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Around May 2017 MAY HIGHLIGHTS Alyth’s Annual General Meetin

Sunday 7 May, 10:15-12:00

The AGM is open to every member to attend. Papers were posted on 13 April. Go to www.alyth.or.uk/am for further copies. Election Hustins

Tuesday 23 May, 19:30-22:00

Alyth, in conjunction with the London Jewish Forum and Jewish News, will be hostin the Jewish community’s election hustins for the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency. Please see future weekly emails and Shul Sheets for more information, as the parties announce their candidates Shavuot

Erev Shavuot, Tuesday 30 May We join Finchley and Radlett Reform Synaoues and Leo Baeck Collee for joint Erev Shavuot services at the Sternber Centre. Followed by dinner and our Tikkun Leyl Shavuot. Throuhout the afternoon and evenin there will be a service for pre-school families, youth activities, an Erev Shavuot Service and dinner followed by Tikkun Leyl Shavuot.

Shavuot Mornin, Wednesday 31 May Join us back at Alyth for our Shavuot mornin proramme, includin an early Shiur, our Shavuot mornin service and for youner members a ‘Loiter With Purpose Shavuot special’.

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Erev Shabbat Services The Shabbat Den Kabbalat Shabbat Service Friday 5 May, 16:15-16:45 Fridays 5, 12, 19, 26 May, 18:30-19:30 Our Shabbat experience for pre-schoolers We bein Shabbat with our upliftin and and their families with Chloe, our Early Years inspirational interenerational Erev Shabbat Educator, Tor or Cindy from the Kinderarten, service. A unique combination of son, and our Rabbis. Join us for sons, stories and reﬂection, prayer and learnin, often with uitar. to meet new friends in Alyth’s Shabbat Den.

Shabbat Mornin Services Our reular Shabbat mornin service is a contemporary Reform service led by one of our Rabbis, normally accompanied by the volunteer choir and piano, with a combination of readin, chantin, son and reﬂection. On most weeks there is also a parallel service, meetin the dierent needs of the community. Occasionally these parallel services take place in our main Beit Teﬁllah. Saturday 6 May Saturday 20 May Shabbat Service , 10:30-12:15 Shabbat Service , 10:30-12:15 Led by Rabbi Josh and the Alyth choir. Includes Led by Rabbi Colin and the Alyth choir. the B’nei Mitzvah of Joshua Howard, Finn Bi Ban , 11:00-12:00 Macarthur and Tier Freed . Alyth’s famous musical Shabbat experience with Mikraot G'dolot , Rabbi Josh and the Bi Ban musicians.

11:30(approx.)-12:15 durin the Torah service Saturday 27 May The option to study classical commentary on this Kollot-style Service , 10:30-12:15 week's portion. With Rabbi Mark. An informal, participatory service, mostly in Saturday 13 May Hebrew, this week in the Beit Teﬁllah. Led by Shabbat Service , 10:30-12:15 Rabbi Josh with Justin Wise. Includes the Bar Led by Rabbi Mark and the Alyth choir. Includes Mitzvah of Eden Zadka . the Bar Mitzvah of Barclay Becker . Explanatory Service , 10:30-12:15

On this Shabbat there is no parallel service as Join Rabbi Colin for Shacharit in the Library. The Rabbi Josh is leadin the Alyth Trip in Israel. service will include explanations and study of the litury and choreoraphy of our teﬁllah.

Weekday Services Sunday Shacharit Yom HaZikaron Shacharit Sundays, 9:00-10:00 Monday 1 May, 9:00-10:00 Our lay-led minyan followed by a bael Every year Alyth commemorates those who breakfast. have died in Israel's wars or throuh acts of terrorism. Evenin Services Join Rabbi Mark for a mornin service and Evenin services take place before meetins tekes (memorial ceremony) includin poetry at 19:45. Please contact [email protected].uk and remembrance for those who have lost if you would like evenin prayers for the their lives for the State of Israel. purpose of sayin Kaddish. Shavuot

Erev Shavuot, Tuesday 30 May

We join Finchley Reform Synaoue, Radlett Reform Synaoue and Leo Baeck Collee for our Erev Shavuot service, activities and study at the Sternber Centre, N3 2SY. Followed by dinner and our Tikkun Leyl Shavuot.

16:30 - Service for pre-school families 17:00 - Youth Activities includin a liht meal 18:30 - Erev Shavuot Service 19:15 - Dinner followed by Tikkun Leyl Shavuot with Rabbis and teachers from the three communities and LBC. There will also be an option to study throuhout the niht with Rabbi Mark and have a dawn Shacharit service at 4:50.

Shavuot Mornin, Wednesday 31 May

Join us back at Alyth for our Shavuot mornin proramme.

Shavuot Shiur: Shechinah – The evolution (and meanin) of a di?erent idea of God 9:00-10:00 Shavuot presents a particular understandin of God as awesome speaker of Torah, commandin ﬁure. But this is not the only possible metaphor we can use. Judaism is full of dierent ways of thinkin and speakin about God and sanctity. Join Rabbi Josh as we trace the development of a very dierent type of God lanuae in our tradition, and think about how it miht help us in our Jewish lives.

Shavuot Mornin Services 10:15-12:15 A Shavuot Mornin Service with Rabbi Josh and the Alyth Choir. Please note the early start time. From 10:15 ‘Loiter With Purpose’ Shavuot Special with Chloe Kimmel.

Alyth’s Annual General Meetin

Sunday 7 May, 10:15-12:00

All members are invited to attend the Synaoue’s AGM. Papers were posted on 13 April. Further copies can be downloaded from www.alyth.or.uk/am .

If you have any items for ‘AOB’, please email our Chair, Noeleen Cohen at [email protected].uk by Friday 5 May. Learn with us Reular Learnin Hebrew readin from Scratch Judaism - The Essentials: Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 19:00-20:00 Tauht by Alyth member Jan Roseman, who has Short Course on Mitzvot and Jewish Life been one of the UK’s leadin Synaoue-based Wednesdays, 20:00-21:45 Jewish educators for the last few decades. Take ‘Essentials’ is our proramme of short courses an hour a week in term time to learn to read for all those who want to ensure that their Hebrew from scratch. Judaism has firm foundations. Tauht by Rabbi Josh and Jon Epstein. For more information Talmud Class contact [email protected].uk . Thursdays, 13:00-14:15 3 Jewish Ethics Our stimulatin and friendly class which is open 10 The Jewish Home and Kashrut to all levels of Jewish knowlede. Join Rabbi 17 The role of Women in Jewish Tradition Mark to rapple with the ideas of our classical 24 Shavuot rabbis. Contact [email protected].uk . Other Learnin Alyth Film Club: Solomon and Gaenor Tuesday 9 May, 19:30-22:00 Set in the Welsh minin valleys in the 1900s, Gaenor, born into a family of strict chapel-oers, falls for Solomon, a youn door-to-door salesman, who conceals his Jewish identity from her and her family. The couple, from similar yet very distinctive worlds, fall helplessly in love. The odds are aainst them, however, as the outraed community in which they live conspires to destroy their fraile happiness. Shabbat Shiurim The First Hebrew Shakespeare Translations Saturday 27 May, 9:15-10:15 Torah Shiur from the Zohar In this shiur, Alyth member Dr Lily Kahn, Reader in Hebrew Saturday 13 May, 9:15-10:15 and Jewish Lanuaes at UCL, will share from her research Join Rabbi Mark to study into the earliest translations of Shakespeare plays into Kabbalistic understandins of our Hebrew - Isaac Edward Salkinson’s “Ithiel the Cushite of Torah portion for the week, Emor, Veice” (Othello, Vienna, 1874) and “Ram and Jael” (Romeo which is the fullest festival and Juliet, Vienna, 1878). Salkinson's work oers a calendar in the Torah. Learn how fascinatin and unique perspective on lobal Shakespeare. our Shavuot customs developed Dierin sinificantly from the oriinal Enlish, the throuh Kabbalistic ideas. translations are replete with biblical, rabbinic, and medieval Hebrew textual references and reflect a profoundly Jewish reliious and cultural settin. Lily will illustrate her talk with PowerPoint imaes from the works. Alyth Israel Trip 2017 We wish n’siah tovah to all the participants on the Alyth trip to Israel startin on Wednesday 10 May. We look forward to them sharin their experiences, includin: the challenes of Proressive Judaism in Israel, new and creative Jewish art, dierent ways of sinin and prayin, excitin models of study, meetin Settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank, the lives of Israeli Arabs, the realities of Israeli society, the perspectives of Knesset members and more! Be with us Weekly Activities Monthly Activities Senior Club Sunday Bride@Alyth Mondays, 14:00-15:30 Sunday 7 May, 19:30-22:00 Weekly activity and tea for senior members. Contact Clive on 020 8361 5711.

8 Lynne Bradley "Sinin in the Rain" Alyth Cyclin Community 15 Club outin Sunday 14 May, 08:30-13:00 22 "So Sinatra" We meet at Alyth at 08:15 and leave at 08:30. Alyth Choral Society For reistration and more information please Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 May, 20:00-22:00 email [email protected] .

Explorin new repertoire while continuin to JOY - Joinin Old and Youn develop strenths in cantata and oratorio. Monday 15 May, 12:45-13:45 www.alythchoralsociety.or . Join our Alyth Kinderarten and Jenny Kossew,

News, Views, Co?ee & Schmooze who has over 20 years of experience workin Wednesdays 3 & 17 May, 13:30-15:00 with and brinin joy to interenerational roups of people. Join Lynette to discuss topical issues and stories. Contact [email protected].uk . Shabbat B’Yachad (Shabbat Toether) Friday 19 May, 18:30-21:30 Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Join us for a Shabbat dinner with fantastic food Wednesdays, 20:00-21:00 and company. No chare (donations are Peace, quiet, contemplation and meditation in welcome). our Alyth Meditation Room. For caterin purposes please reister, or to arrane transport contact [email protected].uk . Mellow Yoa for All Aes Thursdays, 11:00-12:00 Sinin for Pleasure Contact Maxine Levy [email protected] . Sunday 21 May, 15:00-17:00

Thursday Bride@Alyth Viv will uide you throuh the vocal and musical requirements to enable you to have a reat time Thursdays, 14:00-16:30 sinin. Contact [email protected].uk . Please contact Sheila or Michael on 020 8455 9878 for more information. Rosh Chodesh Women’s Group: Women in War Synaoue Choir Rehearsal Thursday 25 May, 20:00-22:00 Saturday 6 & 20 May, 9:15-10:15 Our monthly celebration of the new moon in We are always happy to welcome new siners which women ather for sharin, learnin and who are interested in learnin about the litury discussions. This month’s session will be iven and music of our service. Please contact by Dr Helen Fry, about women in wars who do [email protected].uk if you are interested in joinin extraordinary thins. Contact Jackie at the choir. [email protected] to book.

Chat ‘n’ Soup Friday 26 May, 12:00-14:00 Come and enjoy a tasty bowl of soup, read the papers and enjoy ood company. For caterin purposes please reister, or to arrane transport email [email protected].uk .

Be with us Special this month Shabbat Evenin for (almost!) Empty Barnet Unity Festival of Faith and Culture Nesters Sunday 14 May 12:00-17:00 Friday 5 May, 19:00-21:30 Oranised by the Barnet Multi Faith Forum, of The Alyth community includes many families which Alyth is a member, this celebration is a whose children have not lon left home to study community event for all. Activities include or work or for independent life. Danielle and Cookin demos, Arts and crafts, Food stalls and Stephen Wise invite you to join them, Laura refreshments, Exhibitions and information, and Marks and Rabbi Mark at their home in Well End, Children’s entertainment. Takin place at Burnt Borehamwood for a special Shabbat meal Oak Leisure Centre, HA8 0NP. To reister for toether where the conversation will ﬂow with your free ticket o to www.cbfestival.co.uk . the food and drink! ACS Recital: Liederabend Please brin a non-meat dish to share and let Sunday 14 May, 18:00-20:00 Bonnie in the Alyth oPce know that you are An evenin of sons by Schubert, Schumann, comin and how many people you are brinin Brahms and Strauss and two piano solos by at [email protected].uk or 020 8457 8784. Brahms. Featurin Vivienne Bellos, soprano and

Andrew Gellert, piano. Tickets are £15 (under 16s free), with refreshments included from alythchoralsociety@mail.com .

Act with us

Monday Club Monthly Drop-in for Recent Refuees Mondays 8, 15, 22 May, 19:30-21:30 Sunday 28 May, 14:00-16:00 Our weekly club for people with learnin We welcome refuees recently arrived in the UK diPculties. We are always lookin for new and oer them support and friendship in a warm volunteers for the Monday Club. Please contact and safe environment (with the support of the Dennis Sher via the Synaoue OPce to Pears Foundation). To volunteer contact volunteer. [email protected].uk .

The Alyth Minibus Breakfast

Saturday 20 May, 09:15-10:15

A special breakfast for all those who have expressed an interest in or would like to ﬁnd out more about drivin and/or hostin users of our new minibus. As well as eatin toether, we will share more information about how the project will work.

For more details please contact Lynette at [email protected].uk Youth & Education Hub Learn with us

Please contact Sam Brunner for information about the provision for our youner members. Reular Prorammin Advanced Hadracha Alyth Toddler Group Thursdays 4 & 18 May 18:30-20:00 Mondays 8, 15, 22 May, 9:30-11:30 Continuin the success of last year, Advanced Toys, sinin and refreshments for the Hadracha continues with a whole new set of children; coee and chat for carers! £3 per topics, decided by the participants. All child, £1 for a siblin. Contact raduates of our Yr10 Hadracha course are [email protected].uk . invited back (for free) to continue learnin and developin as youth leaders and L.E.A.R.N. educators. Contact [email protected].uk . Tuesdays 2 & 16 May, 18:30-19:30 For all those post B’nei Mitzvah to Year 10, Ruach Erev Shabbat written especially for Alyth by our Rabbis and Fridays, 16:15-19:30 the Youth and Education Hub. This is a two Our Friday afternoon B'nei Mitzvah proramme. year rollin proramme to deepen your understandin of every aspect of Jewish life. Sunday Mornin Galim The proramme includes tacklin Torah, Sundays 7, 14, 21 May, 10:00-12:45 prayer and litury, Jewish history, Jewish Our Sunday mornin learnin proramme is practice and Jewish lifecycle. Enrol with a nourishin space for youn people to build, [email protected].uk . develop and explore their Jewish identity.

Kef Zone Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 16:00-17:00 Our weekly club for Primary School children.

Youth & Education Hub - Be with us Choirs & Drama PACT (Primary Alyth Children’s Theatre) AYS (Alyth Youth Siners) Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 17:00-17:30 Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 18:45-20:00 (aes 4-7) If you like to sin, dance and act, AYS, our youth choir for all post B’nei Mitzvah. then this musical theatre roup is for you! Contact [email protected].uk . PACT is led by Jane Gordon from Upbeat Drama.

ACT (Alyth Children’s Theatre) Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 17:00-18:30 ACT is our children’s theatre roup for those in Years 3-7.

Youth & Education Hub Special this month Year 9 Bowlin Social La B’Omer Zone Saturday 6 May, 17:00-20:00 Wednesday 10 May, 16:00-17:00 A Gift from us to you! For all year 9s sined up Join Chloe and the rest of the Kef Zone team to Hadracha or workin as mentors at Ruach for La B’Omer Zone where we will come Erev Shabbat, we invite you to join us for an toether to share in lots fun activities and even evenin of bowlin and fun at Hollywood Bowl toast a marshmallow on our special La B’Omer Finchley. Please email [email protected].uk to bonﬁre!

conﬁrm your place. Cost: FREE! (Please brin Shavuot Zone chane if you want to play in the Arcade) Wednesday 24 May, 16:00-17:00 Join Chloe and the rest of the Kef Zone team Reception - Year 2 Lunch for Shavuot Zone where we will be come Sunday 7 May, 13:00-15:00 toether to write our own ten commandments Callin all Reception to Year 2s! Come and join and bake cheesecake! Chloe for a lovely lunch . We would love to see you here for some fun and ames and lots of Study and Calm Space at Alyth food! Monday to Thursday, 9:00-18:00 throuhout May & June AAPA Social Throuhout your exams, Alyth’s Library is available to you if you want a chane of Sunday 7 May, 18:00-21:00 scenery to study, and the Rabbis’ Beit Midrash The show is over, but the fun isn’t! Academy as a relaxin area. members, come and have some food, watch the Members of the Alyth team will also be performance back and have one last Academy available to talk to if the stresses of work are before term ends! too much. Community News We reret to announce the deaths of: Mazel tov to:

Raymond Goldman, husband of Joy, father of Naomi and David Baker on the birth of their Deborah and Karen randson, Teal Rankin, a son for Kate and Andy Rankin, and a reat-randson for Frances Baker. Betty Levy

Lilian Mendoza, wife of Alain Mendoza, mother of Ruth and Adam Davis on the birth of their son, Colin Mendoza, Pauline Butterworth and Louise Ezra Rudy, a brother for Evie and Lyla, and a Reuben randson for Brenda Solomons and Ros and Paul Davis. Helene Miller, mother of Steve Miller and Ashley Miller, sister of Sylvia Rosenblatt Sophie Graham and Max Daniline and their families on their enaement.

A warm welcome to: Clive and Susan Warner on the birth of their Rodney and Barbara Hutchinson randdauhter, Summer Jacobson, a dauhter for

Sara Lanham and Milo and Joel Rebecca and Simon Jacobson. McLellan

Freya Walker Election Hustins for the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency

Tuesday 23 May, 19:30-22:00

Alyth, in conjunction with the London Jewish Forum and Jewish News, will be hostin the Jewish community’s election hustins for the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency.

Please see future weekly emails and Shul Sheets for more information, as the parties announce their candidates. Early next month

Volunteer Shabbat and Early Start Musical Service

Saturday 3 June

Coincidin with National Volunteer Week, we thank all those who have contributed their time to the life of the Alyth community with a special Shabbat service.

Join Rabbi Josh, Katie Hainbach and the Alyth Choir, startin at 9:15 as we take extra time over the early part of the mornin service. At 10:15 we will pause for some silence (or a cup of coee) as we welcome the rest of the community, and prepare for the Bar’chu which will be sun at 10:30.

Durin the service, we will be honourin volunteers who work on behalf of Alyth and the wider community. The Sermon will be iven by Jonathan Arkush, President of The Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Followin the service we invite synaoue volunteers to share a chavurah lunch. Contact [email protected].uk to book your place at lunch. For more details of this event or to ﬁnd out more about volunteerin please contact Lynette at [email protected].uk

Communi-TEA

Sunday 11 June, 15:00-17:00

Tea & Tales, Scones & Stories, MuPns and Memories!

Do you have a story to tell about your life? Do you have a memory you wish to share with members of your community? We would love to hear your stories. Even if you don't have a tale to tell, please join us for a friendly afternoon of meetin others, delicious tea and interestin chat and music by Alyth’s Sinin for Pleasure choir.

Please book in with Bonnie at [email protected].uk.

If you would be willin to bake somethin for our tea please contact Lynette on 020 8457 8793 or [email protected].uk. There is no chare for this event and if you require transport assistance please let us know at the time of bookin. Save the date

Alyth’s Kosher Iftar

Friday 16 June, 18:30-22:45

Please note the followin: Alyth extends a warm welcome to the Muslim community to Parkin is come to our Synaoue for a very special and unique Iftar. available in the surroundin An Iftar is the fast breakin meal at the end of each day of streets the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Each year we learn toether, talk toether and share food and hospitality - this Male & female year it is takin place on Shabbat evenin enablin our attendees will be uests to enjoy Kabbalat Shabbat with the Alyth community sittin in the and then dinner at Muslim fast breakin time. same hall

All food provided will be veetarian

For caterin purposes, please let us know that you are comin by contactin [email protected].uk or 020 8457 8784

Location: Alyth Synaoue, NW11 7EN Save the date

Alyth Children’s Theatre Presents:

The Wizard Of Oz

Saturday 24 June: 19:00

Sunday 25 June: 15:00 & 19:00

By L. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion picture score By Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harbur Backround Music by Herbert Stothart Dance & Vocal Arranement by Peter Howard Adapted by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay

By arranement with MusicScope and Stae Musicals Limited of New York

Contact [email protected].uk for tickets

Adults £10, children £3, concessions £8 Contact us Rabbinic Team

Rabbi Josh [email protected].uk Rabbi Mark [email protected].uk

Rabbinic Partner 020 8457 8799 Rabbinic Partner 020 8457 8791

Rabbi Colin [email protected].uk 020 8455 6763

Community Director Director of Welfare & Life Cycle

Adam Martin [email protected].uk Lynette Sunderland [email protected].uk 020 8457 8789 020 8457 8793

Head of Music & Arts Emeritus Director of Music

Katie Hainbach [email protected].uk Viv Bellos [email protected].uk 020 8457 8797

Youth & Education Hub

Sam Brunner [email protected].uk Mike Mendoza [email protected].uk 020 8457 8796 020 8457 8782

Chloe Kimmel [email protected].uk Yael Roberts [email protected].uk 020 8457 8781 020 8457 8782

Kinderarten

Cindy Summer [email protected].uk Mita Khara k[email protected].uk 020 8457 8792 020 8457 8792

Community Administration Team

Bonnie Lemer [email protected].uk Lesley Lass [email protected].uk 020 8457 8784 020 8457 8786

Accounts Administrator Fundraisin & Development Co-ordinator

Lisa Kaan [email protected].uk Sarah Lansford [email protected].uk 020 8457 8788 020 8457 8787

North Western Reform Synaoue Alyth Gardens, London, NW11 7EN T 020 8455 6763 F 020 8731 8175 E [email protected].uk Copy date: 10th of every month. Please email [email protected].uk Out of hours emerency care line 07726 631 808 www.alyth.or.uk