February 2021
the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue
Love
From the Editor... Does
anyone remember the longrunning newspaper cartoon “Love is..”? Two virginal figures, one male and one female, with a caption defining what love meant that particular day, however banal. Defining love is something so existentially impossible that it has taxed the minds of poets, songwriters, scriptwriters and many more for centuries. Love is ...like oxygen? a wonderful colour? like a heatwave? Love is all around? Love is the drug, even? Love means never having to say you’re sorry? We could go on forever and not define it. Obviously I’m not going to try and do that. But I think that love exists in all of us, even if we may think we’re hardened souls, or that we are incapable of loving. Sometimes it’s a fleeting giddiness that resolves itself into something more earthbound, other times it’s a warm bath of contentment that you know you can rely on to
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give a backbone to your life when you feel things are going awry. And love goes two ways. “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn / Is just to love and be loved in return”, as per the lyrics of the jazz classic “Nature Boy” - written in the 1940s by eccentric Jewish proto-hippy Eben Ahbez. The love of our parents who brought us up and made us what we are, and with whom (and to whom) we will always be children, and to our own children to whom I can testify that there is no deeper love than that for those you feel responsible for, having brought into the world yourself. To close, one of my favourite quotes from my favourite author, Haruki Murakami, from his novel “1Q84”. “If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there’s salvation in life. Even if you can’t get together with that person.” We need love as fuel to live, to keep going. That’s why in these turbulent times, more than ever, we need to show, give and direct to those around us (and take it too) to give us all the strength not only to survive, but to thrive.
a note about family announcements.
Please let us know in the office when you have good news to share, grandchildren born, photos, joy to mark. We want to capture them all. So please help us not to miss your life cycle moments. shofar@fps.org / pauline@fps.org
Cover: ‘I have not yet loved enough’ painted by Robin Heller. Read Robin’s piece ‘Other People’s Candles’ on page 11
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Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org
From the Rabbi
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t Yom Kippur I spoke about love. I asked, quoting the Israeli composer and singer Naomi Shemer, who or what have we not loved enough? Od lo ahavti dai she famously wrote and sang about her beloved Israel. Who in our families, our households, our community and indeed more widely had we not loved enough, I asked us to consider. I think we anticipated we would be out of these straightened times by now. But we are not yet. I’ve been reminded of love and its energy during these months of lockdown. This edition pays homage to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s cleverly titled Love in the Time of Cholera. How could we resist? But for us, obviously it’s been Covid. The novel’s protagonist Florentino “…allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” How true this has been for us. We have had to reinvent, adapt and renew ourselves again and again through all these challenges and phases we’ve found ourselves in. And mostly we have rallied. I wonder whether love has been the fuel that has kept us going. We pray p’tach libi for our hearts to be opened and maybe that is what has saved us through this. A readiness and openness for a change of pace, a different perspective, an ability to observe and notice things we rarely have time or appetite for. I love the pieces in this month’s edition. Deb Hermer, our Copy Editor, parent of Jess in KT3 group, suggested Love for February’s Shofar. And it has unleashed an outpouring. Anna and Patrick’s marriage during Covid. Siam Goorwich’s Love in Lockdown-When Neighbours become Friends. Robin Heller writes
of making sense of her new world in N2 during ‘this cramped and frightened time’ used as she was to Atlantic to’ing and fro’ing. Her snapshots of moments are beautiful, like this one below. Louise Meltzer captured the love of prayer in her biography of the Morning Meditation Shacharit group. Darren Beach, so soon after his son’s Bar Mitzvah tries to answer ‘What is Love?’ And our resident food writer Claudia shares a recipe for romance. I hope these pieces entertain and distract you. We love hearing from members of our community. Photo: Robin Heller
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From the Chair W
hat are you looking forward to in 2021? I love Tu B’Shevat and I feel so impatient for it this year! It’s the moment when it still feels like winter, but life is stirring and the sap is rising, days are lengthening and energy is renewed. The monochrome pallet of winter is beginning to be splashed with bright colour. Bring it on! Since becoming chair, I’ve tried to meet with synagogue members weekly to hear their experiences and thoughts about life at FPS. It’s easy for council to become a bit of an echo chamber and difficult for any small group to be representative of the community particularly during lockdown when we don’t even meet. I’m finding it an incredibly valuable way to learn about the community and thank everyone who has made time to talk so far. I’ve learned about some of the remarkable people in our community, more about the history of the synagogue and been challenged with fresh perspectives on questions like are we making good use of resources, how do we grow as a community and how can we better support members at difficult times in their lives. It is having a direct practical impact on our priorities and what we do as a council. But, I’ve not been meeting my weekly target and could do with a bit of a nudge, so if you are up for a zoom cuppa then please drop me an e-mail! chair@fps.org I’m looking forward to returning to the building – of course I am! I know that things will be different. Our services and events will always be partly online and return to the building may be tentative and slow. Attendance has boomed during lockdown – how do we continue to engage those who have attended more often, become more involved or visited for the first 4
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time? How can we induce people to come back to the building now we attend services in our living rooms or in our pyjamas with a cup of tea? When some people are allowed to attend will others feel less included and what can we do about that? Can we and should we prioritise attendance in person? The big questions for us this year will be about how we return. Rabbi Sheila Shulman used to say, ‘You don’t find the community you want: You build it.’ We are so blessed with builders! I would love this to be the year we build the community and increase our membership and I believe that all of our members can help. We have something wonderful at FPS, something that helps us to find meaning, community, strength, consolation, friendship, beauty and joy, and I believe we should share it. This is my new year’s challenge for you: How can we build the community? Who can you invite to attend our events or services? Who is missing? Who have you seen as a visitor, perhaps a guest at a family event, who might return with a little encouragement? What about parents with younger children who may love to join Ivriah? I know from my experience how much difference it makes to have a strong year group in Ivriah, how important those friendships are and how valuable it is to have a group of peers outside school. So I invite you to think what it would take to give another family a taste of FPS that might lead them to make that choice. Let’s build the community we want for ourselves and for our children. Who will you bring to FPS in 2021?
Notice Board
a note from manon, a recent addition to the fps congregation
Hi, I’m Manon. I joined in April 2020 and have been described as the “FPS COVID-19 baby”, a sort of conversion test in our new virtual world. As part of my conversion, I am to produce two essays, which, as a photographer, got me thinking. With Rabbi Rebecca Birk’s blessing, I embarked on a visual exploration of What Being Jewish Means To Me, an exploratory photo essay of my personal account of a journey through conversion and the Jewish way of life. My journey began in a time where community and connectivity were physically lost and all the more desired. I’ve considered Conversion to Judaism for a long time; a desire to belong to a people, having a home away from home, bringing family and friends together on Friday nights, connecting through the food, the values, the social justice, the endless questioning, the
metaphors, all that is the Jewish way of life… the list goes on. Week to week, I join our Delving Into Judaism classes and Friday Night Shabbat services with such admiration, awe and a hunger to be firmly ingrained in this wonderful community. Many of your faces have become so familiar, ritually lighting up my screen in these paradoxical foreign rectangles. I would like to take this opportunity to get to know you individually by asking those of you who might be interested to share with me your stories of What Being Jewish Means To You. This might be purely a warm “getting to know you” conversation or perhaps could even lead to you becoming part of my aforementioned photography project (photos in Shofar next month). It would be wonderful to connect. manon@manonouimet.com www.manonouimet.com 5
Community Support H
ello and a belated happy new year to you all. I am Beverley Kafka, a member of Council, having joined FPS a year and a half ago. Council members all take on an area of responsibility within the community. Back in the autumn, community support, in which I am interested, was identified as an area for development, so I became the Community Support Coordinator. This role will enable me / us, to build upon and support the amazing and dedicated work of Jacquie Fawcett and Corinne Oppenheimer, who have been calling and keeping in touch with many of our older and physically distanced members. Thank you to them for their ongoing work. We are so fortunate at FPS to have such a warm vibrant community, with many groups and activities for people to get involved in if they want to. We are also incredibly lucky that this Chanukah a small group of people made and delivered Chanukah gift bags for different families and members, which we are planning to continue for other festivals throughout the year. Thank you, Susanna, Emma and Raina. I am also grateful to Deborah who cooked Christmas dinner for a few members who were on their own and unable to meet anyone that day. You are all amazing, thank you. Rabbi Rebecca works tirelessly to support people in our community whenever she can and is now working with Ruth and Emma to further support bereaved families. Zoe arranges a range of amazing activities for our community throughout the year and during the first lockdown set up our postcode groups, to try and 6
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ensure everyone who wanted or needed support was able to talk to people who live near them. We have restarted the groups for this latest lockdown. Some of these groups are more active than others and we will keep looking for ways to improve them. Thank you to all the group coordinators for agreeing to take on this role. However, despite all these amazing activities there is always more we can do, especially in these difficult times. People are often loathe to say I need help, or I’m lonely and need someone to talk to. As a community we need to be here for each other and at FPS we want to develop a range of ways we can be here for everyone whether you are living on your own, a family struggling to cope, single parents, or anyone in any situation that just wants something from another human being. Please don’t be afraid to ask by contacting Rabbi Rebecca or me. If you have any ideas for how we can develop our community support further, I would love to hear from you. If you would like to offer to be a part of the support team, which does not have to be a regular lengthy commitment, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to meeting, talking and working with you all. Beverley Kafka Community Support Coordinator beverley@fps.org / 07986 271645
FPS People’s Page people mazal tov to
Tania Hirsch & Chris Cooper on the birth of Clementine Helena, a sister for Ernest & another granddaughter for Ruth & Ronnie Hirsch Manuella & Gabriel Kanter-Webber on the birth of Omri Ephraim Daisy Goodman & Mike Daventry on the birth of their son who has yet to be named Gillian Merron on her peerage and elevation to the House of Lords Corinne Oppenheimer, Rabbi Frank Hellner & Sheila King-Lassman on being named in the 120 over 80’s who’ve inspired and contributed to British Jewry condolences to
Andrea, Rebecca, Miranda, Yusuf & Yasemin Narcin on the death of their husband & father Nuri Narcin Paul Huttrer & Caroline Sansone on the death of their mother Mary Huttrer
Dan Neumann on the death of his father Benny Neumann happy birthday to
To the following members who celebrate milestone birthdays in February: Edelle Carr, Marianne Karton, Janet Solomon, Myrna Lazarus, Claudia Prieto-Piastro thanks to
Evyatar Levin and Sam Conroy who have been fantastic teachers at Ivriah; Evyatar has been with Ivriah for almost 4 years since his Bar Mitzvah. Home grown teachers are a pride and joy. Also to Adrian Lister for his superb Shiur on Science and Creation and all his ongoing offerings with Café Ivriah.
Welcome (from left) Clementine Omri & yet to be named!
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Beit Tefillah
services at fps
At the time of writing, FPS services are being held via Zoom video conferencing, links
services – june sivan leading into tamuz to which are included in FPS/ emails.
services- february / sh’vat leading into adar Friday 5 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 6 February
11.00am Shabbat B’yachad
Friday 12 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 13 February
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 19 February
6.30pm Shabbat Resouled
Saturday 20 February
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 26 February
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 27 February
11.00am Shabbat Service
50/50 club draw winners, november 2020:
1st 2nd 3rd
Lionel King Lassman Peggy Sherwood Henriette Helfman
£25 £15 £10
december 2020:
1st 2nd 3rd
Barbara Shulman Mollie Helfman Nigel Reese
£25 £15 £10
Left: Sam Conroy, one of our fantastic Ivriah teachers
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FPS 'Who Knows?' Seder Sunday 28th March save the date but who knows how it will be?
Beit Knesset
community events, all welcome!
Rosh Chodesh Adar Monday 15 February 8pm ‘Refugees then and now’ Lesley Urbach and Ofra Rosenwasser Lesley will speak about Josiah Wedgwood and befriending a young unaccompanied refugee;. Ofra will talk about the involvement of our community in helping Syrian refugees.
Celebrate the New Moon with other women who share, learn and explore together
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Beit Midrash
coming up at fps
Delving Into Judaism Wednesdays 7-8pm 2021 3 February
3 March
Jewish PartnershipMarriage and other rituals
Shabbat-The Centre?
10 February Jewish Death and its blessings
24 February Choosing Jewish IdentityPurim andX Rated Hamantaschen
10 March Shehechianu and Jewish Life
17 March The Exodus as Identity
24 March
Seder Prep! Passover to us all.
Hebrew class with Rabbi Rebecca Wednesdays at 1.00pm 3 February 10 February 24 February
february 4TH: Yitro JEWISH ORGANISATION THROUGH 10 COMMANDMENTS 11th:MISHPATIM-RULES/HALACHA AS A LIBERAL JEW 25 th: PAUSE FOR PURIM STUDY?
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Other People’s Candles D
uring this cramped, frightening time, I have had to remind myself that “love is a verb,” that we show love through our actions. When my capacity to act in a loving way dimmed this past year, I set out to find beauty, looking deeply at my house and neighbourhood. Not without reason do poets often pair love and beauty. Stumbling on beauty around me reignited my heart and coaxed it into acting in a loving way. I am a not a young bride, but I am a new one. I married a Londoner in October 2019, in a small ceremony in Washington, D.C. John, a widower, and I met during the back-and-forth of business travel. With visa in hand, I moved to East Finchley in early January 2020. I threw into my small suitcase some warm clothes, a few mementos, some completed paintings and art supplies, some photographs. We’d return “at least quarterly” to friends and family and clients in the States, yes? As always, my suitcase held a copy of Tefilat HaDerech–the Prayer for the Journey: “...May we reach our desired destination for life, gladness, and peace.” In a matter of days from arriving–and grinding, grey and rainy days at that–a pandemic swept through the world. We were a household in lockdown—John, his adult daughter, and me. As usual, I’d set up my art table with my paints, inks, markers. Trees that I experienced only as desolate and bare now framed St. James’ spire in Muswell Hill. I began to wander the immediate neighbourhood on my once-a-dayexercise outside, looking deeply, really seeking beauty in my new surroundings. And beauty I found was everywhere—the painted gates of an abandoned shed, the quivering bloom of a rose, the renegade vine of a passion flower struggling through the slats of a broken fence. Our back alley yielded raspberry, wild roses, and poppies.
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John built window boxes for me as we don’t have “proper garden space.” What flourished were tomatoes outside the bedroom window, a “volunteer” sunflower, and lavender. Iridescent pink geraniums and friendly violets sprawled outside the living room, heliotropes toward the setting sun.
At the High Holidays, I so appreciated Rabbi Rebecca’s d’var torah on Yom Kippur. There was reference to Moses, who had tried so hard and done his level best. Moses knew he would not enter the promised land, and perhaps that made him bitter, yet we are told he remained in relationship with the Divine and a servant of the people! And Rabbi Rebecca might have said–or I might simply have heard what I required at that moment–that Moses wanted to love more, that there was more love in him, that he “had not loved enough.” I took brush in hand and created a painting, “I have not yet loved enough.” In my house, which is some days my home, we have art and books and window boxes waiting for spring. I spotted three candles recently on a high shelf–pillar candles that one often saves for a “special occasion.” May I light them? I ask my not-young groom, my widower John. “Of course,” he says. “That’s a nice idea. I don’t remember where we got them.” Other people’s candles now light my world. I have to make them mine. Today is a special occasion. It is beautiful. 11
Morning Meditation M
orning Meditation has been running four times a week since March 2020, and now averages around 15 attendees in online sessions led variously by Rabbi Rebecca, Janet, Mandy, Sara and Valerie, with wonderful live or recorded musical support from Dean. Leaders choose short prayers, songs and poems to begin and end this half-hour Shacharit service, at the heart of which is a period of silent meditation when participants initially focus on their breathing to enter – on a good day! – a state of deeper personal introspection and contemplation than there is normally time for in a synagogue service, and which, in the words of one group member, ‘invigorates, energises and gives me the incentive to start the day’. As another meditator remarks, it also ‘has the added bonus of forcing me to get up in the mornings!’ The online nature of the sessions (and the invitation to attend in pyjamas!) has enabled participation by one group member living in Birmingham, and by others whose recent or current medical treatment might have made ‘real life’ attendance impossible. One member described the group as ‘a port in a storm’, another as ‘a lifeline in these very challenging times’, and a third expressed gratitude for the chance to make ‘wonderful new friends whom I might never otherwise even have met’, a sentiment widely echoed by other participants. A fourth meditator feels the group has become not only a space for spiritual focus, but also a source of ‘ritual, continuity, connection, communication, serenity, support and meaningful friendships’. The Morning Meditators have formed quite a community in the course of these months, supported by much activity on WhatsApp, enabling birthdays, creative projects and simple 12
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daily joys to be shared (along with many photos of the – largely feline – members’ pets!). The group even benefits from a regular poem composed by Patricia, whose contribution, often reflecting her experience in the meditation, appears with astonishing speed after the morning session, and to general acclaim. Valerie is kindly collating the various poems selected by leaders of the Morning Meditation services, and we have been pleased to receive separately a collection of those of our poet in (virtual!) residence.
We are extremely grateful to Rabbi Rebecca and Dean for having the imagination to set up this online group in a uniquely difficult year, and to other members for their thoughtfully prepared contributions on the days when Rabbi Rebecca is not available – as well as to the invisible sources of technical support that make the whole project possible, of course. I am sure I am not alone in wondering whether it may be possible to continue this initiative into the future, irrespective of any restored freedoms which 2021 might - let us hope! - eventually bring, as the space held by the group for individual prayer and reflection in the morning provides an invaluable start to the day. Judaism remains as vibrant and relevant as it has always been. We are so very proud to be the Officers for this movement and to be able to witness the incredible coming together of our communities this year.
Getting Married in Lockdown A
s news of the first lockdown hit, with weddings postponed, we had a number of friends who had to immediately try and make contact with their suppliers and venues and try to work out a plan of action. With our own wedding set for the end of October 2020, we were blissfully confident that all of this would blow over by then. It was when we saw all nine weddings planned for that summer slowly fall like dominoes, did we begin to think we may have cause for concern. The thought of 250 people watching us under a chuppah followed by simcha dancing seemed implausible. We made the difficult but inevitable decision to postpone. As a mixed faith couple, we were due to have a civil ceremony regardless before having a blessing with Rabbi Rebecca. The news of 30 guests seemed quite reasonable in the circumstances and so we set out planning to make sure we could have the best day, saving the Simcha for summer 2021. Out of the blue, Hendon Town Hall rang us with six weeks to go explaining they were cancelling all Sunday weddings due to Covid-19. The government then reduced wedding capacity to 15. Rumours swirled of a circuit breaker lockdown. Hurriedly, we made our apologies to guests and rearranged our Sunday wedding to an early October Friday lunchtime, bringing it all forward with just two weeks’ notice. We couldn’t have asked for more on our special day. Yes, it was 15 people and not 250. Yes, it was a seven minute ceremony before we were ushered out of the building with no music or readings, or Anna even being allowed to walk down the aisle. But to have our closest friends and family with us followed by a sit down lunch and drinks was so special in its own way. We
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were extremely fortunate for Anna’s grandfather to be able to join us, who sadly passed away last month. The uncertainty and stress was all very challenging, but life throws difficulties at you and it brought us even closer together, as official husband and wife. Rabbi Rebecca will hopefully be able to officiate a blessing in the summer - perhaps not 250 guests - but we will be going ahead regardless in some form. Even the simcha dancing may have to wait for an anniversary, but it will mean the world to us to stand under the chuppah and sign our Ketubah. Weighing in at 100kg, perhaps my friends are slightly relieved there may be less of a chance of getting me up on those chairs for now...
Patrick Cook Fowler & Anna Simons married on 25 October 2020
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When Neighbours Become Good Friends I
n these weird times, when so many of us are having to stay away from the people and things we love the most, new joys and relationships seem to be sprouting up in the strangest of places. In my case, the unexpected love of my lockdown is my nextdoor neighbour, Anna – who I now count as one of my dearest friends. I moved into my flat five years ago, and before I signed on the dotted line, mum and dad insisted we knock next door to introduce ourselves and check out my prospective new neighbour (something I remember rolling my eyes at at the time, but am now thankful for on a daily basis). As luck would have it, I’d struck gold – which was immediately obvious as Anna cheerfully waved us into her enviably spotless home. Anna and I have been on friendly terms ever since – in fact, she and her husband Mo were two of the last guests I had over before the pandemic hit. But it was during the surreal days of the first lockdown that our relationship flourished. I was (rather blissfully) holed up in my flat alone, after my (now former) flatmate had returned to her mum’s house in Oxford. Anna, meanwhile, was next door, 24/7, with her husband and their two sons. Both of us, it turned out, were in desperate need of a good friend with a penchant for an evening walk and a long, rambling conversation.
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Before we knew it, what had started as a random, one-off trip to the local Tesco metro, morphed into a daily event. For me, Anna became my one-woman bubble; the surrogate mum I needed while mine was shielding 20 minutes away down the A406. For Anna, I was a break from the pressures of being a mum, wife and stand-in teacher; a chance for her to break free from the responsibilities of family life for a precious hour or so. The more we walked and talked (and walked and talked), the stronger our friendship grew. While the news was all doom and gloom, the two of us were giddy with the excitement of building a new friendship, and bolstered by the knowledge that we now had the love and support of a best mate just the other side of the living room wall. Like everyone, there are countless things I hate about the pandemic and the way it’s turned our lives upside down. But despite that, I’ll always be grateful that it created the conditions for me to really get to know the woman living next door and build a friendship I know will last forever.
Valentine’s Day Recipe
claudia prieto-piastro
strawberry atole
instructions
We tend to relate Valentine’s day to chocolate and strawberries, bubbles, and dinners in nice restaurants. This year we will not be able to celebrate the day with our loved ones in that romantic place we like so much, so why not trying something absolutely different? Here you have a recipe for a traditional Mexican drink called atole that makes a perfect substitute (although a bit heavier) for your morning hot drink. This prehispanic drink, that seems to be a distant cousin to the Ottoman sahlab, is popular all over Mexico and is usually seen next to a tamal (tamal+atole and you will probably hit your calorie intake for the day). You can flavour it with any fruit you have to hand or with chocolate if you wish (in that case we would call it a champurrado). This recipe thickens the atole with cornflour, but if you have a bit of corn masa from your latest attempt at making tortillas, please feel free to use it instead (¼ cup of prepared masa for a light consistency). You can also add 2 tablespoons of oats to make it more nutritious.
1. In a pot, boil the strawberries with the
ingredients (3 servings)
2. 3. 4. 5.
6.
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cinnamon stick, the sugar and half a cup of water for 10 minutes or until the fruit is soft and looks like jam. Don’t’ skip this step; raw strawberries are too acidic and make milk curdle. By boiling them until soft we reduce the acidity and our atole will not split (hopefully). Let the strawberries cool and remove the cinnamon. Blend the strawberries until you have a smooth paste. Dissolve the cornflour on the rest of the water (1/2 cup). Heat the milk and the baking soda in a pan until you see a few little bubbles, do not let it boil. Add the strawberry puree and mix well. Add the cornflour dissolved in water and continue mixing the atole for a few more minutes in a low heat; the longer you do this the thicker the atole will get. Divide the atole in 3 cups and top it with strawberries and cinnamon. Serve immediately and enjoy!
1 cup of fresh or frozen strawberries (defrosted slightly) ¼ cup of your favourite sugar or sweetener 1 cinnamon stick 1 cup of water 2 tablespoons of cornflour 2 ½ cups of milk (plant based, whole milk, you decide) 1 pinch of baking soda
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Contacts
fps website: www.fps.org
finchley progressive synagogue
President: Paul Silver-Myer, paulsm@fps.org
54 Hutton Grove N12 8DR 020 8446 4063 www.fps.org facebook.com/finchleyprog
Life Presidents: Sheila King Lassman, Alan Banes
Rabbi Rebecca Birk – rabbi@fps.org Emeritus Rabbi: Dr Frank Hellner Community Development Manager: Zoe Jacobs – zoe@fps.org Musicians in Residence: Franklyn Gellnick, Dean Staker Synagogue Manager: Pauline Gusack pauline@fps.org executive 2021
Chair: Tamara Joseph, chair@fps.org Vice Chair: Roy Balint-Kurti, roybk@fps.org Treasurer: Chris Nash, treasurer@fps.org Honorary Secretary: Ann Pelham, honsec@fps.org board members
Gordon Greenfield, gordon@fps.org Beverley Kafka, beverley@fps.org Paula Kinchin-Smith, paula@fps.org Sam King, sam@fps.org Phillip Raphael, security@fps.org
contacts
Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk Beit Midrash (Adult Education): Adrian Lister adrian@fps.org Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Valerie Joseph valerie@fps.org Community Support Coordinator: Beverley Kafka, beverley@fps.org Website Editor: Philip Karstadt fpswebsite@fps.org Shofar Editor: Darren Beach, shofar@fps.org Shofar Team: Sarah Rosen-Webb, Deb Hermer The Finchley Progressive Synagogue is a company limited by guarantee (Company No 9365956) and a registered charity (Charity No 1167285) whose registered office is 54 Hutton Grove, Finchley, London N12 8DR
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