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September – October 2018 • ELUL 5778 / CHESHVAN 5779 • ISSUE 289 Community Spotlight 2 Ralli Hall by Roger Abrahams 3

Another year has gone past and the High Holy Days will soon since been told is almost identical to the two range cookers in be upon us once again. I wish Shana Tova to all my readers. the kitchens of the Mark Luck Hall. Currently, it is quite quiet at Ralli Hall, particularly as Dyson Also, while the Meat Kitchen is not in use during the High Gymnastics and The Italia Conte Drama School are both on Holy Days, our caretaker will take the opportunity of carrying their summer breaks. However, Hillbury House Nursery, now out an upgrade to this kitchen, including the fitting of new under the new ownership of the previous Manager, Lizzie, is stainless steel base units, wipe-down splashbacks and a in the middle of an upgrade and is now looking very smart good deal of painting – we already have a new commercial indeed. dishwasher, compliments of the Lunch & Social Club. It As part of our continuing upgrade programme, we are in the should all look very smart and will make it a lot nicer and process of renewing our Wifi system, so that every room will easier to use for our regular Lunch Club, plus separate have high-grade Wifi, as well as ceiling-fitted projectors and function users. wall screens, together with far improved sound systems, We are prepared to link the Milk Kitchen to the Vegetarian suitable for meetings and functions of all types. We will Kitchen for larger, supervised, Kosher Milk functions, subject also have a three month room let in the autumn to Brighton to the “pre-koshering” of the combined kitchen by the Academy, a local Drama School for sixteen plus (including potential users. The Meat Kitchen is advertised as being degree courses), comprising the use of all of the Lower “Unsupervised Kosher” while in regular use by the Jewish Ground Floor rooms (fitted around the current user times), Care chefs, but this kitchen is also available for supervised with the agreement including BA providing and fitting sprung functions, again subject to “pre-koshering” by the potential floors in the Youth Lounge and Abrahams Room, and full users. length mirrors in the Gym and Youth Lounge - all now fitted We look forward to the continued, and increased, use of all and to be retained by RH. our facilities by our Community, and please do not forget that As you may be aware, we have not been able to provide full the Great Hall alone is licensed for up to 200 people, and will cooking facilities in the Milk Kitchen for some time, owing to comfortably hold about 140 people sitting at round tables, the demise of the rather old cooker. We have now had the with the Magrill Lounge used for receptions and buffets, etc. opportunity of purchasing a rather “swish” dual fuel range I look forward to seeing you at Ralli Hall. cooker, 90cm wide and with a full width oven, which I have

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1 STAMPING ON THE FESTIVALS Israeli Festivals postage stamp 2 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Roger Abrahams provides an update on life at Ralli Hall 12 TIME TO GO HOME Jeremy Collick on living his dreams 13 SARID Fausta Shelton shares her memories 12-13 ROSH HASHANAH RECIPES Dishes for the holidays 15 NEW YEAR GREETINGS MARTIN GROSS Wishes from the community Funeral Director and 24 SUSSEX JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL Funeral Consultant An update from the Rep Council to Jewish communities 01273 439792 REGULARS 07801 599771 4 SUSSEX AND THE CITY Your news, views and stories from across the county 9 CULTURE History, books and film 22 WHAT’S ON – SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Regular and special events in your community YOUR COMMUNITY 18 Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue 19 Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue 20 Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation 21 Hove Hebrew Congregation

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issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 4 Sussex and the City 5 Your News Births A well-deserved Honour Mazel tov to Hugo and Vivian Bieber on the birth of their son, Godfrey Gould has been awarded a Certificate from the a grandson for John and Joey. Jewish Historical Society of England ‘for his unstinting and distinguished service’. Also, he has been appointed Hon Special Birthdays - September President of the Sussex Branch of the Society. Mazel tov to Frances Bloch, Sheila Hart, Beryl Miller, Adele Percival, Michael Rich, Alisa Schulster, Collette Seltzer and all Deaths who are celebrating special birthdays during September. We wish Long Life to: • Ian Ashleigh on the death of his mother, Bette Beryl Special Birthdays - October Ashleigh z’l Mazel tov to Noam Buchalter, Bernard Harris, Sivan Sasson, • Ross and Katy on the death of their mother Linda Boyask z’l Sylvia Simon, Rabbi Dr Andrea Zanardo and all who are • the family of Shirley Field z’l celebrating special birthdays during October. • the family of Jill Richards z’l Bar Mitzvah Mazel tov to Ryan Walker who is celebrating his Barmitzvah Stonesettings on 13 October at Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue. The following memorial stones will be consecrated at the Jewish Cemetery, Meadowview, Brighton, in loving memory Wedding Anniversary for each of the following: • the memorial stone for Dr Tom Pastor will be consecrated Mazel tov to Jill and Paul Wiltshire on the occasion of their on 16 September 2018 Coral Wedding Anniversary in October. • the memorial stone for Rose Stein will be consecrated on Achievements 21 October 2018 at 2.30 pm • the memorial stone for Alan Tabor will be consecrated on 21 Mazel tov to Ava Sharpe, granddaughter of Judy Irwyn, October at 3.00 pm who achieved 3A* in her A-levels and has been accepted at Wadham College, Oxford to read Modern History.

Marilyn Fisher, one of our volunteers, celebrated her birthday Ralli Hall Lunch and Social Club on Friday 3 August (I am not giving away her age) and her best by Jacquie Tichauer friend of many years from London, surprised her and joined us for the weekend. Marilyn was so happy when she saw her and I am writing this report a few hours after coming home from it really made the weekend special for her. The sister of Sheila our 3-night stay in Eastbourne. We had an amazing time and, Hart (another volunteer) who helps at Jewish Care also joined as usual, we say it cannot get better - but it does. The weather us for the weekend. was super and the hotel gave us excellent service. Most of On 19 August we are having a brunch and meeting with our amazing volunteers, followed by a board meeting. On 22 August, we have been invited to Hyman Fine for their very tasty BBQ. We are very happy to welcome two new volunteers - Michael Marks on a Tuesday who helps us and entertains us with his lovely singing voice and he is happy when our members join in, which they enjoy very much. On a Thursday morning John Gold joins us and he has become a very valuable member of our team. On 27 September Margaret and Mark will be giving us a talk and showing us a film about their fantastic holiday in Israel this year (something not to miss). On the 18 November we are having our card afternoon, Bridge, Kalooki and Rummikub. Tickets are now on sale. Please call Alan on 01273 416335 or myself on 01273 739999 We send our condolences to the family of the late Francis us enjoyed going Shepherd.. She will be sadly missed by all at the Lunch Club shopping or on and we wish them Long Life. bus trips, listening to concerts at We are closed on the following high holidays: September 11 the bandstand, and 25 and October 2. socialising and On behalf of Ralli Hall Lunch and Social Committee we wish dancing the night you a Good Yom Tov and a healthy, happy and prosperous away. new year.

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issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 6 Sussex and the City 7 Hyman Fine House – The Great Outdoors! by Natasha Carson With the blessing of beautiful weather this year we have On a different note, Rabbi Samuel visited us recently (Yes – in been making the most of our gardens at Hyman Fine. It is the garden!) and we made plans to hold occasional Afternoon well documented that getting out into the air has tremendous Prayers with him in the Synagogue here. This will happen benefits to health and wellbeing, helping older people feel, after the Yomtavim when the nights have drawn in and we are look and be generally more well, with a positive outlook looking for volunteers to make a Minyan with us. This will be on life. So, this year we have been able to put together an on a weekday and refreshments will be provided. outdoor programme of activities in our lovely courtyard garden including our regular Jewish Chronicle discussion This year our Mitzvah Day fun will be helped along by P.J. group, ably led by volunteer Bev, Star Music – when we sit Library, who are planning to come and invite many families, and play instruments with professional musicians, Bingo with with a performance of The Mitzvah Magician. It’s always volunteer Shirley, Cookery Club, Keep Fit sessions, Art Group, lovely to have children around – it makes us feel a little bit Barbeques, Lunches, Afternoon Teas and so much more. younger. Yes – the garden has been a busy, busy, place with relatives, If you would like to learn more about the home or are friends, staff and volunteers all making the most of the rare considering volunteering, please contact Natasha or Mark on pleasures of the English summer. 01273 688226.

Heritage Open Days Middle Street Synagogue This year is particularly important as it will commemorate the by Martin Gilmour hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War and On Sunday 16 September, from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm, Middle in Middle Street Synagogue we recognise the contribution Street Heritage Shul will be participating in the UK’s European our Brighton and Hove Community made by visiting the War Open Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage with a talk at 3.00 Memorial in the Synagogue entrance. pm. The Open Day is being organised by a cross-community The Shul will be open to the general public and we look team as part of activities taking place throughout the UK and forward to your visit. 30 other countries and the Synagogue will be open to all. Entrance is free but any donation will be welcomed and will benefit the Synagogue’s Restoration Fund. Middle Street Shul was dedicated in1875 and was the third Synagogue in Brighton. The first shul in about 1800, was in Jew Street and the second in Devonshire Place, Kemp Town. The first recorded Jewish presence in our location was Samuel of Norwich 1267 and Jacob Harris, who was hanged in Ditchling in 1734. Israel Samuel and family resided in 22 East Street, Brighton in 1767. I am sure there were many more persons of the Jewish persuasion in the area from the 18th Century or even before. Middle Street Shul is a jewel in our community’s crown and is considered very highly, not only in our community but also by the Brighton and Hove Heritage Commission and the City Council.

Florence Place Burial Ground (photo by Michael Coppins) Please also note that on Sunday 16 September - National Heritage Open Day - there will be free conducted tours of Florence Place Cemetery at 10.30 am and 11.00 am. Numbers are limited and therefore pre-booking is essential through Heritage Open Days Office (Kevin Wilsher 07773 974584)”. Directions:- The cemetery is on a small side road, off Ditchling Road, opposite Downs Junior School, next to the Jolly Brewer pub. Please note that the ground is uneven.

issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 6 Sussex and the City 7 Eastbourne Celebrates the Life of Menashe by Stephanie and Brian Megitt Readers may recall that in our March 2018 issue we posted 1948 War of an obituary to the late Menashe Cohen Harounoff z’l, who Independence. lived a long and colourful life. Menashe, Life President of One of these Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation, passed away at the end was Moshe of January and was buried in Israel. On 29 July a memorial Dayan. service was held in his honour at Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation. The service ended fittingly Members of the with a rousing congregation, chorus of friends and Hatikvah, his family from followed by a London, Israel superb afternoon and elsewhere, tea, at which were present, Stephen Lloyd as was Stephen MP addressed those present. He recalled that his partner’s Lloyd, the father had been a member of the congregation and a friend Liberal MP for of Menashe, which was how he came to meet him. Over Eastbourne, who meals they would discuss politics and Menashe would tell knew Menashe the stories of his involvement in the creation of the State well. There was of Israel. One also strong constant theme was representation that of Menashe by the Christian persuading him to Friends of Israel. become involved in The Rev Malcolm matters relating to Weisman OBE Christian Friends of and Mr David Israel. Braunstein each took a part of the Menashe’s Minchah service and Mr Frank Miller gave the address after granddaughter, the service. Miriam, gave a short address, speaking In his speech Mr Miller read out a warm tribute from Ronnie warmly about her Taylor, Chairman, and alluded to Menashe’s ability to beloved grandfather speak several languages. These included a smattering of and then thanking Hungarian, learned when helping Jewish Hungarian refugees everyone for their disembark from ships that had run the British blockade and attendance and for had been grounded on the beaches of the British Mandate arranging the event. territory. Mention was also made of Menashe’s accounts of his friendships with men in high places in Israel, many of which dated back to pre-1948 Haganah activities and the Sussex Jewish Golfing Society by Richard Simmons August was our busiest month with three matches against Our meeting at the links course at Littlehampton, the only golf other societies and clubs, one tournament and our August course in Sussex that replicates the testing conditions of the society meeting. Open Championship, was very well attended and enjoyed by everyone. Our away matches against Coombe Hill Golf Club in Surrey and Dyrham Park Golf and Country Club in Hertfordshire September will be a less busy month for us with the number were keenly fought as usual and we performed well again of golfing days restricted by the Yom Tovim. However, we playing for the Tri-Nations trophy. This is our annual match are looking forward to our meeting at Kingswood Golf Club held at a course in Berkshire against Jewish golf societies in Surrey on 4 September. It’s a course which has hosted from South Wales and Bournemouth. many professional tournaments and it will be a good test of our golfing skills. We expect another large turnout from our We sent a team of six to play in the Association’s Seniors members. Golf Tournament held at Moor Allerton Golf Club in Leeds, a predominately Jewish club. This is an annual tournament We are looking for new members to join us, both male and contested by sixteen Jewish golf clubs and golf societies but female, accomplished golfers or beginners, young or not in spite of some very creditable scores, we did not win any so young. For more information please contact our Hon trophies this time. Secretary Ashley Woolfe at: [email protected]

issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 8 Sussex and the City 9 Sussex Jewish Outreach Group - successful garden party in West Sussex One of the most important social events in our calendar took place in early August when we staged our annual Garden Party at the home of Ian and Barbara Gordon. Situated in the picturesque village of East Preston, the garden was in immaculate order and the weather just about perfect. To add to the hospitality, there was shade from the sun so that none of the guests needed to court danger by staying exposed too long. Ian and Barbara worked tirelessly with Annette to ensure that the sandwiches were made, cakes cut up, and the two kettles were standing ready to deliver constant hot water to replenish the teas and coffees. Everyone had a splendid time and the party only broke up at 6.00 pm, very few people having left before.

Helping Hands by Jason Lever What have been some of the milestones During the spring, we made an appeal in Sussex Jewish of Helping Hands since last year’s High News to ‘upgrade your connection’ – as a donor or Holydays? volunteer – to become ‘well-connected’ to the community. This could mean making whatever extra or new That is, of course, as well as the regular contribution that is within your means and time. Sunday afternoon teas in the AJEX Hall and the week in, week out regular Connectivity across our community was behind a 01273 747722 volunteers’ support to our clients, wonderful Friday Night Supper at Ralli Hall on 29 June. whether through help with shopping or home issues, The idea was to allow guests, who typically would be on travel to hospital appointments, and all sorts of other their own on a Friday night, to get together for a traditional personalised assistance. Shabbat meal with friends and hopefully make new friends. We had over 60 guests taking part, which began Hard on the heels of the Yomim Noraim 2017/5778 – when with candle lighting and ended with Birkat Hamazon. This we respond to the Kol Nidre appeal in our synagogues was only made possible through the efforts of Helping to financially support our own and wider causes – came Hands, the Lunch & Social Club and the Community Mitzvah Day on 19 November 2017, when we were asked Renewal Fund’s support, which of course comes through to give our time instead of money. Some of our Helping your Shul contributions. Please keep making them! Hands volunteers invited clients to their own homes for tea and a chat, and we followed this up with a Mitzvah As we are entering Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we Day project themed on L’Dor Vador (from Generation to ask you again to consider becoming well-connected in Generation). Post bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah young supporting Helping Hands. This can also mean passing on people joined with our guests at the Helping Hands the message of the benefits of being a volunteer. This is Chanukah Tea on 17th December. the right time to thank again those of you who are already generous with your time, support and donations. In January, we held a really successful Helping Hands volunteer support day at Ralli Hall, run in partnership with So, as we start 5779, one key message coming through Jewish Care. The theme of the day was STOP IT – Stop from our year is that we are greater than the sum of our Isolation Together. The forty or so volunteers were first parts, when we share our support and time, and do so in reminded of the problems of loneliness and isolation by partnerships across the community. But of course, it all watching a short film, made by Impetus, Brighton, about starts with the individual and as one of our volunteers has the value of befriending. Expert-run sessions then gave said, “the Helping Hands team has built up an amazing valuable insights and opportunities for discussion about network of volunteers since the start and the organisation what it’s like to live with dementia and, more positively, is one that the town can only be proud of”. Please help us how befriending can transform the lives of isolated older ensure that this continues... people.

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Are you interested in Jewish History? by Michael Crook

The Sussex branch of the Jewish Historical Society of • On 26 March 2019 Michael Jolles, a member of the England (JHSE) is pleased to announce its programme Jewish Historical Society of England Council, will be of talks from October 2018 to April 2019. Details are as speaking about the Jews of Hastings & St Leonards. follows: • On 30 April 2019 Lyn Julius of the London School • On 23 October 2018 Jennifer Craig-Norton, a British of Jewish Studies will present on How 3,000 Years Academy Post-doctoral Fellow of the Department of Jewish Civilisation in the Arab World Vanished of History at the University of Southampton will talk Overnight. about Jewish Refugees from Fascism in Sussex We hope that the varied and interesting subjects will 1933-1945 have wide appeal. There is a strong local theme this • On 27 November 2018 Michael Crook, the Chairman session, with three speakers covering aspects of of the Jewish Historical Society of England, Jewish life in Sussex, but we will also be covering Sussex Branch will talk about The Brighton Jewish topics as diverse as Medieval Sephardi Literature, Community 1910-1920. This will be a special the dilemmas of Jews in Italy, and the fascinating presentation to mark 100 years since the end of the and tragic story of the Jews of Arab lands. We are Great War. particularly pleased to welcome Lyn Julius, whose recently published book on this subject has received • On 29 January 2019 Imogen Choi, Associate wide critical acclaim. Professor at the University of Oxford, will speak about Medieval Sephardi Literature. Please join us at Ralli Hall on the Tuesdays shown below, meetings begin at 7.45 pm sharp, and we aim • On 26 February 2019 Dr Carlotta Ferrara degli to end with light refreshments about 9.00 pm. Meetings Uberti, Lecturer in Italian Studies at University are free to JHSE members and students, but we College London, will present on Patriots and Jews: make a charge of £5.00 for non-members. For further Navigating the challenge of equality and integration in information, please contact me on 01273 776539, or at Liberal Italy. [email protected]

The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman Book review by Gillian Rich This is one of the most enjoyable books I have read Alice Hoffman uses these facts and weaves a magical in a long time. It is the story of Rachel Monsanto story of life on St. Thomas and in 19th Century Paris, Pomie Petit Pizzarro, a Jewish woman born in 1795 producing a thoroughly readable novel. She explores on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. Her father gender, race, class and was a merchant, who fled from a revolution in Saint religion through several Domingue in 1790. They were Danish citizens, although outcasts. The book is their families were originally from Spain, Portugal and full of the perfumes and France. Due to a business arrangement in 1818, Rachel colours of the Caribbean. is married to a widower, Isaac Petit, a French Jew of The reader feels the Marrano background. He is much older than her and atmosphere within and has three surviving children. They have three more outside the Jewish children before Isaac dies suddenly. A son is born after community. The family’s his father’s death. servants play a large part Rachel, as a woman, has no inheritance rights to in the development of property or business. Isaac’s French family send his Rachel’s life. In addition, nephew, Frederic, from Paris to run the business. He is there is the story of slavery eight years younger than Rachel, but it is ‘love at first and the unrest in nearby sight’. The local Jewish community strongly disapprove North America. There is and the synagogue refuses to marry them. Despite the so much social history scandal and ill feeling, they do eventually marry, having covered here, but none of four children. One of these is Jacob Abraham Camille it feels forced. Pizzarro, later known as the Impressionist painter, The author has written thirty works of fiction, including Camille Pissarro. young adult novels. I will definitely read more of her work after finishing this beautifully written book.

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Tony Bloom was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Photo: Tony Bloom with Professor Debra Humphris, Sciences from the University of Brighton on 3 August Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton 2018 for his impact on the city and major contribution to business in the city of Brighton and Hove.

Woman in Gold On Sunday 14th October, we Eventually present Woman in Gold. This 2015 they take film, is a real-life story starring the case Helen Mirren, who plays the part to the U.S. of Maria Altmann. Altmann is an Supreme elderly Jewish woman who fled Court. Vienna, some sixty years earlier. The film She attempts to reclaim some family possessions that starts at were seized by the Nazis, including some very famous 7.30pm paintings, including ‘The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer’. and doors After enlisting the help of young lawyer Randy open from Schoenberg, played by Ryan Reynolds, a lengthy 7.00pm court battle ensues to recover the paintings, and other and is free to Ralli Hall members & full-time students. treasures. This does not prove to be easy, as the drama Otherwise admission is £4.00. in the courtroom unfolds. The Austrian establishment For more information contact David Bresh at considers that the paintings are national treasures. [email protected]

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Zeh Rak Da’ati - 2 by Godfrey R Gould Cris (not exactly his real name) lived alone (he never as families, Helping Hands provides personal assistance married) in a flat in a listed terrace house in central tailored to specific concerns, as well as their monthly Brighton. Working, he had held an executive position teas. And amongst the help provided at Ralli Hall are the in a renowned specialist retailer in Hove. But it was for bi-weekly lunches and social activities. Now, only once a his communal work in Brighton that he became very month, JACS meets in association with these lunches, a well-known and respected. Interested in politics, he was far cry from the days when 60 or 70 people used to meet elected a Councillor on Brighton Borough Council and in every week at AJEX Hall. The need is probably still there; time became leader of his party on the council, leader of the organisational help to ensure the system functions is the council and in due course Mayor of Brighton. When not. And there is yet so much more (just look through the he retired from his employment he decided not again to pages of this journal). stand for election to the council. But that did not stop his But note the thoughts of Rabbi Samuel de Beck Spitzer involvement in public affairs. He was the chairman of the on page 12 of the August issue “one reason why Yom governors of one school and the vice-chair of another, HaDin remains a Yom Tov to be celebrated communally he was on committees and panels, many of which he and amongst family (is) so that we do not sever our chaired, and he was involved in sundry charities and interpersonal contact on such an auspicious day”. other organisations. There was hardly a civic function or Judaism is surely a religion essentially of the family and of Reception in this City at which Cris would not be present. the family table? Communal activity becomes especially But a few years ago, Cris did not turn up for his daily more personal on Shabbat and Yom Tovim. Candles breakfast at a cafe off London Road, not far from where may be lit on Erev Shabbat but there may be nobody he lived. And on that day he did not turn up for any of there (physically) to share their light. And when Kiddush the many activities at which he was scheduled to be. Nor is recited there is nobody there (again, physically) to on the next day, or the day after that. No doubt people share the Words or to respond ‘Omain’. But all is not wondered where he was but nobody did anything to find lost. Since Rabbi and Rebbitzin Rader have arrived at out. After a few days, one of his neighbours, not having New Church Road Shul they have invited many to their seen him for several days, knocked on his door. There Shabbat and Yom Tov table. And more recently that was no response. After several more attempts she looked same Shul has organised a communal Friday night meal through the keyhole to see Cris lying fully- dressed on once a month. And what a success it is! Individuals, the floor. The Police broke in and Cris was taken to the couples, families and groups of friends from all our local County Hospital. Having suffered a massive stroke Cris Congregations (and, none) participate. The demand is should have been dead, but he wasn’t and with the overwhelming. That the need is there is obvious, but the excellent treatment he received, began a process of physical capacity of Mark Luck Hall limits numbers. Truly recovery. It was hoped that he might return to his flat, welcome is the recently established Erev Shabbat meal but paralysed down one side of his body and partially (though before davening) at Ralli Hall. Throughout Anglo- paralysed down the other, he was transferred to a nursing Jewry the family table of the Sedarim has long been an home where he still resides. I regret to admit that I do not imperative, recognised here as elsewhere. Most of our visit my friend, Cris, nearly enough. local Shuls organise communal Sedarim on one day or the other - there is, however, a remarkable variation Of course, Cris is not unique. There are millions of us of price and limitation! And, again at NCR, lunches who live alone, many are lonely, and too often forgotten. are organised for all on Shevuoth and in the succah And this is particularly true of Brighton and Hove and on Succoth. And there’s plenty more, but this is not a especially of our own Jewish community. When a partner catalogue. dies, for some time those with whom the relict (a very Victorian term oft seen on gravestones of the period) But all these most worthy facilities do not entirely was friendly remain so, but as time passes couples compensate for the true family table. Rabbi Spitzer seem to associate so much more with couples and the referred specifically to Yom Kippur. After a day in Shul singleton seems to be almost an aberration. Even when fasting and praying, all slips quite away when the sole friendship persists we all get on, friends themselves die, congregant returns alone to his or her house or flat, and the time comes that even with the best of intent, closes the front door, and breaks the Fast in solitude. few can cope with looking after themselves, never mind Others may share this special moment, but..! considering the needs of others. However, here there is It might surely come to you, too. We all get old, and just much done communally to help soften the blow. From as we also become alone and indeed for some of the the very first, over 180 years ago, there was established time, lonely. We are for most of the time so visible. But the Brighton Hebrew Philanthropic Society (now the when we close our front doors then we seem, to those Brighton & Hove Jewish Welfare Board) to help all those who moments before enthused so much about our who are in need, though mainly financial. But times and presence, no longer to be even there. I wonder why? ideas change, and today there is a remarkable raft of organisations to help the elderly, the infirm, the lonely Never mind: your time, too, may surely come. Unless? and the needy. To satisfy the needs of individuals as well

issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 12 Features 13 Time to go home by Rabbi Dr Jeremy Collick The last four and a half years have not been easy ones for simchas and sitting with them and their families, is the me. Forced into early retirement by ill health, followed by 5 greatest privilege a man can have and was a vocation, a way months in hospital and the never-ending routine of thrice of life and a career I treasure every day. weekly dialysis, my days are still relatively busy but with The last 15 years at Edgware Masorti and my previous years rather different activities. at Brighton and the beginning of my career working with It has been interesting being on the ‘other side of the bed’ so Rabbi Michael Leigh, have given me a unique opportunity. to speak and to feel the loneliness and institutionalisation of So that dream came true. being in hospital or at home. One of the frustrations has been being unable to travel much in general and particularly, not My third dream was to live in Israel. As a teenager I being able to fly to Israel. volunteered to go to Israel at the time of the Yom Kippur war and have spent many months there since – studying, But, with the permission of my doctors, all that changed in holidaying but never living full time as an Israeli Jew. June and we had a magnificent trip to our home in Ashkelon overlooking the sea. Cindy and I were determined that when I retired this is what we would do and at the beginning of January that is what we There were numerous rocket attacks from Gaza and we sat are doing! on our balcony listening to the boom of Israeli artillery, but somehow it felt like home in a way that Edgware never has. Not that I am uncomfortable living here, far from it. But the racism and increasing anti-semitism since the ‘brexit’ vote All my life I have had 3 dreams – to help create a Bayit has saddened and disappointed me. beyisrael, a Jewish home, filled with love, laughter and tears too. Cindy and I have had the privilege of many wonderful I will miss the people we love and our friends and Jacob, our years together and seen our sons grow into fine young men younger son who is studying at Leeds University (Joel,our oldest has already made Aliya). So that dream came true. But I will enjoy living a Jewish life in a Jewish country My second dream was to be a Rabbi. From early childhood however frustrating that is! Making some small contribution to that is what I wanted to do and to be. To study, teach, lead, the life of the third Jewish commonwealth will be challenging inspire, comfort and celebrate with Jewish people. but fulfilling as well, I hope. In spite of it ending early, I thoroughly enjoyed every (well, Please God that dream will come true, too. nearly every) minute of my 36 years as a community Rabbi. Being with people at the time of their greatest joys and May this New Year be a time when your dreams come true.

Recipes for a Sweet Year The following recipes were taken from The Taste of Combine the ingredients for the topping with a fork and Shabbos cookbook, a project by the Aish Hatorah Women’s sprinkle over the batter.

Organisation and published by Feldheim, but is now out o o of print. Please note that all the recipes use standard cup, Press down slightly. Bake at 185 C (375 F) for 30 – 35 teaspoon and tablespoon measures. minutes.

Streusel Coffee Cake 3/4 cup of sugar Old-Fashioned Honey Cake 1/1/3 cup oil 2 eggs 1 egg 1/4 cup honey 1/2 cup orange juice (or any other juice) 1 cup sugar 1-1/2 cups plain flour 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp oil 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup raisins (optional) 1 tsp baking powder Topping: 1 tsp cocoa 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup nuts 2 tbsp plain flour 2 cups sifted plain flour 2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup strong coffee 2 tbsp oil Combine eggs, honey, sugar and oil. Mix in dry ingredients 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts alternating with liquid. Beat for 5 minutes. Pour into a 9” by Combine the sugar, oil and egg. Add the juice and beat 12” greased cake tin. Bake till done at 185o C (375o F). thoroughly. Mix raisins with the dry ingredients. Add the flour/ raisin mixture and beat until smooth.Spread in a greased 9” square cake tin.

issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 12 Features 13 Eulogy to Sarid by Fausta Shelton I was assailed by a mixture of sadness and nostalgia when joined me at the helm and we had a core number of well I recently heard that the AJR – acronym for Assocation of over twenty members attending the monthly sessions at Jewish Refugees - has, wisely and understandably, decided the Ralli Hall, where the atmosphere among us was just on the dissolution of SARID, the Holocaust Survivors Group, perfect for meeting old friends and making new ones. On that I had started in Hove in October 1998 and ran until such occasions, we always had speakers of distinction from September 2011, when I retired. different backgrounds and in 2002 we even had the great The Hebrew word ‘sarid’ has several meanings, one of them honour of being given a talk by Sir Nicholas Winton, then being ‘remnants’. I had met an Israeli family in London whose aged 93, who travelled from London by train to be with us on parents had survived Auschwitz and had subsequently the day. decided to acquire that noun as their surname, and I In 1999, after talking to Judith Hassan, Director of Shalvata, asked and obtained the approval of two local Rabbonim a model Centre for Holocaust Survivors under the umbrella of before proposing to my line manager to name the group so Jewish Care in London, I asked and obtained that Dr. Andras significantly. Herskovits, an academic and himself an Auschwitz survivor, I was at the time social worker in Sussex for Jewish Care, supported us to form a Creative Writing Group, similar to where I found help to locate prospective members in the the one he was conducting there. In fact, such a group was area. My heart swelled with great emotion when so many successfully run by him in Hove until 2010, when his health enthusiastically enrolled, not only from Brighton and Hove, deteriorated and prevented him from travelling. By then, but also from places like Arundel, Eastbourne, Horsham and the ‘Writers’ had grown in number and they were producing further still. It was exciting, and daunting at the same time, excellent work, which had increasingly acted as therapy, while to meet and interview the Survivors, originally from Germany, at the same time reaching literary achievement of the highest Poland, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia, as they all had quality. a story to tell that reflected, not only their suffering, but also These are the memories that I treasure and I hope that their dimension as extraordinary human beings, who had all those who were once there shared the same feeling of survived, both physically and emotionally, the unrelenting belonging when they thought of SARID. Now, only a few are persecution of the Nazi regime, the extermination camps and left and to them and their friends, who are no more, goes my the ghettos. deepest gratitude for answering my invitation twenty years The number of people registered eventually reached fifty, ago and for allowing my empathy to be silently known to of whom twenty-three were AJR members, and it was soon them. agreed between Jewish Care and the AJR that the latter Editorial Note: The SARID Group continued to meet on should take financial responsibility for the project, as they Mondays at Ralli Hall until the Spring of this year – 2018. received a grant for that purpose. As a result, Myrna Glass

1 tsp cinnamon Sweet Potato Kugel 1/2 cup raisins (optional) 1 large sweet potato 1 potato (*) Editor’s note: feel free to reduce 1 carrot quantity. 2 apples Shred vegetables and apples. Combine rind and juice of ½ lemon all ingredients, mixing well. Spread in a greased casserole dish. Bake, covered, 1/3 cup matzah meal at 165o C (325o F) for 45 minutes. 1/3 cup oil Uncover and bake for an additional 15 3/4 cup sugar (*) minutes. pinch of salt

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issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 NEW YEAR GREETINGS 5779 THE SUSSEX JEWISH NEWS EDITORIAL TEAM THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING US DURING THE PAST YEAR, AND SEND 14 OUR WARMEST GREETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR15

ABBOUDI Juju and family wish CONN Anne sends New Year greetings FERRIS Benita wishes her family and everyone a happy New Year and well to all family and friends. friends a peaceful and healthy New Year over the fast. – Shana Tova. CONWAY Susan, Jonathan, Simon ABRAHAMS Roger and Irit wish and family wish family, friends and the FISHER Marilyn wishes all her family Shana Tova and good health to all of whole Community a happy and healthy and friends a happy New Year and well their family and friends. New Year and well over the fast. over the fast. BARNARD / SEIDEL Rachel, David, COWAN Janet wishes everyone a very FLASHMAN Roz and Michael wish Moses and Gabriel wish the community healthy, happy and peaceful year ahead. their dear family and friends a very a Shana Tova. happy, healthy and peaceful New Year CROOK Janet Ann and Michael and and well over the fast. BARNETT Sandra wishes family, family wish all their relatives and friends and the Community a happy, friends Shana Tova, and a happy, FEUERSTEIN Jacqui and Raymond healthy and peaceful 5779 and well over healthy and peaceful 5779. wish all their family, friends and the the fast. team of SJN a happy, healthy and CROWN/LYONS/ANDERSEN Shana successful 5779. BARSAM Claire and Sam wish Rabbi Tova from Jeremy, Saonie, Elizabeth, Samuel, our relatives and friends and all Ghila, Rich and Annalise. Wishing GOODMAN/KORBY Debra, Micheal, the Community a happy New Year. everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful Charlotte, Nicholas, Leora and Sam 5779. wish all their family and friends a happy BLOOM Wendy and Ronnie wish all and healthy New Year. their children, grandchildren and many CUDDIS Shan and David wish family friends a happy New Year and well over and friends a very happy and healthy GORDON Barbara and Ian send love the fast. New Year and well over the fast. and good wishes to their family in Shoreham and friends in Worthing for a BOOKER Beryl, John and Maurice DAVIS Angela and Joe wish all their happy and healthy New Year. wish family and friends a happy and family and friends a happy and healthy healthy New Year. New Year. GORDON Joan wishes her family and friends a happy New Year and well over BURKE Shirley and Alan wish their DELACOUR Robert and Marion wish the fast. family and friends a happy and healthy all their family and friends Happy Rosh New Year and all best wishes for the Hashanah greetings, L’Shana Tova. GOULD Godfrey - may 5779 bring future. us all a year of peace, good health and DOCTORS Philip and Anthony wish all every happiness. L’Shana Tova. CARLEBACH Myrna wishes a happy friends and the Community a healthy and successful year for the Brighton and and happy New Year and well over the GREEN Sheila and Ruth wish all the Hove Community. Shana Tova. fast. Community good health and happiness for the New Year and well over the fast. CARLTON Sandra and Derek wish all DUKE Norina and all the Dukes of their family and friends good health and Hove wish Shana Tova and well over HARRIS Karen, Michael and Oliver happiness for the coming year. the fast to all their wonderful friends wish all members of the Community a and family. happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. CATERING CONNECTIONS Angela Shana Tova. and Dann wish the entire community a EVANS Evelyn wishes her family and happy and peaceful New Year. all her friends a very happy, healthy and HELPING HANDS wish our wonderful peaceful New Year. volunteers, clients, and the whole CENTRE FOR GERMAN JEWISH Community a good and sweet year. May it be FAULL Dian wishes all family and Shana Tova Umetukah. Thank you for תכרובמו הבוט הנש STUDIES a year of peace, reflection, dialogue friends a happy and healthy New Year. all your support. and enlightenment. Warm wishes to the Community. FAULL Maurice, Laura, Matthew and IRWIN Judy wishes all her dear friends Emily wish family and friends a happy Shana Tova and good health for the COLLICK Rabbi Jeremy and Cindy and healthy New Year. coming year. together with Joel and Jacob wish all our Sussex family and friends a happy FELSENSTEIN Linda and Raymond ISAACS Barbara wishes Shana Tova to and healthy New Year. wish their family and friends a healthy her children, grandchildren and all her and happy New Year and well over the many friends. COLLINS Jean wishes her family and fast.. friends a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

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JAY Jean wishes her family and friends MELCHER David and Joan wish all RENTS Renee and family send good a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year. family and friends a happy and healthy wishes for a very happy and healthy New Year. New Year. JOSMAN Cecil wishes all his friends and family and members of the Sussex MILLER Pearl wishes all the city’s RICH Gillian and Michael wish family Jewish Golfing Society, a happy and Rabbonim, their families and our wider and friends a very happy, healthy and healthy New Year. Shalom Aleichem. Jewish Community a healthy and happy peaceful New Year. New Year and well over the fast. KRAVETZ Sylvia and Arthur wish their RICHARDS Jill and Ivor wish all dear family in New York and Israel MITCHELL Rita and Ronnie wish their family and friends a happy and healthy together with their friends at Eastbourne darling family and friends a happy and New Year. Hebrew Congregation a sweet, healthy healthy New Year and well over the and happy New Year. Fast. ROLAND Marianne and Bernard would like to wish family and friends a happy, LASKY Doreen and Malcolm and their MORDECAI Louise and Steve wish healthy and peaceful New Year. family would like to wish everyone a their family and friends Shana Tova. happy and healthy New Year. May 5779 bring good health, happiness ROSE Jack and Elaine, Adam and Eva, and peace to us all. Mariamne, Dan, Joseph and Max wish LEVER Alan and family wish the Shana Tova to all. Rabbonim, friends and the Community MOSS Pat and Roland wish their family Shana Tova with health, prosperity, and many friends a happy, healthy and ROSE Susan and David wish all our success and peace. prosperous New Year and well over the friends and family a very happy and fast. healthy New Year. LEVINE Sydney and Cecile send their warmest good wishes to their family NOAH, LEVEY June and Adrian ROSENFELD Sue and Tony wish all and friends for a happy and peaceful wish their friends at Holland Road their family and friends Shana Tova, a New Year. Synagogue a happy and healthy New happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. Year. LEVINSON Doris wishes the ROSENTHAL Jessica, together with Rabbonim, her family, friends and OBERMAN Rochelle, Gerald, Lheila Miriam, Dave, Esther and Jacob colleagues in the Community a happy and Zelig wish family, friends and all Rich and Sam, Ruth and Tessa, wish and healthy New Year. the community a very happy, peaceful everyone a sweet and joyful 5779. and healthy New Year. LIND Eleanor and Freddy wish the RUBIN Brian and Sharon wish all their whole Community a healthy and happy PANTO Rosa and Stuart wish all their family and friends a Shana Tova and year ahead. family and friends a healthy and happy health and happiness and well over the New Year. fast. LUPER Renee wishes Shana Tova to all her family and friends. Best wishes to PANTOOCK Rosalind wishes a healthy RUBIN Hazel and Joe send their best all the Community and all at SJN. and peaceful New Year to her friends wishes to their family and friends for a and relatives living locally. happy and healthy New Year and well MAGRILL Marilyn wishes Shana Tova over the fast. to her dear mother, family and friends. PHILLIPS Michael and Penelope wish the Jewish Community a good and RUTHERFORD Sandra, Amanda MANN Lewis would like to wish all his sweet New Year. and Fiona, together with Filipa and family and friends a happy, healthy and Julia wish their friends good health, peaceful New Year. POSNER Liz wishes her family and happiness and success in the coming friends a happy and healthy 5779 and year. MASON Harry and Hazel wish their well over the fast. children, family and friends a very SCHAVERIEN David wishes happy and healthy New Year and well RALLI HALL would like to wish its Rabbonim, fellow congregants and over the fast. members Shana Tova. Thank you for friends a peaceful Shana Tova. many years loyalty and continuing to MEDIPHARM LTD The Solomon support your local community centre. SELIGMAN Melanie and Simon, family wish everyone a happy, healthy together with Daniel, Liora, Rachel and and peaceful New Year. RALLI HALL LUNCH & SOCIAL Charlotte wish all family and friends a CLUB wish our amazing volunteers, happy and healthy New Year. MEGITT Stephanie and Brian wish all members, supporters and the their friends in East Sussex a Happy, community a happy, healthy and SHELTON Fausta wishes the whole Healthy and Peaceful New Year. peaceful year and an easy fast. Community Shana Tova and good health, happiness and peace, always.

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SHARPE Beryl and Mef wish our STANFORD Jeffrey, Lydia, Simon WALLACH Rabbi Charles and Marilyn dear children, grandchildren, great and Lisa wish family, friends and the wish their relatives and friends LeShana grandchildren, family and friends a entire community a happy, healthy and Tova Umetuka. happy, and prosperous New Year and an peaceful New Year. easy fast. THE WESSEX JEWISH NEWS SUGARMAN Lucy and family wish TEAM wish everyone at SJN and the SILVER Bernice and Arthur wish Jason, their dear family and friends a very community a happy and healthy New Jeffrey, Roman and all their friends a healthy and happy New Year and well Year. most happy, healthy and trouble- free over the fast. Yom Tov and an easy fast. WEST SUSSEX JEWISH SUSSEX BRANCH JEWISH COMMUNITY wish Happy New Year SILVER Bobbie, from her new home at HISTORICAL SOCIETY Shana Tova. 5779 to Jewish people and their families Nightingale House, London, wishes her We look forward to welcoming you to in West Sussex.Join us at our monthly dear family and friends a happy, healthy our next set of lectures. Full details at events: 01273 728178 and peaceful New Year. https://jhse.org/branches/sussex/ [email protected] www.sussexjewishoutreach.com SILVER Corinne Rachelle wishes SUSSEX JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE health, happiness, love, laughter and a COUNCIL The President, Chair Team WILKS Sarah and David wish all the very sweet year to all her dear family and Executive wish all the community Community L’Shana Tova U’Metukah and friends in the Brighton and Hove a happy and successful New Year and a good and sweet year and well over the area. well over the Fast. fast. SIMMONS Eugenie sends New Year SWITHERN Lydia and Bernard wish WINSTONE Everyone at Sarah’s greetings to the entire Community. their dear family and friends a happy Catering and Jewish Deli would like to and healthy New Year. wish family, friends and customers a SIMONS Philip wishes L’Shanah very happy and healthy New Year and Tovah to family, friends and volunteers, TAYLOR Ronnie and Linda wish their well over the fast. members and staff of Ralli Hall, and the dear family and friends and all the Ralli Hall Lunch & Social Club. Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation a WOOLFE Laurel and Julian wish happy and healthy New Year. children, grandchildren, great- SIMONS Ruth wishes Shana Tova to grandchild Millie, relatives and friends the whole Community. TORRANCE Tom and Cherry wish a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year. family and friends here and in Israel SOROKIN The Sorokin family good health, peace and joy in 5779. ZANARDO Rabbi Andrea, Sara, Dov, send sincere Shana Tova wishes for Shana Tova Umetuka. Yair and Hila wish everyone a year full health, joy and peace within our local of sweetness. community. WALKER Doreen and Bernie, Les, Steve, Oliver and Ryan wish their families (at home and abroad) and dear friends a healthy and joyous New Year.

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issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 BHPS Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue, 6 Lansdowne Road, Hove BN3 1FF Tel: 01273 737223 Email: [email protected] www.brightonandhoveprosynagogue.org.uk 18 Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue Twitter@BHPS2011 19 The (Complex) Jewish Calendar by Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah Rosh Ha-Shanah is early this year – although not as early 5779 will be a 13-month year, known as shanah m’uberet, as it could be. The sacred season begins with S’lichot, a ‘pregnant year’ – hence, Rosh Ha-Shanah 5780 will be prayers of ‘Forgiveness’, on the night of Saturday/Sunday, late. It isn’t necessary to know the technical details of the 1st/2nd September. This is very early. According to the calendar in order to experience the flow of the Jewish year. Ashkenazi custom, to ensure that S’lichot are recited for The Jewish year simply goes from Rosh Ha-Shanah to at least four days prior to Rosh Ha-Shanah, if Rosh Ha- Rosh Ha-Shanah. Nevertheless, the importance of, both, Shanah falls on Monday or Tuesday – as it does this time the lunar and solar years to the Jewish calendar is critical round – S’lichot are held back a week. So, this year the to the experience of the flow of Jewish time. After all, Jews autumn festivals will be all over by 3rd October. live not only from festival to festival, but also from moon/ month to moon/month. I mentioned that the biblical name Next year, by contrast, Rosh Ha-Shanah will be at the for the month in which Pesach falls is Aviv. According to end of September (Erev: 29th). What’s the reason for this the Torah, Aviv, is the beginning of the Jewish year for disparity? The Jewish calendar is rather complex. It is months (Bo, Exodus 12:2). In other words, Aviv, which complex because it reconciles the solar year and the lunar after the Babylonian exile acquired the Babylonian name, year – the latter being eleven days shorter. The Jewish Nisan, is the first month of the year. calendar does this so that the festivals fall in the right season. For example, Pesach is a spring festival, which It makes sense to begin a year in the springtime. It makes according to the Torah takes place in the month of Aviv, even more sense that the Exodus from Egypt, which ‘spring’ (Bo, Exodus 12:1ff.). In the 4th century, Rabbi Hillel defined our existence as a people, should begin in the II established a fixed calendar, which standardised the spring. So, what do we make of the fact that the New length of months – 29 or 30 days – and followed a 19-year Year falls on 1st Tishri, the seventh month of the year? cycle, in which an additional month is added seven times Rosh Ha-Shanah means ‘the head of the year.’ Rosh Ha- – in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of Shanah is the highpoint of the Jewish year. Its significance the cycle. To ensure that Purim on 14th Adar and Pesach, is spiritual rather than material. On Rosh Ha-Shanah, we which begins on 15th Nisan, remain one month apart, this embark on a soul-searching journey that concludes at additional month became Adar 1, Adar Rishon, ‘first Adar’, the end of Yom Kippur. During that ten-day odyssey, we with Purim taking place in Adar 11, Adar Sheini, ‘second effectively step out of the natural world in order to examine Adar’. The 19-year cycle also includes adjustments to our deeds and repair our lives and our relationships. ensure that neither Yom Kippur nor Hoshanah Rabbah, the And then, the first thing we do afterwards is re-enter the seventh day of Sukkot, fall adjacent to Shabbat. To avoid seasonal cycle by building the sukkah. May we find the this problem, a day is added to the month of Cheshvan or spiritual nourishment we need for our journeys. L’shanah subtracted from the month of Kislev in the previous year. tovah!

Events@BHPS High Holyday Tickets are available from the office. Email or ring for October 12: Dr Ben Kasstan: ‘The Charedim of Manchester - details. Students and members of progressive congregations are culture, faith and health’. free but will need a ticket for security purposes. November 9: Dr David Jünger: ‘Kristalnacht’.

Sunday Lectures and Lunches 2018/19. Are you Jewish or Jew-ish? 13th October, 10:30 - 15:45 11.30 am Welcome drink An opportunity for those unaffiliated or disaffiliated to explore 12 to 1.00 pm Lecture by guest speaker BHPS. 10:30 Tea and coffee, 11.00 Beit Midrash (House of Study) 1 to 3.00 pm Lunch including wine or soft drinks and coffee Shabbat morning service, 12:30 Kiddush and shared lunch. £22.50 per person, 10% discount if all 5 booked. Non-members 13.00 What is Judaism? 14:30 sample Hebrew learning. and friends welcome. October 14: Ann Berger, director of development, promoting the life Exploring Judaism with Rabbi Elli changing medical research funded by The Rose Tree Trust. Shabbat, 2.15-3.45 pm, after the Access to Hebrew class (1-2pm) December 2: Dr Wilf Assin, consultant psychiatrist on Post • Sept 1 Elul & S’lichot Traumatic Stress Disorder. ‘Not all wounds are visible’. • Sept 8 Rosh Ha-Shanah January 27: Sir Anthony Seldon, on his latest book. (Title still under • Sept 15 Yom Kippur wraps!) • Sept 22 Sukkot February 24: Aviva Dautch - ‘The remarkable Isaac Rosenberg’, First World War poet. • Sept 29 Simchat Torah March 31: Dr David Jacobson, Jewish historian - ‘Herod’s Temple in • Oct 6 God Jerusalem’. Oct 3 What is Judaism? Sunday: Nov 25: Annual Art Exhibition. PLEASE NOTE: 1.00-2.30 (Access to Hebrew: 2.45-3.45) Original art and prints, jewellery, ceramics and pottery.

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What should an apology look like? by Rabbi Dr Andrea Zanardo Bulletin Board September This morning during breakfast my son Dov asked me Saturday 1 Rabbi’s Torah Breakfast, 9.00 am out of the blue “So, Dad, what was Jeremy Corbyn up to Selichot Service, 6.30 pm yesterday?” Initially I was most impressed that my son Sunday 2 Wedding of Keren Shaw & Yoni Nisner , 3.30 pm had been following the news. Then, I realised we were on holiday and he must have picked up something from Thursday 6 Rosh Chodesh, 7.30 pm conversations between his parents! Saturday 8 Shabbat Service including a Baby blessing, 10.30 am Yes, the current leader of the Labour Party is currently the Sunday 9 Erev Rosh Hashanah, 6.30 pm topic of conversation in our family. We are no different from many other British Jewish families. We are furious, Monday 10 Rosh Hashanah, 10.00 am worried, disappointed and astonished, all these things Tashlich, 5.00 pm together and maybe more, because of the inability 2nd night Rosh Hashanah, 6.30 pm displayed by the Labour leadership to handle the blatant Tuesday 11 2nd day Rosh Hashanah, 10.00 am antisemitism inside the Party. Saturday 15 Book Club, 9.15 am Added to this is the discovery of a rabid anti-Semitic City Sunday 16 Mourners’ Kaddish at the Grounds, 11.00 am Councillor, of all places, in Bognor Regis, not so far from Tuesday 18 Kol Nidre, 7.00 pm our lovely city. He tweeted the most horrendous of anti- Wednesday 19 yom Kippur, 10.30 am Semitic canards, along with praises for Hitler... But, I hear Sunday 23 Sukkah building, 3.00 pm someone saying, the heinous man from Bognor Regis is not a Labour Party member anymore. Also, Corbyn has Erev Sukkot Service, 6.30 pm apologised and promised he will personally take care of Monday 24 Sukkot Service, 10.30 am anti-Semitic members of his party. Sunday 30 Erev Simchat Torah, 6.30 pm

But we, as the clear majority of British Jews, and our representatives elected e.g. at the Board of Deputies, October do not take these apologies seriously. Jeremy Corbyn Monday 1 Simchat Torah service, 10.30 am has first denied the problem, then minimised it, then Saturday 6 Shabbaton & Shabbat Doroteinu, 10.30 am committed himself to root it out. This sounds like Sunday 7 Stonesetting of Riv Russell, 12.00 noon admitting that the Party has an antisemitism problem, but he did not admit it, he merely moved from denial to Community Tea, 2.30 pm commitment to root it out. Part of the apologies are just Tuesday 9 ulpan (intermediate), 7.00 pm a repetition of something written four months ago. He Rosh Chodesh, 7.30 pm has also shown a lack of understanding of our culture: Thursday 11 ulpan (beginners), 7.00 pm his article of apology was released while most Jews were Friday 12 Shabbat Kolot, 6.30 pm busy with preparations for Shabbat, hence had no time to read a column published, of all places, in the Guardian. Saturday 13 Rabbi’s Torah Breakfast, 9.00 am Worst of all, Jeremy Corbyn really does not understand Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Walker, 10.30 am why Israel is so important to us Jews, (actually, he barely Sunday 14 Stonesetting of Sidney Norton, 2.30 pm mentions it at all), and wants to reserve the right to deface Saturday 20 Bar Mitzvah of Luke Bodner, 10.30 am it and call for punishment for, well, everything bad that has happened in the region since 1948 and even before. The diary is subject to change. Truly Jeremy Corbyn has shown us what a real apology must NOT look like! Perhaps we should thank him... In these coming weeks we Jews are busy with apologies. We engage in the process of teshuvah. During Yom Kippur we apologise to God and commit ourselves to do better, and while we prepare ourselves for the most holy day of the Jewish year, we apologise to our family and friends and do whatever we can to change relationships for the better. It is a universal commitment, because, as we say during the service over and over, all the community is responsible, and every single Jew has transgressed. No one is perfect. A true apology, which leads to a real teshuvah, must be sincere and not the repetition of a script, it must be empathic, and not blackmail, and it must include a commitment to do better. May we all find the strength to do so, over the next week, to our fellow human beings and to the Eternal One.

issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 Rabbi Hershel Rader Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation, 31 New Church Road, Hove BN3 3AD 20 BHHC Tel: 01273 888855 Email: [email protected] www.bhhc-shul.org 21 Rosh Hashanah – Resisting the Blame Game by Rabbi Hershel Rader Rosh Hashanah, observed on the first and second days of woman You gave me, she gave the fruit to me’. Is it his fault? the Jewish Year, is unique among the festivals of the Jewish Of course not! It’s the woman’s fault. It’s G-d’s fault for giving calendar. Unlike the other festivals, which mark a particular him the woman. But Adam himself? Absolutely not! And how event in Jewish history and the experience of our People, does Eve respond when presented with the same question? Rosh Hashanah is the anniversary of a universal event; the The serpent gave me the fruit! She too plays the blame game. creation of the world and, more specifically, the creation of G-d doesn’t confront us personally with our wrongdoings, the first human beings. but He does give us a time of yearly focus, before and during Accordingly, Rosh Hashanah is the festival that emphasises the Days of Judgement, to confront ourselves. To look back the universal, rather than distinctly Jewish, aspect of our on the past year and take stock, both of our virtues and life mission. On Rosh Hashanah we proclaim G-d king of shortcomings. Most of all He asks us to be truthful with the universe and that ‘every object shall know that You ourselves and certainly not to ascribe our deficiencies to have made it, every creature shall understand that You others. The blame game is what we expect from children; the have created it, everything that has the breath of life in its ability to examine oneself honestly and objectively is a sign of nostrils shall proclaim G-d, the G-d of Israel, is king and his maturity. sovereignty rules over all.’ Yes, the observances are uniquely At the conclusion of Yom Kippur we also sound the Shofar, Jewish, but we pray for all of mankind and, importantly, the but the mood is very different, it is a sound of triumph, judgement of Rosh Hashanah is a universal one. expressing the confident hope that our prayers have been Foremost amongst the observances of Rosh Hashanah is accepted and G-d’s judgement has been a merciful one. the sounding of the Shofar; on a day which recalls creation May our prayers this coming New Year be answered in a we proclaim the Creator’s sovereignty, sounding the Shofar positive, good way and may the year that lies ahead be one of like a trumpet. Not only is Rosh Hashanah the anniversary peace and prosperity for all Mankind. of Mankind’s creation, it is also the anniversary of our first sin, Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge, Perla and I wish the entire community a Shana Tova U’Metuka accordingly the cry of the Shofar is also a call to repentance – A Good and Sweet Year. initiating the Ten Days of Repentance which culminate on Yom Kippur. Our Weekly Shiurim The story of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit, one of Three shiurim are held every week at 31 New the first Biblical narratives, offers a great and enduring insight Church Road, Hove. into human nature. Wednesdays, 12.30 - 1.30 pm. Firstly, here were two people who had only one restriction, Lunch and Learn for all. one thing forbidden to them, and they were unable to adhere A light informal lunch followed by a shiur. £3 a head. to it. They were allowed to eat any produce except the fruit of one tree and they could not control themselves. In the words Thursdays, 10.00 to 11 am. of Oscar Wilde, they were able to ‘resist anything except Ladies’ Shiur (no charge). temptation’. The Sages tell us ‘stolen waters are sweeter’; that which is not ours so often seems more desirable! Saturdays, half an hour before Minchah Secondly, how did they react when confronted with their (times vary - please see weekly notices). The shiur is transgression? G-d says to Adam ‘did you eat of the tree from followed by Minchah, a Seudah Shilitit and Ma’ariv which I commanded you not to eat?’ and Adam replies ‘the (no charge). Annual Summer Barbeque Our Annual Summer Barbeque will take place this year on Sunday 2 September in the Shul grounds from 12.30 pm. Great food and atmosphere.

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issue 289 | SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2018 Rabbi Samuel de Beck Spitzer Hove Hebrew Congregation, 79 Holland Road, Hove BN3 1JN Tel: 01273 732035 20 HHC Email: [email protected] www.hollandroadshul.com 21

Downward Dogs and Salutations by Rabbi Samuel de Beck Spitzer I am persistently requested to focus some attention on if we allow ourselves the benefit and the flexibility to the subject of Tefillah, commonly translated as ‘prayer’, overcome set stereotypes, if we transfer skill sets from one something that we tend to do in no short measure over discipline to another, I am convinced that we will begin to the High Holy Days. Intuition tells me that most of us have see and feel within ourselves a radically improved form of eaten our fair share diet of the subject and heard bog- synchronicity. I am not advocating asanas (yoga postures) standard lectures on our rites of prayer at some point in our in the middle of Musaph, although to quote the Babylonian lives, albeit seldom containing any detailed textual analysis. Talmud (Tractate Succot 53a): On prostration Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel would “bow down and put two thumbs into Has it perhaps occurred to you that Jews in their place the earth, suspend his body in the air, kiss the ground and of worship have not always been confined to pews, straighten up!” shtenders, designer suits and dresses, enclosed stuffy spaces, minimalistic movement, English decorum, a myriad What I would advocate however is a stillness of spirit, focus of unintelligible words and stained glass. On the contrary, of heart, clarity of thought and all-round mindfulness that the origins of Israelite service were full of blood, guts and can be achieved during our designated fixed ritual within innards, splatterings and sprinklings mixed with penitential the Synagogue. It will probably require some preparation meditative states and ramblings, ranging from remorse to prior to entry to this Holy space or at least to desist from sheer ecstasy. If, as Maimonides so eloquently penned it, distraction on arrival. The Chassidim I dare say, within their “All existence depends on God and is derived from God”, diverse strands are probably the last living remnant of our then this is serious business and not for the faint of heart. ecstasy filled past with their exuberant swaying, hopping and chanting. After all, this is raw, in-your-face, God time. There are ancient systems that advocate movement and types of chant in order to induce internal conscious human Good luck to all of you brave souls who find the courage connectivity with our Source. The most obvious that comes to break out of ingrained stultifying moulds of automated to my mind is that of Yoga (I highly recommend it!). Yes…I ‘Service’, the likes of which have transformed some places know… there are always those who will immediately cry of worship into museums and far too many hearts so that ‘avodah zara’ (Idol worship), but it needn’t be so. Indeed, they no longer beat in rhythm with their emotions. It’s never to the informed and initiated, there are many paths to too late to dig deep… we have everything to pray for. kosher yoga and its benefits are immeasurable. Moreover, A heartfelt Ketiva Ve’Chatima Tova to you all.

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Regular Activities Shabbat Shalom – BRIGHTON TIMES Please note that during the High Holiday period, events may be In Light candles Out Havdalah cancelled. Please check with event organisers. Fri 31 Aug 7.30 pm Sat 1 Sept 8.37 pm Mondays Fri 7 Sept 7.15 pm Sat 11 8.21 pm „„ Shiur for the Actively Retired with Rabbi Efune 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm at Fri 14 6.59 pm Sat 15 8.04 pm 11 Hove Manor, Hove Street, Hove. Tel: 07885 538 681

Fri 21 6.43 pm Sat 22 7.48 pm „„ Talmud for the Thinking Man with Rabbi Efune. 8.15 pm – 9.15 pm at Fri 28 6.28 pm Sat 29 7.32 pm Chabad House 01273 321919 „„ Rubber and Duplicate Bridge 1.30 pm - 4.30 pm £4.00 + £1.00 NOTABLE DATES transport Ralli Hall. Tel: Reba 01444 484839 • Erev Rosh Hashanah – Sunday 9 September „„ Torah & Tea with Penina Efune. Weekly Discovery and Discussion Group based on Jewish texts focusing on the personal meaning and relevance to • Rosh Hashanah - Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 September our lives. 8.00 pm - 9.00 pm at Chabad House. Tel or Text 07834 669181 • Wednesday 12 Fast of Gedaliah – Wednesday 12 September Tuesdays • Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre- Tuesday 18 September „„ Something to Say? - Discussion Group with Rabbi Samuel, with • Yom Kippur - Wednesday 19 September Rabbi Samuel, every other Tuesday Hove Hebrew Congregation, 79 • Erev Sukkot - Sunday 23 September Holland Road, Hove 10.30 am Tel: 01273 732035 • Sukkot – 24, 25, 29 and 30 September „„ Ralli Hall Lunch and Social Club 10.30 am - 4.30 pm Tel: Jacqueline 01273 739999 Weekly Ralli Hall • Hoshana Rabba – Sunday 30 September „„ Mummy and ME Music with Penina Efune @ Montessori Nursery from 11.30 am to 1.00 pm. Enjoy a stimulating environment with your baby/ toddler, some meaningful discussion, music and movement Events in SEPTEMBER „„ Painting with Rochelle (JAS) Studio at Ralli Hall, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm. Tuesday 4 Tel: 07811 601106 Summer break from 3 July – 9 October „„ Sussex Jewish Golfing Society at Kingswood Golf Club „„ Chutzpah Choir Yiddish singing in 4 parts with Polina Shepherd. 11.00 Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 am – 1.00 pm weekly. For Hove venue contact [email protected] „„ ‘Shackleton’s Carpenter’ a play by Gail Louw at the Rialto Theatre, or tel. Betty on 01273 474795 Dyke Road, Brighton 7.30 pm Tickets £12/£10 Tel: 01273 725230 „„ Israeli Dancing 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Ralli Hall Tel: Jacky 01273 688538 Sunday 16 Wednesdays „„ National Heritage Open Day - Florence Place Cemetery conducted tours at 10.30 and 11.00 am. No charge. Limited numbers; pre-booking „„ Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community (affiliated to Liberal Judaism) essential through Heritage Open Days Office (Kevin Wilsher 07773 Coffee morning, 11.00 am, 1st Wednesday of each month, Hydro Hotel, 974584) Eastbourne. Information: www.eljc.org.uk or phone 01323 725650 „„ National Heritage Open Day - Middle St Shul 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm Thursdays Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 „„ Ralli Hall Lunch and Social Club 10.30 am - 4.30 pm Weekly. „„ ‘Plaza Suite’ a New York comedy by Neil Simon at the Barn Theatre, Tel: Jacqueline 01273 739999 RH Southwick Street, Southwick, 7.45 pm. Tickets £11.00 01273 597094 or www.wicktheatre.co.uk „„ JACS members are invited on the first Thursday of every month to the Ralli Hall Lunch &Social Club. Tel: Jacqueline 01273 739999 RH

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Voluntary Support Agencies „„ Weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Efune - men and ladies welcome - • Ralli Hall Lunch & Social Club (Day Centre) 8.15- 9.15 pm at Chabad House. 01273 321919 01273 739999 [email protected] Fridays

• Norwood/Tikvah, Rachel Mazzier House 01273 564021 „„ Kuddle Up Shabbat parent & child playgroup with Sara Zanardo and her guitar will recommence in the Autumn term • Hyman Fine House 01273 688226 „„ Free Happy Hour @ Montessori Nursery 12 noon – 1.00 pm ALL • Helping Hands 01273 747722 [email protected] WELCOME. Come and celebrate, see, taste, hear and feel the joy of Shabbat! Tel 01273 328675 • Brighton & Hove Jewish Welfare Board 07952 479111 or [email protected]; website: www.bhjwb.org „„ Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community (affiliated to Liberal Judaism). Service at 6.30 pm on the 4th Friday of each month, at CTK Hall, • Brighton & Hove Jewish Housing Association. [email protected] Eastbourne, BN23 6HS. Information: www.eljc.org.uk or phone 01323 725650 • Welfare at Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue/L’chaim project 01273 737223 Saturdays • Welfare Officer at Brighton & Hove Reform. (Sue Rosenfield) „„ Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation Shabbat services at 22, Susans 01273 735343 Road, Eastbourne, 10.00 am. Contact 01323 484135 or 07739 082538 „„ Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community (affiliated to Liberal • Jewish Community Centre at Ralli Hall. Various communal activities. Judaism). Service at 12.30 pm, 2nd Saturday of each month, at CTK Hall, 01273 202254 or [email protected] Eastbourne, BN23 6HS. Information: www.eljc.org.uk or phone 01323 725650

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NOTABLE DATES Sunday 14 • Shemini Atzeret - Monday 1 October „„ BHPS Lecture and Lunch 11.00 am – 3.00 pm, with guest speaker Ann Berger, Director of Development on Promoting • Simchat Torah - Tuesday 2 October the life-changing medical research funded by the Rose Tree Trust. 6 Lansdowne Road, Hove £22.50. Tel: 01273 737223 „„ Sussex Jewish Film Club presents ‘Woman in Gold’ at Ralli Hall, IMPORTANT INFORMATION Denmark Villas, Hove. 7.00 for 7.30 pm. Donation £4.00

For visitors using a satellite navigation system in their vehicle. Tuesday 23 JEWISH CEMETERY, MEADOWVIEW, BRIGHTON „„ Jewish Historical Society of England with guest speaker Jennifer The post code for this cemetery is BN2 4DE Craig-Norton ‘Jewish Refugees from Fascism in Sussex 1933- JEWISH CEMETERY, OLD SHOREHAM RD, HOVE 1945’. 7.45 pm Ralli Hall, Denmark Villas, Hove. Members The post code for this cemetery is BN3 7EF. free, Visitors £5.00. Contact [email protected]

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It would appear that all has been quiet this summer other Jewish organisations and can play a more since our very successful and well supported Yom contemporary role in the civic life of the city. Please do Ha’atzmaut Celebrations. But this is not the case. follow us @SussexJewishRep to see what we’re doing. Behind the scenes, the Council receives enquiries In addition, our community saw demonstrations by weekly on all different aspects of Jewish life in the pro-Palestinian groups trying to boycott the Seret Israeli community, many from outside organisations or Film Festival, organised by BNJC at the Komedia in individuals. We do our best to respond to all enquiries May. Part of the remit of the SJRC is to protect the directing them to the relevant body or organisation, or interests of the Jewish community. We supported the the Chair Team provides a response or the information efforts of the BNJC, SFI and CST to make sure the required, if we feel equipped to so do. Film Festival continued. This reached local and national media and brought one of the VPs of the Board of However, the issue that has concerned us the most has Deputies down to Brighton, in support. been the ongoing problem of anti-Semitism not only in the Labour party, but also on our doorstep. We were privileged to have been involved in the Henry Solomon Memorial Ceremony together with BHHC Tim Loughton, Conservative MP for East Worthing & and Sussex Police. In addition to the memorable Shoreham, recently held a discussion on the Israeli/ commemoration it was wonderful to see the Florence Palestine Conflict. Sadly, this was scheduled for a Place cemetery restored for the occasion. We hope this Friday night. When it was pointed out to him that this can be maintained as it truly is a local Jewish site of made it very difficult for many people from the Jewish historic interest. community to attend, we were told that as no-one had raised it with him - although we did - he wouldn’t We are currently working on the redesign and update change the date. A few people did attend to represent of the SJRC website. The end result should be a user- the community and unfortunately the presentation friendly calendar for the communal diary, and a more was very one-sided with Mr Loughton at one point effective way to post and read about upcoming events, suggesting that ‘the rockets serve Israel’s purpose’. A and local news. particularly offensive sentiment. The requirement for us to send out important local We raised our concerns regarding the disgusting news on a regular basis is on the increase. We are views shared on Facebook by Bognor Regis Labour building our database and would love to be able to Councillor, Damien Enticott and contacted the Bognor include all of the community. If you don’t receive our Regis Town Council. He was subsequently suspended updates please do contact us and ask to go on the list. from the party and removed from the town council. ([email protected]) We have also been in discussions with Brighton & We would like to end our report this quarter by paying Hove City Council regarding the adoption of the full tribute to a dear colleague and friend Irvyn Isaacs, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) who passed away this summer. Irvyn was an active definition on anti-Semitism. We hope to have a fuller member of the SJRC, a Vice President and the first report on this in the next issue. Administrator of the Community Renewal Fund. He is missed and not forgotten. In the last month, the SJRC has been quoted in the Argus twice, has appeared on Latest TV discussing You can visit the Rep Council on their website at www. the IHRA definition and has been interviewed on BBC sussexjewisshrepresentativecouncil.org. They can be Radio Sussex about anti-Semitism. contacted by email at [email protected] or followed on Twitter @SussexJewishRep We have also moved into the 21st century and are now on Twitter. This means that the SJRC can respond immediately to issues of concern, can engage with

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