Annual Report 2012.indd - Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue

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Community Leadership 2011/2012 Senior Rabbi Professional Team Rabbi Dov Kaplan Associate Rabbi Rabbi Anthony Knopf Youth & Community Rabbi Rabbi Marc Levene Chazan Avromi Freilich * Executive Officer David Sagal Office Manager Sharon Drucker Youth Workers Saul Gallick & Jonny Sherman (to July 2011)* Daniel Beder & Daniel Jacobs (from Sept 2011)* Book Keeper Brian Gray Rabbis’ PA Maddy Drucker ALC Head Teacher Chayli Fehler* Hebrew Classes Administrator Samantha McLeod * Facilities Manager Mark Gould * Denotes part-time Honorary Officers Chairman Keith Barnett (5) Vice-Chairman Neil Levinson (5) Financial Representative Jeffrey Davidson (4) Wardens Simon Johnson (5) Meyer Pearlman (5) Rene Anisfeld (5) Carolyn Bogush (5) Alexandra Davidson (4) Michael Goldstein (4) Danny Green (5) - Chair of Security David Grossman (6) Claire Lemer (4) Louise Norton (5) Simon Sadie (5) Board of Management In brackets ( ) = Out of 7 meetings Gideon Smith (5) Simon Taylor (4) Chair of Children & Youth Bernard Taub (5) Naomi Taub (4) Simon Weinberg (4) Michele Yamin Joseph (5) Chair of Nashim Representatives at The Board of Deputies of British Jews Mark Feldmann, Vicki Harris, Flo Kaufmann Clive Lewisohn, Vivian Wineman Condolences We are sad to report the deaths of the following members and wish their families long life. Florence Bloom Rose Katz Lily Miller David Steele Sandra Conway Gloria Kay Cypora Mond Mascha Tobin Maxwell Ettlinger David Kut Arnold Oppenheimer Benzion Wainstein Stanley Goldwater Victor Leigh Ronald Silverblatt Bernice Jacobs Edwin Lipman Gitel Smith Simon Jaffa Freda Mendleson Lily Stanley
A message from Rabbi Kaplan Since arriving in the <strong>Suburb</strong>, Freda and I have made sincere efforts to familiarise ourselves with the needs of the community and to get to know our members. Now, after working here for eight months, we feel that we have moved into an advanced learning stage and are excitedly making plans with the professional teams for the future. We have joined community members on chagim and at their family events. We have found a very positive degree of volunteering Overview Chairman: Keith Barnett am delighted to have the opportunity to report to I the Community on an enormously eventful twelve months. The past year has seen us put together a new ministerial team with the arrival of Rabbi Kaplan and Rabbi Levene, to join Rabbi Knopf and Chazan Avromi with the highlight of the year being, undoubtedly, the induction of Rabbi Kaplan and the rest of the team by the Chief Rabbi in February. It is true to say that we have all been re-energised by the plethora of events and activities that have been organised for all age groups over the past months. From the moment of their arrival, Rabbi Dov and Rebbetzen Freda have made their home a centre of activity and warmth, and both of them have been inspirational in the number of events which they have organised for the benefit of the Community. We also had the enormous pleasure of celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Sariel Kaplan last February. Rabbi Levene and his wife Lisa have transformed our youth provision with boisterous energy and enthusiasm. Ably assisted, this year, by our youth workers, Daniel Beder and Daniel Jacobs, a range of activities for youth have been put in place. This culminated very recently in the weekend away for families with children in Bar/Bat Mitzvah years. We continue to enjoy the wonderful leadership of Rabbi Anthony Knopf and his wife, Carly. In his new role as Associate Rabbi, Rabbi Knopf has continued to work hard in delivering educational programmes, pastoral care, outreach and ministerial support. Rabbi Knopf is rightly achieving growing regcognition as one and giving which has left us truly inspired. However, HGSS being such a large and successful community, we are convinced that there is so much more to be done. We have tried to enhance activity in all aspects of life – education, prayer services, Jewish Holidays, and support. We are very optimistic that, if we make a community effort, so much more can be accomplished – for our families and the entire kehilla, for UK Jewry and for Israel. of the outstanding young talents in Anglo-Jewry. Chazan Avromi Freilich continues to inspire with his beautiful services. He and Rochelle have served our community admirably, exuding warmth, hospitality and affection for our members. As a community, we thoroughly enjoyed the thrill of seeing his son Dovi become Bar Mitzvah whilst, a few weeks later, being so saddened to learn of the passing of Avromi’s dear father, Rabbi Joseph Freilich kwz. As mentioned above, the Induction Service for our new ministerial team was an outstanding success with more than 400 people attending. A wonderful service, with the participation of the Kerem School Choir as well as inspirational addresses both from the Chief Rabbi and Rabbi Kaplan, created, I felt, a wonderful community spirit and, as Honorary Officers, we felt privileged to be overseeing a fabulous month of s’machot. Particular thanks for their help in organising the induction go to Alan Cohen, Hilary Halter, Naomi Taub and Hilary Pearlman. This has also been a fabulous year for the development of our Aleph Learning Centre. Under the energetic and inspirational leadership of Chayli Fehler, our classes have been transformed into a hub of educational activity every Sunday morning. The enthusiastic response of parents and children to the new programme and organisation of the Centre has been a true highlight in the development of the Community. On a structural level, we installed new security gates and CCTV cameras in accordance with advice received from the CST and the local police. We are grateful, in
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