June 2014 – Shavuot 5774 Sunshine
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In This Month’s Highlight View from the Board .........................3 List of Jubilee Events .........................3 Cheder News ......................................4 Festival of Music and Antiques .........4 Social Centre News ............................4 Who’s In? ...........................................5 Tikkun Leyl Shavuot ..........................5 BR5&6 and Friends ...........................5 Sir Charles Clore Center, Acre ..........6 Pleasure, Happiness, Bliss .................6 Social and Personal ............................7 SE10 and Beyond ...............................7 Year of Change ..................................8 Setters Jean and Alan and searchers Gloria and Lesley after the Jubilee CCJ Visit ............................................8 Treasure Hunt at High Elms on 4 May. The weather was very kind, Advocacy First Sponsored Walk .......9 and the clues plus fiendish list of things to find kept us all busy in the Services ..............................................9 sunshine. Thank you BR5&6 for organising it. Weekend with Cantor Janece .............9 Shabbat Torah Study ..........................9 Jubilee Summer Party Dates for Your Diary .......................10 at Lesley and Adrian Jackson’s Synagogue Contacts .........................11 Employment Seminar .......................12 Pratts Bottom home Saturday 28 June from 7.30 pm Fish/Vegetarian Buffet, wine and music included in ticket price of £30. All profits will go to our Synagogue Dress Code: Smart or sixties style to celebrate our Jubilee! Book your tickets now (so we can plan the delicious catering) from Janet in the Office, 020 Shavuot 5774 8460 5460 or email: janet@ bromleyshul.org.uk Find us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/BromleyReformSynagogue Chag Sameach Shavuot or Tweet us @BromleyShul) ... to all our Readers June 2014 – BROMLEY REFORM SYNAGOGUE A constituent of the Movement for Reform Judaism 28, Highland Road, BROMLEY, Kent, BR1 4AD Telephone: 020 8460 5460 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bromleyshul.org.uk (Office - 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) Minister: Rabbi Jason Holtz 07454 021 892 Synagogue Administrator: Mrs Janet Burlem HONORARY OFFICERS President: David Barnett Vice-Presidents: Desirée Barnett Zena Goodman Sally Rosebery Norman Goldberg Ivor Lask, MBE Bob Symonds Ronnie Goldberg Dianne Mathews David Zerihan Executive Officers Chairman: Joanna Koenigsberg 020 8309 1061 [email protected] Vice-Chairmen: Toby Allin 01892 528053 [email protected] Matthew de Lange 020 8858 6206 [email protected] Secretary: Lesley Freeman 01689 818731 [email protected] Treasurer: Sandra Hurley 07770 661 898 [email protected] Senior Warden: Larry Shall 01732 873361 [email protected] IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (in the event of a bereavement) Contact Mrs Janet Posner: 020 8650 7521 (Mobile: 07841 373 309) Editor: Bob Symonds: 020 8402 2197; [email protected] Opinions expressed in “Highlight” are not necessarily the official policy of the Synagogue Tell the Community This cut-out slip is a regular feature in Highlight to enable you to inform the community of any appropriate event - birth, marriage, engagement, illness, bereavement, birthday celebration, examination success etc. Please complete and return to the Editor c/o the Synagogue office. We would like you to know that ............................................................................................ .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... Name .................................................................................. Tel. No. ................................. Copy date for July/August Highlight: Sunday 15 June 2 Things don’t just happen by magic - View from the Board nless you have been on able to underwrite this cost for Uanother planet, or perhaps every event. By mixing free and extremely busy, you must have ticketed events, we are able to noticed that the Jubilee year with use some of the funds from the List of Jubilee Events all its events is underway now at ticketed events to subsidise the Sunday, 1 June free events. Beit Or. The shul always tries to Talk by historian and political offer events of interest to every I must stress that our speakers commentator Dr Anthony sector of the community, but (Anthony Seldon in June, Seldon, one-time member of our this year we are on overdrive, House of Commons Speaker Synagogue, 7 pm (High Tea at 6 pm) it seems to me! John Bercow in September However, we all need to remember and Baroness Rabbi Julia Neuberger in Sunday 15 June that these talks, meals, services, etc. November) are not being paid for their Jubilee picnic in Greenwich Park don’t just happen by magic (pixies and visits, which must be due in part to the organised by SE10 and beyond, leprechauns aren’t a big part of Jewish silver tongues of the Shul members who from 3 pm tradition). Fellow shul members turn up manage to lure them “south of the river”. Saturday/Sunday 21/22 June early to set up, manage and steward, and [Thank you to those who work behind the Cantor Janece Cohen from then tidy up afterwards. They are happy to scenes to establish this lecture series]. If do it, and enjoy being part of a successful we paid the lecturers, the costs would be Tucson AZ in Residence team that facilitates these occasions. But far higher. Saturday, 28 June what makes it really worthwhile is when Running a synagogue costs – there are Jubilee Summer Party you attend. Unfortunately, some recent no ways to get around this fact. Membership 7.30 pm at the Jacksons’ events had disappointing attendance. You fees meet much of this and I have always Thursday, 4 September might have heard Barbara Kurtz mention been very impressed with how carefully Talk by the Rt. Hon. John Bercow, this the other morning – and I add my our funds are spent. I couldn’t say anything MP, Speaker of the House of encouragement to hers. Please come along else but that your membership represents Commons to any and all planned events that catch excellent value! In this Jubilee year a great your fancy (details as always in Highlight, deal of effort has been taken to enrich the Friday, 7 November and available electronically too, courtesy life of the community and it makes good Jubilee Family Service of our awesome new website). sense to ask participants to contribute. Saturday, 8 November You will notice also that while many Check out Highlight for what’s on Jubilee Founders’ Service events are free to attend, others require – this June I am particularly looking Thursday, 20 November tickets, which cost money. While it would forward with interest to the visit of Lecture by Baroness Rabbi Julia be lovely to be able to offer everything Cantor Janece Cohen from Tucson, for free, that simply is not realistic, and Arizona – and I warmly invite you to Neuberger, 7.30 pm would hamper our ability to arrange so come along to as many events as you Sunday, 14 December many different sorts of entertainment. A can possibly squeeze into your busy The Four Rabbis Jewish event wouldn’t be nearly as Jewish schedules. The organisers will be happy details to follow without some type of refreshment, and I to see a big crowd, and you will learn have discovered over the past 30 years that a something new, meet more members, Jubilee Picnic British event wouldn’t be as British without and [I can almost guarantee] enjoy tea, although coffee is generally available yourself. in Greenwich Park as well. Tea, coffee and cakes cost money Joanna Koenigsberg, Chairman from 3 pm and I’m sorry to say the shul simply is not [email protected] Sunday 15 June All are welcome Contact Michelle Brooks Evans on 07956 234309 Chagigah is the Movement for Reform Judaism’s Biennial Conference. It means “celebration” or email and reflects the spirit of a joyful, fun, uplifting, spiritual, family-friendly gathering which we will [email protected] be creating during our weekend at Eastwood Hall near Nottingham. for full details. As well as wonderful music-filled services, we will be hosting inspiring speakers and educators, offering learning opportunities for all ages and levels. We’d love it if you could join us. If you have any questions or concerns about coming to Chagigah, don’t hesitate to be in touch. Book online now! www.reformjudaism.org.uk/chagigah or call Sarita on: 07825 777706 Highlight, June 2014 - Sivan/Tammuz 5774 3 Cheder News Social Centre News y the time you read this we should Festival of Music with Dear Friends all be back from our half term break B Antiques We had a lovely time at Social Centre: for Cheder on 1 June, just in time for the normal heated discussion on the Shavuot. Yummy yummy, bring on the Sunday, 29 June news and lovely exercise class with cheesecake! 11 am-5 pm (Concert at 2 pm) Andreas. The food, as always, was first This term the students will be class, thanks to Dianne and the ladies. finishing their artwork for our new Special guest: Samantha I just wish more of our senior citizens calendar which we will be publishing Bond (James Bond’s would come and join in with the social in September. This will be a sixteen Moneypenny and star of atmosphere. month calendar from September 2014 to Downton Abbey) We look forward to seeing you December 2015 and will be decorated with the children’s drawings