BUILDING AT ALYTH Click herefor this week's building Blog. Click hereto view previous newsletters. Click here for our Instagram and click here for our Facebook page for regular building updates. There are photos and a face of Alyth on social media this week.
FACES OF ALYTH During the expected 54 weeks of the building project, we’ll share short video clips of Alyth members, Trustees, Clergy and Staff Team speaking about why they love Alyth, what matters to them, and why the renewal of our building is such an important and exciting time for the future of the whole community. Click herefor Faces of Alyth on Instagram and click here for Facebook.
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FRIDAY 18 AUGUST
YOUTH AND EDUCATION Madrichim SWAY (Friday 18- Sunday 20 August) Our annual preparation weekend with our madrichim in advance of SWAY AWAY, starting on 21 August.
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST- EREV SHABBAT
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Erev Shabbat Service (18:30) We welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online and in person. Led by Rabbi Elliott and the SWAY AWAY madrichim. We are delighted to welcome Ofir Miller and Eleanor Haller, from Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa, who are joing the madrichim team for SWAY AWAY and will be giving the D'var Torah. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 892 7116 7329 Passcode: 785089).
SHABBAT MORNING 19 AUGUST
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Student Rabbi Nicola with the Alyth choir. Including the Bat Mitzvah of Sophia Zidel. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 828 1256 3058 Passcode: 785089).
YOUTH AND EDUCATION Madrichim SWAY Service A service run by and for those madirichim participating on SWAY AWAY this year.
Click here for the Shabbat Supplement and the Community News (available from 17:00 on Friday afternoon). The "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel by going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
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SUNDAY 20 AUGUST
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Sunday Shacharit (09:00-10:15) Our lay-led minyan with bagel breakfast, led by Alyth members. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
ELUL: BE WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE New Year for Animals' Dog Walk (10:00) Join our community walk on the Heath Extension, meeting at the corner of Wildwood Road and Hampstead Way, with or without a dog (but with an umbrella just in case!) Contact elliott@alyth.org.uk for more information.
MONDAY 21 AUGUST
YOUTH AND EDUCATION SWAY AWAY (Monday 21 August - Friday 25 August) For current Year 3-8, Summer With Alyth Youth is an annual milestone in our young people’s lives. It is our home away from home, led by our wonderful team of Alyth trained madrichim (youth leaders).
BE WITH US IN PERSON The Alyth Social (14:00) Today: We're All Going on a Summer Holiday! Hopefully the sun will be shining and summer will be in full swing! Debbie Chazen will retun and be singing some of our favourite tunes and we party on an English summer's day! (Rain permitting!) Contact lynette@alyth.org.uk for more information.
THURSDAY 24 AUGUST LEARN WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Alyth Chavruta Project (19:00-20:15) The Alyth Chavruta Project returns in Elul for a four-week course on the book of Jonah, the traditional haftarah reading on Yom Kippur afternoon. Each week we will encounter a chapter, alongside traditional, modern and artistic interpretations of the text. All levels of experience are welcome. If you have someone in mind who you would like to study with, or if you would like us to try to find a study partner for you, please let us know. The text packs will be sent out each Friday, and we will come together as a group each Thursday at 19:00 at Alyth and online. Contact elliott@alyth.org.uk for more information. ACP will run on 24, 31 August and 7, 14 September. Our new teen version of the Alyth Chavruta project will also running for two weeks in Elul (7 and 14 September). Contact phoebe@alyth.org.uk for more information. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 846 4168 8925 Passcode: 311220)
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FRIDAY 25 AUGUST - EREV SHABBAT
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Erev Shabbat Service (18:30) We welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online and in person. Click hereto join online (Meeting ID: 814 6531 8254, Passcode: 785089).
SHABBAT MORNING 26 AUGUST
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Elliott with the Alyth choir. Including the Bar Mitzvah of Dylan Winner. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 811 7011 0652 Passcode: 785089). Click here for the Shabbat Supplement and the Community News (available from 17:00 on Friday afternoon). The "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel by going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS
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MONDAY 28 AUGUST - BANK HOLIDAY
Please note that the office is closed on Monday 28 August. In the event of an emergency, please call 020 8457 8798. The office will be open as normal on Tuesday 29 August.
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SAVE THE DATE - MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Book Club, In Person and Online Monday 11 September, 18:30 Join Adam Leigh, Alyth bred and author of 'Chicken Wars: A Tale of Love and Poultry' for this month's book club.This month's book club is both in person at Alyth and online. Contact colin@alyth.org.uk for more information and click here to read about the book. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 869 4895 6515 Passcode: 785089)
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High Holy Days 5784
The High Holy Days this year start in the middle of September. You will receive tickets and an overview of our schedule in the post the week commencing 21 August. If you have not received them by 1 September, please contact the office on 020 8457 8794 or email alythadmin@alyth.org.uk. Tickets and the overview schedule will not be sent to members who have not yet paid their 2022-23 membership fee. To settle your subscription, please call Deborah on 020 8457 8794. We will not be posting a detailed programme this year for reasons of cost and the environment. This will be available online from 21 August. Printed copies will be available by request from Alyth.
Emergency Careline – 020 8457 8798 Please use this number if you need urgent pastoral support, for example in cases of hospitalization or bereavement. This number will be answered by a member of the Alyth professional team.
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