Shofar July-August 2015

July/ August 2015

Shofar

‫שופר‬

the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue

Summer Days

From the Editor pat lehner Summer is here! Our FPS family is busy making the most of it – as you can see from the photos from our lovely Camp Out in June. Summer is the perfect time to come together, relax, share a meal and celebrate. The perfect time to sit around a campfire, to share food and stories and songs.

A different kind of celebration took place on the 7th of June at LJS, where many of our community took part in the Liberal Judaism day of celebration – you can read more about it on Page 5.

As always, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved, share and engage with your wider FPS family. Our popular adult education program Beit Midrash runs until Mid-July before breaking for summer, and will then return again in autumn. Our monthly musical/poetry Havdalah services continue to inspire and I’m sure anybody who has come to one of these events would agree that we are blessed with extraordinary talent in our community!

Sadly, this I also the time we have to say goodbye to our wonderful Rabbi Rene Pfertzel, who has brought so much to FPS. Along with our deep thanks we offer him our very best wishes and know that this is only a temporary good bye!

In this spirit, I wish you all many glorious summer days full of friendship, sharing, and the odd campfire magic.

FPS invites both women and men to wear a tallit and kippah on the bimah whilst taking part in services, although it is a matter of personal choice. If you are participating, the mitzvot steward will ask if you would like

to borrow either a tallit or kippah from the synagogue.

Michael Lassman Convener of Beit Tefillah Group

Cover: FPS Camp Out. Photo by Adele Silk. See page 7 for more photos

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From the Rabbi rabbi rebecca qassim birk our rabbis

This year we have been blessed by Rabbi Rene Pfertzel. Rene was in his first year of the rabbinate and broke his teeth on us and the community in Lyon where he has been attached since starting studying at LBC, and also to complete his 100% the Liberal Community in Wessex. It was a very full schedule.

Rene has brought so much to us as a community. Despite being a very new rabbi , he has life experience and wisdom that made us all forget that. In the early weeks of Ruben’s illness Rene was very much the sole rabbi in charge and when I returned, we became dear

colleagues. Rene’s charisma, teaching, voice and kindness were appreciated by so many of us. Monty Bixer paid him a high compliment when he enthused, ‘He glows with yiddishkeit.’

He does. This has been an important year for him and for us.

We welcomed him and his partner Graeme Duddridge and appreciated particularly the work he did in reinforcing and building our LGBT constituency of which we are proud.

Rene was looking for a bigger job than we can offer at this stage, so that he could have only two positions, and eventually just one. He will be moving to the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, to a bigger post at 50%. But we are keeping the connections very open and alive. We hope

Rene will do some teaching at Beit Midrash as a guest rabbi, and will also come back for some Shabbatot.

I am profoundly grateful to Rabbi Rene for all he brought to us and will ensure our connection remains practical and supportive.

Rene will along with all of us, I hope, take some rejuvenating rest over the summer months in order to be refreshed for the New Year in September.

FPS projects in the making... syrian refugees

Our community is leading on a shared project with local churches, synagogues, mosques and schools to work with borough of Barnet to settle 50 Syrian refugees. EU funded for first 2 years, our community and some students working over the summer will explore this for an action with Barnet in our Sukkah on Sunday 27 September 5pm. nursery & babies

We have received a grant from North London Progressive Trust to invest time and resources into building a programme for our youngest members in the form of a play group or a nursery. Let us know if this interests you!

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From the Chair alex kinchin-smith

In June I spent two very different days at two very different Liberal Jewish events.

The first was Liberal Judaism’s Day of Celebration at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St Johns Wood.

In this elegant and beautiful building, Liberal Jews gathered from all around the county to explore the topic of Israel under the title of Collaborate, Contemplate and Celebrate our State. It certainly was a stimulating day.

The keynote speaker was Rabbi Miri Gold who in conversation with Rabbi Danny Rich talked about her role as ‘the poster girl’ (his words) for the struggle to gain state funding for non-orthodox Rabbis in Israel. There was then a variety of sessions to choose from on a wide range of topics. The highlight for me was hearing from Anat Hoffman (Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Centre and the Chair person and founding member of Women of the Wall). Her passion for fighting for religious freedoms and justice was truly inspiring. The day certainly re-connected me

with Israeli issues and how we as Jews in the UK have a continued relationship with Israel. Should we be doing more in our own community? If you think we should then let me know.

The second event was our own FPS camp out where we spent a Shabbat in the very different surroundings of a campsite at Moat Mount in Mill Hill. We camped overnight with around 15 families, beginning with Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by dinner and a campfire and more activities the next morning.

It was a great experience to be joining other members away from the synagogue, outdoors, praying and learning in the woods – a world away from St Johns Wood! There was a fantastic relaxed atmosphere and it was a good place to get to know people a little better. It is these kind of events that help us to build a stronger community based upon relationships and friendships. If you missed it, and particularly if you like camping then make sure you join us next year. And if camping is not for you then please tell us what kind of event you might be more interested in.

So two different days, in very different places, but each very rewarding in its own way.

taking responsibility for ourselves

If you are finding yourself isolated, either alone or in a couple, it is worth giving some thought to what pleasures you can find within your lifestyle. I have just come out of a year, during which much time was spent bedbound.

I learned to cherish the changing view from my window, and, with binoculars in hand, traced the dramas enacted in the bird community. The

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radio was a blessing and wonderful telephone conversations were the highlight of each week. I found that writing down my thoughts about what I was going through was a good experience. For some, it might be helpful to talk into a recording machine.

There is a growing body of Synagogue Continued on page 5

FPS Projects lj day of celebration

Sunday 7 June was a real day of celebration and learning. There was a lovely buzz of greetings and reconnections as well as meeting new people. The participants came from all over the place including many from FPS. The presenters too came from near and far and were of a high calibre.

The Keynote address was a conversation between Rabbi Miri Gold - the first Reform Rabbi to be paid by the Israeli Government - and our Danny Rich. The variety and excellence of the programming meant I had a nice problem: choice.

In the first of two very presentations which I attended, I was both saddened and heartened

to hear from Reut Michaeli, a passionate advocate of and active participant in the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Tel Aviv.

In the second one, I thoroughly appreciated the presentation on Israeli Society beyond the Headlines which Robin Moss of NIF gave. He covered 3 huge subjects: LGBT, inequality and alternative Judaism in one hour with precise language and videos of music and TV series, to give us a captivating cameo of serious topics without patronising us or belittling the issues.

A fun and thoroughly worthwhile way to spend a Sunday.

Jenny Silk

Please note High Holydays begin early with some unusual preparations for us:

be ready for high holydays at fps

5 September 6.30pm Soulful Selichot Reflect Renew & Restore with an evening of mind, body & soul nourishment: acupuncture, reflexology, study & reflection as we go into our musical service at 9.00pm.

Please bring vegetables & fruit for our juice bar. Supper will be served. walk into a better year

Join Rabbi Rebecca on the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur for a walk every day from Tuesday 15 to Tuesday 22 September.

Meet at 9.ooam in front of Kenwood House for meaningful walking & talking

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volunteers who are now working hard to help members meet their needs. Please feel that you can ask for help via the synagogue office.

The knowledge that you have a plan of support may help you to convert loneliness into solitude.

Rochelle Simmons

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Simcha in Mogilev wika dorosz

Our twinned community Keshet in Mogilev (Belarus) celebrated this month b’not mitzvah of three members: Dasha-Daniela Zotova, Sviatlana-Margalet Kuntsevich and Ekaterina-Sara Ariela Daletskaya. Rabbi Grisha Abramovich (who visited FPS last year) is based in Minsk and can come only a few times a year – hence group bnei mitzvah ceremonies are a necessity in over a dozen provincial communities he serves.

The community leader, Mila Izakson, tells of the girls’ different ways to their Jewish roots. Ekaterina – who chose for herself the name Sarah – came to the community’s kindergarten ‘Aleph’ when she was only 3 years old and now plans to study biology in Israel. Dasha was very far removed from any connection to the Jewish world, but on the advice of her family went to two Netzer camps, got involved in the Keshet Sunday Club and now has a strong Jewish identity.

Svetlana is a mature girl who used to have long conversations with her grandmother Rachel and is very proud of her Jewish heritage. Families and friends of the three

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girls came to this very festive occasion to show support for their commitment to Jewish values and Judaism.

The Keshet community is renting space in the Metro club situated 200 metres from a former synagogue (now a Boxing Club). FPS members who visited in 2012 encouraged Keshet to forge closer links with the current owners of the building (Belorussian Boxing Association). As a result for the third year running they are able to sign the bnei mitzvah certificates on the premises – as well as blow the Shofar on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. They have to handle this sensitively and there is no question at this stage of regaining the building, but it’s heartening that the club stops for a few minutes to allow for the Jewish presence and ritual. Rabbi Grisha calls it ‘no small achievement’. Mila Izakson tells me that her Father vividly remembers from his childhood Simchat Torah celebrations in this synagogue – he was born in 1923 and actually lived next door! The synagogue closed in the 1930s and after the war became a Sports Club. An application for restoration of the building to the Jewish community made in the 1960s was refused. Still, they hope that one day Keshet will be able to afford its own premises – and FPS could be instrumental in their success…

FPS Camp Out Summer impressions from another wonderful Camp Out. Photos by Adele Silk

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Beit Tefillah services at fps As usual our summer services will be led by a mixture of our Lay Leaders and also Rabbi Rebecca. Please see the monthly flyer and weekly email for details.

services - july / august Friday 3 July

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 4 July

10.15am Shabbatots service Shabbat b’Yachad service

Friday 10 July

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 11 July

Shabbat service inc Bar Mitzvah of Raphy Klinger-Fixler

Friday 17 July

Shabbat Resouled

Saturday 18 July

Shabbat service inc Bat Mitzvah of Ella Balint-Kurti

Friday 24 July

Saturday 25 July

Friday 31 July

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Kabbalat Shabbat service

Shabbat service Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 1 August

10.15am Shabbatots service Shabbat b’Yachad service

Friday 7 August

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 8 August

Shabbat service

Friday 14 August

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 15 August

Shabbat service

Friday 21 August

Shabbat Resouled

Saturday 22 August

Shabbat service inc. special Birthday & Kiddush for Stanley Volk.

Friday 28 August

Kabbalat Shabbat service

Saturday 29 August

Shabbat service

Beit Knesset what’s happening at fps

people we warmly welcome new members

Chris Nash who has become an Associate Member Bradley Reback & Stuart Lawrence Raymond Waldman We wish them all a long and happy association with FPS. congratulations & mazal tov

Simon Bottomley & Ceferino Sanchez on their marriage in June Cathy Burnstone & Carmen Menegazzi on their marriage in June Angela Wharton who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her conversion in June Raymond & Mariette Waldman on their chuppah at FPS in July Raphy Klinger-Fixler who celebrates his Bar Mitzvah on 11 July Ella Balint-Kurti who celebrates her Bat Mitzvah on 18 July Josie Kinchin & John Rubinstein on the birth of a grandson, Levi Zachary, son for Tracey & Steve and brother for Olivia

woodland burials at edgwarebury cemetery

There is now a woodland burial area at Edgwarebury Lane Cemetery, available to all members. The cost of a plot in this area is £1700, which is the cost charged to Liberal Judaism by West London who are making this area available to Progressive Jews. Please remember that no headstone will be allowed.

If this final resting place would be of interest to

Lorna & Harry Roberts celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary in early July Mazal tov and bon voyage to Betty Lawson who is moving to Israel with her daughter Hilary in July out of hospital & best wishes

Ruth Hillmore, home again after a prolonged stay in hospital Devorah Barnett, settled into a new home in North Finchley and who would love to see visitors condolences

Valerie Leapman & family on the death of Peter Leapman Alison Rees & Peggy Sherwood on the death of Alison’s father Brian Rees Janet & Andrew Hart on the death of Janet’s mother Elsie Lewis Corinne Oppenheimer on the death of her brother Joy & Laurence Wilson on the death of their mother Stella

you, please advise Pauline in FPS office so that the information can be noted on our records and your wishes respected. burial or cremation?

FPS records do not consistently show whether members wish to be buried or cremated. This information is vitally important so please ensure that we have a record of your preference by contacting Pauline in FPS office.

Joan Shopper, Burials Officer

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Beit Midrash learning at fps beit midrash Our flagship adult learning experience: Thursday evenings 6.30 - 9.30pm 6.30 - 7.15pm - Pilates Get fit in our small, friendly class, under the expert guidance of Tali Swart. Cost £60 for a series of six sessions. To arrange a trial session, contact adrianlister@blueyonder.co.uk 7.30 - 9.30pm Discussion, Debate & Culture with break for tea, coffee and cake. A voluntary donation of £5 is requested to cover costs.

Beit Midrash Presents: Who Wrote the Bible?

A layman’s approach to the authors of the Bible, the sources and tools available to them, and the process of Biblical criticism. A series of three sessions led by Lionel Lassman.

Thursdays 7.30-9.30 pm 25 June - What do we mean by ‘wrote’?

2 July - What is wrong with the Bible?

9 July - Who did write the Bible and when?

Beit Midrash and Café Ivriah will break after the week of 9-11 July until September – Have a lovely Summer everyone!

Coming in Autumn: A 6-part series on Jewish History and Culture starting in October, convened by Lesley Urbach.

1 October: Vivi Lachs: East End Yiddish Revolution - Morris Winchevsky in verse and song 1884-94 8 October: Dr Susan Cohen on the Independent MP Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946) 15 October: Petra Laidlow will talk about her book The Jewish communities of Islington 1730s to 1880s.

22 October: Mike Levy on Greta Burkill and

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the Cambridge Refugee Committee (the nonJewish volunteers who provided welfare and homes for the children who came here on the Kindertranspor).

29 October: Dr Jane Gerson on LadyJudith Montefiore who wrote the first Anglo Jewish Cookery book 5 November: Lesley Urbach on Herbert Morrison and his Changing Attitude to the plight of the Jews between 1930 and 1945. cafe ivriah

Saturdays 9.45 - 10.45am Informal discussion over coffee and biscuits, between Ivriah drop-off and morning service delving into judaism

In-depth Jewish learning, Thursday evenings 7.30pm - 9.30pm 7.30 - 8.30pm: Learning and discussion 8.30 - 9.30pm: Biblical Hebrew with Ofra Rosenwasswer. Everyone welcome so long as they can at least read Hebrew slowly.

50/50 club draws, march winners:

1st 2nd 3rd

Alison Rees Elah Golan Irene & David Kahan

£15 £12 £8

april winners:

1st 2nd 3rd

Naomi Gould Barbara Shulman Jessica Lichtenstern

£15 £12 £8

may winners:

1st 2nd 3rd

Jacob Kinchin-Smith £15 Josie Kinchin £12 Corrine Oppenheimer £8

Beit Knesset arts at fps the screen on the grove & curtain up!

bridge group

Groups are on summer break and will be back in the Autumn.

Mondays @ 7.45pm £4, for details contact Gunter Lawson on 020 8346 5208

book club

rosh chodesh

Meetings are held in people’s homes, 8.00pm on the second Wednesday of each month.

Contact sheilakl@waitrose.com

Celebration of the new moon by women gathering for sharing, learning and spiritual exploration. We meet in the FPS Library at 8pm.

Rosh Chodesh Av: Thursday 16 July Etty Hillesum – ‘The thinking heart of the barracks’. Led by Marije Altorf.

In one of her later diary entries Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) writes that she wants to be ‘the thinking heart of the barracks’. We shall read some excerpts from her diaries and her letters and ask what these words mean.

yoga

Tuesdays @ 7.30pm.

Contact Richard on 020 8349 9602 cafe thursday

Thursdays @ 12.45pm, £6, for details contact Nicky Marzell via the synagogue office

fps supper quiz coming soon... save the date! saturday 17 october 2015 you are invited to come to fps for a fabulous fun filled evening withquiz, food, auction & prizes our flagship fundraiser for the synagogue & the community we encourage you all to attend!

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Simon Black raina sheridan

My husband, Simon, was a professional artist and all round creative. He died 7 years ago at the age of 49 but left behind an incredible body of work, some of which is in the public domain.

After Simon died, I donated a painting called The Martyr to the Imperial War Museum.

This is now on show at the Museum as part of their new exhibition – Visions of War - Above and Below: http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwmlondon/visions-of-war-above-and-below.

The painting is not necessarily one that you would expect a Jewish artist to produce, but in Simon’s own words, he was ‘interested in the group, the placement of the individual within it and also how certain events and experiences seem to possess a transcendental quality and become something other. This point of transformation and transcendence feeds [his] painting... [he was] interested in ambiguity of meaning, the dialogue between movement and inertia, and connection and solitude.’

All of this is clearly visible not just in The Martyr but also in the 6 paintings that are on permanent display in the Atrium at the Royal Free Hospital, 2 of which are reproduced 12

here. In 2001 Simon won a competition to produce these paintings and if you are ever at the hospital, I would strongly recommend you taking a moment to go and see them.

They depict all aspects of hospital life and are immensely strong, humane paintings.

As you can imagine, there are no words to express what it felt like to lose Simon at such a young age. However I feel enormously privileged to be the owner of his work and to have the joy of bringing his work to the attention of a whole new audience whether through the Imperial War Museum, the Royal Free, this magazine, or through the website www.simonblack.co.uk. I do hope that by looking at his paintings you will get the full measure of the man – a sharp observer of humanity in all its’ guises.

Letter from Lima the bonneff family life in lima

The strange phenomenon of El Niño has kept temperatures into the 20’s when Lima should really be in Winter right now with temperatures of about 14 degrees. I am not complaining, as it means I still have cloudless blue skies although humidity is running at about 86% in our apartment.

Limenans say that I am very lucky as from my 10th floor apartment window I shouldn’t still be able to see the Ocean but should be socked in by cloud. Winter will be very short for me this year! This has meant that Millie has been able to continue her surfing lessons as sea temperatures are still warm enough to make it enjoyable. Watching her surf is one of the highlights of my week. School

finishes early on a Friday for Shabbat so we take advantage of that and head off down to the sea for her lesson with Pukana Surf. It is a lovely community of people who now know us and have made us feel very welcome. One of the teachers saw me reading the weekly Jewish Community newsletter and said his brother was married to an Israeli and living in Israel. You just never know who you are going to meet! I keep telling Millie to imagine what she would be doing at 3pm on a Friday afternoon in Finchley!

We went to our first barmitzvah service last week at the Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue (not the synagogue we belong to). The service felt very inaccessible not only because of the mixture of Hebrew and Spanish but because the women seemed to be sitting so far away from all the ‘action’. It made me feel nostalgic for the wonderful services and music that FPS has and the fact that we all sit together.

What was interesting was that in spite of sitting separately, which is of course to be expected, none of the women wore hats!

There is no big party for the Barmitzvah boy, like we do in London, but a very sedate luncheon follows the service in the synagogue hall and that is all they do. I am wondering if we could learn a thing or two from this back home.

My next newsletter will be all about food, what is the same, what is different, what I really miss and what replacements I have found. Until then.., Abrazos y besos!

The Bonneffs in Lima

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hello!

I’m Raphy and I go to the Archer Academy which is a new school and I am one of the pioneering students who were part of the first intake. I am passionate about football and am a huge Arsenal fan. I play for AC Finchley and, like Arsenal, we just won the Cup final! I also enjoy drumming and art and all ball sports.

When we first came to FPS I felt happy to do my Bar Mitzvah here because of the lovely sense of community.

Raphy Klinger-Fixler kabbalat torah class

Class KT2 (Kabbalat Torah) led the FPS Shabbat services on 19 and 20 June 2015. Here is an extract of their D’var Torah for the week’s parashah: “Our Torah portion is from the Book of Numbers and called Korach. Korach is the name of an Israelite who leads an uprising against Moses’ leadership. We found it interesting that the portion is named after the rebel, and we thought that this reflected the importance of this event in the narrative.

Our section begins with the fact that Korach challenged Moses’ authority. Korach and his 250 followers say to Moses that he takes too much on himself: Rav lachem.

They ask: Isn’t the whole congregation holy? Does God dwell amongst us all? It might seem strange to us, as liberal and democratic Jews, that the Torah condemns Korach and his supporters for this 14

statement, which seems so natural to us. As Oscar pointed out when we discussed this with Rabbi Rebecca, progressive Judaism emphasizes the ability of everyone to study, learn and interpret the Torah.

Moses responds that God will tell us who is right. This turns God into the parental figure, with Moses and Korach becoming siblings squabbling with each other.

Moses then begins to question the Levites’ gratitude for what they have and questions whether the rebellion is simply selfish or for the benefit of all the people. We thought that we might have more sympathy for Korach at this stage if he truly represented the masses and their needs. Throughout history we have seen revolutions that have to rely on public support, only to serve a small minority in the long run.

The full version can be found on our website: www.finchleyprogressivesynagogue.org

In the photo from left to right: Oscar Andrusier, Hannah Andrusier, Adam Posylkin, Samuel Levy, Daniel Dolan.

KT2 teacher Elliott Karstadt in the second row.

Introducing Kibbud laura lassman, micky hargil, trish banes

Since taking over the offering and allocating of Mitzvot at the beginning of the year, we have come to the conclusion that the existing system of combining Mitzvot and Kiddushim could be revised.

For many years the practice has been to offer a Mitzvah – to read Haftarah, light candles on Erev Shabbat or open the Ark doors – to celebrate a life event such as a birthday or anniversary. It has been expected that this would go along with providing and preparing the Kiddush for the congregation.

We feel that the two should not necessarily go together but the Mitzvah should be offered ‘without strings’ and instead everyone in the community should take a turn to prepare Kiddush for the rest of the congregation. In this way we are all caring for one another and those celebrating are properly honoured by the rest of the community.

We are looking to build a team of Kibbud volunteers who will enjoy preparing the Shabbat morning Kiddush for others and socialising in the kitchen. The non-perishable

food will be provided by the synagogue so minimal shopping will be required. There will be a rota of volunteers who will set out and clear the Kiddush on Shabbat mornings.

If volunteers, or others attending the service, would like to contribute an item of perishable food, this would be very welcome. Bnei Mitzvot kiddushim will continue to be organised by Dalia Lyons.

On Friday nights, when numbers are fewer, the Kiddush will be a communal task. Food items will be placed in the kitchen and all can help put out and clear away. Shabbat Resouled kiddushim will still need to be allocated.

There will, of course, still be opportunities for members to sponsor a Kiddush to celebrate special events and Trish Banes (contact details below) will be happy to hear from willing sponsors.

If you feel that you would like to be part of the new Kibbud team, Micky Hargil (contact details below) would love to hear from you. We hope that many people will join so that this new venture will be truly shared.

We feel that this approach is in keeping with a caring community, working together and providing hospitality for each other.

Trish Banes patricia@pbanes6.wanadoo.co.uk or 020 8445 0898 Micky Hargil chaimadam@hotmail.com or 07891 061738 Left: Maya Howard’s Tzedakah project – Challah baking at Ivriah.

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Contacts fps who’s who finchley progressive synagogue

Vice-Chairs: Louise Gellman, Adrian Lister

54 Hutton Grove N12 8DR 020 8446 4063 www.finchleyprogressivesynagogue.org

Council members: Jacquie Fawcett, Wika Dorosz, Braham Fredman, Phillip Raphael President: Alan Banes

Rabbi Rebecca Qassim Birk - rabbi@fps.org Rabbi René Pfertzel - rabbirene@fps.org

Life Presidents: Clive Winston and Sheila King Lassman

Emeritus Rabbi: Dr Frank Hellner

Vice Presidents: Renzo Fantoni, Josie Kinchin, Lionel King Lassman, John Lewis, David Pelham, Paul Silver-Myer, Andrea Rappoport, Joan Shopper

Ivriah Headteacher: Adele Silk education@fps.org Musicians in residence: Franklyn Gellnick, Dean Staker

contacts

Synagogue Manager: Pauline Gusack pauline@fps.org

Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk

Premises Manager: Howard Hamerton

Beit Midrash (Education): Adrian Lister, Louise Gellman

executive & council

Chair: Alex Kinchin-Smith - chair@fps.org Treasurer: Martin Silk Honorary Secretary: Josie Kinchin honsec@fps.org

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Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Michael Lassman, Josie Kinchin Café Thursday: Nicky Marzell Shofar Editor: Pat Lehner - shofar@fps.org

janet tresman mediator & collaborative family law solicitor now back in finchley!

Altermans Solicitors 239 Regents Park Road, London N3 3LF Direct dial: 0203 1820121 Email: janet@altermans.co.uk