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 Our Pre-dinner concerts with Katie and Tom are taking a break over the summer. Many apologies for the error in last week's email.
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: Nachamu - comfort (9:15-10:00) Join Rabbi Colin for an exploration of some of the ways, ancient and modern, that Jews have sought consolation and comfort in the face of tragedy. 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 (Deuteronomy 5:1-18) 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) These services are fully booked. Please do not come to Alyth if you have not signed up. 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.
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SUNDAY 2 AUGUST
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).
MONDAY 3 AUGUST 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).
BE WITH US Alyth@Home Book Club (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. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 816 0975 2765, Passcode: 785089).
TUESDAY 4 AUGUST
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 5 AUGUST PRAY WITH US Wednesday Ma’ariv (20:00-20:45) Join us for a mid-week evening service led by Alyth members. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 566 852 225, Password: 763158).
THURSDAY 6 AUGUST
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).
LEARN WITH US Pardes: My favourite... Psalm (13:00-14:00) A new twist on our weekly text-based study session. Over the course of each month, the Alyth clergy will each teach a passage or subject that is especially important or meaningful for them. In August we will be looking at our favourite Psalm. This week with Rabbi Colin. Click here for the source sheets being used in the session (available from Thursday morning) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 123 761 361, Password: 019498).
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FRIDAY 7 AUGUST
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 (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).
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Our 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: 823 3580 9295, 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 8 AUGUST
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 IN PERSON See below for more details
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Rabbi Josh is leading the Shabbat morning service from the Beit Tefillah. Joe Cohen will be reading Torah with the community from his home to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah. 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: 842 9062 5635, 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.
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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 by clicking here.
The services will be subject to strict distancing and protective measures to protect staff and members. 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 these services, 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.
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Special Shabbat Service in August
Shabbat 22 August (10:30) We can’t all read or sing at the same time on Zoom – but in smaller groups we can take turns. On Saturday 22 August, Student Rabbi Nicola Feuchtwang hopes to coordinate a special service involving multiple voices from the regular praying community at Alyth. Please contact Nicola via mail@alyth.org.uk if you would like to participate by leading just one part of the service. There will be a planning meeting on Tuesday 4 August at 7pm. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 890 6388 2156, Passcode: 138638). (Plenty of encouragement and support also offered – whether for this time or a future occasions)
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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
Only 6 spaces left and bookings close on Friday 30 July
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ELUL AT ALYTH 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: Valentina and Adam Mimoni on the birth of their son, Harry, a grandson for Jacqueline, Brendan, Niki and Rafi.
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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.
