“Why schools need a revolution when they return after Covid-19”. With Peter Hyman.
Peter Hyman has led School 21 since it was founded in 2012. He is Executive Headteacher and is passionate about finding new ways of preparing young people for the fast-paced world they will be entering. He was formerly a deputy head at a secondary school in Southall in West London. Prior to that he was a political strategist to the Prime Minister. He left 10 Downing Street to become a teaching assistant, then trained as a history teacher before working to become a headteacher. He is author of 1 out of 10, From Downing Street Vision to classroom reality and writes regularly for national newspapers.
An eclectic series of lectures on a variety of Jewish and non-Jewish topics. The lectures have two things in common: the speakers are all members of Alyth and leading experts in their field. Some of our previous lectures have been recorded and can be viewed by clicking here.
Alyth Online Lectures will be taking a break over the summer.
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FRIDAY 24 JULY
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Baby Den (10:30-11:00) Chug-a-lug into Shabbat with Rabbi Hannah and Beth. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a shabbat beat and wave to some familiar faces. For families with Young Children. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 142 813 452, Password: 346202).
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Pre-Shabbat Story Time Live is taking a break this week.
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbi Josh as he leads the Erev Shabbat service from the Beit Tefillah. Please remember that this service is online only. We invite you to have Shabbat candles and Kiddush ready in advance of the service so that we can join together in these moments from our homes. We will light candles together at L’cha Dodi and make Kiddush at the end of the service. Please click here to download the Shabbat Supplement for Friday night and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
Click here to join by Zoom (Meeting ID: 895 0735 6872, Password: 785089) If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here(www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
SATURDAY 25 JULY
BE WITH US Jewish Mindfulness Meditation (9:15-10:00) Jewish Mindfulness Meditation helps us to open our hearts and find peace through our spiritual heritage, especially in these challenging times. Join for contemplation, breathing, movement and meditation. Suitable for all. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 844 520 435, Password: 753749).
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Rabbi Colin is leading the Shabbat morning service from the Beit Tefillah with Katie joining from her home. Please remember that this service is online only. Please click here to download a copy of the Torah portion and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online. Click here to join by Zoom (Meeting ID: 896 2531 7541, Password: 785089). If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here(www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS. PRAY WITH US Imrei Finu (10:30) Imrei Finu is a special, spiritual prayer experience, including lots of singing to new and familiar melodies, davening and space for personal prayer, with an informal Torah service (if time allows). With Rabbi Josh.
Please click here to download the service booklet (this will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to download a copy of the Torah portion and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon).
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 836 6208 6486, Password: 138638).
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SUNDAY 26 JULY
PRAY WITH US Sunday Shacharit (9:00-10:00) Our lay-led minyan with bagel breakfast (please provide your own bagels…) Led by our lay members from their homes. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
BE WITH US Singing for Pleasure (15:00-16:00) Join Viv and sing songs from the shows, Israeli folksongs, songs from the 60s and much, much more. No need to audition, read music or feel intimidated. Please email vivienne.bellos@btinternet.com in advance for the song list and lyrics. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 731 393 138, Password: 197916).
MONDAY 27 JULY BE WITH US Craft, Chat and Cuppa! (15:00-16:00) This ‘club’ is for anyone who would like to try any sort of hand craft. Join Brenda Freedman for anything from everyday sewing, tapestry, quilt making, knitting, and anything else you can think of! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 588 095 846, Password: 468060).
TUESDAY 28 JULY
LEARN WITH US Hebrew Reading from Scratch (19:00-20:00) Taught by Alyth member Jan Roseman, who has been one of the UK’s leading Synagogue-based Jewish educators for the last few decades. Take an hour a week in term time to learn to read Hebrew from scratch. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 909 882 685, Password: 686711).
WEDNESDAY 29 JULY BE WITH US News, Views & Schmooze (11:00-12:00) Join us for an hour of schmooze to discuss what is going on in the world around us. Led by volunteers from the Soup and Schmooze group. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 810 6650 1155, Password: 847786).
BE WITH US Pre-dinner concert with Katie and Tom (17:00-17:30) Join Katie and Tom for a live concert streamed directly into your home. This varied programme will include repertoire from the operas, musicals and more. For all the community. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 108 960 491, Password: 961337).
TISHA B'AV 5780 From Lament To Resilience (20:00) Join Rabbi Josh and Cantor Tamara for a special combination of ma’ariv, study and Eicha, as we encounter Tisha b’Av and its meaning for our current moment. Together we will explore this period in the Jewish year, and begin the journey to the High Holy Days. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 566 852 225, Password: 763158). Click here for the special material for the evening, which will be available from Wednesday morning.
THURSDAY 30 JULY
BE WITH US Mellow Chair Yoga (11:00-12:00) Our special Chair Yoga and Meditation with Maxine is open to all ages wishing to enhance overall mental and physical wellbeing! It includes movement, breathing, stretching, standing, twisting, balancing and more. Great for releasing tensions and increasing, stamina, strength and immunity. Less active participants can do all the movements sitting in a chair. Please click here to sign up and to pay online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 616 879 143, Password: 797658).
TISHA B'AV 5780 How can we sing a song of the Eternal One on alien soil?’: Art and Music on the Book of Lamentations (13:00-14:00) A special Pardes for Tisha B’Av with Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris. Since antiquity, the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem has been marked by the reading of the Book of Lamentations. Yet the often deeply disturbing and explicit imagery can be distressing read and the poetic form of the book can make it less accessible for some readers. But we can find other ways into to studying Lamentations. In this session we will look at an array of art work inspired by Lamentations and listen to the words of the text set to a variety of musical styles, from the 16th – the 21st centuries. This visual and aural journey will help us both explore the book of Lamentations and commemorate Tisha B’Av.
Regular Pardes sessions will continue throughout the summer.
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FRIDAY 31 JULY
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Baby Den (10:30-11:00) Chug-a-lug into Shabbat with Rabbi Hannah. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a shabbat beat and wave to some familiar faces. For families with Young Children. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 142 813 452, Password: 346202).
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Pre-Shabbat Story Time Live (17:15-17:45) Those pre-school in age (and in heart) are invited to join Rabbi Hannah for a pre shabbat story to help bring in shabbat. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 423 529 768, Password: 785089).
BE WITH US Jewish Mindfulness Meditation (17:15-18:00) Jewish Mindfulness Meditation helps us to open our hearts and find peace through our spiritual heritage, especially in these challenging times. Join for contemplation, breathing, movement and meditation. Suitable for all. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 977 611 369 Password: 035091).
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Hannah as they lead the Erev Shabbat service from the Beit Tefillah. Please remember that this service is online only. We invite you to have Shabbat candles and Kiddush ready in advance of the service so that we can join together in these moments from our homes. We will light candles together at L’cha Dodi and make Kiddush at the end of the service. Please click here to download the Shabbat Supplement for Friday night and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
Click here to join by Zoom (Meeting ID: 865 9644 4325, Passcode: 785089) If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here(www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
SATURDAY 1 AUGUST
LEARN WITH US Shabbat Shiur: With Rabbi Colin (9:15-10:00) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 240 937 705 Password: 602287).
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Rabbi Josh is running the Shabbat morning service from the Beit Tefillah. The service will include the Bar Mitzvah of Edward Dyson who will be reading Torah with the community for the first time from his home. Please remember that this service is online only. Please click here to download a copy of the Torah portion and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online. Click here to join by Zoom (Meeting ID: 820 5956 7013, Passcode: 785089). If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here(www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
ALYTH IN-PERSON PRAY WITH US FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Sensory Shabbat in the Sukkah (09.00-09.45; 10:15-11.00; 11:30-12.15) Families with babies are invited to sign up for a very special Sensory service in the Sukkah. Up to five families will come together at a time in the Sukkah to join us for our Sensory experience. The service will be repeated three times to allow more families to join over the course of the morning. Each family will need to bring their own picnic blanket to sit on and will be directed to a designated area of the Sukkah. Families will need to stay on their picnic blanket for the full duration of the service. Please also bring a musical instrument to play and a scarf to hide behind!
Please note that this service is subject to the weather. There will be no toilet or changing facilities available. We ask that you please do not come if you have been unwell with any of the symptoms of Covid-19. By signing up for Sensory in the Sukkah, you give permission for us to share your name and contact details with the NHS Test and Trace service in case of a positive Covid test by you or another member of the group.
Click here to sign up or cut and paste: https://doodle.com/poll/gk2mp4krs6iufe99
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ALYTH IN-PERSON PRAY WITH US Shabbat mornings 8, 15 and 22 August (09:00-10:00) Though outdoor activities are not without risk, the advice is that they are substantially safer than gathering inside. We will therefore be be running a number of small outdoor services in the synagogue sukkah during August, weather permitting. These services will initially take place as an early service on Shabbat mornings, and may then be extended to weekday mornings later in the month and into early September, subject to demand. Places in these services will be very limited and will need to be pre-booked. The services will be subject to strict distancing and protective measures to protect staff and members.
Sign up for these services will begin from next Thursday, 30 July.
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SWAY
(Summer With Alyth Youth)
SWAY is the perfect (non-residential) summer experience to see old friends from Alyth and to meet new people, while enjoying fantastic activities under the sun!
Sign up TODAY by contacting mike@alyth.org.uk
SPACES LIMITED!
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SAVE THE DATE
Alyth@Home Book Club Monday 3 August, 18:30-19:30 "Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved - A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France" by Maggie Anton. The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar. Please email katie@alyth.org.uk to let her know you are reading the book and plan on joining the group. Elul at Alyth From Friday 21 August The month of Elul, which this year begins on Friday 21 August, is a time of preparation for the High Holy Days. We will begin Elul with our annual ‘New Year for Animals’ dog walk, and with the start of our Elul Half Hour programme – a series of short reflective and study sessions before each of our services in Elul. This year, these will each explore a different name or idea of God in our tradition, and how we can understand these for our current lives. During Elul we will also come together to explore how we can make the best of this High Holy Days which will be very different to any other year. Look out for these sessions. The full High Holy Day programme will be available at the end of August
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MAZEL TOV
In these difficult times, we are especially delighted to wish Mazel Tov to: Andrew and Rachel Tyler on the birth of their son, a grandson for Sharon Tyler.
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COVID-19 SURVEY OF JEWS IN THE UK Your experience matters
A major Jewish communal survey has been launched this week to gather data about the impact of COVID-19. Conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), the survey will gather the thoughts and experiences of Jews living in the UK who are aged 16 and over. If that applies to you, JPR would like to invite you to complete the survey.
This research will gather valuable insights into how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Jews in terms of their health, employment, social relationships and Jewish lives. This will allow us all to understand better the overall impact the virus has had, and provide Jewish charities and organisations working across the community with the information they need to help them respond effectively to the crisis. All data will be held securely and will only be used for research purposes. Personal data will never be shared with third parties. Your individual answers will be treated in the strictest confidence and no individuals will be able to be identified in the results.
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Financial Support - How we can help
If you are facing financial challenges at this difficult time, please do not hesitate to contact us. As well as discussing the level of your annual synagogue contribution, we can help you to access a number of Alyth funds that are specifically here to help our members in times of challenge. Please contact Lynette at lynette@alyth.org.uk or Rabbi Josh at josh@alyth.org.uk
If you feel able to support other Alyth members in financial difficulty at this time, please email Rabbi Josh at josh@alyth.org.uk
The Jewish Leadership Council in partnership with Work Avenue has also established a fund to support those across the community whose earnings have been directly affected by COVID-19. This fund was set up to specifically assist those who are ineligible for Government support or who face delays accessing Government funds. Go to www.theworkavenue.org.uk/covid19 for more information.
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Limmud Together UK Summer Sunday 2 August, 10:00 - 22:00
After the success of Limmud Together UK in May, when nearly 3000 participants joined around 60 sessions, here is another chance to enjoy the incredible Limmud programming directly to your homes.
Some of our partner organisations are also running programmes during this period. Click hereto see additional programming offered by Reform Judaism that you are invited to join.
Please remember that we also have two special numbers in addition to the main synagogue number: New Alyth Careline – 020 8457 8798 This will be answered between 08:00 and 21:00 by a member of the community for anyone who needs someone to speak to. Emergency Careline – 07726 631808 Please use this number if you need urgent pastoral support. The hard reality of this pandemic is that we as a community will support an increased proportion of our members and families through hospitalization and bereavement. This number is there for these cases and will be answered by a member of the Alyth professional team.
