In the February service we welcomed Rosie as a Full member of our community. Her parents were on screen as she read from the Torah. How proud they were and so are we.
In addition to providing a lovely kiddush spread that we all enjoyed, for those of you who don’t know, Rosie does a tremendous amount of fabulous work for our Community. She prepares the Torah and Haftarah handouts, is our kiddush coordinator and keeps various WhatsApp groups lively and engaged. Thank you, Rosie!
A week after this, Bob bought himself a tallit and went up to the Beit Din. Miriam and Hannah were there with him to celebrate the moment. We will be hearing Bob read the Torah blessings for Miriam, who will be reading from the Torah, so make sure you’re there on March 9th.
March is a big month – and most importantly we have our AGM on Monday 25th March. There will be changes on council and it would be good if as many people made it on to the zoom screen at 730pm that evening.
As you probably know, our lovely Hannah will be leaving us in June. We are in touch with Liberal Judaism who are working hard to help us find a suitable replacement. There are fewer rabbis in training now, so this is no easy task. Linda has secured the services of Nick Young to lead our High Holy days. Those of you that came to Yom Kippur last year will remember how skilled he is as a service leader.
In April, we have Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy coming to visit us on the 14th at 11am. There will be a bagel lunch to follow and time to ask Charley and Josh anything you want to know about the journey towards the merger of Liberal and Reform Judaism. This meeting will be streamed so everyone can put their views forward. Exciting times.
Annie