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2015 Committee Reports Commi%ee Reports for The Belsize Square Synagogue Annual General Mee=ng Monday 1 June 2015 8pm The Belsize Square Synagogue 51 Belsize Square, London, NW3 4HX Tel: 020 7794 3949 Email: [email protected] Website: www.synagogue.org.uk Committee Reports - Page 1 HON SECRETARY’S REPORT - DEBORAH COHEN As usual it has been another busy and happily successful Wolf, and the Chair of the Music Committee Philip Keller. year with many memorable occasions and a year where we have had the benefits of a full ministerial team and no We have also had a very active programme of speakers building works to worry about! this year reflecting the very keen interest of many members in both home and Israeli current affairs. These included Dr There have been many events to mention and I apologise Chaim Peri from Yemin Orde, Ben Helfgott MBE, Paul in advance if I miss out any of them. But for me 2014-15 Perkins from The Winch, a very successful Belsize has been marked by the coming of age of our extensive Lehrhaus learning day organised by Claire Walford and the music programme that is becoming the signature of Belsize Rabbi and two forums organised by the Israel Committee Square. The programme was organised by the new on the current situation in Israel. The Mayor of Camden Committee and included: made the Three Faiths Forum his chosen charity and we were very honoured to be the Synagogue that hosted a • Against All Odds: a concert for Holocaust Memorial Day dinner to promote the work of the Forum. Most recently in in which distinguished cantors, Jason Green, Gedalya association with the London Jewish Forum we organised Alexander and our very own Cantor Paul Heller took us hustings for the forthcoming general election attended by on a journey through the full participation of Jews in all the candidates for Hampstead and Kilburn Constituency. European Culture to their complete exclusion from it after 1933 – and finally to a new emerging Jewish culture There are two very long-standing members of the Board in the State of Israel who are standing down this year: Brenda Brod and Marion • The Vengerov/Burla concert which was a fantastic event Nathan. Neither of them want me to say how long they with over 150 people in attendance have been Board members but suffice it to say a long time. • A film and discussion on the founding of the Israel Very big thanks are due to them for their long years of Philharmonic Orchestra dedication to making Belsize Square what it is. Huge thanks to the Goldstein family who organised the I also wish to thank Dorothy White, our Community Care Jazz On The Square evening with the Ralph Freeman Co-ordinator, who is retiring after 12 years. Dorothy will be Quartet playing to a packed house. a very hard act to follow. One of the highlights of the year was undoubtedly the joint Finally, I took on this role not knowing that after a few memorial service at Westminster Abbey with West London months as Hon Sec I was going to take up a new job in Synagogue to mark the 70th year since the liberation of Cambridge (UK alas not Massachusetts). This meant that I Auschwitz. Our choirs and Cantor Heller sang and Rabbi haven’t been around as much as the Hon Sec needs to be Altshuler participated in the service. and makes it impossible for me to continue. So with regret I am not putting my name forward to continue into next year. All events involve a considerable amount of work behind In truth, Lee in the Office has been fantastic in keeping the scenes, so big thanks to the Rabbi, Cantor Heller, Ben things going, and I owe him a big debt of thanks. BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE - DENNIS NATHAN You will be pleased to hear that our “house” is in good order. area functioning. However this has now been completed. We have a great team of Gordon, Paul and Yelena and have This past year has seen very few major problems. We the invaluable support of Lee and the office staff. We are truly constantly strive to maintain and improve the building. Our indebted to all of them. focus this year has been to embrace technologies such as the LED lighting revolution. Last but not least thank you to my fellow committee members for their support sharing the load. We changed the lights in the Ark which are now brighter, more economical, and more importantly do not produce the heat of the old bulbs so are therefore safer as there is less MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE - SAM SANDERS risk of fire. Hopefully you have also noticed the improved sound system in the hall which was installed last September I am pleased to be able to report that we have had a strong in time for the High Holidays. year in terms of numbers of new people joining our community. We have concentrated on ensuring that the Apart from occasional roof leaks, problems with smelly system for handling and converting enquiries has been drains, air-conditioning too hot, air-conditioning too cold, we efficient and that new members are “buddied up” with now have a good maintenance regime with reliable suitable members of the community. We have also had contractors so hopefully our coming year will be relatively some success from approaching the younger generation to trouble free. join and will continue to devote our attention to this next year. Once again, I would like to thank both Hilary Solomon This financial year our major project was to replace all the and Lee Taylor for their tremendous support. light bulbs in the sanctuary. Rather than wait for a few bulbs to go we decided that after 4 years it was practicable to If anyone is aware of people who may be looking to join a change them all at the same time. Due to the height of the Shul, please let us know so that we can approach them and room this was not so easy as we had to clear all the chairs, invite them to visit us to find out for themselves what a hire a scaffold tower, carry out the works, and still keep the wonderful Shul we are! EDUCATION COMMITTEE - ELIZABETH NISBET The Education Committee would like to thank all our Children are encouraged to bring in pocket money and learn professional staff for their dedication and commitment to that everyone can give something to help others. developing the Jewish experience of our children, young people and our adult Synagogue members. Particular GCSE: There are four students registered to sit the Jewish thanks are due to Jeanie Horowitz, the Head Teacher of our Studies GCSE in May-June and 14 who will sit it in 2016. Cheder, who continues to guide our Cheder from strength to Elizabeth Nisbet and Sheila Chiat share the teaching of the strength by her imaginative programming ideas and hard GCSE. Once this year's exam is over, the year 10 students work in bringing these ideas to reality. receive teacher training, in order to prepare them to be teacher assistants starting in January of year 11. Our thanks are also due to the Rabbi for his continuing commitment to developing education and for his stimulating Sheila Chiat will be retiring at the end of the Summer Term talks to Adult Education, and to Cantor Heller for taking over and we thank her for her dedication to the Cheder over the co-ordination of the B’nei Mitzvah programme. We would many years. We are looking to recruit a new GCSE teacher. also like to thank Alyson Denza for her work with the Youth Choir culminating in the contrasting events of performing at Bar/Bat Mitzvah Group: We currently have 28 children in Westminster Abbey in a Service of Commemoration for the Year 7 and started the year with 18 in Year 8. 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz and a delightful production of Joseph and His Technicolour Jeanie has been teaching the year 8 group focussing on Dreamcoat in the Shul at Purim. personal responsibility and what that means as a Jewish adolescent and Jewish adult. The focus has been on looking We would also like to thank all the teachers, tutors, lay at Jewish texts and historic as well as modern Jewish leaders, parents and volunteers who contribute to the experiences. The students have tended to leave the Cheder continuing education of our members. You are too numerous after their Bar/Bat Mitzvah which means that those who are to mention by name, but your energy and ideas have been celebrating in the summer term or even the autumn term of truly appreciated. the following year have a very small class and tend to be demotivated to attend Cheder, even if they intend to return My own thanks are also due to all members of the Education to join the GCSE class in the following year. Committee, newly strengthened by Frank Joseph and Ruth Vered, both of whom are qualified teachers and were new Hebrew Programme: Year 1 learns Hebrew, mainly orally, Board members in 2014. The assistance I received from the through games and pictures with letter recognition and an Committee over the last year has been greatly valued and I introduction to reading. Years 2 and 3 learn Hebrew reading look forward to working with you to create an exciting new as a group. Years 4, 5 & 6 learn Hebrew in year groups but year in Jewish education.
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