March 2020
Shofar the magazine of finchley progressive synagogue
Tu Bishvat at Ivriah
From the Editor... Firstly, let me say I was thrilled to be asked to edit Shofar and I hope this is the first edition of many. I joined FPS a few years ago and am looking forward to the Bar Mitzvah of my son Rafi later this year. When I was asked to come up with an idea for March edition, one theme sprang to mind very quickly. With Tu Bishvat on the immediate horizon, it seemed apt to think about rebirth and renewal, about growth and new beginnings. These things have resonances in modern Judaism - in the many major institutions in Israel that chose Tu Bishvat as a launch day, and in the ecological awareness that the ‘new year for trees’ gives us all, old and young. It’s also relevant to the community lives we
From the Chair A
t the beginning of each Board meeting each member is invited to speak for a minute about an FPS highlight. This, together with the Rabbi’s prayer and/or text study helps to bring focus and positivity to the Board meetings. This month I highlighted (probably in two minutes!) our gratitude to Charlotte Fisher of Citizens UK, who is a longstanding friend and ally of FPS. We are grateful to Charlotte who brought a sense of purpose and joy to the Breakfast Shiur in which the Jewish Theology of Showing Up was discussed. The other highlight for me, and some other Board Cover photo: Our Aleph, Bet and Gimmel classes created a Tu Bishvat poster for our special Seder. Photo: ?
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lead - in the rebirth of Jewish life in parts of eastern Europe such as Mogilev, in which FPS members have been instrumental, and in our own participation in the Citizens UK assembly in April to help make London a better place. I’d also just bought a copy of Greta Thunberg’s book No-one Is Too Small To Make A Difference for Rafi, and I was becoming ever more aware of how important themes of sustainability, climate change and responsible management of the (limited) resources we have are for the coming generations. So many of the articles in this month’s issue fit this theme, and I’d like to thank everyone that has contributed. Please do keep your ideas coming. Shofar, to me, is a mirror of what a fantastic community we have here at FPS and there are so many wonderful stories to tell.
cathy burnstone members was our Holocaust Memorial service. We are very grateful to our KT group who put together a powerful and moving service and who were supported in this by Zoe Jacobs. Each member of KT wrote their own script about different genocides and lit a candle to commemorate each of these. All of the Board commented on the vibrancy and range of activities that are taking place concurrently on a Shabbat morning, and sometimes into the afternoon. For me it’s a sign of a purposeful and active community and long may it continue.
Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. Please email all content to shofar@fps.org
From the Rabbi
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The Jewish notion of minyan has been one many of us are familiar with. The ten adults needed for certain services to make them viable. Those familiar with traditional orthodoxy will know only men count as part of the minyan, and how hugely expansive and inclusive our progressive idea of 10 Jewish adults is. I take this idea of minyan now for all initiatives at FPS. People want a new club, a new meeting, team or event at the synagogue: I demand 10 likely participants to see if it’s a ‘goer’. We understand this idea of showing up. We do it for funerals and Shiva, for celebration for new babies, marriages and B’nei Mitzvah. We know that whether it’s a class, a service or a party, showing up will improve it no end. We do it for each other because we understand it’s a responsibility and an expression of caring.
“By showing up to take action for our values we find joy and relationships that last for the rest of our lives. It’s fun, powerful and liberatory. ” Just so for acts of Justice, Civil challenges and attempts to change the status quo. We have seen the power of ordinary women and men to disrupt and transform the status quo, we have seen it about the Living Wage, folk who earn well joining with those who don’t to ensure a dignified and reasonable wage. We saw it around refugee resettlement, and, in the spirit of Kindertransport, the current
Private Sponsorship scheme. We have seen it throughout history; Civil Rights in the US, the Refusenik movement led here by British Jews for Jewish Russians leaving the USSR. No positive changes are ever made by lone and lonely voices. FPS is learning this and will be showing up for the Mayoral Assembly on 21 April convened by London Citizens. Not just for symbolic reasons, but rather holding to account mayoral candidates and naming the issues that affect all of us Londoners; youth crime, housing and homelessness, climate change, refugee welcome and the London living wage.* As Jews for Racial and Economic Justice insisted: By showing up to take action for our values we find joy and relationships that last for the rest of our lives. It’s fun, powerful and liberatory. So in this spirit of showing up as a London community, we will be going en masse to the Copper Box; we hope you’ll sign up to join us to make our presence count. See page 14 for details on how you can join in to support FPS on 21 April. * You may recognise some folk on the stage...
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Syrian Refugee Project Update As many of the FPS members will know, for the past four years, fifteen refugee families from Syria have been supported by the Barnet Refugee Welcome Board (BRWB), which is made up of volunteers from a number of local faith organisations (Jewish, Quaker, Muslim, Church of England, Catholic, Agnostic, and a group of British women who originally came from Arabic speaking countries), working together with Barnet Council. We have liaised with other organisations, including Barnet College, Middlesex University, Timebank (befriending and employment support), Resource (employment support) and The Bike Project. Once the families began to arrive, the volunteers started hosting coffee mornings (Coffee Club) at FPS twice a month giving the families the opportunity to chat to each other as well as to volunteers while drinking coffee and eating cake, homemade Syrian and British biscuits and fruit. On alternate weeks we held a Parenting Skills class run by an Arabic speaking professional, and also Mother and Toddler groups for the more isolated women with young children. We organised some activities during school holidays, and other outings including some of the Syrian families joining FPS members on the trip to the Newmafruit Farm. We have supported the families to integrate, study and find work (both voluntary and paid), as well as feel settled in their homes and local community.
In 2019, we entered a new phase of the project, which was to support the adults to improve their English with additional lessons. We were very fortunate to receive a large grant from the North London Progressive Synagogue (NLPS) Trust. The intensive additional lessons (provided by several 4
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qualified teachers) helped the adults gain skills and confidence in order to be able to integrate into, and contribute more to, their local community and to be less reliant on benefits. Lessons focussed on functional language, and helped to develop vocabulary, grammar, speaking and writing skills. Feedback from some of the teachers included: ‘They are becoming more confident and it is clear that M expresses himself more readily.’ ‘Asked Dad to help his son to correct mistakes in his Maths book. Dad enjoys being able to help and learns at the same time. Empowering.’ ‘I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to get to know these really nice men and to learn so much about them, their culture and their previous lives.’ In order to support individual families facing significant challenges, we received funding from individuals and other faith organisations, including Finchley Reform Synagogue, Finchley Quakers, local Church of England churches, the Catholic Churches Together & New Barnet Justice and Peace Group, and North Finchley Mosque. Some have been supported to pass their driving tests, both with English lessons and financial contributions towards driving lessons. We helped several people get onto Middlesex University PreUniversity English courses, and Undergraduate and Masters degrees, and one person recently achieved a Merit in his MA - currently 3 people are in Degree programmes. Thanks to generous donations, we were able to contribute to purchasing tools for one man who is a carpenter, and to help him get work. We have funded drama group sessions and tuition for some of the children. We supported some of the parents to set up a business called Syrian Kitchen, and those who were at the FPS Fundraising Dinner last year, will know how delicious their catering is!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT OUR SEDER TABLES. BUT IT’S ONLY POSSIBLE THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU. This Pesach, Jewish Care will touch the lives of 10,000 people across our community. Just like every other week, we will give them the very best professional care and support they need and deserve. We need to raise £300,000 every single week to provide that care. So please make a gift today. Thank you.
TO MAKE YOUR GIFT, PLEASE CALL 020 8922 2600, OR VISIT JEWISHCARE.ORG/DONATE
Charity Reg No. 802559
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Festivals Notice Board
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Notice Board maurice needleman yahrzeit
Recently when at Shabbat Resouled, Rabbi Rebecca mentioned the Yahrzeit of Maurice Needleman, a beloved member of FPS who died a few years ago. I want to share a story about Maurice because he is the reason we are at FPS. Eight years ago, on an unusually hot March evening, we came to FPS. That morning at 4am my beloved mother had died. We’d been up most of the night and were tired and very sad. At the time, we were out of town members of Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue but I was desperate to say kaddish so we came to FPS – tired, very sad and very hot as the weather was in the high 70s. For some reason there wasn’t a rabbi that night because it was the 5th Friday of the month
so at a moment’s notice Andrea Narcin led the service. She asked Maurice to light the candles which he did – as he lit them, he blew out the match, inadvertently blowing out the candles at the same time. This happened again and again but no-one got irritated, and finally after a terrible day we had a moment of lightness (literally). The love and kindness that was so apparent for Maurice within the community that night really resonated, and we decided on that day – 30 March 2012 – that FPS was the community for us. And so it has been and here we are eight years later members of a wonderful community that really cares for each other. Out of sadness came something and that something is very dear to both me and Alison. Peggy Sherwood
2019 high holy day appeal
Thanks to everyone in the FPS community who supported our HHD Appeal last autumn. Donations totalled £18,614.91 with the following amounts passed on to the relevant charities, all of whom expressed their gratitude for our support:
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Jewish Blind & Disabled £4,038.12 Hope North London £3,829.38 Leo Baeck Education Center, Haifa £3,785.54 Finchley Progressive Synagogue £6,961.87
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Beit Tefillah
services at fps
services – march / adar leading into nisan Friday 6 March
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 7 March
11.00am Shabbat Service
Sunday 8 March
Purim: 2.00pm Study & Spiel Rehearsal, 3.00pm Megillah and Purim Spiel
Friday 13 March
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 14 March
11.00am Shabbat Service celebrating Asher Kinchin-Smith’s Bar Mitzvah
Friday 20 March
6.30pm Shabbat Resouled
Saturday 21 March
11.00am Shabbat Service
Friday 27 March
6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 28 March
11.00am Shabbat Service celebrating Joe Balint-Kurti’s Bar Mitzvah
people welcome to new members Marilyn & Neil Branston Paul Huttrer Stephen Valens mazeltov to Asher Kinchin-Smith celebrating
his Bar Mitzvah on 14 March Joe Balint-Kurti celebrating his Bar Mitzvah on 28 March happy birthday to the following members
celebrating milestone birthdays in March: Sadie Westbury, Roger Marks, Jeanne Stein, Maureen Norwood, Ruth Hudson, Vivianne Lakra, Mark Long, Andrew Hochhauser, Adrian Lister, Tami Nettler, Ruth Logue, Daniel Rosenberg
donation in his memory which we have used to purchase new speakers Ilse Dorset’s family for their donation in her memory to the Syrian Refugees and the Night Shelter, FPS projects close to her heart NLPS Trust for the grant of £3,112.50 for English lessons for Syrian refugees condolences to
Roger Lyons and family on the death of Roger’s sister Karen (Yig) Labworth stone setting
for Adele Berger will be at 10.00 am on Sunday 29 March at Edgwarebury Cemetery. Rabbi Rebecca Birk will officiate.
congratulations to Joyce & Simon Lucas
50/50 club draws winners, february
celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary
1st 2nd 3rd
thank you to David Kahan’s family for their
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£20 £10 £5
Beit Knesset
community events, all welcome!
bridge group
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Mondays @ 7.30pm, £4. There are even small prizes for winners! For details: Paul Silver-Myer via the synagogue office 020 8446 4063
All sessions start at 7.30pm on Thursdays and everyone welcome to attend. Refreshments served Lionel Lassman presents: “Fake News - It’s the Jews!” 5 March - Jewish Bolsheviks 12 March - Jews at the Foundation of Civilisation 19 March - Three ‘A’s, a ‘B’ and a’ C’ to Jerusalem Full details of March sessions on page 10.
book club
Wednesday 11 March @ 8.00pm The Book Club meetings are held in people’s homes on the second Wednesday of each month. Contact Sheila King Lassman skinglassman@gmail.com or Edgar Jacobsberg e.jacobsberg@gmail.com rosh chodesh nisan
Monthly celebration of the New Moon by women who meet for sharing, learning and spiritual exploration @ 8.00pm in FPS library. Nisan meeting: 25 March ‘The Current Confusion over Transgender’ introduced by Emma Wills delving into judaism
Wednesday 7.00-9.00pm. Term-time weekly adult class exploring the building blocks of Judaism. lunch & learn
Thursdays, 12.00-1.00pm Study in depth the weekly parashah with Rabbi Rebecca in the small hall. Bring a sandwich and make yourself a hot drink, if you wish.
There will be a one-off Beit Midrash on Thursday 2 April: A “Passover Beit Midrash Special” in which Rabbi Rebecca Birk will lead a discussion on ‘Anatomy of the Seder’. breakfast shiur
11 April at 8.30am, “The Influence of Christianity on the Passover Seder” with Rabbi Dr Frank Hellner trust and survival
Saturday 2 May 9.30-10.45am, Small Hall - Before the Czech Scroll Service you are invited to hear the story of Holocaust Survivor Alice Svarin, 1921-2023, told by her daughter, Vera Bernstein.
pilates
Thursdays @ 5.30-6.30pm. Led by Tali Swart. Beginners to intermediate; individually tailored instruction. Payment in blocks of six, about £8 per lesson. Contact taliswort@btconnect.com cafe ivriah
Saturdays (Ivriah term only), 9.45-10.45am All welcome to an informal discussion on a wide range of topics (from weekly Torah portion to current affairs) over coffee and biscuits between Ivriah drop-off and morning service. Special event on 7 March: Rabbi Rebecca Birk will lead a discussion on “Sartorial Rules: Clothing and Worship”.
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Beit Midrash
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coming up at fps
FPS Theatre Group – Leopoldstadt
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FPS Theatre Group’s latest theatre visit was to Tom Stoppard’s latest play, Leopoldstadt, which was yet another thought-provoking and absorbing choice we all enjoyed. Set in this Jewish quarter of Vienna, the play spans a 50-year period of the 20th century for a large and affectionate multi-faith family, and its gradual downfall. The story begins with a family who had made good, mixing with the upper echelons of Austrian society, despite an explicit backdrop of Austrian anti-Semitism. While painful, it was endured but as the century continued and with the rise of Nazism, most of the family continued to stay and like millions of others, rediscovered what it meant to be Jewish in Europe. Before 1900 Jewish people had been granted full civil rights by Emperor Franz Josef and hundreds of thousands of Jews sought sanctuary from pogroms, in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt. But as the play clearly shows, it was not to last. It has a huge cast of adults and children - over the years more appear as family members marry, children are born and historical events take place. The families are educated and forward-looking –
well-rounded and believable people who live life to the full with humour and emotion, conversations and arguments. This feels like a very timely play in that it covers the rise of nationalism, racism and antiimmigration during the first half of the 20th century in Austria - parallels can be easily drawn across Europe and America today.
did you know?...
did you know?
According to the 2011 census in Finchley Church End ward the largest religion was Judaism, claimed by 31% of the population.
The famous Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedy sketch, “The Funniest Joke in the World”, is set in Finchley.
did you know?
Tally Ho corner in North Finchley takes its name from the Tally Ho Coaching Company, which once had stables in the area (‘Tally-Ho’ was a nickname for express horsedrawn coaches).
did you know?
The Hebrew word ‘Ivriah’ means ‘Jewess’. It is the name of a Jewish women’s organisation in the USA, founded in 1926 by the Women Division by the Jewish Education Society.
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My Year of Not Buying Stuff I am constantly inspired by Rabbi Debbie YoungSomers. Our brains work in a similar way – we both like a challenge, and we find that a goal keeps us entertained. She lived plastic-free for a year. Remarkable woman. Then she did a year of not buying anything. So I did, too. And this is the story of it. When Debbie said it was a year of not buying anything, I thought she meant not buying anything new. And I buy all my clothes and most of my books at charity shops, so thought it would be a walk in the park and agreed to the challenge. Then she corrected me. Not. Buying. Anything. We live under the false idea that all our problems can be solved by buying our way out of them. Whether it’s a new dress or a new bathroom, our lives will replicate those perfect ones advertised to us. Was I ready to abandon this particular method of solving my problems? This method that was so quick, so painless, and so socially acceptable? Let me lay out the rules I gave myself. I could buy food – and would chip in to anything we needed around the flat, because it was unfair to make my flatmates buy stuff on my behalf. Everything else, though, was off limits. No toiletries, no gifts, no cards, no clothes, no books. Part of the reason I wanted to do this challenge was that I have a LOT of stuff. And I hoped this year would help me use some of it up! I told myself I’d keep a diary so I could remember everything throughout the year. Obviously I didn’t. But I do remember most of it. January was really 12
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quite fun – and it was all about managing impulses. I had a bad day and thought “ooh I’ll buy a –“, and had to stop myself. I popped into WH Smith for work and thought while I’m here, I’ll just get some –“, but once again had to stop. It was weird but it felt good. It taught me not only how much I buy, which is more than I thought, but also my buying habits. I buy to make myself feel better. need! need! need!
By the end of March, right through to December, I began to need things. ‘Need’ in the broadest sense of the word. I needed soap because I’d run out, I needed new tights because mine had holes in, I needed new earphones because mine had broken. I thoroughly enjoyed finding solutions to my problems. One time, I enjoyed wandering round my house looking for anything remotely ribbon-like as I was gift-wrapping, eventually finding a ribbon-handle on an old gift bag in the bin, unthreading it, unplaiting it, and using it on three separate presents. I felt happy and a tiny bit smug. After six months or so I got into my stride. I was better at remembering things. I had very few ‘needing to buy something’ impulses, and not-buying-stuff became normal. Buying stuff is a very sensible solution to a lot of problems; got nowhere to hang your dressing gown? Buy a hook! Got a plant that needs repotting? Buy a bigger pot. And yet I was totally in the zone of finding alternative solutions. I made or borrowed things, I found alternative solutions, I lived without stuff. It was all very normal.
My Year of Not Buying Stuff itchy feet
By October I was grumpy. I had itchy feet. I saw adverts for snuggly winter shoes and coats and wanted to buy my way into that lifestyle. I wanted the instant hit of buying something that I thought was flattering. Instead, I sewed silver sequins onto a boring black top I already owned. It’s half-finished, languishing in a drawer.
“Ethical living requires lots of research, of asking difficult questions of companies and of yourself, making compromises and learning a lot of information you really didn’t want to know.” I meandered my way to December, and to Limmud. I had got over the hump, and not buying anything felt normal again. I’d gone on a few dates and ended up explaining my decision – sometimes this was a massive boost, people told me I was impressive, and sometimes I was aware of just how rebellious it was, to opt out of consumerist culture. This was never shown clearer than the last day of Limmud. We got stuck in traffic going home near Manchester because, being Boxing Day, there were queues for miles near the shopping centre. I felt sad, I suppose, that after a Christmas with family, the thing people valued most was getting something cheap. It felt cheap. return to spender
And then it was 1 January and I had the opportunity to buy stuff again. All year I’d wondered whether I’d dive back into the shops, eager for a bargain, or whether having lived without it for a year I’d be mindful with every purchase. It was scary. I
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was like a child in a sweet shop. I didn’t do brilliantly. I went into Next and got hoodwinked by sales and discounts. I found a t-shirt for £4. I didn’t even bother to try it on. I got it home… and it didn’t fit. I felt like everything I’d learnt in the year, every thought about buying for value, for something that made you feel excellent and beautiful and kind, had been swept out of the window in one bargain-sign moment. I felt like an idiot. My year of not buying anything didn’t teach me how to buy in moderation – to buy what I needed, when I needed it, putting cost and value and kindness into consideration – it taught me how to say no to everything. So now back in the real world, I find it hard to fight my impulses. Ethical living requires lots of research, of asking difficult questions of companies and of yourself, making compromises and learning a lot of information you really didn’t want to know. Turning my back on consuming is part of the answer, but it’s an easy way out. It’s not a long-term solution. Since my initial failed purchase of 2020, I have bought some new mascara, a dress, warm tights and clear nail varnish. I’ve bought them all more thoughtfully and have enjoyed indulging in the excitement of something new. I recommend the challenge to everything – because it is easier than you think. But the bigger challenge is a long-term solution to consumerism – and that’s the one I’m taking on, in a small way, this year.
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London Citizens Mayoral Assembly FPS showing up to help make life better in London! A group of us are attending an event led by Citizens UK at the Copper Box stadium on 21 April, and we’d love more people to join us. The event at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford will be an opportunity to tell the three top candidates hoping to become Mayor of London which issues we’d like him (all candidates are men) to focus on in the next few years. The issues we have picked are tackling knife crime, setting climate change targets, reducing homelessness and welcoming refugees.
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It’s going to be a fun evening and FPS will be joining many other London-based Citizens UK groups to get our points across. We expect that once the Mayoral elections are finished the new Mayor will act upon our requests. In order to keep the pressure on it would be great to see as big a group from FPS as possible. We are hoping to go for pizza together after to make the most of the evening. Please email zoe@fps.org to save a place or for more info.
asher kinchin-smith bar mitzvah 14 march
Hello, my name is Asher. I have been a member of Finchley Progressive Synagogue for 13 years. I enjoy playing on my PS4, doing sport, especially athletics and also rugby - but that’s less fun when I get battered by larger opponents! joe balint-kurti bar mitzvah 28 march
My name is Joe and I’ve been a member of FPS for about 6 years now, and have enjoyed coming to Ivriah as well as going to many LJY-Netzer events. I live in Muswell Hill with my mum, dad and two older sisters, Ella and Rachel. I have been looking forward to my own Bar Mitzvah, after enjoying both of my sisters’ Bat Mitzvahs at FPS so much. I love playing and watching sports, particularly tennis and football, and am a lifelong Arsenal and England fan. I started studying for my Bar Mitzvah in May 2019, with my inspiring teacher John Rubinstein. I will be reading from Parashat
My Torah portion is Ki Tisa and it describes when the Israelites create a golden calf. This proved not to be the best course of action as many of them got killed afterwards. I am glad to be having a Bar Mitzvah in this synagogue as I am a fourth generation FPS member. I am fundraising for Access Sport whose mission is to transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged communities through the power of sport. I am making drawings and cards to sell so hopefully you might consider buying some. Vayikra, the first portion of the Book of Leviticus and, although some people might think it is one of the less interesting books of the Torah, with John and Rabbi Rebecca I have found lots to think and say about it. For example, it discusses the consequences of stealing, defrauding or lying and how you might repay the person you have stolen from. For my Tzedakah project I have decided to do a charity run to raise money for Sepsis UK, in memory of my Grandfather Eddie, who died very suddenly and tragically from septic shock 3 years ago, very shortly after joining this synagogue. The charity does important work researching this condition and raising awareness. All donations will support this important work. I hope to see you all soon at my Bar Mitzvah!
tu bishvat at ivriah
To celebrate Tu Bishvat and understand the reasons as to why this festival is so important, particularly in today’s world, classes Aleph, Bet and Gimmel created a poster and a poem (which was read out beautifully by Orlanna and Phoebe during the seder). These pieces of work included suggestions put forward by the kids as to how we can help
reduce the damage we are already causing to our environment. The kids were passionate about the idea of change and were keen to see it take place both inside and outside of FPS. Suggestions included reducing our carbon footprints by walking to Ivriah on a Saturday morning! (See cover photo)
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Contacts
fps website: www.fps.org
finchley progressive synagogue
Life President: Sheila King Lassman
54 Hutton Grove N12 8DR 020 8446 4063 www.fps.org facebook.com/finchleyprog Rabbi Rebecca Birk – rabbi@fps.org
Vice Presidents: Renzo Fantoni, Josie Kinchin, Alex Kinchin-Smith, Laura Lassman, Lionel King Lassman, John Lewis, Paul Silver-Myer, Andrea Rappoport, Joan Shopper
Emeritus Rabbi: Dr Frank Hellner
contacts
Community Development Manager: Zoe Jacobs – zoe@fps.org Musicians in Residence: Franklyn Gellnick, Dean Staker Synagogue Manager: Pauline Gusack pauline@fps.org executive 2020
Chair: Cathy Burnstone, chair@fps.org Vice-Chair: Anjanette Pavell, ViceChairAP@fps.org Treasurer: Chris Nash, treasurer@fps.org Honorary Secretary: Tamara Joseph, honsec@fps.org board members
Sam King, sam@fps.org Phillip Raphael, security@fps.org Ann Pelham, apelham@fps.org Roy Balint-Kurti, roybk@fps.org
Board of Deputies Reps: Janet Tresman, Stanley Volk Beit Midrash (Adult Education): Adrian Lister adulteducation@fps.org Beit Tefillah (Rites & Practices): Valerie Joseph Keep In Touch Team (contacting members): reached via Pauline in FPS office Website Editor: Philip Karstadt fpswebsite@fps.org Shofar Editor: Darren Beach shofar@fps.org Shofar Team: Sarah Rosen-Webb, Wika Dorosz FPS Office: administrator@fps.org 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
President: Alan Banes
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