbalat Torah to teaching at Ivriah, organising events within ULPSNYC and being a leader at Kadimah, fully committed to community and social action through the Liberal movement. I went off to Israel for my gap year on the Machon Programme [an immersive educational programme based in Jerusalem], and on return read History at Oxford. I remained close to ULPSNYC throughout university, and when I graduated I was certain I wanted to work in education. In 1989, I got my first real job as Liberal Judaism’s very first Movement Worker for Youth. That year at the central office was full of changes, challenges and arguments. We ‘young radicals’ advocated for more Hebrew in services and more connection with Israel. I Continued on page 9 5

Message from the President of the Board of Deputies 5778

will be remembered as the year that the Jewish community came together to say ‘Enough is Enough’ to antisemitism. It was unprecedented and heart-warming back in March to see so many people from all parts of the community join like-minded non-Jews and parliamentarians to stand in front of the Palace of Westminster to protest against the antisemitism that, staggeringly, is tolerated in our country’s official party of opposition. [….] We were overwhelmed by the response from the 2,000 people who travelled to Westminster at 24 hours’ notice, including more than 30 MPs from Labour and other parties, and friends from the Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Hindu communities. Never has our community made a more powerful statement that we will not tolerate antisemitism in the Labour Party. Perhaps most important of all was the near unanimity with which we spoke. And it is this unity which we as a community need as we go forward to face challenges such as this. [….] We also need to reach out beyond our community which is why I have prioritised interfaith work, in particular, creating links with Muslim partners. This summer, for the first time, the Board of Deputies hosted an interfaith Iftar for senior Muslims and Jews including the Chief Rabbi, and I have travelled the country meeting Muslims from Leeds to Luton and points in-between. Jews and Muslims 6

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have much in common and my objective is to create relationships that will strengthen us all and fight the prejudice and ignorance which has divided us in the past. This was also the year that in the United Kingdom we celebrated our crucial role in the creation of the State of Israel, with celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, culminating in the Parliamentary Balfour Reception, attended by many ministers, MPs and peers. And in this 70th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel, we have been promoting a dialogue for peace between Israelis and Palestinians through Invest in Peace. [….] Those of us who love Israel were delighted that the Duke of Cambridge undertook the first official Royal visit to the country. [….] A key message of the visit was about the importance of engagement. In addition to supporting coexistence with the young Israeli and Arab footballers, the fact that President Rivlin and President Abbas felt compelled to offer messages of peace in their meetings with the second in line to the British throne was a real tribute to the enduring ‘soft power’ of the British monarchy. This was clearly a man with a genuine warmth and friendship for the Jewish people and, going into 5779, amid all the political turmoil we have encountered this year, the image of the Duke, both at the Western Wall and, playing football on the beach, gives me wonderful memories to take into the new year. May this Rosh Hashanah bring you, your families and all of Am Yisrael health, strength and peace.

Beit Tefillah

services at fps

services – october Monday 1 October

11.00am Simchat Torah Service

Friday 5 October

6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Saturday 6 October

11.00am Shabbat B’Yachad including baby blessing for Eloise Pepper Parsons

Friday 12 October

6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Saturday 13 October

11.00am Shabbat Service Celebrating Oscar Levy Bar Mitzvah

Friday 19 October

6.30pm Shabbat Resouled

Saturday 20 October

11.00am Shabbat Service One World Walkers will join FPS for Kiddush

Friday 26 October

6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Saturday 27 October

11.00am Shabbat Service, visiting Rabbi Dr Alona Lisitsa from HUC-JIR, Jerusalem

people welcome to new members: Joey Edelstein with Ophir, Maya & Danielle Marion Sipser Michael Tamman & Stephanie Werrell-Smyth mazal tov to Oscar Levy who celebrates his Bar Mitzvah at FPS on 13 October Ben Leibowitz on his new job at the Foreign Office and everyone starting new jobs/careers Abi Wharton & Al Cooper on their marriage blessing in September CA. Cranston & Melvyn Newman on the birth of a granddaughter, Willow, in Australia The following members who have significant birthdays in October: Derek Sharp, Stephen Aleck and James Levy

The following couples celebrating special wedding anniversaries: Lynda & Malcolm Gerber, Sue & Chuck Yager, Sheila & Lionel Lassman grateful thanks To everyone who helped with High Holy Days preparation and services – organising rotas and mitzvot, stewarding, setting out and putting away chairs, supplying apples, honey and celebration challahs, serving apples and honey, putting up signs, clearing the Sukkah area and much more besides stone setting The stone setting of the late Sheila Isenberg will take place at Edgwarebury Cemetery at 1.45pm on Sunday 7 October and will be officiated by Rabbi Rebecca Birk 7

Beit Knesset bridge group

Mondays @ 7.30pm, £4. There are even small prizes for winners! Contact Paul Silver-Myer via synagogue office on 020 8446 4063 yoga

Tuesdays @ 7.30pm Contact Richard on 020 8349 9602 rosh chodesh

Celebration of the New Moon by women gathering for sharing, learning and spiritual exploration. Next meeting Tuesday 9 October @ 8.00pm FPS Library. “The roles of Jewish women in espionage in WW2.” Historian Dr Helen Fry explores women working at Trent Park and other locations doing intelligence and translation activities in the war, as well as characters like Vera Atkins who sent female agents behind enemy lines. Contact Wika Dorosz on vdorosz@gmail.com

community events, all welcome!

recommending a book must have read (and loved) it! and that it is available in paperback. Contact Sheila King Lassman sheila@waitrose.com or Edgar Jacobsberg on e.jacobsberg@gmail.com learn

Thursdays, 12.00-1.00pm An hour’s learning in the small hall, with Rabbi Rebecca, followed by lunch hosted by Nicola at Café Thursday for anyone who chooses to stay. 4 & 11 October - Introduction to Talmud with Rabbi Adam Frankenberg cafe thursday

Thursdays (closed 4 October) @ 1.00pm £6 for a freshly-prepared 3-course lunch. For menus or more information contact Nicola Marzell via the synagogue office: 020 8446 4063 pilates

Thursdays @ 5.45-6.30pm led by Tali Swart. Beginners to intermediate; individually tailored instruction. Payment in blocks of six, roughly £8 per lesson. We are now in the large hall so we can accommodate more people. Contact taliswort@btconnect.com cafe ivriah

book club

Wednesday 12 September @ 8.00pm The Book Club welcomes you to their meetings, held in people’s homes on the second Wednesday of each month. We choose a variety of books, many—but by no means all—of Jewish interest. The only condition is that the person

Saturdays (Term time), 9.45-10.45am All welcome to an informal, wide-ranging and topical discussion, with topics varying from the weekly Torah portion to current affairs. Over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service.

Beit Midrash

learning at fps

Thursdays 7.30pm – 9.00pm in the Small Hall. Refreshments.

views in a spirit of inclusivity. The sessions will be convened by Rabbi Rebecca Birk.

11 October – 1 November ‘Learning from the Other’ We will share views on a series of important societal issues. These themes are often a source of heated debate, but our approach is the opposite: to listen to each other’s views, to do so with empathy and tolerance, and to understand the source of others’ sincerely-held

11 October 18 October 25 October 1 November

Racism and Antisemitism Sex and Society To be Announced Israel

robert lobatto / cont. from p.5

met Danny Rich there and he taught me quite a bit about working within an organisation. I did my PGCE, and began teaching at East Barnet School. I enjoyed classroom teaching from the start and was very committed to working in state education. However, after 25 years of teaching and then managing schools, I became disheartened as government policy shifted from encouraging and supporting teachers to teach, and trusting them, to its current focus on exam results at the expense of all else. I began to think that maybe it was time for me to leave teaching. Then this position was advertised. Aside from the seductive and charming setting of King Alfred School (KAS), as Headteacher here I have the opportunity to stick to my values, work with children and young people and at the same time be an influencer on the wider system. I feel that

FPS and KAS share an ethos. Both communities are just a little bit offside to the mainstream, emanating a synergy based on the morality and values that underpin their structures. Like FPS, KAS is based on the values of kindness and empathy. Learning occurs through promoting strengths, rather than exposing weaknesses. Dalia and I still belong to FPS and are raising our own children in the community. And I am still friends with many of the people I met growing up at FPS. FPS and Liberal Judaism have had a big impact on my moral landscape. We are a good fit, FPS and me.”

Notice Board kristallnacht 80th anniversary

A reminder to all that Finchley Progressive Synagogue will be joining with Finchley Reform Synagogue to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. On Saturday 10 November 2018, 5pm – 6.30pm at FRS, 101 Fallow Court Avenue, N120BE With attendance by the German Ambassador Peter Wittig. Join us for a memorial service, music and the sharing of peoples’ testimonies of their experiences of Kristallnacht, including our Rabbi Harry Jacobi. volunteers needed!

for the Homeless Shelter at FPS For the past few years, FPS has worked with other local Synagogues and Churches to host the Together in Barnet Homeless Shelter. Between us, we provide shelter, an evening meal and breakfast for up to 17 homeless people who spend one night a week at each venue. This year we will be hosting at FPS once again on Tuesdays – running from Tuesday October-11 December inclusive. Our guests arrive at 7.00pm. We provide a hot three course meal, they stay the night sleeping in the synagogue hall, and leave by 08.30am the next morning after a breakfast prepared and served by our breakfast shift. For Tuesdays at FPS, we are especially looking for: • Hosts to heat up, serve, clear up and mingle with the guests; • People to sleep over–at least one man per night shift; • Cooks to prepare and serve breakfast; • Drivers to transport bags to the next venue the following morning (in Mill Hill East).

Email Peggy fpsshelterrota@gmail.com or contact Pauline in the FPS office with your rota availability by Friday 5 October 2018. There may also be some opportunities to prepare some of the evening meals but please email for availability. New Volunteers will be required to do an evening’s training – the date of this will be confirmed in due course. Previous volunteers will need an update. the newmafruit ‘pre-rosh hashanah’ trip

“What an amazing day,” wrote Nina Hirsch, the Zoe-appointed photographer for the applefarm trip. Around forty people comprising FPS members and Syrian families boarded a coach (with toilet!) to travel to Kent where they were greeted by Melvyn and strawberry farmmanager Bev, who made toffee apples for the children and demonstrated tree grafting for the adults. Everyone received a cotton bag (no plastics) to put their fruit in, along with a little jar of honey – a gesture towards putting the ‘real into the ritual’ of Rosh Hashanah. There were strawberries to pick; elephants to see from the hill; a trip into the Packhouse to see how fruit is stored and sent to market, and a ride on a commercial picking platform for kids and their parents. The winner of the Name that Apple competition was Peggy Sherwood who received a box of apples. A box of freshly-picked plums was sent home with the coach for all to share. And the weather was GREAT! Thanks go to Melvyn and his staff at Newmafruit Farms. See photos on page 11

Newmafruit Trip

Singer’s Warsaw – International Jewish Culture Festival You might have heard of the Jewish Culture Festival held every summer in Krakow since 1988 – it is one of the oldest and largest events of this type in the world. But I have just come back from a less known and equally impressive Jewish Festival in Warsaw. It started in 2004 as a modest celebration of the writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978 for his books written in Yiddish. He lived in Warsaw before emigrating to the United States before WW2 and many of his works are rooted in Jewish city life. Over the years the Singer Festival has grown into a lavish, star-studded cultural feast with more than 200 events crammed into nine days. It used to take place around the formerly Jewish area of Grzybowski Square (where my own father was born), the Nozyk Synagogue, and adjacent streets, but now has taken over theatres, concert halls, clubs and cafes all over Warsaw. It is a truly international festival, with artists coming from Israel, USA, Europe – and this year even from Japan! You could enjoy world-class

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cantors performing in the synagogue, but also many known and unknown musicians playing both traditional and new compositions: a lot of jazz, klezmer, swing, Sephardi, Balkan, novel interpretations of classics – something for every taste. There were many plays performed in Yiddish (with translation) by the Warsaw Jewish Theatre and groups from abroad, traditional as well as experimental. Also guided walks: I went for ‘Following the traces of the Tzaddiks’ around the Jewish cemetery and to my astonishment it drew over 200 people despite pouring rain! There was a plethora of film screenings, lectures and workshops for all ages. A bit like Limmud: one is spoiled for choice. But the food is much better! [Singer’s many work have been popularised and adapted by the film industry including The Magician of Lublin (1971), although Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy (1983, starring Barbara Streisand) was disowned by Singer. He also wrote Mr. Singer’s Nightmare or Mrs. Pupkos Beard (1974), a short documentary / fantasy in which he plays the leading role. Ed.]

Eco Synagogue - Our Buildings T

he Board has expressed an interest in the ‘beautification’ of the shul (p.4) so it is timely for us, as one of four eco synagogues in London, to revisit the environmental credentials of the building that currently exists, and propose ways

from the green team

in which improvements might be made in the interest of tikkun olam. Because there are 27 guideline questions under the ‘Our Buildings’ category only the first 8 are published this month.

1. Does your synagogue have a building for which it is responsible (i.e. synagogue, synagogue hall, synagogue office etc.) Yes

Need to find out

2. We have measured our energy use and calculated the carbon footprint of our synagogue building(s): Yes

Need to find out

3. We have set sufficient targets for reducing the carbon footprint of our synagogue building(s) and achieving year on year improvements in energy efficiency: Yes

Need to find out

4. We offset the carbon footprint of our synagogue building(s) for those things we can't reduce: Yes

Need to find out

5. The electricity supplied to our synagogue building(s) is generated from renewable resources and/or charged according to our supplier's 'green tariff': Yes

Need to find out

6. The gas supplied to our synagogue building(s) is generated from renewable sources and/or charged according to our supplier's 'green tariff': Yes

Need to find out

7. In terms of energy efficiency, the boiler on our synagogue premises is rated (an engineer should be able to determine this as part of the annual service): Options include A+++ to D (and ‘need to find out’ and ‘NA’) 8. Our synagogue premises are insulated as follows: Main Synagogue Walls AND Loft/Ceiling

Walls OR Loft/Ceiling only

Not at all

Need to find out

Not applicable

Synagogue Hall Walls AND Loft/Ceiling

Walls OR Loft/Ceiling only

Not at all

Need to find out

Not applicable

Synagogue Office Walls AND Loft/Ceiling

Walls OR Loft/Ceiling only

Not at all

Need to find out

Not applicable

oscar levy’s bar mitzvah, 13 october

My name is Oscar Levy. I was born in Barnet Hospital sometime in the early morning. I very much enjoy schloofing around (as my dad would say), playing video games, and reading/ watching comics, manga, anime. My favourite subjects at school are mathematics and science (excluding biology). My portion is about Noah’s ark and how God remembered about Noah and landed the ark on Mount Ararat. I will be asking those who wish to do so to contribute to a charity project which will be helping people with no clean water. The charity is called Water Aid. This will help people to access fresh clean water. I chose this because I know that not everywhere is as lucky as we are to get such clean water and I think that the whole

world should have fresh water to drink. I would very much like to thank Gabriel for helping teach me how to do my portion. If it weren’t for Gabriel I don’t know where I would be. Thank you also to John, Rabbi Rebecca, and Zoe for helping me polish off my portion. And lastly, thanks to all the community for making this synagogue such a happy place.

thank you!

Maya Stubbings celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 29 September and raised £250 for Booktrust. She wishes to say “Thank you to all the musicians who performed at my charity concert at FPS on 7 July, and to all the audience who supported by attending.”

Fun Page

Simchat Torah Quiz! a. “simchat torah” means

1. Joy of the Torah 2. Chatting about the Torah 3. Dancing round with the Torah

b. simchat torah immediately follows

1. Rosh Hashana 2. Shemini Atzeret and the Sukkot festival 3. Yom Kippur c. on simchat torah

d. on simchat torah the hakafot is held

1. The last portion of Genesis is read,

1. This is when all adults are expected to drink alcohol and dress up

2. This is when everyone dances and sings while carrying the Torah scrolls

3. This is when everyone repents their sins, fasts and asks for forgiveness

answers A=1, B=2, C=2, D=2

followed by the beginning of Exodus 2. The last portion of Deuteronomy is read followed by the beginning of Genesis 3. The last portion of numbers is read followed by the beginning of Genesis

sweet scrolls

Make your own Torah for Simchat Torah like those in this photo! Take two short tubes of sweets and tie them together with ribbon or coloured paper. Stick coloured ribbon, paper or foil to their ends. Decorate them. Dance around with them. Then eat them!!!

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

Vice Presidents: Renzo Fantoni, Josie Kinchin, Alex Kinchin-Smith, Laura Lassman, Lionel King Lassman, John Lewis, Paul Silver-Myer, Andrea Rappoport, Joan Shopper contacts

Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk Beit Midrash (Adult Education): Adrian Lister adulteducation@fps.org Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Valerie Joseph

Premises Manager: Howard Hamerton

Café Thursday: Nicky Marzell

executive 2018

Chair: Cathy Burnstone, chair@fps.org

Care in the Community: Jacquie Fawcett jacquie@fps.org

Vice-Chair: Anjanette Pavell, ViceChairAP@fps.org

Website Editor: Philip Karstadt fpswebsite@fps.org

Treasurer: Melvyn Newman, treasurer@fps.org

Shofar Editor: CA. Cranston – shofar@fps.org

Honorary Secretary: Tamara Joseph, honsec@fps.org

Shofar Team: Sarah Rosen-Webb, Wika Dorosz

board members

Sam King, sam@fps.org Phillip Raphael, security@fps.org Ann Pelham, annp@fps.org Simon Cooper, scooper@fps.org Chris Nash, chrisn@fps.org Maureen Lobatto maureenlobatto@gmail.com

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. 0208 349 5100 16

FPS Office: administrator@fps.org

Office phone: 0208 346 1777 Email: janet@altermans.co.uk