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1 whAT’S InSIde.... MORe On The SeAGuLLS | Led BY An ISRAeLI ARAB And An ISRAeLI jew | MARCh OF The LIVInG | whAT’S On | And MORe june 2017 • SIVAn / TAMMuZ 5777 • ISSue 275 2 A seasonal pause for thought 3 Out of the wilderness after 34 years… Chag Shavuot same’ach! FRONT COVER: Tony Bloom being made Freeman EDITORIAL BOARD Hazel Coppins, Doris Levinson, Stephanie Megitt, of the City on 18 May for his services to Brighton Michael Rich, David Seidel. & Hove Albion Football Club. Photo by Paul Hazlewood for B&HAFC. TECHNICAL ADVISOR Brian Megitt ADMINISTRATOR Bernard Swithern SJN brings local news, events, articles, reviews, announcements, people, congregations, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Ivor Sorokin, Lydia Swithern communities, contacts and more. Delivered at COMMUNAL DIARY [email protected] the start of each month, SJN is run entirely by COVER IMAGE Paul Hazelwood for B&HAFC volunteers for reporting, editing and circulating each edition. 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ISSUE 275 | JUNE 2017 2 Contents 3 Sussex Jewish News 0/"OXs(OVE".3: Telephone: 07906 955 404 FEATURES 1 SEAGULLS ARE FLYING The City shows its affection after Albion promoted to Premiership 10 FROM THE PAGES OF ALGEMEINER Ben Cohen interviews Seagullls Tomer Hemed and Beram Kayal 12 SEAGULLS IN BLOOMS Ronnie Bloom on his family’s association with our football club 13 AN UNFORGETTABLE TRIP The March of the Living REGULARS 4 SUSSEX AND THE CITY Your news, views and stories from across the county 14 CULTURE Film, books, recipes and more 20 WHAT’S ON Regular and special events in your community YOUR COMMUNITY 16 HOVE HEBREW CONGREGATION 17 BRIGHTON & HOVE PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE 18 BRIGHTON & HOVE REFORM SYNAGOGUE 19 BRIGHTON & HOVE HEBREW CONGREGATION Full page (A4 size) £170 Sussex Jewish News (‘SJN’), its Editor and Editorial Board: s are not allied to any synagogue or group and the views expressed by writers Half page (A5 size) £100 are not necessarily those of SJN; Quarter page (A6 size) £65 s accept advertisements in good faith but do not endorse any products or services and do not accept liability for any aspect of any advertisements; 1/9 page (credit card size) £40 and Personal Announcements in a box (up to 6 lines): £25 sWELCOMEREADERSCONTRIBUTIONSBUTRESERVETHERIGHTTOEDIT CUT DECLINE or submit the content to others for comment. 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Freedman z’l, Nina Taylor z’l and Ray Williams z’l Achievements Stonesettings Mazel tov to Alon Jackson, eldest grandson of June Jackson, The memorial stone in loving memory of Pearl Caplan, wife of on his post-graduate MSc, Masters Degree from IDC universi- the late Sid Lawrence, will take place on Thursday 8 June at TYIN(ERZLIA(EWASAWARDEDAN! BEINGTHEHIGHEST 3.00 pm at the Jewish Cemetery Meadowview Brighton. mark ever achieved in Israel. Your views Help please My name is Sandra Cohen, I am a very young at heart, fit and I am moving back to Sussex and am looking for work. I active 58 year old. I have lived in Israel for many years and would love to hear from anyone who may need help. All jobs have worked with many families babysitting and nannying considered, full or part time. Please email me at amongst other things, such as teaching English. [email protected] Jewish Historical Society of England - Sussex Branch BY'ODFREY2'OULD The high standard of presentation to which we have become The Jewish Historical Society – Sussex Branch recommences its accustomed, was maintained at the last two meetings of our meetings in the autumn at Ralli Hall starting at 7.45 pm prompt. The 2016-17 session. Programme is: On 28 March, Dr Susan Cohen, Honorary Fellow, Parkes On 24 October 2017 our guest speaker will be Dr Barry Kleinberg Institute, University of Southampton, spoke on “Eleanor of London School of Jewish Studies who will speak on “American Rathbone, rescuing the refugees”. Miss Rathbone, brought Jewish History 1790 - 1914”. up in a privileged home, was one of the first women Members On 28 November 2017 our guest speaker will be Dr Nadia Valman, of Parliament. Her concern for the needy and vulnerable led Queen Mary, University of London who will speak on “19th Century her to become highly involved with the National Committee Jewish Literature”. for Rescue from Nazi Terror, whose work saved the lives of hundreds of persecuted Jews. She is remembered by the On 30 January 2018 our guest speakers will be Rabbi Hershel Rader School at Magdiel in Israel, named after her. of Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation, and Gordon Franks of the At our final meeting on 25 April, Joseph Citron, a Doctoral Jewish Historical Society, Sussex Branch who will speak on “Israel student at University College, University of London, gave us Samuel”. the benefit of his researches so far into the understanding On 27 February 2018 our guest speaker will be Dr Kim Wuenschmann of Kabbalah. His lecture entitled “Demystifying the Mystic of the University of Sussex who will speak on “The Concentration - Prague in the Seventeenth Century” started with an Camps and Anti-Semitic Terror, 1933-1939”. explanation of Kabbalah and the Zohar and such luminaries AS2ABBIS-OSHE#ORDOVEROTHE@2AMAK AND)SAAC,URIA On 20 March 2018 our guest speaker will be Maureen Kendler of the THE@!RIZEL ANDTHEIRWORKIN4ZFAT3AFED (EMOVEDON London School of Jewish Studies who will speak on “Israel Zangwill: to the ideas promulgated in seventeenth century Prague by the Jew, the Englishman and the space between”. 2ABBIS*UDAH,OEWTHE@-AHARAL AND)SAIAH(OROWITZINTHE On 24 April 2018 our guest speaker will be Mrs Vanessa Freedman of Shelah and other texts. Joseph, well known in our community, University College, University of London who will speak on “Sir Moses displayed a profound knowledge of his subject and great Montefiore - Honoured and Venerable Sir”. enthusiasm in sharing it with us. ISSUE 275 | JUNE 2017 4 Sussex and the City 5 Helping Hands by Jason Lever In spring, as part of the debates Back to supporting our own local community needs, David surrounding the new chairing of the successfully proposed the idea of Helping Hands boxes to Jewish Leadership Council, outgoing and the executive and he has been running it ever since. His role PROSPECTIVEINCOMINGCHAIRS3IR-ICK is to supply the boxes to collectors, take them back full, $AVISAND*ONATHAN'OLDSTEIN BOTHTALKED count the coins, receipt them, sort them into the separate about the community needing to review bank bags, bank the proceeds, transfer the money to Helping the fact that we have over 2,000 charity Hands’ bank account and reconcile the donations with the 01273 747722 organisations. They were driving at what Treasurer’s accounts. they see as a lack We have worked out to date that of collaboration and duplication, almost £1,500 has been raised meaning that there is too much by David and the generous band competition for funds. of Helping Hands box collection It’s great that it appears to me donors. in Brighton & Hove, as a relative This is quite a painstaking and a long newcomer, that we may not be job, David explained, because of his perfect but do pretty well here, disability and so he has enlisted the with a lot of cross-communal work help of his friend, Mervyn Eason, driving the activities and ethos of which speeds up everything.