Chairman’s Message

I am delighted to be able to greet you all as we go into another New Year.

I took over from Graham Nussbaum following the Annual General Meeting at the end of April and we have proceeded to get the Shul and the Community as far as we can, back to normal following Covid.

As I have said many times, it is important for our community to get back together after the past two years and the Rabbi, Officers and Board of Management are determined that the activities of the shul should be “business as usual”.

We have followed Government guidelines all the way down the line and will continue to do so. At the time of writing this at the end of August, the number of daily cases of Covid in the whole country are around 500 cases per day which is very low, even with the large influx of tourists who thankfully have returned. We will have to live with Covid going forward and our Shul activities and services will reflect this normality.

We had an excellent Shavuot Lunch organised by Betty Wahnon and her lovely ladies of the Irgun Nashim. It was lovely to have a normal Yom Tov in Shul and to see the return of our many visitors.

Our Kiddushim have returned with a growing attendance as have the Seuda Shlishit after Mincha on Shabbat. Our hall is available for hire and is already being used for functions and the other regular activities: table tennis, fitness classes, art classes, etc, are all taking place regularly.

Rabbi Boudilovsky continues to give us spiritual guidance and I am grateful for all the members of the Executive and Board of Management for their contributions, guidance and advice. We really do have an excellent team who work together in a cohesive manner for the good of the community. My thanks to all of them.

This is the first normal year for seating for Yom Tov. I recognise that there are still a few of you who will not yet come to Shul but hopefully you will be there soon. The seating organisation is being organised by Mark Collins who, together with others, will deal with the seating applications and I must formally thank Ruth and Barry Lyons for their diligence in dealing with this previously for many years up to Covid.

As we lead into the Yom Tov period, I can also advise you that our Chatanim this year will be Graham Nussbaum as Chatan Torah and David Feiler as Chatan Bereshit. The two of them spearheaded the continuation of activities of the community during the difficult Covid period with great success and we thank them.

As you are aware, I maintain the Shul web site and if there are any suggestions, I would be happy to hear them.

I am happy to correspond with any member about the Shul. Please email me at: chairman@yinn.org

Finally, on behalf of my wife Alexandra and myself, we wish you and all of your families a L’Shana Tovah tikatevu, and look forward to seeing many of you at our services and activities.

With best regards to you all, Alex Stuart September 2022 Rosh Hashanna 5783