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Hot Weather Warning Seed Dinner Raises £400,000 Doctors at Barts Health NHS Royal London A&E con- Trust are warning people to sultant Mr. Alastair Wilson, A crowd of around 500 peo- saying that for over 30 years, Anglo-Jewry a learning com- take care after a spate of falls warned, “We have noticed a ple attended the tremendous- Seed has been quietly trans- munity. from open windows during the big rise in the number of chil- ly successful Seed dinner last forming the United Syna - A film was shown, in which hot weather. Staff at The Royal dren who have fallen out of Monday evening at The gogue. When Rabbi Morris three families described how London Hospital in White - windows during the recent London Marriott Hotel, Hool hosted the first Seed Seed had enriched their lives, chapel have reported a sharp hot spell. We would ask par- Grosvenor Square. The guests one-to-one centre in enabling them to live as ful- rise in the number of cases over ents and carers to be careful were welcomed by Rabbi Kingsbury shul, it was consid- filled Jewish families. The the last few days, with several and ensure children are kept Yosef Grunfeld, national di - ered a rather strange and rev- presentation also showcased youngsters being admitted to well away from open win- rector of Seed, who, in his olutionary idea. Now, the some of Seed’s innovative pro- hospital. dows.” inimitable style, described the whole shape of Anglo-Jewry grammes, which include authenticity of Seed and ex- has changed. Seed promotes “Babies and Bagels,” a six- plained how it had changed — learning friend- week course on Jewish parent- Orah Holds Shavuos Shiurim with the times over the last 32 ships, which, the Chief Rabbi ing for first-time mothers; years, continuing to facilitate said, are like nothing else in “Time for Two,” specifically adult and family Jewish edu- the world. The learning rela- aimed at second-time-round For Women cation and strengthen Jewish tionship is a true and transfor- mothers; one day seminars; Orah held two shiurim on interests for the sake of others. families. mative friendship. Shabbatonim, and Shavuos afternoon for women On the second day, too, about The dinner was hosted by Rabbi Sacks described the other shiurim, and parental and post-sem girls. This local ini- 100 partipants came, this time to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lee and Mr. revolution in Anglo-Jewish education programmes in tiative, which was launched in Beis Yissochor Dov (Hager’s), to and Mrs. Edward Lee, in life which has taken place over Jewish schools. The Seed team January of this year and has been hear Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman, memory of their parents the last 20 years or so, quoting estimate that 123 people across increasing its numbers ever since, head of the Beis Hamedrash pro- Arnold and Helen Lee, z”l, statistics such as that in 1993 the country are involved in a is an exciting programme of shi- gramme of Hasmonean Boys’ who were long-term friends only 25 percent of Jewish Seed activity every day. urim and social activities for School, give a entitled “In and supporters of Seed. Mr. children were in Jewish Following the film, Rabbi women of all ages throughout Our Mothers’ Ways.” Alan Lee spoke briefly about schools, whereas nowadays Malcolm Herman made a brief the community. It runs every Rabbi Hartman explored a pos- his parents at the dinner, and nearly 70 percent of Jewish appeal asking the guests to Sunday and Wednesday evening sible rationale for Jewish identity the beautifully produced bro- children are. Seed has kept up enable Seed to continue to at Hasmonean Girls’ School. being passed down through the chure included biographies of with this change in the com- support Jewish families. On the first day, Rabbi Yaakov mother, whereas status within the them as well as reproductions munity, constantly redesign- Through the generosity of the Hamer, of Finchley Central Jewish people is passed through of obituaries published in ing and creating new pro- donors, and the hard work of shul and director of Shaarei Orah, the father. Looking at the roles of national newspapers. grammes to fit the changing the brochure committee, the gave a shiur in Hendon Adath, the Avos and Imahos, he Rabbi Grunfeld introduced face of the community. evening raised £400,000. As a attended by nearly 100 women, explained that the aspect of the guest speaker, the Chief Where as once only a small finishing touch to the dinner, from across the community. He “doing” is embodied by the father, Rabbi Lord Sacks, who proportion of the community expertly organised by Jam expounded on the character traits whilst the aspect of “being” corre- responded by describing valued Jewish learning, more Events, guests received a key- of Rus, which enabled her to be sponds more closely to the role of Rabbi Grunfeld as one of the and more people are recognis- shaped USB stick, containing the progenitor of royalty in Klal the mother. It is for this reason, “extraordinary people of the ing that “To be a Jew is to not only the Seed film, but also Yisrael, showing both her deep said Rabbi Hartman, that the country” and a “national learn,” said the Chief Rabbi. six samples of Seed shiurim, so sense of achrayus, responsibility, deeper identity of a Jew — that of asset.” Rabbi Sacks praised Seed, in partnership with the they could experience Seed and hisbatlus, the annulment of “being” — can only be passed on the work of Seed very highly, United , has made learning firsthand. oneself and one’s own personal by the mother.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS Yomi participants. sefarim that had already been from the building. Over 40 Machzikei Hadass car park on thrown into a skip for disposal. helpers, including boys of Thursday afternoon. Continued from page B30 Neglected Sefarim Buried He spoke to Rabbi Saunders, Mesivta Ohr Shlomoh, sorted The Mara D’asra Harav pleasantness that comes from An enormous hoard of old Rav of the nearby Crumpsall out useable sefarim, some of M.M. Schneebalg spoke divrei hard work, especially the dedi- sefarim was discovered in a Shul, who in turn contacted which had been removed from hisorerus, followed by Dayan cation needed to learn Torah. house in Crumpsall, members of Misaskim. They local mosdos. Gavriel Krausz, of the Rabbi Angel inspired his listen- Manchester, recently. The negotiated with the builders, After contacting the previous Manchester Beis Din, and ers to continue on their journey house had been let to non- who agreed to allow them to owners, the remaining sefarim Harav Yitzchok Aryeh Weiss, through Bavli and not Jewish tenants who ignored the remove the sefarim. Under the were stored in a warehouse in Horedenke Rav. The speakers to give up on the way. piles of books throughout the direction of Rabbi Yehoshua Prestwich and offered for sale emphasized the importance of Rabbi Cohen’s lucid expla- building that had been left by Sofer, Rav of Beis Yisroel Shul, on Wednesday evening, the pro- the kedushah of Klal Yisrael in nations continue to inspire an unknown person. and Mr. Nussi Burns, a large ceeds going to . The general and in particular the participants, together with lis- However, during building number of volunteers managed vast majority had to buried, and need to care for the dignity of teners to Kol Haloshon who renovations, workmen uncov- to recover nearly 5,000 sefarim a formal levayah was held from . can access the shiur on the tele- ered a far greater cache of books phone. The shiur now looks for- that had been hastily stored COUNCIL ward to completing the whole away in the loft. On a recent Continued from page B29 The explanatory memoran- ed under the Council of Europe of Shas together with the many Shabbos morning, an alert mem- dum of the resolution was built Framework Convention on the thousands of worldwide Daf ber of the public noticed the on a detailed report written by Value of Cultural Heritage for European Agudas Yisroel, also European Agudas Yisroel Society (the Faro Convention compiled a major study on experts. It contains a description 2005), which establishes an “Protection and Preservation of of Jewish burial sites, the threats important link between the pro- Jewish Cemeteries and Mass they face, consequences of dese- tection of fundamental rights Graves in European and cration, case studies, examples of and heritage protection and National Law.” difficult cases and good practices affirms a “common European The resolution, based on for protection of Jewish burial responsibility” toward cultural these major essays, declares: places. heritage. “The Assembly asserts that right The resolution recalls the The resolution proposes the of freedom of religion guaran- historical contribution made by establishment of programs for teed by Article 8 of the European Jewish communities toward locating Jewish burial sites, Convention on Human Rights creating the social, cultural and using non-invasive technical upholds the right of the deceased economic fabric of Europe and devices, facilitating technical to rest in peace in accordance underlines the importance of investigations, and identifica- with their religious belief and the preserving the religious, histori- tion and establishing up-to- responsibility to protect human cal and cultural identity of date libraries of the sites, with dignity in a broader sense, by Jewish communities. maps, photographs and testi- Lawrence Purcell ensuring that deceased persons The resolution recognizes monies, while at the same time Rabbi Shlomo Angel (L.) was the guest speaker at a held by the are preserved in their place of Jewish cemeteries and mass promoting knowledge of local participants of the Daf Yomi shiur given by Rabbi Y.C.D. Cohen (second L.) burial in a manner compatible graves as part of the European history and of Jewish local cul- on seder Kodshim in the Pagoda Restaurant Manchester. with their religious practice.” cultural heritage, to be protect- tural heritage.