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Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE L’Chayim 1st September - 31st October 2016 28th Sivan 5776 - 29th Tishrei 5777 Festival Dates to remember Date Event Sunday 2nd October Erev Rosh Hashanah Service commences 7pm, Rabbi Ash Contacts: Monday 3rd October Rosh Hashanah -1st day Synagogue Office: Service commences 10.30am, Lisa Sachs Rabbi Ash (Administrator Wed & Fri 10am-3pm), Tuesday 4th October Rosh Hashanah- 2nd day Princes Street, No service, time for your Southport, PR8 1EG Tel.& Fax. personal reflection? 01704 535950 Saturday 8th Shabbat Shuvah Service October commences 11am: Service leader Fortune Chamberlain email: [email protected] Tuesday 11th Kol Nidrei, Rabbi Ash website: October Service commences 7pm, fast www.southportreform.org.uk commences 6:06pm Wednesday Yom Kippur , Rabbi Ash Emergencies: 12th October Shacharit 11am Please contact the office Yizkor ( Memorial Service) The Sternberg Centre 5.00pm (approx) home to the Movement Shofar ( Service Ends) for Reform Judaism 7.00pm: fast ends 7.14pm General Enquires: Sunday 16th October Sukkah decorating , 3pm, 02083495724 meal at 5pm, Erev Sukkot www.reformjudaism.org.uk Service starts 6.30pm . Monday 17th October Sukkot: Service commences 11am. PAGE !1 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE Date Event Sunday 23rd October Erev Simchat Torah 7 pm, For those receiving L’Chayim by e-mail, you can print off your own with Student Rabbi Kath calendar at home. Vardi. Monday 24th October Simchat Torah, Service commences 11am,. Yizkor is recited in this service PLEASE NOTE ALL SYNAGOGUE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WILL RECEIVE A NUMBERED TICKET FOR HIGH HOLY TICKET DAYS ACCORDING TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP. MEMBERS OF OTHER SYNAGOGUES BELONGING TO THE HOLDERS MOVEMENT FOR REFORM JUDAISM MAY APPLY FOR FREE TICKETS FROM THE OFFICE FOR HIGH HOLY DAYS ONLY NON MEMBERS MAY PURCHASE A TICKET BY APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE. THIS YEAR HAS SEEN AN INCREASED THREAT OF VIOLENCE AND HATE CRIME IN GENERAL. THE PROFESSIONAL SECURITY DETAIL , AT THE FRONT GATE, ON HIGH HOLY DAYS, WILL ONLY LET PEOPLE THROUGH SHOWING THEIR NUMBERED TICKET. PLEASE BE AWARE IF EACH PERSON DOES NOT HAVE THEIR TICKET TO SHOW AT THE GATE THEN THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE DISAPPOINTED AT NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE SERVICE. Congregants are requested to be seated 10 minutes prior to service commencement. Seats are allocated on a first come first served basis. No seats can be reserved prior to the ser- vice. Please commence your seating nearest to the Ark. PAGE !2 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE Shabbat Services commencing 11am : Date Event Saturday Parasha Reeh. Service leader 3rd September Joan Brooke Saturday Parasha Shoftim. Service 10th September leader Susan Fox Saturday Parasha Ki Tetze. Service 17th September leader Mina Abram- Hebblethwaite Refreshments are available from 10.30am. Please ensure these are Saturday Parasha KiTavo. Service leader not taken into services. 24th September Richard Choueke Please ensure mobile phones are switched to not disturb the Saturday Parasha Nitzarim service. 1st October Thank you for your cooperation. Saturday Parasha Vayelech 8th October Saturday Parasha Hazing 15th October Saturday Parasha Chol Hamoed 22nd October Saturday Parasha Bereshit 29th October On occasions when we are unable to offer a service, we have been advised we can go to The Home ( 81 Albert Road) to attend the service there. If you wish to attend, you must contact Mr Brian King (Chairman of the Home), tel. 01704 565621, no later than Thursday afternoon prior to the service for security reasons. The home is or- thodox, men and married women will need to cover their heads. They sit separately. PAGE !3 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE This year’s Kol Nidrei appeal has been approved by Council following a discussion of your suggestions. Once again we have some great causes to support. Last year’s appeal was very successful. I am grateful that the synagogue is seen to be a source of financial support to both the Jewish community and the community as a whole. This helps to promote the ethos of what it means to be European Jewish collection box for Jewish. charity ( Pre-Holocaust ) Thank you for your support , THE ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY One in six people aged 80 and over have dementia. 60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by five years would reduce deaths directly attributable to this illness by 30,000 a year. The Society provides information and support, fund medical and social research, and campaign for a better quality of life for people with dementia and greater understanding of the condition. They have almost 3,000 community-based services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, providing practical and emotional support for people with dementia and their carers. Dementia can affect anyone including you or your relatives- please give generously. THE HOME The Jewish Home in Southport exists for our benefit and for our relatives and friends. The building is of an old design and never have a life access at the front of the building. The Home wishes to build a lift so that people with disability may use the front of the building. Access to the building will improve. Ambulances and residents will not longer have to use the rear of the building that was never designed for this. Your donation will help for many years to come. THE MIRIAM HYMAN MEMORIAL TRUST Miriam was one of the 52 people killed in the "7/7" London bombings of 7th July 2005.The Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust has two interrelated areas of work:Miriam's memorial: The Miriam Hyman Children's Eye Care Centre (MHCECC) within the L V Prasad Eye Institute in Odisha, India. Miriam appreciated her own eye care services. Miriam's legacy: Miriam's Vision: A Response to the 2005 London Bombings - a set of resources based on Miriam's story for teachers of 11- to 14-year-olds accessible at miriamsvision.org. HELPING CHILDREN TO SEE, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY Show your insight - please donate generously to help children see. Remember Miriam. PAGE !4 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE Gillian and Selwyn Goldthorpe wish you all a New Year of your wishes. As our friends, we still can’t find you a better photograph! Shana Tova. To the entire community, Shanah Tovah,Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and wishing you L’shanah tova properous new year - 5777. u’metukah 5777 . A very happy, healthy & Best wishes prosperous new year to Fortune and Neil Chamberlain everybody. Susan Fox Happy New Year to everyone . Faith and Richard Choueke and Wishing you all happiness, peace and good health on family wish all members and Rosh Hashanah and in the coming New Year. friends Shanah Tovah and a year of peace and good health L’shona Tova & fond love, Ruth Bloom Carol and Matt Suher would like to wish their Family and Friends a very Happy New Year. PAGE !5 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE We are delighted to announce the birth of our Grandson, Blake William Isaac 18/8/16 to Dalya and Will Perry Wishing all our friends a Sweet and Happy New Year and well over the Fast! Penny and Lawrence Bernstein Photo removed for security This page is sponsored by Penny and Lawrence Bernstein PAGE !6 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE Janet Landau and family would like to extend their best wishes to the Southport & District Reform Synagogue Community for the New Year and wish you all well over the fast. The Synagogue Executive and Council wish all our members a New Year of happiness and good health. Thank you for your continued support Sincere wishes for a happy New Year. חַג שָׂמֵחַ May your Rosh Hashanah be blessed with health , happiness, peace, and prosperity, for all our community and your families. Wishing Shana Tova to all Members Best wishes from and Friends of Southport Reform Shelley Yavetz, Synagogue. May you have a healthy Maor and Tali and peaceful year ahead. Lisa & Richard Sachs and family. PAGE !7 Community Newspaper of the Southport & District Reform Synagogue, GATES OF PEACE Movement Rabbi’s High Holy Day message -Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner שנה טובה ומתוקה .Shanah tovah u'metukah‘ May we all have a good and sweet New Year.’ Rabbi Laura during her visit to us this year. "Show respect to the aged; honour the presence of an elder; fear your God. I am God" (Leviticus 19:32) מפני שיבה תקום והדרת פני זקן ויראת מאלהיך אני יהוה This coming year, 5777, in a partnership of synagogues, lay leaders, clergy and the team at Reform Judaism, we are shifting our focus to all ages and life stages. The jewel in our crown is in many ways, our emphasis on youth. We have the largest youth movement in the Jewish community - RSY-Netzer, with 1,000 young people taking part in activities this summer. This is brilliant but now is the time to redress an imbalance and to focus on all ages. Many in our communities are worried about how we can respond to the social and physical needs of our older members, respecting, nourishing and responding to each other properly. We have a population that has a growing number of people living independently and on the whole, we are living longer. A quarter of our members are over the age of 70. Many of our older members have time and energy and would love to be more involved in our communities.