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The Mosaic community magazine | Monthly November 2017
Kehila is brought to you by
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MOSAIC REFORMMAZAL TOV TO:Dennis Goodman on the birth of his
great-grand-daughter, Lily.Beryl & Paul Rosenbaum on the
engagement of their daughter, Helen, to Anthony Lane.Linda Edward
on gaining a first-class honours degree in Humanities with English
Literature and History.
BIRTHDAY WISHES TO:Mark Newman, 55Jane Frenchman, 65Karen Glick,
65Angela Green, 70Lew Leaderman, 93Hilary Perry, 80Lily Sheldon,
90Robert Simons, 75Victor Sinclair, 96Paul Graham, 70Sara Leigh,
97David Martin, 70Marion Bloom, 94Ian Cristol, 70
ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO:Annette & John Ashmele on their 25th
wedding anniversary.Sheila & Alan Garfield on their 50th
wedding anniversary.Lisa & Mark Newman on their 25th wedding
anniversary.Gill & Michael Reik on their 50th wedding
anniversary.
CONDOLENCES TO:The family and friends of Marie Shapiro.The
family and friends of Joan Burns.The family and friends of Michael
Wallace.Samuel Dresner on the death of his wife, Ulla.Paul Russell
on the death of his mother, Riv Russell.Paul Levy on the death of
his wife, Suzanne.
GET WELL WISHES TO:William KlineDavid BoothAdele SafferMartin
SimonisEvelyn Sheldon
GOOD LUCK IN THEIR NEW HOME TO:Margaret & Michael
AbrahamsLeila & Tony Thornfield Judy & Philip Silverton
HEMSBIRTHDAY WISHES TO:Nicholas Young, 16
ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO:Paulette & Mark Sachonon their 30th
wedding anniversary.
CONDOLENCES TO:Sass Ezekiel on the death of his mother, Esther
Ezekiel.
MOSAIC LIBERALWELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS:Anthony & Stella
Share
MAZAL TOV TO:Anthony Lane on his engagement to Helen Rosenbaum –
also to Julia & Michael Lane.
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY WISHES TO:Marie CapitelliRuth HarwoodAlan
HuntJoy KatzGeraldine KaufmanMaurice LevanDora MandelElaine
PannellDavid PearsonAdele RubensteinHana SchlesingerStanley
SolomonsFred SonnenbergFrances SpiegelJohn Trafford
CONDOLENCES TO:Condolences to Eve Porath on the death of her
mother, Muriel Millett.
GET WELL WISHES TO:Helena StoneMary VulkanShirley Philipp
Since our last issue
ABOUT OUR MEMBERS
Every Kol Nidrei when we read the prayer by Leo Baeck before the
service proper, I remember how emotional I felt when Rabbi Curtis
Cassell z”l, already in his 70s’, helped out Middlesex New
Synagogue while we were without a full time rabbi. In 1985, he took
our Kol Nidrei service. For the first time we were using the
recently issued RSGB High Holyday machzor. Immediately before the
Kol Nidrei prayer is an excerpt from a prayer written by Rabbi Leo
Baeck in 1935. Rabbi Cassell, his voice breaking with emotion, said
that on Kol Nidrei exactly 50 years earlier he had been a student
in the Hochschule fur die Wissenshaft des Judentem in Berlin and he
was asked to read that particular prayer at short notice because
Leo Baeck had just been arrested by the Nazis.
The prayer reminds us all to examine what we have done and what
we have failed to do and to ask for forgiveness. The full version
in the study anthology in the machzor says “We, in indignation and
abhorrence, express our contempt for the lies concerning us and the
defamation of our religion”. No wonder the Nazis arrested Rabbi
Baeck.
That Kol Nidrei in 1985, the congregation was stunned into
silence and introspection. Besides the incredible emotion that
evening, this experience shows the link between the rabbis trained
in the Hochshule – the seminary for the scientific study of
Judaism, where the pre-war generation of rabbis were trained – and
the Leo Baeck College here in Britain which has replaced it.
Children’s birthdays are on page 14
Send your articles, pictures, letters etc to
[email protected]
Editors: Martin Simonis and Judy Silverton
Copy deadline for the December issue is 19th November
COMMUNAL
Kol Nidre reflectionsBy David Leibling
Once again Mosaic will be producing a complimentary 2018
calendar for its members. It will include all the festivals,
Shabbat times and community contact details and will be a useful
addition to any Mosaic wall!
However, rather than just distributing a copy to each household,
for 2018 we will be doing so on a pre-order basis only. Therefore,
to place your order please contact the Mosaic office (020-8864 0133
or [email protected]) no later than Thursday 9th November.
Your copy will then be delivered with your Kehila at the end of
November. Additional copies may also be pre-ordered at £5 each
2018MOSAIC CALENDER
Pre-Order Now!
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1939 is a long time ago. I, like many of us at Mosaic, was not
born yet. My father was a refugee from Nazi Germany, where he had
spent time in Dachau concentration camp. He became a member of the
Pioneer Corps and served for King and Country in what was to be his
homeland. I came along 13 years later and he was already an older
parent, which is now the norm, but was not in those days. He was
ahead of his time – as a child, I never thought of that.
I remember him on many occasions and think how a refugee from a
country of conflict, helped make the United Kingdom safe for people
like me and most of our Mosaic community. I march every year at the
AJEX parade in Whitehall and am proud, no, very proud, to wear his
medals and rememberhim in a light that is from yesteryear. If any
of our readers have a parent or grandparent that served in the war
conflicts and would like to remember them in a different manner,
apart from the Yahrzeit candle, please join Marvyn Ellison, Linda
Lucas and myself at 2pm on Sunday 19th November in Horse Guards
parade. We will be marching under the banner of
COMMUNAL ChATANiM
Stoke-on-Trent. The more the merrier and this is open to all age
groups. We would be delighted to welcome wheelchair users – I am
sure we can find young people to assist
them.Please support your
relatives’ activities of yesteryear to make our current year
possible and please support myself, Linda and Marvyn.
Remembering my father By Edwin Lucas
HEMSit has become a fine tradition at HEMS to address the h o n
o r a n t s somewhat in the style of “This Is Your Life”, directed
straight to them
with more than a little humour and much joy. Here is just a
flavour of those two speeches made in inimitable fashion by Edwin
Lucas.
Neil MendozaWe are pleased to honour Neil, our outgoing Chairman
and incoming Honorary Secretary.
Where did Neil get his shul interest from? I gather that he
first made a real impression at his Bar Mitzvah, when he chanted
his portion, Terumah, and sources close to the honorant say that he
was so confident he looked as if he owned the place. In that
Parshah, Moses receives instructions on how to build a special sort
of “house” for G-d, called the mishkan. This is where G-d’s
presence will dwell and where the Jews will be able to perform
services for G-d. The next bit is key as it was the original
synagogue –in fact, our synagogues today are modelled after, and in
place of, the mishkan of old. G-d gives Moses detailed instructions
on how to build the mishkan. So, if the building team are looking
for support and inspiration, Neil could now help to design our new
shul.
As a child, Neil attended B’nai B’rith and saw young Sue there
for the first time. He met her again in Chicago and tasted her
cooking and then called her “The Chicken Queen” and, would you
believe his audacity, he admits to his own mother that Sue‘s
chicken is better than hers!
Always willing to try new gastronomic adventures, word has it
that you are into bombe making, which is not something everyone
would be proud of and particularly not these days. Oops, I meant
Chocolate bombes. The result is the same and yours exploded.
Neil has had 3 children from their birth and loved parenting so
much that he picked up another 2 on the way. He leads by example
and his love for shuls has been handed down to his son, Michael,
who is, just like his father, making a difference and is stamping
his mark on a brilliant, thriving community, which makes him a real
chip, off the old block. Sue’s daughter voiced that, “Neil is the
best stepfather and treats me like one of his own. He is always
there for me and helps me with everything (university, moving out,
which petrol to use, my wedding).”
Sue MendozaWe are delighted to honour Sue, our co-chair of
security operations.
Talking of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, I am sorry you were not Bat
Mitzvahed here at HEMS as I always write to the celebrants about
friendship. It is not an original theme from me and I plagiarised
from a family friend. I hope action on plagiarism is not one of
barrister Neil’s specialties!
There are two types of friend – fair-weather friend and friend.
The fair-weather
Please join Marvyn Ellison, Linda
Lucas and myself at 2pm on Sunday
19th November in Horse Guards
parade
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ones are not worth having, as when the going gets tough, they
get going – off into the sunset. Why am I mentioning this? No, you
are not a fair-weather friend and you are there for others. There
is an amazing story which touched my heart. You were walking under
the clearly visible moon at the moon walk for breast cancer, when
your bestie was struggling and felt like giving up. ‘NO’, you said,
but you did not just say no, you linked arms with your school pal
and like a well-known marathon runner, you helped her to finish the
walk together. That is so wonderful.
Someone here calls you “Superwoman”, which is a lovely term and,
as we have heard, really apt. This fitness kick however, has not
always been on show. At school, which is not that long ago, you
used to hide during the cross country. You would never have thought
of starting up a regular walking club for the younger generation,
to complement Henry’s walking group for the over 40’s, and older
still, generation.
You have been a member of our shul for a few years and now have
two men in your life. You have Neil at home, to care for and then
you co-chair security with another man, Gary. Not only do you look
after HEMS, you also do so much work for CST and attend many events
voluntarily, look after congregations, gatherings and dignitaries
other than your parents and mother in law!
Mosaic LiberalAlan’s parents were members of the Liberal Jewish
Synagogue, and he attended “Classes” there, going to St John’s Wood
on his own from Barnet,
where the family had moved to at the end of the War. In those
days they didn’t have
Bar or Bat Mitzvah at the LJS, but he was “confirmed” at the age
of 15.
Janet had lived with her parents and brother in Kenton, and
attended Wembley United Cheder from the age of three. After she,
her mother and John moved to Rossmore Court, close to Baker Street,
they joined Upper Berkeley Street. Janet and Alan met at the very
successful Youth Club of the then Wembley Liberal Synagogue in the
late 1950s; they later became members of an older group known as
Huganu (Our Circle). Alan played for the Prestonians Football Club,
mainly comprising members of those groups, in the AJY League.
They married in 1965 at the LJS and lived first in North Harrow,
moving in 1971 with their three sons, Mike, Neil and Paul, to their
present house in Pinner. As their circle of friends were mostly
members of Wembley, they decided in 1971 to join as well. Alan was
asked to join the Council and soon became a member of the
Administration Committee – looking after the old building
at 326 Preston Road. He has served as Synagogue Chairman twice,
in the mid-1980s whilst working as a Chartered Surveyor and again
after he retired in 2004. He was on the Rites & Practices
Committee for 30 years, chaired the Development Committee which
oversaw the planning and construction of the new building at
Preston Road, and was a member of the Lettings Committee. When
members agreed in 2011 to sell the property, he was responsible for
arranging the sale and for the move to Bessborough Road. Until
earlier this year he served as Administration Officer for Mosaic
Jewish Community, and has represented Mosaic Liberal for many years
on the LJ Council.
Over the years, Janet worked for a number of local accountancy
practices. Her first involvement with the shul was as a member of
the Religion School PTA, and she was also secretary of the former
Women’s Society. Over the years she has been Synagogue
Administrator and later Accounts Manager, and was Secretary of the
Rites & Practices Committee for 25 years! She has served two
terms on Council, has helped to organise many social events, and
deals with the administration of the Yom Kippur Appeal. She is also
a member of the MJC Community Group, and is convenor of the Book
Group.
Their sons’ religious affiliations are now widely spread –
Belsize Square Synagogue, Mosaic Liberal and a progressive Orthodox
shul in Tel Aviv. They have a total of 10 grandchildren ranging in
age from 23 to two.
They are so grateful to the Synagogue and its founder, Max
Salter, for the Youth Club
in those early days where they first met, many of whose members
have remained their close friends over the last 60 years. They
enjoy meeting friends and fellow congregants at shul, and in recent
years have formed new friendships with many members of Mosaic
Reform and HEMS.
Mosaic Reform(Linda Holman writes):
This year we are delighted to honour three of our dedicated
volunteers, Neil Goodman, our Chatan Torah, and Harry and Bertha
Levy, our Chatan and Kallat Bereshit.
Neil, born in April 1946, spent his early years with his parents
and sister in Edgware. After leaving school Neil joined the family
electronics business but after further retail experiences he
decided to take-up mini cabbing, a short-term job which lasted 15
years. In 1994 Neil passed the advanced driving test, and after two
years became a fully qualified self-employed driving
instructor.
Neil met Miriam in 1967 at Alyth gardens Youth Club, they
married at South Hampstead United synagogue and moved to Harrow
where they are still living in the same house. They have two
children, James and Joanna. In 1987 Neil and Mim decided to join
MNS where James was Bar Mitzvah in 1993. They now have four
grandchildren.
In 2002 Neil was a contestant in ‘The Weakest Link’ which
inspired him to compile and present quizzes to local schools,
charities, sports clubs and our own shul magazine.
In 2016 Neil started driving a mini-bus
Photo: FDS
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for a private school – a job which he loves. Neil is also the
proud owner of a motor scooter on which he has delivered Bimah and
now Kehila for 17 years to more than 20 addresses in and around
North Harrow, Harrow and Harrow Weald.
Bertha arrived in this country as a refugee from Brussels with
her younger sister and parents in 1940. The family settled in the
Kings Cross area. After leaving local school at 15 Bertha was
employed for 10 years at JNF. In 1955 she met Harry Levy at Notting
Hill Jewish Youth Club and two years later they married at Lea
Bridge Road Synagogue.
Harry was born in 1934, the youngest of 5 children. During the
war he was evacuated, but in 1944 returned to live in North
Kensington. After leaving school aged 16 he signed professional
football forms for Fulham FC, was employed as an
office junior, and then entered the newspaper publishing
industry as a junior trainee at Associated Newspapers Group. In
1953 he did military service in Egypt for two years. Eventually
Harry held executive positions on various newspapers groups. Before
his retirement he returned to Associated Newspapers as Provincial
Chairman.
Bertha and Harry have three children, Clive, Grant and Michelle
and six grandchildren. In 1965, Harry and Bertha moved to Hatch End
and joined MNS, where their children were bar-and-bat-mitzvah.
Harry helped to organise MINYS youth club as well as coaching the
extremely successful MNS football team which he trained on
Wednesday evenings and supported on Sundays from 1971 to 1977.
Harry has also been a telenet phoner since the 1970s.
In the early 1970’s Bertha joined the Harrow Friendship Club as
a helper, became a committee member after three years, joint
chairman for several years and has been Chairman for ten years –
the longest serving ever. The club is the most successful
Friendship Club in the UK and is about to celebrate its 40th
birthday. For 20 years, until 2014, Bertha also organised the
cleaning of all the Ritual silver. Harry has unstintingly supported
Bertha’s involvement in the Friendship Club over many years and
helps with driving members on Mondays.
Both Joe Rosen and Ben Brownstone from Kol Chai chose to join
the Mosaic Kabbalat Torah classes after their Bar Mitzvahs to
continue learning about their Jewish culture. Amongst other things,
they particularly enjoy the classes on history and ethics, taught
by Rabbis Frank and Kathleen.
Kabbalat TorahFirst Kol Chai students
join KT class
First day of the new year at hamakom
10th September
14th Tues, 8pm ‘The role of women in the Temple’ R. Kathleen
Middleton25th Sat, 9.30am Parashat Ha-Shavuah R. Dr. Frank Dabba
Smith
5th Tues, 8pm ‘A voyage through the festivals’ (Chanukah) R.
Kathleen Middleton
14th Thurs, 8pm ‘Jewish Noir: Shtarkers and Redemption’:
Reflections on The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon R.
Dr. Frank Dabba Smith
16th Sat, 9.30am Danish & Daven
Above: Joe Rosen (left) and Ben Brownstone
NOveMber
DeceMber
Adult Education
Photo: Maurice Hoffman
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FESTiVALS
(Above) Mosaic Liberal were joined by our brothers and sisters
from the Wembley Central Mosque at Rosh Hashanah morning
services.
The kids at work preparing the succah decorations. Photo:
FDS
(Right) Stefan & Mandy Roos
do the hard work. Photo: FDS
(Above) Rabbi Dr Frank and Kathleen bless the challot. Photo:
Maurice Hoffman
(Below) Kids and lulavs – picture compiler’s heaven. Photo:
FDS
(Above) Jonanthan and Linda Baum join the ML procession
FESTiVALSRosh Hashana
Sukkot
Sukkot
Simchat Torah
(Above) Mosaic Liberal in the succah. Photo: FDS
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UpCOMiNg EVENTS
Mosaic Screening of the Balfour Declaration Centenary
Lecture
NOVEMBER6th Keyboard player/singer Roy Blass13th Celebrate the
Club’s 40th birthday –
Ronnie Goldberg entertains
20th Vocalist Stevie Permutt27th The Right Mix entertain
Friendship ClubEntertainment for the
over-60sMondays: 11:00 to 14:30
Tel (on the day): 020 8423 2903
November
7th Life at the JC – Stephen Grabiner, Chairman of the Jewish
Chronicle
21st Picture Palaces with Rachel Kolsky – sit back and enjoy the
glory days of cinema-going
December
5th The crop circle mystery – Andy Thomas
19th Music through the Ages with Lynda Styan – followed by
doughnuts and Chanukah candle-lighting with Rabbi Kathleen
All events are on Tuesdays and start at 14:00
Mosaic JACS Programme
UpCOMiNg EVENTS
Are you a carer? Do you look after an elderly relative in your
own home, in their home or in residential
care? Do you care for someone with a mental
health problem?Do you help support someone who has a physical
disability and / or a learning
disability?Mosaic Reform and Northwood and Pinner
Liberal Synagogue will be setting up a support group for all
kinds of carers. It will be an
opportunity to gain practical knowledge and to share
information.
For further information, contact Gay Saunders:
[email protected]
or via the Office.
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FILM MOSAICAt 8:00pm on Tuesday 28th November
FEAR EATS THE SOUL(German with English subtitles)
Emmi, a lonely cleaner loves Ali, a Moroccan immigrant who is 20
years her junior, much to the chagrin of the 1970s resentfully
racist “anständig” (Civilised) post war Munich middle class.
Fassbender’s movie is a heart-rending and extremely prescient
drama, offering a dispassionate dissection of the social pressures
and racial hatred (still) apparent in 70s
Germany. It is a love story between two lonely souls and an
indictment of hidden xenophobia and racism that still existed in
Germany.
Donations for our chosen charity would be appreciated if you
care to give.
Mosaic Biscuit Bake-In
Wednesday 8th November, 10am
By popular demand, members are invited back into the kitchen on
Wednesday 8th November at 10.00 am to do some home cooking to make
biscuits and tray bakes for kiddushim and the Shabbat “welcome”
sessions. Just come along with your apron but please let the office
know you’re coming so that we’re sure we have enough ingredients
for you.
REViEW OF pAST EVENTS
The packed crowd at Mosaic on Sunday evening 8th October was in
for a treat!Delicious canapés and prosecco were
followed by a delightful talk by Paul; he showed us extracts
from his TV comedies: From May to December, My Hero amongst others,
together with his first spaghetti commercial and told us how he
came to be a writer, having abandoned his first career in law.
We have probably all enjoyed his television scripts and are able
to relish the very Jewish humour which flavours Paul’s writings;
but, I also find that here is an author with a profound
understanding of human nature (Jewish or otherwise). He writes with
a light comic touch but also with empathy and compassion.
On Sunday Paul introduced us to his two new novels: the debut
novel, a romcom based on his very early experience as a novice
lawyer, In the Matter of Isabel, and his children’s book, Losing
Arthur – suitable
for children from 9 to 90! Both books have received rave
reviews.
The evening closed with a book signing by Paul. I am sure that
his books will prove to be as successful as his television
scripts.
Our thanks to the Mosaic Community team, who helped make Sunday
such a terrific evening.
An evening at MosaicWith Paul Mendelson, acclaimed
screenwriter
Paul Mendelson signs copies of his book for attendees. Photo:
John Ashmele
by Annette Ashmele
Brainteaser Compiled by John Ashmele
Answer to August brainTeaser: The unusual feature of the words
‘revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven’:
Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end, and it
will spell the same word backwards (tough, huh?)
Use three identical digits in a simple addition sum so that the
total is 12, but you cannot use the digit 4.
Happy Birthday
Adam Feldman (9)Ava Kenton (10)Sophie Kenton (8)Sam Landau
(8)Amy Phillips (6)Hannah Specterman (3)Tilly Wolff (10)
in November to:
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WhAT WE hAVE BEEN DOiNgWhAT WE hAVE BEEN DOiNg
harry Benham Celebrates
Rose Young Celebrates
Ruth Barnett’s play, ‘What Price for Justice’, was read by
actors at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden on 11th
August. As Ruth notes, ‘This is the true story about a judge in
Berlin, sacked by the Nazis in 1933, who escaped in 1939 to
Shanghai and returned in 1948 in the hope of reclaiming his home,
reuniting his family and helping to build up a more just new
Germany, only to find himself thwarted at every turn by former
Nazis
that had been in professional positions of authority right
through the Nazi period with no discontinuity.’ The judge is Ruth’s
father, Dr Robert Michaelis (1903-1973).
The play highlights the traumatisation of families and the
failure of achieving justice in the aftermath. Tragically,
genocides continue to be perpetrated and, according to Ruth, this
is in great part due to ‘massive denial based on ignorance’.
Live reading of Ruth Barnett’s play
Rose Young, holding the Havdalah candle, celebrates her 90th
birthday with members of Mosaic Liberal Synagogue immediately after
the end of Yom Kippur services. Photo: FDS
On 19th August, member Harry Benham celebrated his 70th birthday
in great style at a party featuring a concert by blues and soul
singer Geno Washington and his band.
Left: Harry and his wife Tracey. Photo: FDS
Ruth introducing her play before the reading by the actors
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NOvEMBERWed 1st 19.30 Live screening of Simon Sharma lecture
(see p12)
Thurs 2nd 20:00 Council meetings
Fri 3rd 19.00 Contemplative service
Sat 4th Shabbat Vayera
Tue 7th 14.00 JACS – ‘Life at the JC’ (see p13)
Wed 8th 10.00 Biscuit bake-in
Thur 9th 20.00 Photo Group
Sat 11th Shabbat Chaye-Sarah
11.00 Shabbat Shira
Sun 12th 14.30 Stone-setting – Margot Neuwirth. Cheshunt
15.00 Stone-setting – Essie Harris. Cheshunt
Tue 14th 20.00 Adult Learning – Role of Women in the Temple
Wed 15th 12.30 Lunch Club
Sat 18th Shabbat Toledot
Sun 19th Kehila copy date
Mitzvah Day
Tue 21st 14.00 JACS –‘Picture palaces’ (see p13)
Wed 22nd 20.00 Book Group ‘Hag-Seed’ by Margaret Atwood
Sat 25th Shabbat Vayetze
09.30 Parashat haShavuah with Rabbi Dr Frank Dabba Smith
Sun 26th 19.15 Supper Quiz – see front pageTue 28th 20:00 Film
Mosaic – ‘Fear eats the Soul’ (see p14)
Thur 30th Kehila distribution
DECEMBERSat 2nd Shabbat Vayishlach
Sun 3rd 15.00 Mosaic General meeting
Tue 5th 14.00 JACS ‘Crop Circles’ (see p13)
20.00 Adult Learning – Chanukah
Sat 9th Shabbat Vayeshev
Sun 10th Kehila copy date
09.45 HaMakom – end of term
Tue 12th 1st candle Chanukah 20.00 Photo Group
Thur 14th 20.00 ‘Jewish Noir: Shtarkers & Redemption’
Fri 15th 10.00 Chanukah bake-in
Sat 16th Shabbat Mikkets
09.30 Danish & Daven
11.00 Shabbat Shira
Sun 17th 14.00 Stone-setting – Mimi Bulka. Cheshunt
Tue 19th 14.00 JACS – ‘Music Through the Ages’ and candles
8th candle Chanukah
Wed 20th 12.30 Lunch Club
Sat 23rd Shabbat Vayigash
Thur 28th Kehila copy date
Sat 30th Shabbat Vayechi
MOSAiC CALENDAR
Monday 11:00 – Friendship ClubEvery other Thursday 14:00
–Singing Seniors
Sunday (term time) 09:45 – HaMakom
EvERY WEEK Nov | DecUnless otherwise stated, all events take
place at 39 Bessborough Road, Harrow HA1 3BS. The times/locations
of weekly services are as below, unless otherwise stated: Mosaic
Liberal: Bessborough Road: Friday 19:00 Saturday 11:00HEMS: Girl
Guide Headquarters (GGHQ), Hatch End: Saturday 09:30Mosaic Reform:
Bessborough Road: Friday 19:00, Saturday 10:30From Michael Reik
Anti-semitism at the Labour party conferenceThe Labour Party
Conference has
reconvinced me of the blatant
anti-semitism that is part of the
Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon. He is
incapable of uttering the word ‘Jew’
without recourse to an additional
and alternative race. He cannot
utter the word ‘Israel’ without an
alternative such as ‘Palestine’.
He seemed to thrive in the giving
out of the blatantly anti-semitic
literature at his recent re-crowning
as labour leader at the conference.
As Jews in this country, I
believe we have to be afraid at
the possibility of Corbyn becoming
Prime Minister.All those Jews that support the
Labour philosophy should be looking
to consider an alternative left-wing
party before it is too late.
Alternatively, perhaps those just
left of centre Labourites and those
just right of centre Tories could
consider joining Vince Cable to see
if the Liberals can take over the
moderate voice in the UK. Or maybe
David Milliband can be persuaded
to give up his job handling world
refugees in New York and help in
the formation of a Centrist Party (a
la Macron in France)
LETTERS
From Viv BlockThank you to the 80+ tea party organisersOnce
again, the intrepid, amazing Jane Prentice organised a superb tea
party for the more elderly in our community on 23rd July. A team of
dedicated volunteers from both the Reform/Liberal congregation
helped prepare the tea, decorated the Kiddush room, laid the tables
and made a variety of sandwiches, cakes, scones [cooked by Jane],
four dozen egg mayonnaise filling [prepared by Vera]. It turned out
to be a very successful gathering. Thanks also to the incredible
‘Plonkers’ [David Martin, Steve Noble and David Pollak] who
provided the entertainment. Jane always manages to go that ‘extra
mile’ and I personally would like to thank her and the team for
another excellent event. It’s hard work, but very rewarding when
one sees so many members enjoying themselves. Once again thank you
so much for all you do.
From Linda LangleyHEMS succahAs a new HEMS council member, I
have attended shul many times over the recent weeks and enjoyed the
warmth and friendliness of the members.
I also attended the invites to the Succah by Gill and David Ross
and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
However, I was disappointed to learn that several members who
booked did not in fact come or cancel, leaving a surplus of food.
These absentees missed a really great time.
Members do please come next year. It is disheartening for those
involved not to get support.
Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect those of the Mosaic Jewish Community
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Joint Chairmen: Edwin Lucas – 07973 312851 Gill Ross – 07428
162473
Burials Officer: Edward Kafka 020 8904 5499
JJBS: 020 8989 5252
Chairman: Daniel Brown 07884 941743
Vice Chairman: Hana Schlesinger 020 8961 1109
Rabbi Dr. Frank Dabba Smith 07878 936339 (to be used only in
case of emergency) [email protected]
Rites and Practices: Kevin Ziants 07841 375458
Care Co-ordinator: Joy Katz 020 8904 8037
Liberal Judaism: 020 7580 1663Undertakers: Michael King Funeral
Directors 020 8368 7453 / 07595 956 936
Chairman: Lawrence Chadwick 07798 935873
Hon Secretary: Juliet Grainger 01923 822682
Rabbi Kathleen Middleton 020 8866 9225 (please use only when
Office is closed) [email protected]
Bereavement Support: Bobbi Riesel 020 8428 7977
JJBS: 020 8989 5252Community Care: Gay Saunders
[email protected]
Office: 020 8864 0133Website: www.choosemosaic.orgEmail:
[email protected]
Address: 39 Bessborough Road, Harrow HA1 3BS
Chairman: Phil Austin 07801 495272
[email protected]
New membership enquiries: Mark Phillips 07500 118 796
[email protected]
Mosaic office is at 39 Bessborough Road and
is open 09.00-15.00 Monday-Thursday
www.choosemosaic.org
