Mazel Tov to Harold Curry and Craig Ellison who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Harold Curry, who turns 95 tomorrow. Harold is our oldest volunteer, and all our rota reminders are down to him. We wish him well for the full century.
Pictured left to right are: Lindsey Garsin, Sue Mendoza, Sharon Grossman, Carole Mendoza & Fiona Zinger
Sharon Grossman and Sue Mendoza completed the Moonwalk in aid of Breast Cancer last Saturday, walking through the night starting at 11.30pm and finishing Sunday 15th early morning! They and the rest of the team raised nearly £5,000. If you would still like to make a donation please go to:
Masorti Judaism are delighted to invite you to participate in our Jewish Community Organising course this year. Jewish Community Organising is a powerful and engaging leadership training programme aimed at committee and council members, volunteers and emerging leaders within Masorti communities. The sessions are spaced so as to allow you to complete some modest assignments in your community between meetings. Our aim is for all participants to attend all sessions of the course. The course will run from 10am to 4pm on Sunday22nd May, Sunday 5th June, Sunday 19th June and Sunday 3rd July.
The course will be held in a North London location easily accessible by car, bus and tube. We are asking each participant to pay £95 towards the costs of the course – this is a highly subsidised rate. The course will cover the following topics:
1. The foundations of Jewish community.
2. Being a leader.
3. One-to-one relationships are the core of meaningful communal life and are central to good leadership.
4. Self-interest and the common good.
5. Strategy and action.
How to apply: All candidates need to be recommended by their synagogue’s rabbi, chairperson, or other recognised representative. All applications are subject to an informal interview. Once you’ve been recommended, please go to www.masorti.org.uk/jco and fill in the online form and see instructions for how to pay. For more information please contact Michelle Janes on 020 8349 6651 or michelle@masorti.org.uk.
Mazel Tov to Amanda Kersen who celebrates her Birthday this week.
SHIVA: Tonight will be the last night of shiva prayers for Ashley Kalms at 8pm (Thursday 5th May) at Daniel Kalms’s Home 38 Furham Feild, Hatch End, HA5 4DZ.
ROTAS: The deadline for contacting us with your non-availability dates for the next edition of the rotas is mid-day Thursday 12th May. This rota timetable will be forJune to September, and include Shavuot. If there are any days you definitely can’t do – please let us know.
PROBABLY HEMS’s ONLY LEICESTER CITY FAN:Brian Balkin is delighted of his team’s success. Brian says ” Have faith! Everything comes to those who wait 51 years!”
HOSTINGRABBI ARBERMAN IN MAY & JUNE: Are you able to help with any of the hosting slots in May or June when the Rabbi visits HEMS? Do you live within a reasonable radius of Hatch End? If so, please can you consider hosting the rabbi on either: Friday 13th May – supper (not communal supper),Saturday 11th June – lunch or supper, Sunday 12th June [SHAVUOT DAY 1] – lunch, Monday 13th June [SHAVUOT DAY 2] – lunch. We also have a few slots outside of the Shabbat and Shavuot dates, which are free if you would prefer those – these do not need to be near Hatch End. Contact usfor further information.
Masorti Judaism’s Spring 2016 Progress Report has been published. It highlights our accomplishments from this year, including the establishment of new Masorti groups and our priorities for the coming 12 months, building on these achievements. The report is available to read on Masorti Judaism’s website by clicking this link http://www.masorti.org.uk/springreport2016. Please email reflections@masorti.org.uk to request a hard copy. Olivia Lesser, Masorti Communications Officer
Mazel Tov to Erez Goldenberg and Rachel Kalb who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
SHIVA: There will be shiva prayers for Ashley Kalms at 8pm on Wednesday 4th May and Thursday 5th May at Daniel Kalms’s Home 38 Furham Feild, Hatch End, HA5 4DZ. Our thoughts are with Jackie, and her sons, Daniel and David at this sad time.
NEW MEMBER: Welcome to Joel Rosenberg who having turned 21 has become a HEMS member in his own right. Joel is currently studying Biochemistry at the University of Leeds. He is also a heavily involved madrich for RSY-Netzer and will be leading Israel tour with them this summer.
Loads of people have already made the best decision of their year by signing up for Noam Summer Camp during AUGUST 2016! If you are in school years 5-10, why not join us for the summer of a lifetime on the gorgeous Pembrokeshire coast? Featuring more incredible outdoor activities than ever before and non-stop fun with old and new friends, Noam Summer Camp is the highlight of our year, and we’re sure it will be the highlight of yours too. All that we need now is you!
DATES:
Shorashim (Years 5 & 6): 1st – 10th August 2016
Nevatim (Years 7 & 8): 1st – 14th August 2016
Nofim (Years 9 & 10): 1st – 14th August 2016
Pre-Camp (Madrichim and above only): 25th – 31st July 2016
Mazel Tov to Tomer Goldenberg, Isabel Rafalin, Maisie Balkin, Rebecca Alexander and John Freeman who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
DVAR ON PESACH SUNDAY MORNING: Edwin Lucas will be delivering a dvar, which relates to a modern day story of the 4 sons, which concentrates on the naughty son. It has been written by someone who cannot come to shul, who Edwin visits on a volunteer basis through his work with prisons and is part of the person’s rehabilitation programme.
THANK YOU: “I would like to thank everyone for the lovely Shabbat service and kiddush last week, and also for all the happy birthday wishes.” Sue Levy
AND ANOTHER THANK YOU!: “I would like to thank the community of HEMS for extending such a warm welcome to me when I visited last Shabbat, even if you didn’t organise better weather for me! It was lovely to see Rabbi Arberman, and all my ‘old’ friends again! Enjoy Pesach. Chag Semeach” Joy Collins
Mazel Tov to Elaine Glass, Sam Charkham, Kayla Freeman and Sue Levy who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
Joy Collins and her mother,Tessa Linton, taken at Tessa’s 100th’s birthday celebration.
Joy Collins is planning to attend the HEMS service on Saturday, 16th April. “This is an early birthday treat for me – and my mother (who will be 101 on 23rd April) but I will be returning to Israel for Pesach! Looking forward to coming” Joy
Well Done to James Alexander who will be one of 40 participants of the SciTech programme at the Technion University in Haifa. He was selected from a large number of applicants who came from a whole host of countries, including the USA and Romania. James will be the guest of the university and will be spending over 3 weeks there studying and taking part in experiments in the scientific field as he looks to conduct a research project. He will not find out what his project will be till July.
TALLIT BAG FOUND: Did someone drop a grey/blue tallit bag near the shul last week? A member of the public found one in the Hatch End car park last Saturday and isn’t sure it belongs to HEMS or Kol Chai. Please contact office@hems.org.uk if this is yours and we will pass on further details.
Mazel Tov to John Levy, Barbara Altman, Jackie Alexander, Henry Altman and Rachel Kaye who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
Beshert? More than 20 members attended Rabbi Arberman’s discussion about Jewish teaching in relation to luck. There were many varied and interesting insights during a lively discussion. Please keep your eyes open for details of the next education session with Rabbi Arberman.
Roger & Carole Morris were very welcome visitors to HEMS, and a surprise. Our members enjoyed catching up on their news from Israel. We look forward to seeing them again in the new future.
Enjoy walking? Henry Altman tells us that this Tuesdays walk was lovely, in bright sunshine, (mostly). Please see community events for next Tuesdays walk at Ruislip Lido.
Mazel Tov to Johanna Marx and Norman Vinacour who celebrate their Birthdays this week.
Forty eight members and visitors filled the Girl Guide Headquarters for the Hebrew nameblessing last week for Phoebe Ellison with Rabbi Arberman there to perform the mitzvah. We wish Phoebe well with her new name which is after her great grandmother who passed away recently.
New Year and New Council appointees: AGM time is fast approaching on Sunday May 22nd. Whilst one or two faces may be standing down, there are proposals for two well-known faces to re-stand after having been off Council. Whilst we are so appreciative of their interest in the community, we wonder if some other faces might put themselves forward? Do not be shy. Just advise Neil or Edwin if you would like to know more. It is not onerous – or need not be and can be great fun.
PESACH: We are looking at stories about seder nights, and Pesach in general, such as the one that Sam Charkham told us about Afikomen bargaining some years ago. Please drop Edwin an email via office@hems.org.uk, so he can prepare something well in advance.
NEW MEMBER: Welcome to Joel Rosenberg who having turned 21 has become a HEMS member in his own right. Joel is currently studying Biochemistry at the University of Leeds. He is also a heavily involved madrich for RSY-Netzer and will be leading Israel tour with them this summer.
DVAR ON PESACH SUNDAY MORNING: Edwin Lucas will be delivering a dvar, which relates to a modern day story of the 4 sons, which concentrates on the naughty son. It has been written by someone who cannot come to shul, who Edwin visits on a volunteer basis through his work with prisons and is part of the person’s rehabilitation programme.
Well Done to James Alexander who will be one of 40 participants of the SciTech programme at the Technion University in Haifa. He was selected from a large number of applicants who came from a whole host of countries, including the USA and Romania. James will be the guest of the university and will be spending over 3 weeks there studying and taking part in experiments in the scientific field as he looks to conduct a research project. He will not find out what his project will be till July.
Forty eight members and visitors filled the Girl Guide Headquarters for the Hebrew name blessing last week for Phoebe Ellison with Rabbi Arberman there to perform the mitzvah. We wish Phoebe well with her new name which is after her great grandmother who passed away recently.
