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Theyinnmagazine THEYINNMagazine Pesach 5781 Wishing All Congregants a Shana Tova e-mail: [email protected]. il Tel: 09-862-4824 The Choice of AACI Netanya For Excellence - Country wide B | YINN Pesach 5781 THEYINNMagazine Contents Pesach 5781 Letter from the Editor ........................................................ 3 After the Holocaust Greetings to our Grandchildren and Translation by Mr. Huub Stollman Great Grandchildren 2021 ................................................ 4 Submitted by Paula Edery ............................................... 20 A New Song Shtetl Uniontown by Rabbi Boruch M. Boudilovsky ....................................... 5 By Rabbi Arnie Fine ......................................................... 23 Chairman’s Message Israel’s Achilles’ Heel by Graham Nussbaum ....................................................... 6 by Raymond Cannon ....................................................... 27 LORD JONATHAN HENRY SACKS – 1948 TO 2020 Sixty Years Ago CHIEF RABBI 1991 TO 2013 By Sheila Levitt ............................................................... 28 by Elkan Levy .................................................................... 7 Ghetto Money Closure — A True Story by Ian Fine ...................................................................... 29 by Antonia Maurer Levy ..................................................... 9 Yummy in North Netanya Passover Poem ................................................................. 9 by The Recipe Team ......................................................... 31 Contacting the Shul by Email La Vida en España (living in Spain) – part one A User’s Guide ................................................................ 11 by Jackie and Mike Jacobs ............................................... 32 As I PLEASE: Lines From an Ex-editor’s Forehead A Special Dinner by Alan Gold ................................................................... 11 by Denis Elkoubi ............................................................. 35 NACHAS Anthony Felix z”l ............................................................ 37 (Since Rosh Hashanah 5781) ....................................... 12 Rabbi Morowitz and Laniado Hospital by Rabbi Natan Morowitz ................................................ 38 Knit One, Purl One by Hazel Broch ................................................................ 13 Who Would Have Thought by Avril Komornick .......................................................... 39 My Work with Bereaved Families by Rev Michael Plaskow MBE .......................................... 14 The People On The Beach A Book I Love And Treasure by Stuart West ................................................................ 40 by Dr Mervyn Leviton ....................................................... 15 Community Reports ........................................................ 41 Purim Unmasked ............................................................ 16 Shiurim on Zoom ........................................................... 46 Daf Corner Do You Recognize Him? .................................................. 46 by Rabbi Ozer (Edward) Feigelman .................................. 17 Useful Telephone Numbers ............................................. 48 Neshe Chayil .................................................................. 18 The YINN Magazine is edited by Sharon Carr. Design by Therese Berkowitz. Photography: Avril Gatoff. Advertising Manager: Ivor Carr. Opinions expressed are those of the writers concerned and are not necessarily those of the editor or of the Young Israel Synagogue. YINN Pesach 5781 | 1 Young Israel of North Netanya 39 Shlomo Hamelech, Netanya Board of Management Honorary Life President: Aubrey Blitz Gabbaim: Chairman: Graham Nussbaum David Feiler Vice Chairman: Alex Stuart Asher Edery Treasurer: Andrew Kaye Andy Kormornick Secretary: TBA Senior Gabbai: David Feiler Board Sharon Carr Tony Plaskow Janet Elkoubi Eze Silas Alan Gold Vivienne Simenoff (up to Jan 28th ) Andy Kormornick (co-opted) Hilton Share Ivor Lewis Paulette Woolf Ian Marks We wish all our congregants who are unwell or Would anyone who feels he has not received a mitzvah indisposed a refuah shlema and we extend our deepest for some time, please accept our sincere apologies and condolences to all who have suffered bereavement. contact David Feiler who will be happy to remedy the Our congregants and their families wish Rabbi Boruch situation. and Esther Boudilovsky, Rabbi Eddie and Frankie Jackson and Rabbi Natan Morowitz and all their fellow congregants .פסח כשר ושמח and their families About the Chevra Kadisha In time of sorrow, a kind word and a helping hand can services at the Shiva house. The care shown at this time is bring much needed comfort. As a Congregation, we must greatly appreciated and is its own satisfaction. be aware of the help we can give to all persons who are Members should know that the Committee is here to in mourning, be it by attending the funeral, visiting the help with all arrangements at these unfortunate times. mourners while they are sitting Shiva and attending Contact Numbers: Home Mobile Rabbi Boruch Boudilovsky 054-525 9490 Eze Silas 09-862 8737 054-459 3209 Alan Gold 077-530 1758 050-215 0697 Yitzhak Bakst 09-887 2474 052-741 2228 Phyllis Carr 077 456 3750 052-379 0740 Tehillim Circle Bar & Bat Mitzvah Please join the group of women reciting the Book of Many people still do not know that they are entitled, Psalms for the Matzav, the Sick, Shidduchim, and Klal if a full member of the shul, to a Chumash for a child Yisrael every Monday at 5:00 pm. or grandchild celebrating their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Contact Ruth Lyons: 054-475 3637 Please advise Linda Lawrence, in good time, by email at [email protected] or phone 0548 646 466. 2 | YINN Pesach 5781 Letter from the Editor INDEX OF ADVERTISERS As I am writing this just a few weeks before Purim, I realise that the Galei Sanz Hotel ................ Inside Back Cover current pandemic started just after Purim last year so at least we have all King Solomon Development .................24-25 so far survived the past year of lockdowns, mask wearing, social distancing Lev Hamatzevot .............................................34 and continuous Netflix. That said I feel the year has passed just as quickly Manchester Curtain Company ....................22 as previous years and there really hasn’t been time to get bored. How lucky Mike Electronics ............................................47 we have been in congregation YINN to have had a constant offering of zoom Obar Printing .................................................10 entertainment, shiurim and religious services from our very talented and Pope-Geri Insurance .........Inside Front Cover dedicated leaders of the community and others who came to the rescue. Kol Shipony Insurance Agency Ltd ... Back Cover Hakavod and many thanks to them. Yochanan Real Estate ...................................45 So far as the magazine is concerned, we owe a great debt of thanks to my Yoram Sarusi ................................................. 26 predecessor as Editor, Alan Gold. The magazine in his time reached great Zvi Centre ........................................................36 heights and I only hope that when times return to normal, we will again reach the same standard. Unfortunately, because of Covid and its effect on local businesses this issue is a compromise but at least we still managed to produce a paper copy. Special thanks to Elkan Levy who has written a fine tribute to Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a man whose writings will continue to inspire us long into the future; and many other fine articles within, a good balance of serious and lighter articles. Ivor and I wish our contributors and advertisers a Chag Kasher v Sameach. My thanks to our advertising manager Ivor Carr, our designer Therese Berkowitz, our photographer Avril Gattoff, our canvasser for Pesach greetings June Weinberg, proofreader Marlene Knepler, our distribution team and to them and the entire Kehilla we wish a Chag Kasher v Sameach. A The Editors and the Young Israel Community of North Netanya appreciate the support of our Sharon Carr advertisers. Please let them know that you have seen their advertisement in this publication. YINN and the magazine team are not in any way responsible for the performance of our advertisers nor for the accuracy of their advertisements. In particular we do not guarantee the kashrut of any establishment advertising in this magazine. YINN Pesach 5781 | 3 Greetings to our Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren 2021 Enid Abrahams Rosalind Goldstein Rabbi Natan Morowitz Freddy and Freha Apfel Maurice and Jean Golend Martin and Caroline Moser Benny and Nurit Aricha Fraybin Gottlieb Ivor and Elaine Newman Brian and Heather Bank Brian and Ruth Gouldman Sala Newton-Katz Gerald and Diana Barnett Harvey and Natalie Green Graham and Rowena Nussbaum Michael Beach Nathan and Sylvia Haberfeld Michael and Lynette Ordman Lawrence and Sonya Benjamin Tony and Clarice Hanstater Vivienne Oster Joseph and Judy Berger Judah and Loretta Harstein Philip and Jenny Park David and Anita Berke Geraldine Hartog Bernard and Bella Pentol Gillian Berman Robert and Susan Hodes Nelly Perry Stephen and Joyce Berman Mark and Anita Hoffman Michael Plaskow Anthony and Desiree Bernstein Stuart and Marlene Horowitz Mike and Frances Plaskow Aubrey Blitz Rabbi Edward and Frankie Jackson Tony and Stephanie Plaskow Jonathan Blitz Alf Jacobs Geoffrey and Mary
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