Summer Term - Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue

Borehamwood andElstree SynagogueLife Management Part TwoPick and MixControversial Israel3 Books That Will Change Your LifeMore Tales of the SoulSummerHLX and BES presentTermWednesday 10th, 17th and 24th June 2009Dear Friends,Welcome to the Fourth term of HLX.We are once again delighted to bepartnering with BES, and hope all ofyou who attend our programs will beinspired by the shiurim and lectures.Each one of you who attends ishelping to maintain the dream ofthe late Rabbi Shmuli Kass ז’’ל whosebrainchild HLX was.With fondest wishesRabbi Raphy GarsonOnce again we are very proudto partner with HLX to bringquality and exciting learningopportunities to the widercommunity of Borehamwood& Elstree.This particular program ispacked with stimulatinglectures and workshops soplease book your place nowand encourage your friends tocome along as well.With best wishes,Rabbi Dr Naftali BrawerADULTS - £5 per week OR£12 for 3 week term when pre-bookedUNDER 18s and SENIOR CITIZENS (over 70) - FREEwww.hlx.org.ukwww.borehamwoodshul.orgTO BOOK CALL020 8953 8385OR VISIThlx.org.uk

Life Management Part TwoLife management is aboutlearning the necessary skillsand abilities to maximise yourpotential and live life to thefull. Improved life managementis about doing things betterand not getting bogged downin the kind of problems we allexperience in our daily lives.Through effective coaching it ispossible to learn new life skillsand improve existing ones.Pick and MixThree weeks -Three different topics.‘A Multi-media Portrayal ofJewish Life in Renaissance Italy‘presented by Rebbetzen DinaBrawer‘Peace Man!... and Wife’ - Loveand happiness in the JewishHomepresented by RebbetzenDeborah Garson‘Protecting G-d’s World’ -Environmental problems inJewish thoughtpresented by Rabbi Natan LevyControversial Israel‘The Halachic Borders of Israel’‘Is Aliyah a Halachic Imperative?’‘The Philosophy of theNeturei Karta’Richard Carr As a Director and Management Consultant, Richardis focused on delivering sustainable growth for Q. Learning. Hisaim is to help evolve the World of Q. Learning so that its clientsand its people can learn and develop beyond their dreams. His roleincludes planning and building for growth, contributing energy andleadership, and realizing the future with good health and goodhumour for all.In previous lives, Richard has been a business leader in education andpublishing. He helped transform Letts Educational into the leading educationalpublisher in its class, delivering tangible benefits for stakeholders. Richard’sexperience spans small, medium and large organisations, and environmentsranging from the low-cash, niche focused to the fast-changing, highlyentrepreneurial.Wherever he works, Richard maintains a belief in providing opportunities forpeople to grow themselves and their organisations. He is an NLP Practitionerand has worked recently with major organisations to put in place large-scaleleadership and management development programmes.Rebbetzen Dina Brawer was born in Milan, Italy and educated inJerusalem, New York and London. She holds a BA in Jewish Studiesand an MA in Education and Psychology. She is an active Rebbetzenin her community in Elstree & Borehamwood and a graduate of theLSJS Susi Bradfield Women Educators’ programme.Rebbetzen Deborah Garson was born and raisedin the UK. She graduated from Hasmonean GirlsSchool and Michalala Seminary for women. After achieving afirst class BA Hons from Middlesex University in Education andInformation Technology, she went on to gain a post graduate inthe Psychology of Needs from the Institute of Education. In July2005, she returned from Israel with her husband to take up herbusy role as Rebbetzen of Ohr Yisrael Federation, Elstree.Rabbi Natan Levy is the Rabbi of the Shenley UnitedSynagogue, and a consultant with the London School of JewishStudies’ Jewish Responsibility Unit. He grew up in Berkeley, CAwithin a family where the Maccabeans were cast as Viet Congfreedom fighters, and Che Guevara was a latter-day Moses. Aftera stint in the AmeriCorps, teaching at-risk youth how to ride andcare for horses, Natan won a scholarship to study environmentalprojects in the Negev of Israel. He stumbled upon Yeshiva andfell in love with learning, eventually spending seven years in variousprograms and earning rabbinical ordination from Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat.Natan and his wife Ariella moved to Bristol in 2005 to take up the position ofJewish University Chaplaincy family for the South of England and Wales. InSeptember of 2008, they moved to Shenley with their two small children tojoin one of the warmest Jewish communities this side of Sinai. Natan spendshis weekdays researching and teaching on Global Justice and Environmentalawareness through a Torah lens.Rabbi Avi Sharf is LSJS’s Rabbinic Scholar in Residence andthe Rabbi of the Alei Tzion Community at LSJS and Rosh Kollelof the Torah MiTzion Kollel London, in Immanuel College. From2002 to 2004 he was the Rabbi of Young Israel-OU Synagogueand Rosh Kollel Torah MiTzion at the Centre for Jewish Living atCornell University. He has been the Rosh Beit Midrash at KehilatShirat Shlomo in Efrat and the Rav Mechanech at Ohr TorahStone Yeshiva High School in Ramot. He did halachic researchfrom R. Shlomo Riskin and is currently completing a degree in Education&Teaching at Machon Herzog.3 Books That WillChange Your LifeLSJS Faculty‘Learning to Read Midrash’by Simi Peterspresented by Rafi Zarum‘The Slave’ by IsaacBashevis Singerpresented byMaureen Kendler‘The Lonely Man of Faith’by Rav Soloveitchikpresented by Simon CooperMore Tales of the Soul‘Soul Searching’presented byRabbi Dovid Tugendhaft‘Dreams in Jewish Thought’presented byRabbi Raphy Garson‘Life after Death,a PowerPoint presentation’presented by RabbiYehudah SilverAFTEREACH WEEK’SSESSIONS THERE WILLBE REFRESHMENTSPLUS A CHANCE TOTALK TO OTHERPARTICIPANTS ANDSPEAKERSDr Raphael Zarum is Chief Executive and Head of Faculty at the LSJS.He is a graduate of the Jerusalem Fellows Programme at the MandelLeadership Institute in Israel and has an MA in Adult Education fromthe Institute of Education in London. Raphael is the creator of theTorah L’Am crash course and is the author of Torat Hadracha and TheJampacked Bible. He led the faculty of the Florence Melton Adult MiniSchool UK while directing the Text and Values project at UJIA. Raphaelalso has a PhD in theoretical physics from King’s College London. Heis a sought-after Jewish educator in the UK and teaches regularly at internationalJewish conferences in Israel, the USA and Europe.Maureen Kendler is LSJS’s Head of Educational Programming. Shehas a degree in English Literature from the University of Sussex anda Post Graduate Certificate in Education. She taught English at NorthLondon Collegiate School and has held posts as the Education Officerof the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, Head of Jewish Literacy at UJIAand Senior faculty member of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School.Maureen broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio and writes articles andbook reviews for the Jewish Chronicle. She is an Ashdown Fellow andwas named Educator of the Year 2004 by the London Jewish Cultural Centre.She leads educational tours in London and teaches regularly in many synagogues.Simon Cooper Teaching Fellow Simon recently submitted his PhD thesison Jewish Covenantal Theology in the Dept. of Theology & ReligiousStudies at King’s College, London. He lectures all over the Jewishcommunity on contemporary Jewish thought, and on medieval andmodern Jewish philosophy. Simon is editorial assistant of the Journal ofJewish Studies and leads Jewish educational tours to Israel and Europe.Rabbi Tugendhaft spent many years in the famed Mir Yeshiva inJerusalem. In 1999 he founded the Ohr Yisrael shul in Elstree, where heserved as Rabbi for six years. A lover of mysticism, Talmud and Jewishlaw, he is now the voice at the end of seed’s ‘Halacha Hotline’, so if youhave a question for a Rabbi you know where to turn. But be very careful– he is an expert in martial arts which he practices in his spare time!Rabbi Raphy Garson was born in Manchester and broughtup in Gibraltar. He spent 4 years studying in Israel before marryingDeborah. Upon returning to the UK he studied at Kings College London,and graduated with a Computer Science & Management degree. He thenreturned to Israel for a further 4 years, to study for Semicha under theAuspices of the Chief Rabbinate and the former Chief Rabbi Of Israel –Harav Mordechai Eliyahu. In July 2005 he arrived back in the UK withDeborah and their children to take up position as Rav of Ohr YisraelFederation Synagogue, Elstree.He is the founder of the successful HLX (Hertfordshire Learning Experience),‏.ז’’ל which was set up in memory of Rabbi Shmuli KassIn addition, he is also a Rabbinical Consultant for JABE (Jewish Association ofBusiness Ethics), and regularly runs their programs in schools and centres acrossLondon.Rabbi Silver is a lecturer of international fame. He has enthralledaudiences with his passion, charisma and dramatic style ofpresentation. American born, and educated both in the States and inIsrael, he brings to the podium years of in-depth study and educationalexperience. He was the founder and director of Gateways, an outreachorganization dedicated to the continuity of the Jewish People, andwhile serving as the Director of Outreach Programming in AishHatorah Yeshivah College in Jerusalem he designed and directed thewell-known Discovery Seminar.He worked for seed for ten years before returning to the States, but obviouslymissing the English weather, he came back to these shores and has rejoined seedas their senior lecturer.ALL COURSES START PROMPTLY AT 8pm IN YAVNEH COLLEGETO BOOK CALL 020 8953 8385 OR VISIT hlx.org.uk

Life ManagementPart Twopresented byRichard CarrWEEK ONE WEEK TWO WEEK THREE10th June 17th June 24th June‘Time vsenergy’ -Less timemanagementor moreenergydirection‘Dealing withchange’ -Navigatingyourselfand othersthrough it‘Decisions’- How youmake them...and how youcan improvethem!BOOKALL 3 WEEKSFOR ONLY £12Pick and Mix(PRE-BOOK ONLY)REGULAR PRICE£5/WEEKpresented byRebbetzen Dina BrawerRebbetzen Deborah GarsonRabbi Natan LevyControversialIsraelpresented byRabbi Avi Sharf‘A MultimediaPortrayal ofJewish Life inRenaissanceItaly‘presented byRebbetzenDina Brawer‘TheHalachicBorders ofIsrael’‘Peace Man!...and Wife’- Love andhappiness inthe JewishHomepresented byRebbetzenDeborahGarson‘Is Aliyaha HalachicImperative?’‘ProtectingG-d’s World’Environmentalproblemsin Jewishthoughtpresented byRabbi NatanLevy‘ThePhilosophyof theNetureiKarta’3 Books That WillChange Your Lifepresented byRafi ZarumMaureen KendlerSimon Cooper‘Learningto ReadMidrash’ bySimi Peterspresented byRafi Zarum‘The Slave’by IsaacBashevisSingerpresentedby MaureenKendler‘The LonelyMan ofFaith’ by RavSoloveitchikpresentedby SimonCooperMore Talesof the Soulpresented byRabbi Dovid TugendhaftRabbi Raphy GarsonRabbi Yehudah Silver‘SoulSearching’presented byRabbi DovidTugendhaft‘Dreamsin JewishThought’presented byRabbi RaphyGarson‘Life afterDeath,a PowerPointpresentation’presentedby RabbiYehudahSilverDesigned by Inspire www.youinspire.me.ukRabbi Shmuli Kass ז’’ל was taken from this world at the prime of his life. His achievements wereimmense and his influence vast. He deeply touched all that came to know him. With phenomenalvision, he guided and loved his beloved community of Shenley, a family that he cherished like hisown. The impact he has left on this area of Hertfordshire can still be seen and felt.