Out and About http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Gefiltefest 2013 in pictures http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/gefiltefest-2013-pictures <p>The highlights of Gefiltefest 2013 at the London Jewish Cultural Centre on Sunday May 19.</p> Out and About Food 107775 editorial_gallery 107657 Gefiltefest 2013 - 'biggest yet' The highlights of Gefiltefest 2013 at the London Jewish Cultural Centre on Sunday May 19. http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2576.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0630.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0554.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0559.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0565.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0569.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0577.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0581.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0583.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0586.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2597.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2614.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0594.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0597.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0598.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0601.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0613.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0621.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0622.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0589.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0635.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0623.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/DSC-0627.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2611.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2615.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2616.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2623.jpg;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/b_DSCF2622.jpg; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Mon, 20 May 2013 09:54:05 +0100 Anna Sheinman 107775 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: May 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-may-2013 Out and About 106867 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12may.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13may.JPG; A Lag b'Omer barbecue and funfair was held in the grounds of Dublin Hebrew Congregation;A Lag b'Omer barbecue and funfair was held in the grounds of Dublin Hebrew Congregation;A Lag b'Omer barbecue and funfair was held in the grounds of Dublin Hebrew Congregation;Finchley Progressive Synagogue hosted a Shabbat civic service to celebrate its 60th anniversary ;Hadley Wood Jewish Community kicked off a series of lectures under the heading of "Rabbi Yoni's Big Issues" on the subject of surrogacy with a talk by Rabbi Yon Birmbaum on the complex issues surrounding the matter;Members of Edgware Refrom Synagogue travelled to Newcastle for a community weekend. The trip included a visit to see The Angel of the North;BKosher opened its third shop at Glengall Road, Edgware;A reception was held at Hackney Town Hall to wish bon voyage to the Homerton Hospital Team going to spend a week working at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Hackney's 'twin town' ;Members of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester held a food collection outside the Tesco supermarket in Cheetham Hill. Shoppers were asked to buy extra dry goods to donate to homeless people in Manchester. ;Manchester Young Magen David Adom committee attracted more than 100 people to its first Friday night dinner;Finchley Progressive Synagogue held a special tea to celebrate the founding members who built the synagogue 60 years ago;Norwich Synagogue hosted the London Klezmer Quarter for a an afternoon of music making ; Wed, 01 May 2013 17:29:55 +0100 Sandy Rashty 106867 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: April 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-april-2013 Out and About 104540 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/545.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/14april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/15april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/16april.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/17april.JPG; The Crouch End Chavurah held another successful Seder with over 90 people attending The Seder was led by Rabbi Sandra Kviat and participants used the new Liberal Judaism Haggadah;From left: pictured at the TUFI stand is Doreen Gerson, executive vice-chair of Trade Union Friends of Israel, Louise Ellman MP and delegate Ron Keesing who is being presented with a bottle of Israeli wine;South Manchester Synagogue's youth leaders Cassie and Aharon Horwich led a Chol Hamoed trip of over 30 people to Rookin House Farm in the Lake District. The group enjoyed a full day of activities and a barbecue;A music hall style evening was staged by Shulaid, the social and fundraising committee of Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation;As part of the Milton Keynes and District Reform Synagogue cheder activities, children were asked to draw pictures from the Haggadah to show what happened in the story of Passover. That was followed by a demonstration Seder;Children at Milton Keynes and District Reform Synagogue attended a demonstration Seder as part of their cheder session, and enjoyed a range of activities;Milton Keynes District and Reform Synagogue hosted Milton Keynes’ Mayor, Cllr Catriona Morris, as its guest for the Passover ceremony. Other guests included representatives from the Muslim and Christian communities;Mill Hill Synagogue hosted a United Synagogue administrators' association meeting where chairman Charles Loeb presented the Chief Rabbi with a glass trophy in recognition of his support ;Manchester's social care charity, the Fed, hosted an "end of Life" seminar at its Heathlands Village care home;Natan Bloom, 14, Danny Bloom , 16, Alex Rosenfield, 16 and 17-year-old Sara Rosenfield ran the three mile London Mini Marathon, representing Barnet. They all qualified by being one of the six fastest runners in the borough in their age groups;Damian Schogger completed his first marathon and raised more than £4000 for World Jewish Relief;Exhausted: Rafi Saltman after running the London Marathon ;Married couple Jonathan and Lauren Barr raised more than £6000 for the North London Hospice;Jonathan Goldman, who was running the marathon for the third consecutive year, raised £3000 for British ORT ;World Jewish Relief chief executive Paul Anticoni raised £3,400 for the charity from his London Marathon run;Trade Union Friends of Israel exhibiting at the USDAW conference in Blackpool ; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:25 +0100 Sandy Rashty 104540 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: March 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-march-2013 Out and About 103261 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7march.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8march.JPG; The Fed's marketing manager Joyce Khan met Jewish university students at a Tribe weekly educational event hosted by the GE Centre in Fallowfield;Woodford Liberal Synagogue held a special service to commemorate International Women's Day;Kerem School pupils from Year 5 and 6 entered the National Primary Mathematics Challenge. The children were hugely successful- one child scored full marks! ;Participants at Liberal Judaism’s Eastbourne Shabbaton gather round the Torah to hear the day’s parsha;A guest at Bushey' Synagogue's s wine and comedy social evening samples one of the wines on offer;The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks was the guest of honour at Wanstead and Woodford Synagogue's Melaveh Malkah;An English Tea was held in Jerusalem to honour Jose Dent, chairman of the British Friends of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. The tea was attended by more than 70 people including some former scholars and Jose was presented with an illustrated certificate ;Over 30 guests met the celebrated impresario, Lilian Hochhauser, in interview with Diana Wolfin, at an afternoon tea organised by the women’s group of the British Friends of the Hebrew University; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:16:13 +0000 Sandy Rashty 103261 at http://www.thejc.com Purim 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/purim-2013 Out and About Purim 102776 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/14purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/15purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/16purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/17purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/18purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/21purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/22purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/23purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/24purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/25purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/26purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/27purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/29purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/30purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/31purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/32purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/33purim.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/34purim.JPG; Rabbi Mendel Jacobs,chaplain to Newark Care, giving out Purim gifts to residents at Burnfield and Westacres care homes. The event was sponsored by Lubavitch Shul in the Park ;Purim celebrations at Harlow synagogue;Fancy dress winners and judges at Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation's Purim party;Radlett and Bushey shul members dress up as The Beatles for the synagogue's Purim celebrations;Rabbi Aaron and Rebbetzin Miriam at Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation's Purim 60s party which they organised. (Photo: Brenda Levinson);Hendon Synagogue held a special melaveh malka to mark the retirement of its choir master Alan Freedman after 25 years of service;Students from Oxford University celebrate Purim ;Rev Stanley Abrahams read the megillah to a fancy-hatted congregation at Queenshill Synagogue in Leeds;Birmingham Progessive Synagogue held a Purim fair, with stalls including gregger-making and hamantaschen making. Proceeds went to the two schools the synagogue supports:The Haifa Leo Baeck Educational Centre and the Bakoteh school in Gambia (Brummy pic);Milton Keynes and District Reform Synagogue incorporated a re-enactment of Megillat Esther into the Purim service (Photo: Shelly Chapman);Masks and disguises were very much in evidence at Harlow Jewish Community's Purim party;Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue Purim celebrations with Rabbi Aaron Goldstein;The Purim story was told at Bet Tikvah Synagogue with a modern twist as Rabbi ‘the Rapper’ Hulbert performed as Haman.;Nearly 100 people attended the Crouch End Chavurah Purim party;Six children from the cheder performed at the Colchester synagogue Purim party (Photo: Roy Fox);Jewish Care's assistant director Ben Morrison celebrates Purim outside Sainsbury's in Golders Green. Jewish Care is the store's charity of the year. ;Val Mogendorff, pictured with her granddaughter Ariella, enjoy Purim celebrations at Sinai synagogue (Photo: Adam Glatherine);Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue held a Purim extravaganza;Norwood Purim party at Jcoss school in Barnet ;Norwood Purim party at Jcoss school in Barnet ;Darlington Hebrew Congregation celebrated Purim for the first time in many years with a Purim spiel followed by afternoon tea at the synagogue. ;More than 250 young Jewish professionals gathered at the Prestwich Maccabi centre to raise funds for Magen David Adom. ;Purim celebrations at HaMakom;Woodside Park Synagogue members celebrated Purim "American Style" at the home of Rabbi and Gila Hackenbroch.;Some of the 21 people who gathered at Clophill Village Hall in Bedfordshire for a special Shabbat service to inaugurate a portable Ark for use at services in Bedfordshire Porgressive Synagogue members' homes;Carmichael Hall in Glasgow hosted the annual Lubavitch Purim dinner and concert. A gourmet meal was catered by L'Chaim's Kosher Catering. Special guest Celtics midfielder Rami Gershon was asked to pick the raffle.;Members of the Sheffield community enjoyed a lunch as part of their Purim celebrations;Southend and District Reform Synagogue held a Purim fair. Families enjoyed refreshments, face painting, various games and a fancy dress parade followed by the reading of the Megillah by Rabbi Warre Elf ;Immanuel College Year 10 girls celebrate Purim: Sophie Cohen, Sophie Jarvis, Georgia Barnett, Emma Mendel, Kayla Jaffe, Tali Lipton and Rachel Sonn;Grodzinski's 125th Purim celebrations ; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:28:00 +0000 Sandy Rashty 102776 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: February 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-february-2013 Out and About 102111 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2febb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3febb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4febb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12feb.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13feb.JPG; A gala concert to celebrate Newbury Park Synagogue's 40th anniversary attracted more than 220 people;The Chief Rabbi addressed more than 150 members of Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue during a breakfast as part of the shul's L'Chaim learning programme;Anthony Clavane (far right), award-winning Sunday Mirror sports journalist spoke about his new book 'Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?' at a South Manchester Synagogue event in Bowdon. From left: Alan Alexander, Leslie Wertheimer and Harvey Bertfield ;Members of of Reform and Liberal communities from East Anglia gathered together for thier annual residential conference at High Leigh in Hoddesdon;Israeli ambassador Daniel Taub visited Hasmonean Boys' School where he conducted a lively Q&A session with the students;More than 20 Fed service users along with volunteers and staff attended a "Coffee Stop" at Manchester's Maccabi Centre;Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks hears about the Sammy Ofer fortified Underground Emergency Hospital from his hosts at Rambam;The Shabbaton Choir "Solidarity through Song" mission to Israel delegates pose with their hosts at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa;Birmingham Central Synagogue hosted members of the All Party Parliamentary Group who were exploring the experiences of faith groups in the city;A team from Birmingham Hebrew Congregation were the winners at the East London Orthodox Synagogues Association annual intercommunal grand quiz. The event was held at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue;Alastair Campbell, JCore-founder Edie Friedman and chairman Tony Leifer at a dinner that raised around £40,000 for the charity;Some 150 members of the Birmingham community attended a celebratory dinner at the Malcolm Locker Hall prior to the major redevelopment of the site for the new Birmingham Central Synagogue community centre;Young graduates of Woodside Park Synagogue's fourth annual One2One learning programme with facilitator Howard Cohen (far left) at the Grand Melave Malka celebrating the culmination of this year's adult and children Torah learning at Woodside Park Shul ; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:02:52 +0000 Sandy Rashty 102111 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: January 2013 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-january-2013-0 Out and About 100247 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7jann.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10jan.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11jann.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12jan.JPG; Best selling author Simon Sebag Montefiore launched the LJS Book Club at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St. John’s Wood;Limmud co-founder Clive Lawton was the guest of honour at Watford Synagogue's annual melava malka. Alongside him is shul chair Ronnie Jacob;The annual Green Sunday phone-in by JNF KKL Scotland saw volunteers contact the community in Glasgow, Edinburgh and outlying districts of Scotland. The initiative raised almost £20,000 for the committee's current project in the Negev ;Louis Wolfson, Jeanette Jacobson, Anthony Rose, Shelley Blackston, Ged Diamond, Sandra Wolfson and Howard Goldman are organising a reunion for Manchester's Jewish youth from the 60s and 70s.Details from Melissa Low on 0161 740 0111;Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub presented graduates of the Diploma in Judaism with their certificates at the Redbridge JCC;More than 30 people heard amateur historian Malcolm Simon (centre) speak about the French Rothschild family at a South Manchester Synagogue cultural committee event. From left: Alan Alexander, Winston Forman, Leslie Wertheimer and Harvey Bertfield;Dalia Reznik, from the Mill Hill US community, baked 910 bulkas (traditional Jewish South African cinnamon buns) and raised £520 for the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, Gift and Project Seed. ;130 South Manchester shul members enjoyed a Friday night Shabbaton to celebrate Tu Bishvat. A four course meal was prepared by community members and Rabbi Dovid. Even the flowers were good enough to eat being made from fruit! ;Waltham Forest Hebrew Congregation attracted nearly 100 guests to a Melava Malka; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:21:11 +0000 Sandy Rashty 100247 at http://www.thejc.com Chanucah 2012 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/chanucah-2012 Out and About Chanucah 93798 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3a.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4a.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/15.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/16.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/18.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/19.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/20.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/21.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/22.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/24.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/25.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/26.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/27.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/28.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/29.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/30.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/31.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/32.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/33.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/34.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/35.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/36.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/37.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/38.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/39.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/40.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/41.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/42.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/44.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/46.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/47.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/48.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/49.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/50.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/51.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/52.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/53.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/54.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/55.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/56.JPG; Penina Efune serving hot Latkas to members of the community at Palmeira Square, Brighton;Children and adults at Milton Keynes and District Reform had a lovely Chanucah party, where each child lit their menorah (Photo: Shelly Chapman);Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue organized a Chanucah party for more than 100 children, parents and grandparents (Photo: Michael Fresco);Maidenhead Synagogue's Chanuciah together with some of the triumphant builders;More than 150 people celebrated Chanucah at Stirchley bowling alley for Birmingham Hebrew Congregation and Solihull Synagogue;Bromley Reform Synagogue’s pre-Chanucah fair included a raffle;Rabbi Michael Hilton, from Kol Chai in Hatch End, lighting the Chanucah candles;25 young people took part in a leadership seminar at The Liberal Synagogue in Elstree;Etz Chaim Synagogue in Leeds attracted more than 60 people – and a certain cartoon character - to its Chanucah candle-lighting ;Young members of Cardiff Reform synagogue playing dreidle for Chanucah.;Miriam Zeider, Leila Kay and Hilda Goldstone at the annual Chanucah party run by Manchester welfare charity The Fed’s volunteer service, Time for You;More than 200 children performed traditional and Gangnam-style Chanucah songs at Hampstead Garden Suburb synagogue. ;Eden Primary school children, joined by Haringey Mayor David Browne, hosted Haringey’s official Chanuciah lighting ceremony for the first time. Muswell Hill United Synagogue Rabbi David Mason and Rabbi Yossi Simon of Tsivas Hashem also attended. ;Manchester King David High's year 7 wrapped Chanucah presents for low-income Jewish families who struggle to buy their children gifts. Around 100 presents will be distributed via the Manchester Charitable Trust.;Edgware United hosted a Grand Concert for Chanucah. More than 400 guests attended the fundraising event for the shul's building fund for the foyer and hall.;Alison Kelin at Wimbledon and District Synagogue's latke tasting morning ;Year eight JCoss students with the school's new nine-foot Chanuciah, genourously donated by a grandparent.;More than 200 guests watched Mitch and Lara Winehouse dedicate the Chanuciah lighting to their late pop-star daughter, Amy, at the Saatchi Shul and Chabad of Bloomsbury;Alan Tyler, who led this years Ajex Parade, at Wimbledon shul’s Chanuciah lighting. ;David Benjamin, chairman of the Bournemouth Jewish Representative Council receiving a gift from Chabad’s Rabbi Yossie Alperowitz for kindling the giant Menorah in Bournemouth Gardens;More than 100 people watched the Langdon choir sing at the Chanucah party in Edgware’s Maccabi House.;Norwood hosted a Chanucah party for 220 service users at Jcoss school in Barnet. The evening included a three course dinner dinner, candle lighting and a disco.;Bromley Reform Synagogue members sold their work, including these colourful pots, at the annual Chanucah fair. ;Nightingale House resident Margie Bloom and New Voices volunteer Oludolapa Akinwunmi made Chanuciahs at the Nightingale House in Wandsworth. ;Hundreds of Chanucah parcels were made up by young volunteers at food redistribution charity Gift and distributed to families in need across London and the North;Amelia Shepherd and Mia Breuer at the Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue Chanucah party. The synagogue organised a Chanucah bazaar, a disco and activities for the children and the lighting of the menorah;Rabbi Zalman Lewis lighting the Menorah at Palmeira Square, Hove, where over 200 people from across the community turned up for the lighting of the first candle. The event was organised by Brighton Chabad;More than £1,500 was raised at the British Friends of Hebrew University Young Legal Group's Chanucah party. The event was held at the Marlborough Contemporary Gallery in Mayfair. ;Reception pupils and their parents participated in a Chanucah activity morning at Ilford Jewish Primary School ;Students from Queen Mary, University of London, celebrated Chanucah with candle lighting and doughnut tasting;City University students celebrating Chanucah ;Leonard Daniels lighting the candles for the sixth night of Chanuch at the party of the Somerset Jewish Social and Cultural Group at Taunton.;Havdalah, as part of the Chanucah celebrations at Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue. (Photo: Matthew Benjamin);The Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John’s Wood hosted prominent dignitaries and members of Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Hindu faith communities at its annual interfaith celebration of Chanucah;Clayhall Synagogue celebrated Chanucah with a party for more than 200 people organised by the shul’s Young Families Task Group;Southend and District Reform Synagogue held a Chanucah party after an erev Shabbat service;The Edinburgh community held a Chanucah celebration at St Andrew Square followed by a reception in Harvey Nichols store. There were over 200 participants at the celebration organised by Chabad of Edinburgh;A Chanucah party was held at the new Manchester Multifaith Centre by The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester, Faith Network 4 Manchester, Manchester Council of Christians and Jews, Hindu Jewish Association and the Christian Muslim Forum;Entries from Akiva Primary School’s Chanucah design competition;Exeter synagogue held a Chanucah party on the final night of the festival;Cockfosters Lubavitch emissary, Rabbi Herschel Kesselman, and Chazan Dov Speier, Stephen Pack, President of the United Synagogue, and MEP Marina Yannakoudakis at a Chanucah party after Shabbat in Cockfosters;The second day of Chanucah saw Eastbourne’s Orthodox and the Liberal Jewish congregations join together to celebrate the festival of light;Bromley Reform Synagogue’s children’s Chanucah party included a visit from the magician, Mr Marvel and his rabbit;Steve Leader, the London Fire Brigade Borough Commander for Barnet, lights the Chanuciah at a Shomrim event in London;MP Matthew Offrod at the Shomrim Chanucah celebration ;Rabbi Winegarten presents Commander Neil Basu with an award, on behalf of the Jewish community at Shomrim's Chauncah celebration;The Mayor and Mayoress of Croydon, Cllr Eddy Arram and his wife Judith held the first lighting of the Chanucah candles in the Croydon Mayor’s Parlour. Croydon minister Rabbi Natun Asmoucha stands with Cllr Eddy Arram and Judith Arram;Almost 150 club members, volunteers, staff and guests were attracted to Jewish Care Scotland's Chanucah party;King David Primary School pupil Joshua Davis lighting the Chanucah candles. The pupils at the Birmingham school took park ina host of festival activities and celebrations;Chanucah lights at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:08:22 +0000 Sandy Rashty 93798 at http://www.thejc.com Out and About: December 2012 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/out-and-about-december-2012 Out and About 93272 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/14.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/15dec.JPG; Families enjoying what the café has to offer at Middlesex New Synagogue’s Artworks event;Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue members welcomed North Herts Liberal Jewish Community to their Shabbat service;Members of the Habad committee presented a cheque for £14,000 to children’s charity Camp Simcha;More than £4,200 was raised by 160 supporters of British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem at the annual supperquiz at Edgware Masorti Synagogue;Volunteers help prepare the food for the annual hot lunch for the over 75s at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue;A celebration of kosher and halal food was jointly organised by Exeter Synagogue and other local organisations ;Beverley Taylor in fron of the ark at Kent Liberal Jewish Community during celebrations for her 80th birthday;80 people from leading Jewish organisations attended a Jewish Leadership Council meeting to discuss issues of sustainability, professional roles and responsibilities. ;Residents of Nightingale House were joined by biographer Anne Sebba at the care home’s Edwina Currie Book Club last week, to discuss her book, That Woman, which profiles the life of the Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson. ;A group of six Israelis teenagers from Maccabi Tzair toured the UK to meet a number of Jewish organisations and develop relationships with their British counterparts. They attended the Langdon College in Manchester and Brady Youth Club in Edgware.;Rabbi Yitzchak and Chanie Schochet at a tribute to the rebbetzin for her 20 years of dedication to the Mill Hill community;Twenty members of Yeshurun Synagogue's Ladies Guild visited the new BBC Television studios at Media City. They were also shown the local and breakfast news studios, including the chance to sit on the famous red sofa! ;The Maccabean president Proffesor David Latchman, Sir Michael Bear, Lionel Kopelowitz at the Maccabeans annual dinner ;Rev Malcolm Weisman visited Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation. He is pictured with Lea Elliott (left) and Abigail Fisher ; Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:50:53 +0000 Sandy Rashty 93272 at http://www.thejc.com Mitzvah Day 2012 http://www.thejc.com/galleries/out-and-about/mitzvah-day-2012 Out and About Mitzvah day 91897 editorial_gallery http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/1a.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/2.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/3.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/4.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/5.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/6.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/7.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/8.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/9.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/10.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/11.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/12.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/13.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/14.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/15.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/16.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/17.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/18.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/19.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/20.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/21.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/22.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/23.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/24.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/25.JPG;http://www.thejc.com/files/imagecache/simchach_galleria/images/26.JPG; Mitzvah Day in Sheffield was held at Shirley House for an interfaith gathering. Participants also visited residents in Southcroft House care home;Repairing tallitot wast one of many Mitzvah Day events organized by members of Edgware United Synagogue;Some of the helpers at the food collection for needy people organized by Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation ;Gaby Gandz on guitar, her sister Jodie and Bertie the dog, entertain residents of John and Vi Rubens care home as part of Mitzvah Day events organized by Chigwell and Hainault Syngagogue;Selling home made produce: Mia Ottman, Olivia Arion, Lauren Goldberg and Sophia Cohen for the Zone's Leeds Leaders programme;Participating in a Mitzvah Day car war for the Zone's Leeds Leaders programme: Millie Haft, Sophie Fisher and Noah Bickler;Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue's cheder children made cookies for Mitzvah Day ;Volunteers from the Muswell Hill synagogue asked Sainsbury's shoppers in Muswell Hill to buy and donate an extra item of food for local shelters and charities. ;North Herts Liberal Jewish community decorated the lounge and hall in the home of two lovely mentally-challenged gentlemen in the village of Potton.;Ner Yisrael, Hendon: Eden, Gaby, and Eitan Field, Neil Ferber and Geraldine Fainer making chanukah cards for patients at Reuth Medical Centre (Photo: Yakir Zur);A young participant, Liora Bauernfreund, attending Mitzvah Day Mummies (Photo: Yakir Zur);Leket Israel, The National Food Bank, sorted and crated food for Israelis in need in conjunction with Mitzvah Day;Leket Israel, The National Food Bank, sorted and crated food for Israelis in need in conjunction with Mitzvah Day;Volunteers from Clayhall United Synagogue carried out several projects at Elhap - one of the leading adventure playgrounds for children, young people and adults with disabilities.;Langdon residents worked with Edgware United and Edgware Federation synagogues doing a collection;Members of the 6th Stanmore Guides filled shoe-boxes with gifts to be taken to the Barnardo’s home in Harlesden.;Local MP David Burrowes is pictured with (left tor right) Wolfson Hillel pupils, eight-year-olds Lily Phillips, Jessica Malka and Louis Peleg, who planted bulbs for residents in a local old people's home;Baking biscuits for senior members of FRS's Friendship Club ;Children from Finchley Reform Synagogue making and donating books for use in Lively Minds projects ;The Hampstead & Kilburn Conservatives arranged a Mitzvah Day project at the Marie Curie Hospice to clear the communal garden and restore outside furniture;Young Mitzvah Day volunteers make afternoon tea for Holocaust survivors at the London Jewish Cultural Centre;As part of their contribution to Mizvah Day Newbury Park Synagogue, Wessex Close collected food for the Redbridge Shelter in Ilford;Decorating winter clothes for Jcore;The Bury & Whitefield Jewish Nursery raised £66 for their 'dress as an animal day' for Children in Need and Mitzvah Day;Volunteers collected more than £500 worth of shopping at the Tesco in Hampstead, for the New North London Synagogue Drop In Centre for Destitute Asylum seekers;Members of the Oxford community planted trees on Mitzvah Day; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:00:23 +0000 Sandy Rashty 91897 at http://www.thejc.com