28th May 2020

To: Members of the Movement for Reform Board, Auditors, Assembly of Reform Company Limited by Guarantee and Cantors UK (AoRRC), Chairs, Vice-Chairs, Treasurers, Honorary Company Number: 07431950 Secretaries and Administrators, RJ Representatives to the Board of Deputies, RJ Patrons and RJ Staff. Registered Charity No: 1139806

Notice of Yom Chagigah and The Annual General Meeting of the Movement for 80 East End Road to be held on , London th N3 2SY Sunday 28 June 2020 online Yom Chagigah – 1.30pm Telephone 020 8349 5640 AGM – 4.00pm

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E-mail Since 1840 Reform Judaism has been giving prominence to morale commands [email protected] over ritual observances. Although we cannot claim to have been preparing for Website a pandemic the way we have aligned our beliefs to meet the challenges of the www.reformjudaism.org.uk modern world meant we were ready to react, bringing our communities

together swiftly into a virtual space. Chair Geoffrey Marx

Reform Judaism like many organisations, and like your communities, has Vice-Chair Paul Langsford significantly felt the impact of Covid-19. As we enter Shavuot it is tradition to Honorary Treasurer stay up and study through the night remembering how the Israelites fell asleep Roger Nagioff

and were awoken by Moses. We are not sleeping but acting, learning together Honorary Secretary how we shape the new reality of our future. Join us at our AGM to show your Sue Pearlman

commitment to the future of Reform Jewry in the UK. Chair - Assembly of Reform Rabbis and Cantors UK Fabian Sborovsky

The Movement for Reform Judaism is delighted to announce that this year’s Yom Chagigah and Annual General Meeting are to be held via Zoom. The President th Sir Trevor Chinn, CVO Agenda and the Minutes of the AGM held on Sunday 30 June 2019 are Vice-Presidents attached and any other meeting documents will follow in due course. Neil Benson OBE Leslie Bergman John Cohen To join online use https://us02web.zoom.us/j/362845609 or dial 020 3481 Ruth Cohen 5240 and enter Meeting ID: 362 845 609 Dame Vivien Duffield DBE Andrew Gilbert Michael Grabiner CBE Please do join the meeting and for those with voting rights, details of our voting Miriam Kramer Peter Levy OBE procedure will be sent at a later date. If you are unable to attend and wish to Rabbi Professor Pete Martin appoint either the meeting Chair or a Proxy to vote on your behalf, please Rabbi Maurice Michaels complete the attached Proxy Form. Dr Dolf A Mogendorff JP Stephen Moss CBE Jenny Pizer Yours Sincerely, R. Stephen Rubin OBE Cliff Siegel Gordon Smith Judy Smith Dr Lisa Stock Lord Stone of Blackheath Dr Richard Stone OBE David Tilles David Walsh Sue Pearlman Paul Winter

Honorary Secretary

Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism Meeting Papers Attached: Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner Agenda th Minutes of AGM 30 June 2020 Member of European Union for Progressive Judaism

Patrons: Tobe and Nicholas Aleksander | Elizabeth and Mark Astaire | Jill and Michael Barrington | Dee and Leslie Bergman | Caroline and Alan Brill Virginia and Eric Campus | Angela and Alex Chesterman OBE | Sir Trevor Chinn CVO and Lady Chinn CBE | Ruth Cohen Simone and Simon Collins | Beverley and Jonathan Feuer | Gail and Michael Flesch QC | Jane and Mike Grabiner CBE | Jo and Ric Haller Margaret and Paul Harris | Ann and Charles Kessler | Jane and James Kessler | Miriam Kramer | Gary Lubner Joy Moss MBE and Stephen Moss CBE | Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust | Cliff Siegel | Philippa and Graham Wainer | and our fourteen anonymous patrons

Updated July 2019

Annual General Meeting 28th June 2020 at 4.00pm Via Zoom

Proxy Form

Any members unable to attend the meeting via Zoom should use this form to appoint their Proxy. This person should either be the meeting Chair or a person that they know will be remotely attending this meeting and who is named below.

Please complete this form if you will not be attending the meeting via Zoom:

Your name: ...... of ...... Name of your Community hereby appoint (please cross ONE box, as appropriate) the meeting Chair or the person named below from my Community to act as my Proxy

Signature: ...... Date: ...... 2020 at the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 28th June 2020 at 4.00pm and at any adjournment thereof.

Name of Proxy: ......

Signature of Proxy: ......

Date: ...... 2020

Please submit this form to [email protected] no later than close of business on Thursday 25th June 2020