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European Union for Progressive Judaism June 2018 Newsletter European Union for Progressive Judaism June 2018 Newsletter © European Union for Progressive Judaism Receiving the Torah When the Children of Israel stood at Mount Sinai women, namely Naomi and Ruth. We all know the waiting for Moses to return, they had no idea of what words Ruth pledged to Naomi after refusing to the future held or the impact it would have on their abandon her: “Wherever you go, I will go... Your lives. Thousands of years people shall be my later, on Shavuot, we people, and your God, celebrate the treasure my God.” (Book of that Moses received and Ruth, 1:16-17), we take the time to learn making her the first about it and share “Jew by everything the Torah has Choice” (unless you brought to our lives as include the children of Jews and as human Israel when they beings. chose to accept the But Shavuot is about Torah) and the more than the day we ancestor of King were given the Ten David. Commandments. It’s Shavuot has many about the days it took for nuances and many the ancient Israelites to fitting stories on travel from Egypt to the foot of Mount Sinai, the which we build our narrative today. Our communities days between Pesach and Shavuot and the days all celebrate this special holiday in their own ways, of the harvest. many through all-night learning and eating dairy, Shavuot is also one of the few holidays where and some of them are mentioned here. – Darryl the Torah reading focuses on the story of Jewish Egnal The Wandering Jew Chairman’s Message: Travel is great. Well, The IMPJ Biennial, which you can read more perhaps it’s not always ideal, especially when about later in this newsletter, was a perfect and you’ve been grounded, diverted and delayed – glorious time to do this. A fantastic opportunity to for days – over the course of three weeks by bad touch base with and be inspired and motivated by weather, strikes and some totally incomprehensible the vibrancy, the relevance and the diversity of the reasons. I am actually looking forward very much Progressive Movement in Israel. to a trip where all goes as planned! For those not fluent in Hebrew, the international Together with many of you, I am a fan of modern track is an ingenious addition that has made the video and web conferencing technology, not least wonderful IMPJ biennial atmosphere accessible to because it allows us to meet Continued on page 4 people without adding to our carbon footprint. But nothing June 2018 Contents surpasses actually coming together, meeting in one 1 Shavuot 10 Germany place, travelling there in the 1 Chairman’s Message 11 The Netherlands anticipation of meeting old 4 Editor’s Note 12 Hungary friends and making new 5 ERA 12 Poland ones, of praying, learning, 7 IMPJ Biennial 13 Switzerland eating and laughing 9 Czech Republic 14 United Kingdom together. 10 France 16 WUPJ EUPJ Newsletter June 2018 1 Shavuot Torah, learning and fun A very exciting Tikkun Leil Shavuot was organised at Beth Hillel Rome. One of the most popular events was the children’s Hebrew calligraphy session, although this was not the only entertaining event for the youth. After a tasty dairy community dinner, five speakers took the floor for the study session. Subjects included an interpretation of Shavuot according to Rabbi Elia Benamozegh, various Midrash accounts regarding the festival, and different perspectives on divine revelation, inheritance and social justice in the Torah. It was a successful, well-attended celebration of Shavuot and everyone had a wonderful time. – Fabio Benjamin Fantini Shavuot, Torah and protests “May 1968” was MJLF’s theme for this year’s the apparent contradictions between Torah Law Shavuot celebration, an all-night marathon ending and the 1968 revolutionary slogans, such as “It’s with a shaharit service and French breakfast. After forbidden to forbid” and “Live without pause and amusing recollections of what turned Paris upside rejoice without constraint”. down 50 years ago, some 250 participants enjoyed Four rabbis, two psychiatrists, a student rabbi and conference debates and quizzes that looked behind other speakers explored these questions from every angle, concluding that true freedom depends on a framework of rules and that Jewish laws calling for justice, fairness and fraternity are themselves revolutionary. Daniel Sibony, psychoanalyst and author, spoke of the need for limits. Jean-Pierre Winter, psychoanalyst and author, joined Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur in exploring freedom and constraints. Juliette Wolf, philosophy graduate and Jewish studies student, led a Talmudic study session and Iris Fereira, student rabbi at Leo Baeck College, explored freedom of belief within established institutions. The evening included a press review and Israeli poetry of the period, a look back at Israel on its 20th birthday, and a study of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. – Robert Ley (Clockwise from top left) Daniel Sibony, Jean-Pierre Winter, Iris Fereira and Juliette Wolf EUPJ Newsletter June 2018 2 Shavuot Celebrating Shavuot and milestones The Liberal Jewish Community of Hamburg Templeverein (NIT). (Liberale Jüdische Gemeinde Hamburg: LJGH) Although NIT was actually formed on the last celebrated Shavuot this year with two other day of Chanukah in 1817, LJGH decided to make milestone events – the community’s 13th year 2018 the 'Jubilee Year'. Since this was one of the (a Bat Mitzvah!) and the 200th anniversary of pioneering efforts to establish Reform Judaism, the foundation of the Neue Israelitische the LJGH, established in 2004, sees itself as the direct successor and, in this indirect way, also one of the oldest Reform communities worldwide! LJGH has more than 300 full members and some 200 members of the 'Supporters Circle'. It offers regular services, mostly led by Rabbi Dr Moshe Navon, who also speaks Russian and Hebrew, and a full programme of cultural and educational activities. There is as yet no fixed home for the community, but many events take place in the restored former Jewish Girls School in Flora Neumann Strasse near Messe subway station. It is hoped soon to achieve greater stability in this respect. – Rabbi Dr Walter Rothschild Alyth members make Shavuot count Every community has its own unique way of The 49 squares were then sewn together and counting the Omer. Not in the blessing we recite, mounted on a moveable wooden frame. Beautiful but in the way we show how many days and weeks as it was, there was still the question of how to count have passed since Pesach, until we reach Shavuot. the days physically. David Baker, a co-creator of the Sitting in the congregation on a Friday night calendar and a teacher of design and technology, a number of years ago, Alyth member, Brenda came up with a 21st century solution. Using his Freedman, decided there was definitely a better newly-acquired laser printer, David created Perspex way than putting sheaves of wheat in vase, which sheaves that attached to each day of the calendar had been “the Alyth way” for the previous decade. magnetically. The result was a unique Omer Calendar, created From the end of Pesach until Shavuot, Alyth by 40 community members of all ages, from rabbis to members gathered around their new calendar each university students. Each person stitched a square or day, grateful to members of the community who two with the Hebrew number for the relevant day on worked together to create such a unique and a background colour that showed the move from beautiful way for them to count the Omer. spring to summer, from Pesach to Shavuot. – Noeleen Cohen L-R: Ruth Weiner, Lynn Levy, Brenda Freedman, Ann Children of the community have fun counting the Omer Touwse and Ros Black EUPJ Newsletter June 2018 3 EUPJ Editor’s Note The theme for this year’s IMPJ Biennial Conference, Please note: “Between Liberty and Social Responsibility”, inspired As Europe some interesting and innovative sessions over the basically weekend. The International Track enabled shuts down in representatives from all over the world to participate August, there in meaningful discussion with Israelis around the will not be a chosen theme. newsletter The weekend showed the strengths we share and during that the opportunities we create when Israel and rest of month. If you the Progressive Movement come together. This want us to is one of the many positive outcomes of a Biennial. include your Collaboration results in many new possibilities and events or one of the ideas discussed at the EUPJ Biennial in articles in the Prague has borne fruit and landed in the pages of July issue, our newsletter. Read the new column, Rabbinical please send Ruminations, to find out more. everything as soon as you can. The deadline is Monday July 16. The issue thereafter will be published just before Rosh Hashanah. The deadline for the September issue is Wednesday, August 22. If anyone is interested in seeing more photos from the EUPJ Biennial Conference, or downloading some of the photos from the previous newsletter, please let me know via email. Here’s hoping that many more interesting and exciting concepts come alive due to our collaborations. – Darryl Egnal ([email protected]) Chairman’s Message cont... everyone and has also allowed the IMPJ to thanking the EUPJ’s rabbinic leadership for the include aspects of the ever-complex Israel-Diaspora important documents regarding recognised Batei relationship. In other words, see you in Israel on the Din and the conversion process, which you will also first weekend in June 2020 at the next IMPJ find included in this newsletter, and trust these clear Biennial. guidelines will be of great help to our communities.
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