June 2012Sivan/Tammuz 5772

Inside this month:The launch of the H3 Refurbishment Appeal is on page 4

Information on Admission To Jewish Schools September 2013 can be found on page 7

A review of The TLSE Annual Quiz 2012 is on page 11

And some interesting articles covering Football, Royalty and Religion span from pages 14 - 17

TLSE Annual Supper QuizPhotos top to bottom: The Winning Team, The Quiz Masters, The Teams

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memories of observing Yom Kippur in Orthodox environments may have encountered some of their fellow worshippers lying down on the floor at this point of the day. Although the High priest, temple and sacrificial goats are no more, the additional service in traditional synagogues explains the role of the High Priest and retells the events that took place in Temple times, and how the High Priest communicates with God on behalf of the people.

The Liberal version of the additional service takes a much broader look at the relationship between God and the Jewish people. It begins with reflections on the origins of the universe and humanity’s place in it. Then it continues

It’s the start of June, but I’d like to draw congregants’ attention to our plans for this year’s Yom Kippur services. In case you don’t yet have a note of the date in your diary, Yom Kippur falls this year on Wednesday 26th September.

So why am I writing about Yom Kippur when it’s almost four months away? Well, there’s always a lot to prepare - and this year’s Yom Kippur services look set to be a little different from previous years. Actually, to paraphrase the late Eric Morecambe, they’ll be the same services, but not necessarily in the same order…

Yom Kippur is a day of services from start to finish. There is the morning service, followed by the additional service. Then there is the afternoon and memorial service and we end with the concluding service. That’s a lot of services. Not surprisingly, many members of the congregation choose to take a break in the middle

of the day - usually heading for home once the morning service has finished. So at around 1.00pm on Yom Kippur we have around 300 people at Clore Shalom. When the additional service starts at around 1.30pm, we’re usually down to about 12. In recent years, the Kabbalat Torah group have led this service, which increases the numbers slightly, but it still takes place in a pretty empty hall.

The additional service on Yom Kippur is in many ways the heart of the High Holydays. In ancient times, this was the moment when the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies in the Temple and ask for forgiveness for all the people. The people, outside the Temple, would fall to the floor and prostrate themselves, pleading that their sins be forgiven. Those with

YOM KIPPUR - so soon, already?

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with the emergence of the Jewish people, their relationship with God as it developed through history, contemplating the horror of some of those historical experiences. Then it concludes by asking us to consider what is our connection with our heritage, what it is that causes us to continue to identify with our Jewish faith, and what is our relationship with God. It is a truly extraordinary liturgical achievement, and it’s guaranteed to inspire reverence, a sense of connection with our heritage and a responsibility to renew our commitment to it. And most of the congregation left the building just before this service started…

So on September 26th we’ll be doing things a little differently. We’ll start with the morning service at the normal time of 11.00 am and there will be children’s activities for children under the age of 8. But after the initial elements of the morning prayers, we will switch to the Additional Service, treating it as though it

were a ‘themed reading’, which in many ways it is. It’s a theme that speaks directly to us on Yom Kippur and challenges us to consider our Judaism more eloquently than many of the traditional prayers. Readings like:

‘As we look back upon our past, of bitter suffering, nobly endured,of stubborn survival, defying the patterns of history,of creative achievements and world-transforming influences,we wonder: What are we? What is the role assigned to us?Did God choose us? Or did we choose God?Or did God choose us because we chose God?There is a mystery here whish reason cannot solve nor cynicism dismiss.We can deny it, or we can humbly recognise it,and each resolve to be a part of it, saying to God:Hinneini, here am I, send me.’(Machzor Ru’ach Chadashah, p.311)

One of many thought-provoking readings that will form part of our Yom Kippur morning service. This plan means

that the Torah service on Yom Kippur ‘morning’ probably won’t start until around 1.15pm and the whole section of prayer will conclude around 2.30pm. There won’t be a ‘natural break’ that will enable people to go home at the ‘usual’ time on Yom Kippur. There will be the usual wonderful children’s service, and the afternoon, memorial and concluding services will follow in their regular order, with the day’s worship concluding at 7.00pm as always.

If you have any comments on this proposal, the Rites and Practices Committee and I would be delighted to hear them - please e-mail me: rabbi@rabbipete.co.uk. And if you want to be part of the team of readers I shall be putting together to lead this challenging and inspiring service, then please contact me at that same address.

And don’t forget - if you want to be part of the musical input to this and all our High Holyday services, come along to the service on Saturday 2nd June and to the

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Religion School

The first two Sundays in June are half-term for the Religion School, so you can have a lie-in. But it’s back to the routine for the last two Sundays as we continue our studies on aspects of the Jewish life cycle and getting your Hebrew to improve!

We meet on these dates in June:Sunday 3rd No Religion School Half TermSunday 10th No Religion School Half TermSunday 17th 10.00am – 12.15pm Religion SchoolSunday 24th 10.00am – 12.15pm Religion School

And parents: please join us at 12.15 pm for that brilliant Religion School service to end the morning!

discussion afterwards with Cantor Gershon Silins.

It’s a bit early to wish you Happy New Year - but I’m looking forward to welcoming many of you to help with our preparations for it.

Rabbi Pete Tobias

The “Hall at the Back”, the “Kiddush Hall”, or just “H3”

Launch of Refurbishment Project AppealSunday 17th June 7:30pm

At the end of every service Rabbi Pete invites all members of the congregation to Kiddush in the smaller hall - known by many simply as “H3”, a name which dates back to when the sanctuary was actually two halls with sliding doors between them. Over the years different parts of the synagogue building have been refurbished and improved, and now it is the turn of “H3”. The hall is used for a wide range of activities, including Kiddush, Chavurah meals, Religion School and youth activities, study sessions and private lets, and there are opportunities to increase its use for films and talks, social events and other activities. We plan to refurbish the hall completely. We have ambitious plans which include improved lighting and acoustics, new furniture, robust and up to date décor, appropriate audio-visual equipment with window blinds, and enhanced storage. We want to be proud of the building; we believe passionately that the physical environment has a major impact on the activities that take place within it.

Please join us at the launch of the refurbishment project appeal on Sunday 17th June at 7:30pm. You will be able to see the plans and designs, and enjoy the company of other members of the congregation over a drink and a light supper. Without your support the synagogue cannot develop and grow in this way. Throughout its history the synagogue has benefitted from the generous and continuing contributions of members to building appeals (the original purchase in 1976, the main sanctuary in 1989, and the front foyer in 1998) and we are confident that you will support this new project equally generously. RSVP to Rebecca Davey in the office:020 8953 8889; office@tlse.org.uk

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Bar-/Bat-Mitzvah ClassThe bar-/bat-mitzvah class continues its studies using Rabbi Pete’s book ’Never Mind the Bullocks’ and meets on these dates in June:Saturday 9th 9.30 – 10.45 amSaturday 16th 9.30 – 10.45 am

Kabbalat TorahThe KT Group will meet just once in June, as we prepare for the almost legendary KT trip to Berlin. The meeting for June is onSunday 10th June: 4.15 – 5.45 pm

Adult EducationBasic Judaism discussions continue to take place regularly. This month there is only one class, it’s on a Saturday. Although these classes are primarily intended for those converting to Judaism, other members are welcome to join the group, which meets after the service on the following date:June 2012:Saturday 9th The emergence of Liberal Judaism

On Saturdays, the class will follow the 11.00 am service, starting at around 12.45pm and ending at 1.45pm. Refreshments will be available.

Please note that those involved in the conversion programme are expected to attend the service as well as the class that follows it: attendance at services is an integral part of the conversion course.

Thursdays At TLSEThere is no programme currently scheduled for the Thursday Adult education during June. We will meet on two more occasions in July, to plan a curriculum for the next academic year.

Jewish East End WalkThe Jewish Museum is now taking bookings for our walk on Sunday 22nd July, starting at 11am and lasting about 2 hours, cost £15 per person. TLSE members are asked to make their own bookings and to let Tina Shaw know if you are coming so we can make arrangements for lunch afterwards.Places are limited so don’t leave it too late to make your booking, which can be done either by going on line or by telephoning the museum.

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Services For June 2012

TLSE NoticesWanted- Volunteer gardener to weed the outside of the building.

Parking- The synagogue rents out its parking spaces to Shopwick surgery staff during the week. If you are visiting the shul on a weekday, please use the spaces along the back wall (those numbered 1-9) as the remaining spaces are earning money for the shul.

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Lewis Goldwater for his Bar-mitzvah on Saturday 9th June

Friday 1st June 6.30pm Kabbalat Shabbat supperSaturday 2nd June 11.00am Shabbat morning service Numbers 20, 14-21:3 Yalkut, Hukkat 764 Council Rep: Sue Woolf Theme: Life & Death

Friday 8th June 6.30pm Erev Shabbat serviceSaturday 9th June 11.00am Shabbat morning service Numbers 21, 10-35 From Judges 11Council Rep: Michael Reibscheid Theme: The Human Family

Friday 15th June 8.00pm Erev Shabbat serviceSaturday 16th June 11.00am Shabbat morning service Numbers 22, 2-20 Micah 6,1-8Council Rep: Monique Blake Theme: Prayer

Friday 22nd June 8.00pm Erev Shabbat serviceSaturday 23rd June 11.00am Shabbat morning service Numbers 22, 21-31 Baalem’s Donkey, interpretationsCouncil Rep: Jason Saunders Theme: Creation

Friday 29th June 6.30pm Erev Shabbat serviceSaturday 30th June 10.00am Tots’ ServiceSaturday 30th June 11.00am Shabbat morning service & birthday blessings Numbers 22, 36-23,15 Alone & Apart WG PlautCouncil Rep: Peter Merton Theme: Holiness

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Admission To Jewish Schools September 2013

Many parents of children hoping to go to certain Jewish schools in September 2013 have been asking about the Certificate of Religious Practice that some schools require. Details of these are on the websites for those particular schools; the role of TLSE in the process is to monitor your child(ren)’s attendance at services. In order to facilitate this, you can receive an attendance card from the synagogue office, which should be brought to all religious services. This will be signed and stamped by whoever if officiating the service and will serve as a record of attendance when the CRP forms are signed later in the year.

To find out more about the admissions policies of the various schools, click these links JCoSS, JFS, Yavneh College. If you’re reading the print version of the magazine, details of the schools’ policies are available on their respective websites—just google the name of the school along with admissions 2013 and you should get to the right place.

If you have any questions about admissions to these schools, please let me know. And I look forward to seeing you and your child(ren) at several services in the next few months!)

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Diary June 2012Fri 1 June 18:30 Kabbalat Shabbat supperSat 2 June 11:00 Shabbat morning service

12.45 Music at TLSE a discussion with Cantor Gershon SilinsSun 3 June 10:30 Hebrew crash course IWed 6 June 09:30 Child Health ClinicFri 8 June 18:30 Erev Shabbat serviceSat 9 June 09:30 Bar/Bat-mitzvah class

11:00 Shabbat morning service & Bar-mitzvah of Lewis Goldwater12:45 Basic Judaism: The Jewish festivals 1

Sun 10 June Religion School Half Term10:30 Hebrew crash course II13:00 KT Group meeting14:30 TLSE hosts the inter synagogue LJ Quiz

Tues 12 June 10:00 PilatesWed 13 June 20:00 Council meetingFri 15 June 20:00 Erev Shabbat serviceSat 16 June 09:30 Bar/Bat-mitzvah class

11:00 Shabbat morning service14:15 Shabbat afternoon walk

Sun 17 June 10:00 Religion SchoolTues 19 June 10:00 PilatesFri 22 June 20:00 Erev Shabbat serviceSat 23 June 11:00 Shabbat morning serviceSun 24 June 10:00 Religion School

18:00 Our SpaceTues 26 June 10:00 Pilates

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The TLSE Annual Quiz 2012Wow, what a night for those who were there to enjoy a lively time and witness a very close event. Firstly our thanks must go to Buckingham’s Foods of Stanmore who provided and served us with a superb meal to start off the night. A hot freshly made fish and chip dinner with mushy peas, selection of salads, coleslaw, pickles & sauces with a vegetarian lasagne as an option. Later in the evening we were provided with loads of desserts with choices of banoffee pie, cheese cake and apple crumble together with the obligatory danish. The additional nosh on the table and loads of soft drinks made this a truly fun affair. Thanks must also go to those who supported the event by joining in the quiz, participating in the additional games and raffle. We also thank our sponsors and donators of excellent raffle prizes that included restaurant vouchers, photography sessions, electrical appliances and loads of bottles as well. With 9 tables of teams that included this year’s KT group (who proved to be quite a brainy lot) the final result was a lot closer than anyone could have imagined. In fact just 6 points separated the top 4 teams. The winners (by just 2 points) were ‘The Wanderers’ who had the honour of receiving the shield & individual medals as well. Thank you also to The Monk family for organising this year’s event which as we go to press, with some more money yet to come in, looks like it will have raised over £750 for the continued refurbishment of our building. We hope to build on this year’s success and trust we can look forward to the support of those who were not able to join us, by coming next year.

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We are sorry to announce that Doris Jacobs has passed away and we send condolences to her family.

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Israeli flag at the Amsterdam Arena.

Jewish ConnectionEuro 2012 (with thanks to Wikipedia)

Hi s t o r i c a l l y , Ajax was p o p u l a r l y seen as

having “Jewish roots”, although not an official Jewish club like the city’s WV-HEDW Ajax has had a Jewish image since the 1930s when the home stadium was located next to the

Jewish neighbourhood of Amsterdam and opponents saw many supporters walking through this neighbourhood to get to the stadium. Ajax fans (few of whom are actually Jewish) responded by embracing Ajax’s “Jewish” identity: calling themselves “super Jews”, chanting “Jews, Jews” (“Joden, Joden”) at games, and adopting Jewish symbols such as the Star of David and the Israeli flag. Some sources say that Ajax fans began doing this after seeing Tottenham Hotspur fans employing similar symbolism.

This Jewish imagery eventually became a central part of Ajax fans’ culture. At one point ring tones of “Hava Nagila”, a Hebrew folk song, could be downloaded from the club’s official website. Beginning in the 1980s, fans of Ajax’s rivals escalated their antisemitic rhetoric, chanting slogans like “Hamas, Hamas/Jews to the gas” (“Hamas, hamas, joden aan het gas”), hissing to imitate the flow of gas, giving Nazi salutes, etc. The eventual result was that many (genuinely) Jewish Ajax fans stopped going to games.

In the 2000s the club began trying to persuade fans to drop their Jewish image. This most notably happened in January 2005, when Ajax tried to stop their Jewish image, because fans of rival clubs chanting anti-Semitic comments (translated from Dutch to English): “Ssssssssss… [the hissing sound of gas]. We’re hunting the Jews! There is the Ajax train to Auschwitz! Sieg! Sieg! Sieg! German for ‘victory’, a quote from Hitler].”

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The Coronation 1953

In the summer of 1953 we had one of the few television sets in the neighborhood. Living near to Alexandra Palace we were guaranteed a

good signal from the television studios and transmitters housed in the palace; national coverage was a long way in the future. There was only one channel, BBC, and there was a very limited service usually starting at 5.30 p.m. and ending about 11.00 p.m. The television set sat in the corner of the room and was about 3 foot high with a 12 inch black and white screen. If we wanted colour then there was a coloured screen that could go over the T.V. with three bands of colour, red, green and blue; it was horrible and we never bothered to have one.

On the day of the coronation our living room was packed out with friends, neighbors and relatives. My parents and neighbors had prepared mountains of sandwiches; well that was how I remembered the food, and tea was in evidence ready for the great occasion. I was not one of the lucky pupils from my school chosen by lottery to go and line the processional route so television was the only way to watch.

I can remember sitting enthralled throughout the day and fascinated by the events as they unfolded. The television pictures gave us a much better view than if we had been there and who could fail to be moved at the sight of a young Queen with that enormous crown on her head. The hushed tones of Richard Dimbleby provided the background to everything that was happening.Of course it rained heavily but indoors we were dry and watching to see all those taking part. The iconic picture is of the Queen of Tonga refusing to have the coach hood raised and both she and the diminutive person with her got wet; how the crowd cheered. We did have a street party but memories of that are of rain and more food including jelly but no ice cream; freezers were not a common part of the kitchen.

I still have the coronation crowns given to us as a commemoration and the book of the coronation but my proudest possession is the tiny black and white photograph my father took of the television screen with the Queen and Prince Phillip on the way back to the palace.

A few weeks later the whole school went to the cinema in Muswell Hill to watch the film of both the coronation and the conquest of Everest, announced on the day of the coronation.

Michael Shaw

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Learning to Leyn

I was lucky enough to attend the LJ Biennial Conference and one of

tasks was to select which four out of thirty six sessions to attend.Having chosen ‘The Sacred Sound of Text’ run by Dr Annette Boeckler from The Sternberg Centre, I wondered what I had let myself in for. Like many of you probably, I have attended the occasional Orthodox service where Leyning from the Torah is the

I recently attended the funeral of a non-Jewish friend. This was a ‘good’

funeral.

D was almost 79 years and had lived with a diagnosis of cancer for some time, which seemed to have given him and his family time to prepare and accept the inevitability of death. His end was mercifully quick in that he was enjoying a meal and a glass of wine at home with old friends only two days before his death.

At the funeral his three adult children spoke about various periods of his life, describing a poor but happy childhood, in which he felt loved by his widowed mother, and a later life in which he enjoyed the pleasures of the outdoor life as well as developing a passion for French wines. What came through above all from these speeches and from the poem read by his two young grandsons, was of a man who, although he had not always had it easy, had made the most of his opportunities and had been surrounded by a loving family. It was easy to forget that the

A ‘Good’ Funeralfamily were grieving until I noticed the oldest grandson quietly being led away by a relative and gently comforted.

As a Jew attending a Christian funeral, I always feel a dilemma about how much to take part in the service. The hymns chosen gave me a measure of choice. D had been in the navy and the first hymn, ‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’ started off comfortably enough about ‘those in peril on the sea’, but the next three verses referring to ‘Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Trinity’ silenced me. ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ and ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’, bringing back strong memories of Junior school, were bland enough for me to join in.

I was glad I went. We weren’t close friends but it was good to be able to give his wife a hug and compliment her on ‘the lovely service.’ I always have difficulty with the Jewish ‘I wish you a long life’, which seems manifestly inappropriate to me when the people concerned may be far from wishing to continue a long life without their

loved one. Are Jewish funerals any different, or do we do it any better? Yes and no I suppose. I like the opportunity to attend the Shiva, as sometimes getting to a funeral, especially at short notice, can be difficult. I like the mantra of the Kaddish and Psalm 23, which bring comfort through their familiarity, but funerals, Jewish or non-Jewish, are a reminder to ‘use life well, to use it in God’s service, and so give it enduring value.’

Tina Shaw

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regular practice, and my curiosity had been aroused. As someone who has never even attempted to read from the scrolls, I feared I may have wandered into the wrong group but it proved to be a challenging and enjoyable experience.

Did you know that there are differences between Eastern and Western methods of Leyning? In the UK we mostly follow the Eastern method, whereas in USA and Israel they follow the Western. Dr Boeckler suggested that anyone could learn to Leyn in about six weeks of regular practice. She told us that it was simpler than learning to read because all you needed was to learn a few (up to 40!) musical phrases and about 30 symbols and you were there. Now I at least know the reason for those additional marks and squiggles in the text.

Have I put you off, or brought back awful memories of learning your barmitzvah portion? Well, she didn’t inspire me enough to want to undergo the six weeks of study but we did have fun

practising a few phrases and I even recognised some phrases from our chanting of the Aleynu. It’s never to late too learn.Ed.

about this relentlessly at every opportunity. To me then, it was history and irrelevant. The shame I feel now at having no understanding of this life-changing event for him, and the lack of interest and respect shown to him disturbs me still. Unfortunately, all I wanted to do was to get out of the building.

I’m grateful that my own children had a much more positive experience of Cheder at TLSE but since then, we have struggled to make Jewish practice a part of our lives. There are, of course, numerous reasons for this, not least a lack of effort on my part. Liberal Judaism ‘ticks all the boxes’ for me. Pete’s book reinforces this and I hope in time, to make it a more relevant part of the complicated world in which we live.

Thank you, Pete for your honesty and inspiration.

Jacky Ellinger

Dear Editor,

Whilst this is not intended to be a review of Pete’s latest book, much of what he writes, resonates with me, regarding his relationship with Judaism during the turbulent teens, and before and after. I read the book in one sitting, and though no book club exists at the shul now, I feel this book needs to be discussed by all who read it! (I’ll happily arrange for this to happen). It brought back to me the mind-numbingly boring hours I spent at Cheder in a class, most of the time with two taciturn boys.

We were taught by a survivor of a torpedoed boat, who banged on

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