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Kisharon social enterprise Chanukah gifts

A Kisharon student helps to put Chanukah packs together

The Kisharon Gift and Homeware Store, EQUAL in Temple Fortune, is fully stocked for Chanukah.

A selection of eye-catching gifts for all the family products includes the award-winning exclusive Ooh La La confectionery.

Students from the Kisharon Further Education College have put Chanukah gift sets together.

The children’s ‘build your own’ Chanukiah craft set contains a decorative menorah including craft materials, dreidel shaped candle holders and candles at £5 per set.

A Chanukah candles set includes candles, matches and a bracha card at £8 per set.

Aviva Braunold of Kisharon Further Education College said, “It’s been brilliant to see students so engaged, following instructions and completing stock orders for Equal. It gives them a rewarding sense of achievement. Students were thrilled to be involved. When people buy a set it’s not just about someone receiving a nice package. It is important they know it was created as an educational and work experience for our students which you cannot put a price on.”

The social enterprise project provides learning opportunities for people Kisharon support. Details: 0208 4575000

The AJEX Field of Remembrance

Duchess opens Field of Remembrance

The Duchess of Cornwall opened the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

The Duchess met veterans and representatives from the Armed Forces after a short service.

Brian Bloom, Ivan Sugarman, Ron Shelley and Clive Boxer accompanied National Chairman Mike Bluestone to represent AJEX.

AJEX laid Stars of David markers for anyone that submitted a family members name who served in the British or Commonwealth armed forces and was killed in action.

Bluestone met The Duchess when she stopped at the AJEX plot.

Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely spent time with AJEX as did the Israeli Military Attache and delegation from the embassy.

The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster Abbey, and Canon, Tricia Hillas, also showed interest at the plot.

The public can access the Field of Remembrance this Sunday.

AJEX to honour veterans at Cenotaph

AJEX honours thousands of Jewish men and women who fought for freedom at the annual Parade and Ceremony at The Cenotaph, Whitehall on Sunday.

The organisation hopes to see spectators lining the streets supporting marchers.

The historic event will witness veterans and families of fallen veterans march side by side with pride, wearing awarded medals. And this year is especially poignant as it marks the 100th anniversary of the first wreath laying by Jewish Veterans at The Cenotaph.

In 1921 at the third National Remembrance Parade a group of Jewish ex-soldiers, from the Judeans (38, 39 and 40 battalions of the Royal Fusiliers), laid the first Star of David wreath.

AJEX National Chairman, Mike Bluestone added, “We hope to see many spectators lining the streets of Whitehall supporting the marchers this weekend. The overwhelming support from all age groups will encourage and support our dedicated veterans in what will be a momentous march for the Jewish community.” He added. “It is so important for spectators to attend this year’s parade as it not only signifies the support for our veterans but it also creates a huge amount of positive energy on such a significant return to the Cenotaph on this 100th anniversary year”.

Fiona Palmer, AJEX Chief Executive, said, “We are delighted to be able to hold our annual event to honour those who fought to protect our country and stood up against antisemitism. We are proud of their service, strength and resilience, which resonates after 18 months of the Covid Pandemic.”

The parade will be commanded by Ron Shelley and supported by Lt Col Simon Soskin as second in command. Bluestone will host The Reviewing Officer, Col Sir Lloyd Dorfman CBE.

AJEX is passionate about handing the baton of Remembrance to the next generation.

JLGB and JFS Combined Cadet Force take on key roles along with schools and youth groups.

No tickets are required to be a spectator from outside the secure area at the ceremony.

Cannabotech’s top team ensures quality care solutions

BY YOSSI SAUNDERS

Cannabotech is leading the next generation of preventive care products by fusing traditional Asian knowledge with modern science.

At the helm is an elite team of global professionals who are key to the success of the company.

Elchanan Shaked heads up the management team consisting of Dr Efrat Oron, Yoav Rothler and Gadi Klarsfield.

CEO and chairman Shaked is a serial entrepreneur and business man.

Founder and chief executive of the brand Natural Formula, manager of both the healthcare division of Agis and Perrigo, he was part of the global executive management of Perrigo.

Shaked was founder of several projects in South East Asia leading to setting up Cannabotech.

Chief scientific officer Dr Oron is a molecular biologist with an MSc and PhD from Tel-Aviv University.

She completed her post-doctoral research on embryonic stem cells at Yale University. And she has been an associate research scientist at the University of California and scientific advisor at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office “Mimshak” fellow.

Rothler is chief finance officer with extensive experience in finance, economic and business development. He also has specialisations in economic planning and implementation of agro-industrial projects around the globe.

Rothler received his BA & MA in Economics and is currently a doctoral researcher at Tel-Aviv University.

Klarsfield is chief operations officer, a pharmacist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience.

He has extensive experience in building new business units, especially pharmacies with specialisation in international consultancy for pharmacy retailers.

Klarsfield received his MBA from Boston University.

The scientific team includes PhD research scientists, medical doctors and pharmacists dedicated to the collective mission of producing effective, preventive care solutions for consumers.

And the experience of academic and clinical research, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and medicine helps to ensure that clients can trust evidence-based solutions for wellbeing.

The team comprises experts from academic research centres, medical development, global management and consumer retail totalling 150 years of experience and proven credentials.

And they are united in a vision to create the next generation of preventive care.

Dr. Dov Melamed, Chief Technical Officer, is a research scientist with over 15 years of experience in Biopharmacy.

Most notable, he has been a researcher at Bar Ilan’s Male Fertility Clinic where he assisted in the development of new drugs and QBI where he helped establish In Vivo models for drug discovery and delivery. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biotechnology at Bar Ilan University.

Prof. Yuval Heled Ph.D., LLB, is a scientist, consultant and lecturer.

A physiologist, he is a world-class expert in integrative physiology and physiology of effort, in the study of metabolic processes, and in disease prevention.

Heled is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Fuad Fares is research and development manager at the company.

A world-renowned biologist and pharmacologist, he is founder and director of the Department of Molecular Genetics at Carmel Medical Center and associate professor at the Department of Human Biology at Haifa University.

Fares completed his DSc studies at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and postdoctoral studies at Washington University. He has published over 75 papers in reputed journals and serves as a member of the Israel Council for Higher Education.

Moav Gafni takes on the role of Business Development Manager.

He received his B.Sc. in Biotechnology & Food Engineering. And he has extensive experience in all aspects of the Cannabis Industry including cultivation, marketing and regulation.

Prof. Haim Lotan looks after cardiovascular research and development.

A prominent world figure in cardiology, he is the director of cardiology at Hadassah University Hospital, former president of the Israel Cardiology Association and founder of the Israeli Department of Invasive Cardiology.

Dr. Basem Fares is a researcher who received his Ph.D. in Oncology and Cancer Biology from the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion Institute of Technology.

He is a cancer researcher at the Rambam Oncology Department and a research assistant at Mount Carmel Hospital and Prolor Biotech.

Prof. Tamar Peretz, Dr Alex Weisman and Dr Itzchak Andel are clinical advisors at Cannabotech.

Prof. Peretz is a senior physician and researcher specialising in the treatment of breast cancer and immunological approaches to the treatment of cancer.

She is a full-time professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Medical School.

Weisman is the former manager of research and development together with business development activities at Perrigo API with extensive experience in product selection and the development of chemical analytical methods.

Andel is an accomplished pharmaceutical executive with over 30 years of experience, guiding strategic drug development in both large and emerging companies.

He is accompanying Cannabotech in the process of creating biologically effective formulas.

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TO ADVERTISE CALL 020 3906 8488 Over 1,400 visit new domestic Abuse Toolkit in run up to Jewish Women’s Aid shabbat

The Jewish Women’s Aid Community Toolkit has attracted 1,400 website hits since launching on 22 October, with many community members reporting using the materials to take part in Jewish Women’s Aid Shabbat, which took place on 12-13 November.

One mother of two, from Edgware, who had printed out the conversation starter cards from the toolkit, contacted us to say, “Discussing relationships and power helped us articulate our deeply held belief. The boys were so insightful and there was no eye rolling. As parents of boys we were so grateful to have this window into their thinking and to be able to begin this dialogue which we probably wouldn’t have done without these conversation starters.”

Domestic abuse and sexual violence were discussed in shuls across the country as part of the cross communal Shabbat, but this was the first time Jewish Women’s Aid provided materials to enable individuals, families and other groups to take part at home or in other settings.

CEO Naomi Dickson said, “Covid has meant that fewer people are attending shul at the moment and therefore we wanted to make sure that our community could participate in JWA Shabbat, regardless of where they were. I’ve had so many messages from people saying that they used the toolkit at home or a friend’s, but also at shul, as they were able to print out materials before

JWA challah bake

Shabbat and leave them out for congregants to read.”

Many videos of support were published on social media from supporting organisations, including from the Chief Rabbi who urged the community to look at the toolkit and said, “Every single instance of domestic abuse is one too many.”

Our young volunteers organised a number of awareness raising activities, including a challah bake on Thursday at Hillel House in Birmingham, attended by approximately 30 University of Birmingham students. Gina Lewis, 22, and Natasha Hertz, 20, both volunteers with JWA, organised the event, which included a talk by Rebbetzen Esther Cohen on domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Gina said, “The talk was really useful and included how to spot the signs of abuse and help others who you may think are struggling. It was such a lovely evening and brought a lot of awareness to the students.”

The Jewish Women’s Aid Community Toolkit can be accessed at www.jwa.org.uk/ toolkit.

Holy Law Shul member Daniel Berke the Grandson of Frank Berkovitch a Japanese Prisoner of War. Three-quarters of a century later Daniel tells Frank’s story along with the remarkable group of fighting men known as the Chindits in his new book “Captured behind Japanese Lines’’.

Daniel Berke with his new book

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Shenley raises £1,500 at breast cancer evening

Over 30 ladies attended a Breast Cancer awareness evening at Shenley United Jewish Community raising over £1,500 for Jewish cancer charities.

Dr Emily Simon, NHS Speciality Doctor in Haringey Islington gynaecology service and Brook surgery a GP, talked about rogue genes that cause breast cancer, symptoms to look out for and how to do a self-examination.

Shenley’s Rebbetzin Tanya Garber, an advanced practice radiographer at Royal Free NHS Trust, told the audience how to prepare for a mammogram.

The speakers explained the value of breast screening and evening’s sponsors provided raffle prizes including jewellery, luxury stationery and orange gin.

The fund raiser was organised by Evelyn Diamond and Tanya in memory of 38-yearold Rosie Choueka (née Kalman). Rosie was a wife and mum of two children and partner in a City law firm.

After treatment and surgery, a new lump occurred so she investigated possible treatments.

Treatments for primary breast cancer could be successful, but little attention was paid to the disease once it had spread to other parts of the body via the blood stream, lymph system or body cavities.

SUJC breast cancel awareness evening

Only a small percentage of the large sums raised for breast cancer is spent on research into secondary breast cancer. Rosie asked that a charity be set up for research and increased awareness of secondary breast cancer before she passed away.

According to SecondaryFirst research approximately five in every 100 people with breast cancer already have secondaries when their first cancer in diagnosed.

Doctors and researchers estimate that another 35 out of 100 people with primary breast cancer will develop secondary breast cancer within the first 10 years of the first diagnosis.

The disease according to research is responsible for the deaths of nearly 1,000 women each month in the UK.

Broughton Jewish Yr 6 pupils learning about British values

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Broughton Jewish Cassel Primary School year 6 pupils have been having lessons on British Values. The picture show pupils holding messages they have written.

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Mitzvah Day activities Belmont & Edgware

Kisharon made get well cards for Mitzvah Day

PHOTO: YAKIR ZUR

Mitzvah Day takes place with a host of activities on Sunday.

Events have been taking place including children at Kisharon Noe School making get well cards to be distributed to patients in hospital via Bedside Kosher.

The school caters for students with special educational needs. Pupils enjoy a Jewish ethos, the school welcomes students from all backgrounds. Bedside Kosher provides fresh kosher meals and snacks to Jewish hospital patients and visitors across the UK free of charge.

Stanmore & Canons Park Synagogue volunteers spent a morning tidying at Canons Park memorials gardens for the local community.

The group supported AJR’s inaugural tree-planting ceremony for the ’80 Trees for 80 Years’ project.

Jewish and Muslim women across the country came together for the Nisa-Nashim Annual Retreat project.

Participants visited Sandy’s Row Synagogue, Brick Lane Mosque and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. Discussions took place on the Middle East conflict.

Cricket Club Awards

Allrounder Scott Gerard crowned his best season with the bat by scooping two prestigious gongs at Belmont and Edgware Cricket Club’s awards night on Sunday.

The top order batsman capped off his 600 runs and 16 wickets in 2021 being recognised as batsman of the year - and also by his peers as Players’ Player of the Year, voted for by the membership.

On a terrific Sunday evening at Old Camdenians, Jonny Eintracht picked up Player of the Year, after a remarkable season with bat and ball. In what may be his final year for the club, he was joint-top wicket taker with Zack Gothelf, who picked up Bowler of the Year Award, in what was a breakthrough season for the left-arm spinner.

Other awards included for Greg Mayer, who won Fielder of the Year for his boundary-sweeping and smart catching, while Josh Reynolds picked up Most Improved, following a year of hostile and accurate spells, which produced 26 wickets.

Best Newcomer went to top order batsman Dan Humphrey, while Clubman of the Year, chosen by chairman Mark Ableson, and went to Joel Winston.

Young player of the year was awarded to batsman/wicket-keeper Matt Gittleson, and a new award, performance of the year, was handed to Mark Spanjar for his display

Scott Gerard (centre) receiving his award against Rosslyn CC, featuring 76* with the bat over 36 overs, followed by 3 catches, a stumping and a run out, behind the wicket.

A series of light-hearted awards were also handed out as everyone reflected on the season, while looking ahead to what promises to be an exciting 2022 campaign.

Club captain Elliott Mayer said: “We had a fantastic and enjoyable evening with lots of people attending in person and some on zoom as well. Well done to all the award winners! Based on what I have seen this season, l am confident that we will be able to improve results going forward without losing the USP of our club which is maintaining a fun, friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Bring on the 2022 season!”

MDY Daf Yomi Siyum

MDY London’s Siyum on Mesechet Rosh Hashanah

Lomdim from many different communities across North and NW London of the London recently gathered together to jointly celebrate the next milestone in the Daf Yomi cycle - a siyum on Mesechet Rosh Hashanah.

The participants are united in their Daf Yomi journey. Learning the Daf with the now well renowned Maggid Shiur Reb Eli Stefansky of the Merkaz Daf Yomi (MDY) in Israel.

The Siyum was kindly hosted on the premises of Ohr Chodosh Shul.

Mr Shimon Cohen, Director of Shechita UK and Founder of the PR Office, chaired the evenings proceedings. Mr Cohen described his journey to finding this online Shiur, and also shared insights about Time and the Jewish Calendar from Mesechet Rosh Hashanah.

The Mesayem was Mr Dovid Sharman, who was a sponsor of the Siyum in memory of his father, Mr Julian Sharman. Dovid recounted his fathers connection to Torah learning and the Daf Yomi programme, whilst being engaged in an active business career and other communal matters.

To join the Shiur visit joinmdy.com.

Leeds Daf Hayomi Shiur and Siyum

During Seudah Shlishis at the Etz Chaim Shul, the Leeds Daf Hayomi Shiur made a Siyum on Mesechet Rosh Hashona. The Shiur which started with just one person now has over 10 regular attendees.

During the Siyum, one of the Shiur members Mr David Koren spoke about how Daf Hayomi has given him an intense yet amazing experience in learning many topics and bringing Torah into the home. He praised the maggidei shiur and the participants for creating a welcoming and enjoyable atmosphere. The main Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Aaron Stroh of the Leeds Kollel, spoke about how Daf Hayomi transforms not only the lives of those learning it, but the lives of their families too. He also welcomed others present to join in the daily Zoom shiur.

The Shiur is just one of the many things that the Leeds Kollel and other local organisations provide as the Leeds Jewish community becomes ever more vibrant.

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Community stands with StandWithUs

StandWithUS staff proudly showing the cheque

The first ever crowdfunding campaign for Israel educational charity StandWithUs UK, which took place this week, was met with a huge response. The charity – whose mission includes educating about Israel and combatting antisemitism - set out to raise £450,000 to educate, empower and enable students on campuses across the UK to stand up for Israel and themselves. Within 12 hours they had smashed through that target and by the end of the campaign raised over an incredible £750,000 – and counting.

This campaign has been an inspiring and emotional experience for all of the staff, students and volunteers of StandWithUs UK”, said Lana Saffrin Betesh co-chair of StandWithUs UK. “The community has truly rallied around our cause. We’ve been overwhelmed – not just with generosity but with stories from students and parents of the difference that StandWithUs is making and the support that they need. We have our work cut out for us to deliver even more programmes to more campuses across the UK, but now, thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we can make a tremendous impact.”

Loretta Cash, co-chair of StandWithUs UK added: “With this incredible momentum, we are pushing forward so that we can do much more in the upcoming year. We have immediately initiated strategy meetings to ensure that we put these much-needed funds to wise use. Our campaign was called “Generations for Israel” and the impact of this result will be felt as we implement a breadth of strategies to ensure the bond between the next generation and Israel is strong.”

StandWithUs UK Executive Director, Sara Sherrard said: “Unfortunately, the scenes we saw at LSE recently are far too commonplace on British campuses. With representatives at campuses across the country, we so often hear from students describing their problematic university experiences and the increasing, antisemitism and antizionism they face. This antisemitism, often thinly masked as anti-Israel activity, should not need to be part of British-Jewish students’ campus experience. Now we will be in a position to support these students in a much more significant way. We realise that the community is trusting us to deliver and we take that responsibility very seriously.”

Thanking the over 1,350 individual donors who supported the campaign from across the country, Lana Saffrin Betesh continued: “We are thrilled with the success of the campaign and are extremely grateful to the board, our ambassadors, our student activists and all our supporters for the opportunity to ensure that StandWithUs UK maintains and grows in its important role in our community.” Campaign Page: https://www.charityextra. com/standwithusuk

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This week Rob Rinder MBE appeared on Celebrity Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and won an amazing £32,000 for Jewish Blind & Disabled. Overall Rob won £64,000 with the other half of the prize money going to Buttle UK – a charity dedicated to helping children and young people in crisis in the UK.

Rob got to the 12th question out of 15 and after using his last lifeline and phoning friend Clare Balding, who wasn’t sure on the answer to the question ‘In which James Bond film is 007 shown to kill only one person’, decided to walk away with the prize money he had already secured of £64,000.

This support means that Jewish Blind & Disabled can continue to transform the lives of more people who have a physical disability and/ or vision impairment through independent living and support either in a mobility apartment located in one of JBD’s 7 developments or through our support services provided within someone’s own home.

Jewish Blind & Disabled Chief Executive, Lisa Wimborne commented: “It is not very often that an independent Jewish charity like Jewish Blind & Disabled gets a mention on prime-time national TV and is awarded a generous prize sum too. Having this recognition and support from Rob Rinder, the son of a tenant is all the more special. Rob has seen first-hand the impact of our work, what better endorsement can we get? His decision to nominate us as one of his chosen charities means so much to us”.

Year 6 Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox primary School girls decorating the GIFT collection box for toys and presents to be donated for Chanukah.

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COMMUNITY 21 Pioneer Synagogue celebrates 70th anniversary

St Albans United Synagogue members marked the 70th anniversary of its opening as the first purpose-built shul in Hertfordshire last Sunday.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the Mayor of St Albans & District, Cllr Edgar Hill, joined the celebrations which was the first in-person social event by the shul since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honoured guests included children and grandchildren of founder members.

Many contributed to a video review of the seven decades of the shul’s history. Memories of early days included wardens in top hats to makeshift minyanim and community excursions to Jaywick Sands.

Among those who spoke affectionately of pioneering were Victor Harris, 91, son of shul warden Jack Harris who performed the 1951 opening ceremony with a golden key, Anthony and James Larholt, now both in their 70s and sons of Louis Larholt, who laid the foundation stone in 1950 and Hazel Kyte, 85, who recalled participating in the children’s choir that sang at the shul’s consecration.

Also contributing were friends Howard Joseph, Sheila Abrahams and Ray Claret who attended cheder in its first decade and are current shul members.

Tributes were paid to Henry Grabiner, Derek Wenzerul and Laurence Bamberg who held the community together in its tougher times.

Chief Rabbi Mirvis remarked on the

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis with Rabbi Daniel and Rebbetzin Alli Sturgess, and St Albans US co-chairs Daniel Agasee and Elissa Da Costa-Waldman closeness of shul members and to the rabbinic couple, Rabbi Daniel and Rebbetzin Alli Sturgess. “There’s a very special warmth here, it’s palpable, I can feel it,” he said. “It’s a marvellous thing, that sense of camaraderie. It is something really, really special.” Congratulating St Albans on achieving the shul’s 70th anniversary, the Chief Rabbi added, “By the sound of it, you are growing and developing, and when this happens in an out-of-London community, that is exceptional, but it does not happen just because of good luck, it happens because of good leadership, good partnership and a wonderful community spirit.” Rabbi Sturgess noted the many instances where the number 70 occurs in Jewish sources. Mayor Hill expressed his admiration to the local Jewish community in the city’s life. Shul co-chair Elissa Da Costa-Waldman observed the shul punching above its weight in providing services and charitable efforts to the wider community. Co-chair Daniel Agasee and Professor Andrew Eder, who stood in for US President Michael Goldstein, also spoke.

Professor Eder commented that while the synagogue was founded by people forced out of London by the war, it was gratifying to see record numbers joining the shul voluntarily.

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18 NOVEMBER 2021 Jewish Care marks Remembrance Sunday

“It’s an honour to lay the wreath on behalf of Jewish Care,” said 92-year-old volunteer, Freddy Berdach, on laying the wreath on Remembrance Sunday at the Edgware cenotaph, to remember those that served in the war.

Today, Freddy volunteers at Jewish Care’s Ronson Family Community Centre at Sandringham. He says, “I want to do things for others. I was lucky, having survived when so many didn’t and I thank God every day for my blessings. It’s important for young people to know what life was like and what good opportunities they have today.”

“I arrived in the UK in December 1938 after fleeing Vienna at the age of eight years old. I came with my mother who had a visa to go into domestic service and I was fostered out eight times over the two years so I wouldn’t be too attached to the families. When my father arrived here, he volunteered for the British Expeditionary Force in Le Havre. He was wounded and stayed in hospital for nine months before being honourably discharged and demobbed in Taunton, Somerset, where he became an enemy alien.

“Having missed two years of school, I eventually started school in Holloway. I finished my A levels and was called up for National Service and deferred my university place at Kings College.

“I served two years in the RAF during the Korean War in 1951 as part of Air Traffic Control on RAF Stradishall in Suffolk, and RAF

Freddy Berdach, Jewish Care Ronson Family Community Centre volunteer laid a wreath on behalf of Jewish Care at the Edgware Cenotaph

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The community ceremony at the Edgware Cenotaph was also attended by Andrew Dismore representing the former members of the Royal British Legion Edgware branch, as well as representatives from local churches and Buddhist and Nepalese community, Ghurkhas and those from Edgware United Synagogue and Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue, the Hebrew Order of David, AJEX, Jewish scouts and guides, army cadets and members of the local community.

At Jewish Care’s Betty and Asher Loftus Centre in a moving service led by Rabbi Junik, Jewish Care’s Spiritual and Pastoral Lead, many residents and staff from the three care homes, attended a Remembrance Sunday service. Residents, Michael Levitt, laid a wreath and resident, Melvin Goldberg who did National Service for two years at the age of 18 and served in the 14th Field Regiment, played The Last Post on the trumpet whilst another resident, Laurence Brown, read a poem by Siegfried Sassoon.

Care home resident, Melvin Goldberg played The Last Post and resident Phyllis Burley, born in 1925, remembers her time as an Airforce mechanic repairing planes near the end of World War II. Sheila Golding remembers her father, Joseph Schneider, who served in the World War I in the trenches for four years in France at the age of 16. Her brother Bernard Taylor, who was in the RAF for 20 years between the wars, and was mentioned in Dispatches for his service in Africa, and her husband Nat Golding, who served in the Royal Signals en route to Burma. Sheila says, ‘I’m very proud of them all.”

Residents across care homes participated in Remembrance Sunday reminiscence activities, watched the service and had special teas to mark the day. The Hebrew Order of David kindly sponsored teas at Jewish Care homes at Sandringham, The Betty and Asher Loftus Centre and Otto Schiff home.

Jewish Care’s Chief Executive, Daniel Carmel-Brown, said, “The members of our community who are ex-servicemen and women are becoming frailer and the number who are able to share their stories with us is decreasing. It is so important that we pay tribute to the courage shown by those who served during the wars and since, so that we can live in freedom today. We continue to be inspired by their stories and honour them and the memory of those, who have sadly, over the years, lost their lives. We would like to thank the Hebrew Order of David for supporting our care home residents to mark the day.”

The Giving Kitchen’s official opening

GIFTs Roxanne Stross, Giving Kitchen lead Lauren Fried, GIFTs Founding Director Michelle Barnett, The Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet Councillor Alison Cornelius, Rabbi Sandor Milun MD of GIFT, Chief Rabbi Mirvis, R. Naftali Schiff Chair & Founder of GIFT

The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and The Worshipful The Mayor of Barnet Councillor Alison Cornelius attended the Official Launch of The Giving Kitchen at the offices of Jewish Furtures, in north London, on 17 November 2021.

Over 50 guests – volunteers, donors, VIPs and community leaders – attended the lunchtime occasion, and were delighted to come together to celebrate this milestone in the history of GIFT, one of the most-loved Jewish charities in the UK.

Guests relished the opportunity to sample this week’s Giving Kitchen meal. The Chief Rabbi noted its delicious flavours and asked if he could be added to the list of recipients!

Michelle Barnett MBE, Founding Director of GIFT, says: ‘We were thrilled to welcome so many special guests into GIFT today, and to celebrate the ongoing and wonderful support of our team of volunteers. GIFT exists to create a community engaged, supported and

GIFT giving Kitchen lead Lauren Fried, GIFT community engagement coordinator Roxanne Stross, Barbara Feldman who generously donates the food containers and volunteer cook Roweena Mostyn

empowered by the gift of giving; The Giving Kitchen epitomises all that we endeavor to do, helping those in our community in need while enabling our volunteers to make a real difference.’

Lauren Fried, a GIFT supporter who has set up food-based community projects and whose drive and dedication helped to establish The Giving Kitchen, says: ‘I am so thrilled with how The Giving Kitchen has already evolved since its early days, and is now nourishing so many members of our community each week. Food builds bridges; it has the power to transform and is a tool for change.’

The Chief Rabbi said: ‘Thank you for giving me inspiration, I attend so many events but this is one which is extraordinary and extra special. I can just feel such a wonderful sensation of giving which you also receive in turn, which is certainly at the heart of all the activities here.’

A recipient of the weekly meals says: ‘Not only are the meals so helpful, life-saving, delicious; but we love seeing the volunteers as we are house-bound and have little contact with the outside world. We have had meals on wheels in the past, but the meals from The Giving Kitchen are on a different level, so delicious and beautifully presented. I am an elderly disabled man and my wife has serious dementia. Thank you for changing our lives.’

The Giving Kitchen provides a weekly hot meal to over 130 people each week. It was born out of COVID, when there was an urgent need to support vulnerable people who were old, ill, or suffering from severe mental health issues, and therefore physically unable to prepare their own meals. GIFT was inundated with requests for help, and many of the charity’s volunteers stepped up to give their time and money. Working closely with GIFT’s Michelle Barnett and Roxanne Stross, the team sprung into action to set up an 8-week pilot programme, which was a resounding success. Now, GIFT’s dedicated volunteers show up to GIFT HQ every Wednesday to wash, peel, chop, cook, pack and deliver the soup and meals. The trays of food are diligently filled with tasty portions of nutritious food, as they form a production line outside the kitchen. There are ambitious plans to expand the venture for 2022.

Remembrance Sunday at Whitefield Cenotaph, Greater Manchester, the Community of Whitefield gathers together for an act of remembrance.

Col Martin Newman at Whitefield Cenotaph

PHOTO: LAWRENCE PURCELL.

A large Jewish turn out at Whitefield Cenotaph

PHOTO: LAWRENCE PURCELL.

Jacquie Shapiro head of the ‘Stenecourt Stitchers’ a group of four lady Shul members who took 6 weeks to make these Poppies selling for £1, they have made 170 with all money raised in aid of Broughton House Veteran care home, founded in 1916 to provide treatment to the thousands returning from WW1, located in the heart of the Broughton Park Kehillah.

Jacquie Shapiro holding the hand made Poppies at Stenecourt Shul.

PHOTO: LAWRENCE PURCELL.

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