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Brighton and Hebrew congregation’s treasurer, Ivan funds and awareness for Tusk, a charity that works to stop Lyons, is not only busy running through financial records. The the killing of elephants in Africa as well as helping to alleviate 51-year-old Managing Director of Investment Solutions Wealth poverty in rural African communities. “Everyone loves an Management Ltd, has also been running a succession of elephant and this is a cause that both my wife Nina and I feel marathons and is currently on a quest to run 100 marathons passionate about”, he said. in 100 weeks. Ivan has already completed nearly 60 of those, among which a recent one in his home town Once he had completed a hundred marathons, Ivan became of Brighton. a member of the One Hundred Club, which is reserved for a select few. Fewer than 30 people Ivan started running in 1996, after being in the UK have so far reached this number of persuaded to do so by a friend, and has not marathons and he is the proud owner of the stopped since. At the time of writing he has Club’s vest. “Most things in life you can buy, and completed 158 marathons with a fastest if you can’t afford to buy them, you may be able personal record of 3 hours 29 minutes, to purchase them with a credit card or arrange which he did on his 40th birthday in Boston, something in order to obtain them. But this vest is USA. only available to those who earned it through hard work and determination. It is impossible to obtain “Reaching a sub 3:30 score I decided to set it otherwise.” myself a new challenge, which was to run a marathon race every month for ten years. Ivan and his wife Nina are third generation The last one of those - which was also my Brightonians and are both members of Brighton hundredth race and the most special one I and Hove Hebrew Congregation, as is their have run - was in a year ago. The son, Daniel. He happily admits that most of new challenge of one marathon per week for his friends and family think that he is a bit of a hundred weeks followed.” a “meshuggener” but he has no plans to stop running. In fact, he has recently added another Ivan has raised thousands for various aspect to his running career - Ivan is now also ‘running’ to be charitable causes over the years, and is currently raising elected as a councillor in Hove in the May 2019 elections.

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1 AMERICAN COLONY HOTEL, JERUSALEM Photo by Brian Megitt 2 MARATHON MAN Where is Ivan Lyons running next? 7 ISRAEL’S 70th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION The event at Ralli Hall 8 DOCTOR SAGIE Remembering life on the South Coast

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4 SUSSEX AND THE CITY Your news, views and stories from across the county 10 CULTURE Jewish Historical Society and The Old Courtroom 16 WHAT’S ON – june Regular and special events in your community YOUR COMMUNITY 12 Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue 13 Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation 14 Hove Hebrew Congregation 15 Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue

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issue 286 | june 2018 4 Sussex and the City 5 Your News Special Birthdays Get Well Mazel tov to to Rosemary Abrahams, Barbara Blume, Philine We wish a refuah sheleimah to all who are unwell or in Harris, Adrienne Harwood, Barbara Molog, Halo Willby and all hospital at the present time. who have special birthdays this month. Deaths Achievements We wish long life to: Congratulations to Fiona Sharpe and to Darren Abrahams •  Martyn and Trevor Cooperman on the death of their who reached the semi-finals stage of the WIZO 100 beloved mother, Sadie Cooperman z’l, who passed away Competition awards. They were both nominated for their in Israel work in the community for Inspiring Women (Fiona) and • Stella Joory and family on the death of her brother Sami Commitment to Darvey z’l Social Enterprise (Darren). • Barbara Isaacs, children Robert, Elena, Angela on the death of Irvyn Isaacs, z’l, a beloved husband, father and grandfather. Stonesetting • The memorial stone in loving memory of Mr and Mrs Fiona Sharpe at Angelman z’l will be consecrated on Sunday 3 June at 2.00 the WIZO reception pm at the Jewish cemetery, Meadowview, Brighton for the semi- • The memorial stone in loving memory of Simon Gold z’l finalists with El Al representatives, will be consecrated on Sunday 24 June at 3.00 pm at the who were one of the Jewish cemetery, Meadowview, Brighton event’s sponsors

The recent events which Sharon and I were able to attend, Your Views Yom Ha’Atzmaut and Lag B’Omer, brought us together with so many with whom we had worked and socialised for so

Historical Society – Advance Notice many years before health issues forced us to relocate. In 2016 was only 141 years old. Now for the same reason we have returned to Sussex and 2016 was, of course, the 250th anniversary of the first Jew have received such a warm welcome from the Community recorded as having lived in Brighton. both at Ralli Hall, the Shuls and privately. Your readers might also be interested to know that on 30 Thanks especially to Roger for sticking to his guns and for his April 2019, Lyn Julius, whose book on the Jews in the Arab outstanding contribution. lands was so ably reviewed by Rabbi Andrea, will be speaking on that very subject to the Sussex Branch of the Jewish Thanks for the Yom Ha’Atzmaut team and to Rabbi Pesach, Historical Society. Ronnie and Wendy and the Tongdean Team for such an enjoyable evening. Yours sincerely, Now we are working with Nick and Annette for Sussex Godfrey R Gould Jewish Outreach and as we grow, we fully intend to join in Former Guide at Middle Street Synagogue and support as many of the activities as Co-editor of “Brighton Jewry 250”, the only authoritative possible and perhaps some of our own activities will appeal history of this local Jewish community. to our Brighton and Hove Community. All good wishes, Memories evoked Sharon & Gerry Crest The article written by Angela Davis brought back many memories of the early days of the Ralli Hall. Seret Israeli Film Festival Having become very involved with the Security of the Jewish We express our admiration and thanks to the management Community, it had become almost a full-time job and I and security personnel who sensitively handled and evicted was very kindly given an office to work from at Ralli Hall. pro-Palestinian activists who infiltrated the cinema with The wonderful group who worked so hard to develop the banners and shouting in order to disrupt the screening of the Community Centre were so much part of my life. film ‘An Israeli Love Story’ at the Dukes@ on Sunday Nearly every evening, time was spent with Cyril, Joyce, evening 12 May. Mishi, the various group leaders, Renee Brooks, the founding We are reassured to know that they did not give in to the Fathers and then so many personalities coming together with bullying and intimidation of the BDS/PSC nor are they their various leadership interests; we were as family. supporting any kind of boycott of the Arts. In this season of I cannot possibly list all the names because I am bound to the Brighton Festival and the Fringe Festival, it is important omit some who have played such an important part in my life that freedom of speech is upheld and artistic performances least of all, Doris and Arnold. from around the world are available and accessible to all.

issue 286 | june 2018 4 Sussex and the City 5 Live and Become On Sunday 17 June, we present Live Although and Become. The film tells the story of this film is a Christian boy who escapes to Israel rather long from war-torn and famine-stricken - two and a Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish. half hours - there is Back in the 1980s black Falashas plenty of from Ethiopia were recognised as genuine Jews. tension and However, on arrival in Israel, the boy needs to convince the suspense Israeli authorities that he is Jewish. Eventually he is adopted throughout. by a Sephardic Franco-Israeli couple. The film The boy is met with the prejudice to which the Falashas starts at 7.30 pm and doors open from 7.00 pm. Free to Ralli were exposed. As he grows older and becomes an adult, he Hall members & full-time students, otherwise £4. For more confronts his past. After taking on a new identity, he meets a information contact David Bresh at [email protected] Jewish girl and a love affair begins.

June will be even busier, with our next meeting at Ifield Golf Sussex Jewish Golfing Society Club near Crawley on 20 June and matches against the Early by Richard Simmons Birds Golf Society at The Dyke and our annual match against Potters Bar Golf Club. The second meeting of our golfing season was at Cuddington Golf Club in Surrey. We had a large attendance at this However, the main event will be on 13 June at The Dyke, picturesque course, located on the North Downs, with when we host The Metropolitan golf tournament played panoramic views of the skyline. between the London Jewish golf clubs and societies, including ourselves, organised and played under the auspices May was a busy month for us, with matches against Abridge of The Association of Jewish Golf Clubs and Societies. We and Hartsbourne, the London golf and country clubs, as are hoping that fine weather will greet the one hundred golfers well as our hosting of the Massin Trophy at The Dyke. Bad and guests at this prestigious tournament. weather forced us to postpone our match against Abridge but we acquitted ourselves well in our match at Hartsbourne. We are looking for new members to join us, both male and We had a great day hosting the Massin Trophy. This annual female, accomplished golfers or beginners, young or not competition is played between the Captains and Vice- so young. For more information please contact our Hon Captains of the various southern Jewish golf clubs and Secretary Ashley Woolfe at [email protected] societies.

In the next few weeks we will be starting a choir and are Ralli Hall Lunch and Social Club going to have a regular afternoon showing of a popular film as by Jacquie Tichauer well as holding quiz afternoons. And there will be our outings to Rushfield Plant Centre in June and of course our yearly trip At the April Board Meeting of the Ralli Hall Lunch and Social to Eastbourne in August, not forgetting the BBQ at Hyman Club we were delighted to confer an Honorary Life Presidency Fine. on Alan Burke following the appointment of Philip Simon as Chairman. Hope you all enjoy this lovely weather. Alan founded the Lunch and Social Club in 2002 and has been a lynchpin of the organisation ever since. He has also Brighton and Hove Jewish been a staunch fundraiser for the club as well as being a bridge tutor and of course, number one bingo caller. We Housing Association cannot let this occasion pass without acknowledging Alan’s wife Shirley, a long-term volunteer and Alan’s indispensable Has a vacancy in central Hove ‘right hand man’. Alan, we thank and applaud you for all your For a one bedroom unfurnished flat service: long may it continue. Suitable for single occupancy Israeli Independence Day was a resounding success and The Affordable rent includes – Lunch Club stall was a star attraction with our free latkes, of which there were none left by the end of the evening. We central heating, constant hot water were also there to recruit new member and volunteers. To use of garden, television and telephone points. help with recruitment, the Lunch Club has a new giant banner on the railings outside Ralli Hall. Do you have any friends who Please telephone 07716 114012 would enjoy a lovely lunch on a Tuesday or Thursday and who or email [email protected] would benefit from friendship and socialising? for an application form

issue 286 | june 2018 6 Sussex and the City 7 Creating a Memory Quilt by Norina Duke Did you or your children attend Yavneh or Torah nurseries? At the Summer Fair I am once again running a tombola and Please help us to create a new chapter. a bric-a-brac stall. These have proved very popular in past years. If you have any unwanted gifts which could be used as We are making a Hanging Quilt memento to be hung in the prizes, please donate them. Also, any good quality bric-a- new nursery. Please attend our Summer Fair on Sunday 24th brac. Please drop your items off at the nursery or call 01273 June, details of which are elsewhere in this issue, to collect 779889 and we will arrange to collect. the necessary materials for your contribution to what will hopefully be a beautiful piece of art work. If you are unable to attend the Fair but would like to contribute your memory on the quilt please contact Penina on 01273 328675.

Ralli Hall by Roger Abrahams The Ralli Hall AGM will be held on Wednesday, 13 June at available to you, but the success of the activities will depend 8.00 pm. It is my sincere wish that more members of the on you. community will attend this important meeting. I understand I look forward to seeing you at Ralli Hall and particularly at the that our Committee is to be expanded by the addition to two AGM. much younger members who will join us and they will be made very welcome by the Board. I will give you more details next month. Voluntary Support Agencies As you can well imagine, I was very proud to read in the April edition of SJN, the excellent article by Yael Breuer, our local • Ralli Hall Lunch & Social Club (Day Centre) JC correspondent, about my son, Darren, and Kate McAllister. 01273 739999 [email protected] They are co-founders of Crisis Classroom, a social enterprise based in Brighton aimed at supporting displaced refugees in • Norwood/Tikvah, Rachel Mazzier House 01273 564021 , to bring them education and skills of various kinds. I • Hyman Fine House 01273 688226 understand that they have been selected for the semi-finals stage of the WIZO 100 Commitment Awards and I will be • Helping Hands 01273 747722 [email protected] even more proud if they progress further. If you have not yet • Brighton & Hove Jewish Welfare Board 07952 479111 or read the article, I urge you to do so - not that I am biased in [email protected]; website: www.bhjwb.org any way. The 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of the • Brighton & Hove Jewish Housing Association. [email protected] State of Israel took place at Ralli Hall on 18 April with the • Welfare at Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue/L’chaim project accommodation donated by the Centre. The celebrations 01273 737223 were very successful, with well over two hundred visitors filling the Great Hall, looking at the numerous stalls, sampling • Welfare Officer at Brighton & Hove Reform. (Sue Rosenfield) the tasty food and watching the live entertainment, including 01273 735343 a number of songs sung by our talented singing Rabbi, • Jewish Community Centre at Ralli Hall. Various communal activities. Samuel de Beck Spitzer, amongst other talented entertainers. 01273 202254 or [email protected] This was supplemented by an art exhibition in the Magrill Lounge, mainly of original pieces of art, all submitted by many talented artists from our local Jewish Art Society. There were also children’s activities in the Youth Lounge, situated on the lower ground floor. I am sure that great fun was had by all and I congratulate the organisers, with the hope (and expectation) that the celebrations are repeated at Ralli Hall next year, and MARTIN GROSS for many years thereafter. Funeral Director and We have also just hosted the latest talk organised by the local Jewish Historical Society, a fascinating and unfortunately very Funeral Consultant downbeat research paper on the deteriorating situation of the Jewish community in and Eastern Europe between to Jewish communities 1933 and 1938. My wife (whose paternal family escaped from Dresden in 1933) and I came away quite distressed, but with more knowledge of those terrible times. 01273 439792 We are hoping to expand the number of activities held regularly by our community at Ralli Hall, but this will depend 07801 599771 a great deal upon members of the community wishing and willing to run them. The accommodation will be made

issue 286 | june 2018 6 Features 7 Israel’s 70th at Ralli Hall by Yael Breuer

Two hundred and fifty members from the Jewish and wider The event included a variety of performances by members of the community attended Israel’s 70th Independence Day event at community, a market and community stalls, children’s activities Ralli Hall. This included a memorial service for Yom Ha’Zikaron, and, of course, Israeli-style falafel and salads. Earlier in the day, a Israel’s Remembrance Day for its fallen soldiers, in which young lively children’s party had been arranged which was also very well members of the community read extracts, and recited poems. attended and enjoyed by many children and their parents. As is the tradition in Israel, the Remembrance ceremony was The Yellow Candle Project on Yom Ha Shoah this year, was followed by a party, thereby celebrating Israel’s existence but at supported by100 families from the Sussex Jewish community. the same time remembering the people who fought and died in Yellow candles, in memory of those who died in order to achieve Israel’s independence. and whose names would otherwise be lost, were lit on the evening of 11 April to remember this lost generation.

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The Jewish Community in Brighton and Hove by Dr Cobby Sagie It has been a while since I served as a Shaliach to the but nevertheless there were many vocal groups opposing Jewish community in Brighton and Hove, in fact 35 years. the Jewish State and intimidating Jewish students. I was We arrived with our children Tal and Rottem in the summer also very proud to see some (unfortunately not too many) of 1981 and stayed until summer 1983. It was a very families make Aliya to Israel and build their future in Israel. challenging, interesting and fruitful time for me, and also I think that the biggest achievement of the community at my family. that time was the Jewish school. This was an extremely important factor in preserving the community and by

offering the Jewish children excellent education and maintaining their Jewish identity. We made friends in Brighton and we are still in a very good relationship with Sandra Davis in the UK and Alan Davis in Israel. Yes, we hated the British weather, the constant grey sky and the bitter freezing cold, but I loved watching the local football team, the Seagulls, who played in the then League Division 1 at that time. Years later, we visited Brighton a few times. It was a great pity to learn that the wonderful Jewish Day School has closed and that Ralli Hall is doing many things but very little to do with the young Jewish community. Today, I’m a father of 4 children (Tom was born back in Israel), and grandfather to 6 amazing grandchildren. I’m a doctor now, specialist in the treatment of bedwetting and very much enjoy my family and my work. I wish the Jewish community in Brighton to find the way to maintain their Jewish identity and to keep supporting and identifying with Israel. The Jewish State is vastly different to those days of the early ’80s but still appreciates those who live in the diaspora and who make the effort to visit Israel for vacation, tourism and visiting family and friends.

My wife Ariella gave birth to Tamir, our third child, at the Sussex County Hospital. The B’rit was a unique occasion for the community since it was the first time that the three Rabbis were together under the same roof! Another very memorable day for me was celebrating Israel Independence Day in Ralli Hall. The whole community participated in the event, particularly the young community, who worked day and night with enthusiasm to assure the success of this special day and the linkage between Israel and the diaspora. I was heavily involved in the Jewish students’ lives at Sussex University who had to try to counter the anti- Israel propaganda: it wasn’t called “BDS” at that time and Jeremy Corbyn wasn’t the leader of the Labour party,

issue 286 | june 2018 8 Features 9 Antisemitism in the Labour Party: Whitewashed and Revealed by Winston Pickett

Against the backdrop of recent council elections, where antisemitism, because it doesn’t fit its narrow ‘oppressed Labour Party candidates felt the brunt of Jewish voter minority’ mould, said Hirsh, the Chakrabarti Inquiry anger over their party’s failure to tackle antisemitism, more was destined, in the words of Howard Jacobson, to be than 100 people gathered at Ralli Hall to hear a panel ‘stillborn’. of experts explain how it is that the party where Jews The audience also heard from Judith Orenstein, a traditionally have felt at home, because of its commitment working mother-turned-activist campaigner against to social equality and human rights, has become alien antisemitism, who edited and published testimonials by territory. emeritus professors, academics, writers and members Why, despite accumulated evidence that antisemitism has of the Jewish public, who had submitted essays to the migrated from the far-left fringes to the mainstream for Chakrabarti Report, only to discover that the report had more than two years, does it seem that the Labour Party ignored them altogether. The result, edited by Orenstein and published as a book called Whitewashed, was made into a film. This was produced by panellist Ollie Ainsfield, the founder and executive producer of J-TV, and served as the centrepiece of the Ralli Hall event, which was coordinated by the Sussex Friends of Israel and the Sussex Jewish Representative Council. Finally, the audience heard from activist blogger David Collier, whose forensic, probing and evidence-based reports have exposed the extent of what he called ‘hard-core’, Holocaust-denying, ancient and contemporary antisemitic beliefs, revealing a thriving echo-chamber environment amongst Facebook groups of official Labour party members, including Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn himself. has failed so demonstrably to come to grips with a special Troubled and engaged in equal measure, the audience brand of anti-Israel Jew-hatred in its midst? came away ultimately uncertain as to how antisemitism can be rolled back as long as the Labour Party leadership Why, when faced with a public exposure that set off alarm continues to invert the core conclusion of the Macpherson bells within the Jewish community, before erupting into Report, which states that the reality of racism is ultimately the mainstream media, does it seem that the Labour Party determined by its victims. remains unable to address it? “As long as antisemitism remains the only hatred that is And why, when the clamour reached fever pitch in 2016, openly slapped down as trumped-up, in bad faith and forcing the Labour Party to set up an official inquiry politically motivated, it will be difficult to move forward,” headed by a respected human rights attorney, who was said Hirsh. “But the more we understand how it works ultimately rewarded with a peerage, did the outcome not and how we can make it clear to our friends and allies, the only fail to acknowledge contemporary antisemitism and greater chances we will have.” actually made it worse? These were the key questions to which the audience came to hear answers from each of the panellists. They heard answers from David Hirsh, a senior lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and author of Contemporary Left Antisemitism (2018), who explained how a resilient strain of antisemitism has resided in the ideological DNA of leftist thought from Karl Marx to Ken Livingstone. When combined with the same Left’s belief in its own ideological purity and a history of ‘anti-racism’ that is blind to

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Jewish Historical Society of England - Sussex Branch by Gordon Franks At the meeting of the Society held on 24 March we welcomed that time. It started with a short AGM being held with Michael as our speaker Pam Fox - newly appointed national Outreach Crook presenting his Chairman’s report. Officer. The meeting was also attended by Gabriel Herman, national Chairman. The talk was given by Dr David Junger of the Centre for German/Jewish Studies at Sussex University. The lecture, Pam’s subject featured the Jewish Community of Golders entitled Beyond Flight and Rescue. Emigration Planning of Green and some of its well-known personalities. Having lived German Jews, 1933 - 1938, attracted an excellent attendance in the area for some years, Pam was surprised to discover - our best of the season. that no history had been written. She was, thus, inspired to rectify this omission and her resulting book, The Jewish The question which has so often been asked, “Why with so Community of Golders Green - A Social History, published in many warning signs in the 1920s and especially in the 1930s, 2016, has filled the gap. did not Germany’s Jews leave at a much earlier stage?” was comprehensively answered by the explanation of the many Pam’s interesting and entertaining talk was divided into three factors - religious, political, social and cultural - that worked sections - the first concerning how the book came about and against this seemingly obvious solution. It was clear that the fact that it was compiled mostly from the oral memories of many in the audience had not fully appreciated the difficulties the 100+ people she interviewed. She then moved on to the involved and it was gratifying to come away with a deeper development of the new suburb - literally built from nothing understanding of the situation as it existed in those dark in the very early part of the 20th century. The arrival of the days. Underground in 1907 attracted Jews, many of whom came from continental Europe and, subsequently with the outbreak Even if there had been a stronger desire to leave, where of WW1, those from the East End of London. Today the mix would those wishing to emigrate have gone? Many countries is much more varied, both ethnically and in terms of religious had strict quotas - nor for various reasons did Palestine outlook. provide an answer. The unpopularity of Zionism among many European Jews, the limits placed on immigration by The second section featured “stories”, mainly from those who the Mandate authorities and of course, Arab opposition, all remembered the Golders Green of former days - these, which worked against large numbers being admitted. feature in the book, were amusingly read by Pam’s husband, David Hart. By the middle of WW1 some 300 families were Drawing on many sources this was a well-structured tour de resident; more than enough to start the Shul which was force which provoked a lively question and answer session later built in Dunstan Road. It had a very Anglicised ethos and provided much food for thought that we would all do well and was led for many years with distinction by the Rev to learn from in today’s tense times. Isaac Livingstone (often referred to as the Bishop of Golders The evening also provided an opportunity for recognition of Green!). Now around 100 years old, his daughter is one of Godfrey Gould’s great contribution to the conduct of branch Pam’s interviewees. The other main Orthodox Shul was matters over a very long period as he relinquishes some of Munk’s. Later on, Alyth Gardens (Reform) came on the scene the duties he has so zealously undertaken. The branch owes and, interestingly, Rabbi Munk developed a good relationship him a great deal and we look forward to his continuing genial with their Rabbis, although he did not attend any event held presence for a long time to come - no doubt fortified by the there. bottle of his favourite tipple and encouraged by a certificate Prominent personalities, institutions recording his contribution locally and on the National Council. (including La Sagesse Convent, the school of choice for many in an era when there were no Jewish educational establishments) and businesses formed the final part of the presentation. These included Golders Green’s first Jewish resident Sir Joseph Duveen, an art dealer, Beatrice ‘Bea’ Franks and Madame Lieberg, formidable businesswomen who ensured that the ladies of the community were fashionably clothed and corseted. Danny Abse, of literary fame and Abram Games, the distinguished graphic designer, were others in a long list of those who contributed to the unique character of this still flourishing and diverse centre of Jewish life. A full attendance, including many who shared their memories, added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening. The final meeting of the 2017/2018 season was held on 8 May, having been re-arranged from February due to the bad weather at

issue 286 | june 2018 10 Culture 11 Tony and the Old Court Room by Shirley Jaffe If you haven’t managed it previously, you would probably acquaintance was a secret and very talented playwright, so enjoy a visit to the Old Court Room which is run by my we presented his first big success, which went to Edinburgh husband, Tony Jaffe. It is situated in the little alleyway and New York. When he died, tragically young, he had been opposite the Dome Box Office, next to the Cote Restaurant. truly bitten by the theatre bug and left most of his money to build the Brighton Open-air Theatre (B.O.A,T.). Another Owned by Brighton Council and run by the Museums team, triumph was that one year, Tony was given the Latest award the building was modernised with a lottery grant about ten for the Greatest Contribution to the Festival with several years ago. Tony and I just happened to have been on holiday actors or plays also receiving awards. on the Nile when we saw they were having a lecture there about the wonderful collection of artefacts owned but hardly As age has crept up on us and wisdom grown, Tony has displayed at that time, by the Brighton Museum. opened only from Thursday to Sunday and has brought back to the team two young men who assisted him at When we went in Tony was very taken with the building, the the beginning. We were also given lots of support by elegant panelling, the provision of raised seating and easy-to- the Museums team. This year there were plays, musical use blackouts. The big screen suggested it would be a very entertainments, sing-along or cult films (e.g. Rocky Horror good building to hold Fringe entertainments and out of that Show, A Clockwork Orange), children’s shows (The Boy moment nine years of programming, organising and interest Tom), a very funny science music show for youngsters have arisen. Supported by my daughter Devora, who has (Ensonglopedia of Animals), our favourite conjurer (Caspar provided the catering from the beginning, he has arranged Thomas), a brilliant choir (Excess Baggage) who sold out last a varied programme of plays, musical items and sometimes year), Isadora, a play about the dancer, with dancing and films, searching for that elusive thing - something to tickle the so on, including a new puppeteer, not to mention a stirring imagination of the Festival going public. play about the 1978 Grunwick strike, We Are the Lions Mr There have been huge headaches - African artists simply Manager. All at very reasonable prices and with Pimm’s, not turning up, our ‘star turn’ play after a great first night coffee, tea and home-made cookies available to take in. having the chief actor stricken with a heart attack, the music I suggest that you look up the Old Court Room online to see groups that changed all the lighting half an hour before our what’s on. Or, if you are around New Road seeing something first show when we got the venue back; the showman’s life is else, call in for a cuppa or a Pimm’s and look for yourselves. not that much fun. On the other hand, we discovered that an You will be most welcome.

issue 286 | june 2018 BHRS Rabbi Dr Andrea Zanardo Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue, Palmeira Avenue, Hove BN3 3GE Tel: 01273 735343 Email: [email protected] www.bh-rs.org https://www.facebook.com/BrightonReform

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Thank you, Abu Mazen! by Rabbi Dr Andrea Zanardo

Perhaps we all should be grateful to Abu Mazen. The unelected which are revealed by God, are then discussed in the Talmud, so-called President of the Palestinian Authority has recently where human beings debate and study the implications and graced the public with his version of Jewish history. In front of assumptions. This is something that totalitarian regimes cannot the highest and most authoritative Palestinian body, Abu Mazen bear. A religion, a philosophy, a culture that empowers the has clarified that there has never been anti-Semitism in Muslim human beings in a never-ending work of interpretation. and Arab countries, which is plainly a lie. And, as regards to For this we should thank Abu Mazen. To remind the world, anti-Semitism in Europe, according to the Palestinian leader, it is and maybe us as well, that Judaism is not compatible with nothing but a “natural reaction” because of the predatory, tribal, totalitarianism and dictators. And that compromises with them in other words, evil, nature of the Jews. are pointless. Dictators do not tolerate compromises and Jews So, here you go, anti-Semitism is the Jews’ fault. From the mouth should not make compromises with the anti-Semites. of the most moderate Palestinian leader. Go figure about the “non-moderates”, then! Of course, in the following days the usual anonymous sources Bulletin Board - June have rushed to reassure the public that Abu Mazen was talking Friday 1 Shabbat Kolot, 6.30 pm only for himself, that Palestinian leaders and Palestinian people are not anti-Semitic at all. But no one dared to challenge Saturday 2 Rabbi’s Torah Breakfast, 9.00 am openly the lider maximo. We have also been reminded that, Doroteinu & Shabbaton, 10.30 am while holding that weird historical reconstruction, Abu Mazen Shabbat Service inc Aufruf of Philine & Philip reaffirmed his support for the two States solution. Apparently, we Harris, 10.30 am and followed by kiddush should be grateful and we should envision a peaceful future in which the State of the Jews lives side by side with a State whose Sunday 3  Community Tea, 2.30 pm leader endorses a Nazi like ideology. And we should call this Saturday 16 Rabbi’s Torah Breakfast, 9.00 am nightmare “coexistence”. Friday 22 Erev Shabbat followed by Chavurah Supper, There is a bigger problem. Abu Mazen’s historical fantasy is 6.30 pm not just random talk. Rather, it is widely published in history Tuesday 26 Rabbi’s Shiur - Pirke Avot, 4.00 pm textbooks and “educational” material, all sponsored by the UN affiliated bodies. Generation after generation of Palestinian The diary is subject to change. students have been taught that there is no anti-Semitism in the Arab world, that the root cause of anti-Semitism is the behaviour of the Jews, that Zionism is a colonialist movement and so on. Which of course brings us to the painful question. Why? Why is anti-Semitism so widespread, so common? Why does anti- Semitism periodically raise its ugly head? There is of course no doubt that the Palestinians’ struggle against Israel is driven by anti-Semitism. Even without taking into consideration the peculiar historical views aired by Abu Mazen, the behaviour of the Palestinians’ leaders is eloquent in itself. Their stubborn refusal of any possible compromise shows that they are not a political movement but rather an ideologically driven, totalitarian, one. And this is exactly the point. Totalitarian regimes, be they nationalist or communist or religiously driven, (Islamist being the current fashion) do not like the Jews. They are usually anti- Semitic because they are not compatible with Judaism. This is hardly a coincidence. The philosophy of totalitarian States is all about utopia. They want to bring the heaven to earth by creating a fictional national unity, parading flags and imposing public ceremony of support for the leaders. By erasing the social classes and imposing a dictatorship of the proletariat. Totalitarian political philosophies have no time for the individual. They do not take into consideration the variety of the human being. If you do not conform to their ideals, then you are out. You think that human beings should be free to pursue the kind of happiness they like? You are subversive, you are a troublemaker. The problem, for the totalitarian regimes, is that Judaism does not believe in utopia. Rather, Judaism advocates for each human being, for each person, the right to pursue happiness with his, or her, own means, without conforming to an ideal dictated from above, from the State, from the Party, from the religious hierarchy. In the Torah portions we are reading during these weeks we find very few stories, but a lot of rules and laws. These laws and rules

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The Grasshopper Syndrome by Rabbi Hershel Rader I write these words just a week after the opening of the new They approach their leader Moshe and request that he send US embassy in Jerusalem and the simultaneous violence in spies to reconnoitre the land before they enter it. Moshe turns Gaza. Events which produced staggering, if wholly unjustified, to G-d for guidance and is told ‘it’s up to you, if you want to negative reactions throughout the world. One such reaction send spies you may do so’. Moshe accedes to the people’s was an article in the Jewish Chronicle by Daniel Sugarman request and chooses representatives of each tribe to act as who wrote that he loves Israel but ‘Israel should be ashamed’. spies, giving them specific instructions as to the nature of But that was not the end of it. their mission. In what I regard as an incredibly rare, brutally honest and We know the story, the spies return and ten of the twelve noble piece of journalism he has since recanted and written deliver a report which, instead of facilitating a strategy for an article with the headline ‘I said Israel should be ashamed conquest of the land, denied its very possibility. ‘We are not – now I am the one who is ashamed’. On Tuesday Daniel able to go up against that people, for they are stronger than Sugarman wrote an article on the clashes at the Gaza border. us’, they declared. ‘We were like grasshoppers in our eyes Today he acknowledges that he was wrong. His second and so were we in their eyes’. Hysteria broke out among the article is definitely worth reading. I was particularly struck by Israelites who proclaimed ‘Let us appoint a new head and the following passage: return to Egypt’. G-d’s response was that the Israelites would remain in the wilderness for 39 more years, during which the “…what really affected me the most was yesterday, when entire generation of adults that had left Egypt would perish. a Hamas operative went on television and claimed that, of The next generation would inherit the land. The actions of the the 62 people killed in the last two days, fifty were Hamas few had perverted the destiny of the many. operatives. Islamic Jihad claimed three more, meaning that over 80 percent of the people who were killed while trying to Every time I read this story one phrase from the spies’ breach the border were members of terrorist organisations report stands out for me: ‘We were like grasshoppers in whose direct aim is to bring death and suffering into Israel. our eyes and so were we in their eyes’. Surely, how they felt was a consequence of how they appeared in the eyes And I opened my eyes and saw what I had done. I had fallen of the inhabitants? They should have said ‘We were like into the trap I had always been convinced I would not fall into. grasshoppers in their eyes and so were we in our eyes’. I I had condemned Israel for defending itself.” feel the Torah is teaching us a profound lesson that the way It seems to me that most of us living in the western diaspora others view us is often a result of how we see ourselves. If are prone to jump to such conclusions. We are affected by we lack self-respect or belief, can we really expect others to local media and, particularly, the reactions of our neighbours, respect or believe in us? work colleagues and acquaintances. We feel part of a small, As Jews this is especially true. If we are not proud of our vulnerable minority and may wonder if Israel can be right Jewish identity and faith, if we doubt the practices of our when the whole world seems to condemn it. Even if we religion, if we assimilate into the prevailing culture of ‘Israel defend Israel there can be a nagging doubt somewhere at the bashing’ and doubt our rights to the Holy Land and the duty back of our minds. of Israel to defend its citizens, then we become unconvincing The Sidrot we will read during the month of June contain advocates of both Judaism and Israel to others and some of the most compelling biblical narratives. We particularly to our children and families. We have always had, encounter rebellion, subterfuge, conquest, nobility and and continue to have, many enemies but the greatest is the heroism. The Israelites are forced to confront enemies from enemy from within – how we view ourselves. both without and within. We discover the true greatness of Moses as well as his limitations. One of the most pivotal episodes is in the Sidra of Shelach Lecha. Here are the Israelites, barely a year after the exodus from Egypt, encamped by the border of the Promised Land. FOR YOUR CALENDAR Shabbat Dinner Friday Night 8th June Service 7.15 pm, meal 8.00 pm

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“Stop and smell the roses!” by Rabbi Samuel de Beck Spitzer Looking through the Jewish calendar month of June, I see loosely translates as ‘men of devotion’, would dedicate nothing glaring out as having particular significance of note. an hour of meditative contemplation prior to opening their In turn, it leaves me in a quandary as to what to focus this mouths in prayer. Perhaps we can spare a minute? article on and forces me to observe my own emotion just Speaking from an ‘Artistic’ and ‘Rabbinic’ perspective, a little bit deeper. These feelings I have felt before and still the entrapments are enormous. Of course, the Artist have them from time to time. I am certain that most people or the Rabbi must not, apparently, publicly portray any experience them, at least sporadically but try ever so hard sense of vulnerability, let alone weakness. Yet, it is often to ignore or to cover them up with distraction. just because of these human traits that he/she embarks It is not necessarily a subject of great profundity, but upon these long and arduous roads, navigating the pitfalls very fundamental to Judaism and something that should of criticism, accolade, arrogance, flattery, pomp and pervade our entire existence but that often eludes us. circumstance, self-doubt, recognition-seeking, financial It is the illusion unless we are actually doing something gain and all in the name of artistry or sometimes worse, constructive or innovative, then we are useless. The religion. modern day Western capitalist society has managed to There is no greater antithesis to creative talent or spiritual convince us that man’s worth is based on his output, his exploration than the self-ingratiating Artist or man of God, accumulation, his achievements, his investment. I beg to who rests on his laurels or who sits on a self-professed challenge that premise and shall explain. elitist high ground, looking down on the masses. At best, Judaism attaches value to life, just by virtue of the fact that we can aim to polish our souls from all impurity and thereby a person has been granted life. It is reaffirmed in one of the lead by example, presenting ‘offerings’ to our fellow man very first blessings that we recite every single morning: “My so that we elevate our surroundings. Some refer to it as God, the soul You placed within me is pure. You created it, ‘Tikkun Olam’. You fashioned it, You breathed it into me, You safeguard I do indeed hope that I am not quoted out of context nor it within me and eventually You will take it from me and grossly misunderstood, as I am sure there will be those restore it to me in Time to come. As long as the soul is who feel it their duty to defend some of the issues that within me, I gratefully thank You, Hashem, my God and I have highlighted. This and much more I see contained the God of my forefathers, Master of all works, Lord of all in the ‘empty’ month of June which of course is far from souls, Blessed are You, Hashem, Who restores souls to empty and leaves us with some respite to ponder the dead bodies”. space and hopefully some sunshine. The implications are enormous and a sense of well-being, if fathomed correctly, can be immeasurable. That is not to say that man must not strive for high achievement but that his/her inner sense of serenity is not dependent on exterior factors, for he possesses within him the greatest gift which is not quantifiable. It impacts on legalistic and moralistic debates revolving around euthanasia, suicide, poverty, physical and mental disability, healthcare, the elderly and ultimately, human dignity. But on a more personal level, it is the basis for a healthy mental and emotional self-perception. Depression often stems from feelings of worthlessness and unworthiness, the rat-race that has become our norm has created an environment whereby we rarely turn inward to create stillness of body, mind and soul. Even in prayer, some have distracted themselves with the persistent excessive swaying bordering on the autistic. And where does it end? Can it ever end? There are simply not enough minutes in a lifetime. The idea of practical, physically dependent Mitzvot does not and should not detract from these states of spiritual awareness. In fact, one can get so caught up in Mitzva fulfilment and Minyan making that the intention and underlying motivation can be lost to oblivion. In certain quarters, Judaism seems to have lost its meditative, innately intuitive, qualities, something to which I would like to see a return. The creation of space, both physical and metaphorical, for these facets are natural human qualities that seem to have increasingly eluded us. We are told in the Talmud that in former times ‘Chassidim HaRishonim’, which

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Learning to Survive by Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah Last month, I re-watched Simon Schama’s The Story of the Rabbeinu Tam, the grandson of Rashi, who was the leader of Jews, first screened on BBC 2 in 2013. the Tosaphists – the ‘supplementers’ who continued Rashi’s In the fifth and last episode, ‘The Return’, focusing on work – died on 9 June 1171 (pp.140-141). To this day, the Israel as the centre of the revival of Jewish life after the commentary of the Tosaphists appears in every edition of the Sho’ah, Schama draws attention to the republication of Talmud – including the ‘Survivors’ Talmud’ – opposite that of the Talmud seventy years ago by the United States Army, Rashi. The Talmud itself is also a ‘survivor’. On another June following an agreement in 1946 between the commander- date seventy-one years later, a disputation in with the in-chief of the US occupying forces in Germany and the Christian authorities resulted in the burning of the Talmud by Jewish American relief organisation, the Joint Distribution the tribunal of Church dignitaries. Roth writes (p. 147): Committee. This special edition of the Talmud was printed in On Friday, June 17, 1242, twenty-four cartloads of priceless 1948 in Heidelberg at the Carl Winter Printing Plant that had Hebrew manuscripts were publicly burnt in Paris. This previously published Nazi propaganda. disaster was mourned by the Jews hardly less bitterly than With a title page depicting the above an image the martyrdom of their brethren. Meir of Rothenburg, who was of barbed wire surrounding a camp, what became known as studying in Paris at the time and witnessed the holocaust, the ‘Survivors’ Talmud’ includes a special dedication to the commemorated it in a heartbroken elegy (‘Ask, is it well, O United States Army by Rabbi Samuel A. Sneig, Chairman and thou consumed in fire’). This was the first episode in the long- Chief Rabbi of the U.S. zone ‘in the name of the Rabbinical drawn attack upon Hebrew literature, which, though it failed Organisation’, which concludes with these words: of its purpose, explains the extreme scarcity of manuscripts of the Talmud preserved at the present time. This special edition of the Talmud published in the very land where, but a short time ago, everything Jewish and Roth’s ‘present time’ was 1931 – before the Sho’ah. Let us of Jewish inspiration was anathema, will remain a symbol give thanks this June for the life and work of Rabbeinu Tam of the indestructibility of the Torah. The Jewish DPs will and the Tosaphists – and for the ‘Survivors’ Talmud’ of 1948. never forget the generous impulses and the unprecedented And just as important, let us acknowledge the contribution humanitarianism of the American forces, to whom they owe made to the revival of Jewish study in recent years by the so much. development of Limmud, the cross-denominational Jewish educational project (that like ‘Talmud’ means ‘learning’), which Only 100 copies of the ‘Survivors’ Talmud’ were printed. has now become a regular feature of the Jewish landscape in Nevertheless, it is a potent reminder that Jewish survival this country, reconnecting Jews of all ages and backgrounds is not simply a matter of physical existence. Study and an to our sacred inheritance. engagement with Jewish teaching has always been the wellspring of Jewish life. Two other Talmud stories, mentioned by Jewish historian Cecil Roth in A Jewish Book of Days (Edward Goldston, London, 1931), bring this point home. 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