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Sutton Family Shabbaton: December 2011 - by Chairman Paul Sarfaty
On Friday 15th and Saturday 16th December, Sutton & District Synagogue held a Family Shabbaton with guest speaker Jonathan Arkush, barrister and Senior Vice President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A full complement of some 70 people sat down to dinner in the synagogue hall ...............................
A guided Jewish East End walk
The SFC departed on a guided Jewish East End walk on Sunday, 11th September 2011. From the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter in Leman Street to the Fieldgate Street revolutionaries, we discovered how our Jewish ancestors created a miniature welfare state in the East End .....................................
A visit to Nightingale House on Sunday, 19th June 2011.
Following a successful “Question Time” fund-raising Evening, representatives of Sutton & District Synagogue visited Nightingale House on Sunday, 19 June 2011 to make an official presentation of a £1,000 cheque on behalf of the synagogue’s sub-committee Sutton Combined Charities. ..............................
Induction of Reverend Meir Lev as minister of Sutton & District Synagogue: 3rd April 2011
Some 150 people attended an inspiring service at Sutton and District Synagogue in Surrey to mark the induction as minister of Reverend Meir Lev by The Chief Rabbi.......................
Sutton Combined Charities - "Question Time" Event May 2011
Sunday, 15th May 2011 - SCC put together a most impressive panel for this year's Question Time Event which was in aid of Nightingale and Sutton & District Synagogue. STOP PRESS - event raises £1,000 for Nightingale House in South London. To read report - click 'read more'.
United Synagogue Council meeting at Sutton & District Synagogue
For the first time ever in South London, a United Synagogue Council meeting was held at Sutton & District Synagogue on Monday 21st March. The meeting was chaired by .................................
Chanukah Celebrations 2010 - an event to be remembered
An effusion of happy spirits pervaded the atmosphere at Sutton Shul’s Chanukah celebrations last Sunday night. Within, all was warmth and joy. Rev Meir Lev opened the musical evening with the traditional lighting of the Chanukah candles and led us in a beautiful rendition of the blessings and songs, sensitively accompanied by the Shir quartet, a Klesmer group ..................
Succot - The kiddush in our Succah - & Simchat Torah 2010
The special Kiddush in the Succah on Shabbat Chol Hamoed Succot was indeed special in many ways. With a turn out of over 70 people (the majority being ladies), the shul was brimming with an atmosphere of days gone-by ...................
Wedding of Ben and Daniella Freeman at Sutton Synagogue
The wedding of Ben and Daniella Freeman on Sunday, 5th September was described by many of the 200 guests who attended as "very beautiful"...............
Holocaust Memorial Day January 2010
The Holocaust Memorial Day civic service took place on Sunday 24th January 2010 in the Europa Gallery at Sutton Library.................
Jewish Museum London
The new museum opened on 17th March 2010 .............................
Evening with Ran Gidor, Counsellor for Political Affairs Israel Embassy, London
The latest event organised by the NSC (New Shul Committee) and SLIF (South London Israel Forum) took place at Sutton and District Synagogue on Sunday evening 25 October before an audience of over one hundred people........................
Sutton Synagogue Functions Committee (SFC) REPORT 2009 - by Rica Infante
The following is my report on the Sutton SFC: We began operating in February last year and have since organised 11 events for which we have raised £1,828 for the shul. We were able to raise this income thanks to our very generous supporters, sponsors and donors who have encouraged us to continue offering top quality entertainment and catering at very affordable prices. The events included a ................
Friday Night Dinner with Guest Speaker Irene Wise
On 15 May ’09, more than sixty people gathered in Sutton Shul for Kabbalat Shabbat. In the Shul hall seven tables had been attractively prepared complete with Shabbat candles, which ladies lit shortly before the service began. The beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service was led by Chazan Reverend Meir Lev, (formerly of Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation) whose soaring cantorial singing held us spellbound. Vases of fresh flowers adorned the windowsills of the exquisitely colourful stained glass windows ............
An Evening with Ronit Ben Dor, Director of Public Affairs at the Israel Embassy
On Wednesday 14 January, another highly successful evening was organized by the New Shul Committee, on this occasion in collaboration with the South London Israel Forum (SLIF) Our guest speaker, Ronit Ben Dor, led a stimulating question and answer session on the subject of “Israel: Threats, Challenges and Hopes.“
Inter-Cheder Purim Event at Sutton Shul
On Sunday 8th March, ninety nine pupils from four chedarim in south west London met to celebrate Purim at Sutton Synagogue. Accompanied by the Cheder Heads of Richmond, Kingston, Chabad-Wimbledon and Sutton, ninety nine children and their parents, helpers and teachers excitedly gathered for an inspiring and memorable Purim event.
An Evening with Lady Jakobovits – Report by Barbara Saunders
Lady Jakobovits, 81, the widow of the former Chief Rabbi Lord Jakobovits, died in hospital on Friday 7th May 2010. She was buried alongside her husband on the Mount of Olives. Our condolences and sympathy to her children and her memory will live on as a most remarkable woman loved by all and known to all as Lady J. Lady Jacobovitz was well known as the chief Rebbetzen – the wife of the late Lord Jacobovitz , Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth from 1966 to 1991. In that capacity she has demonstrated a remarkable commitment, love and support for her community, and an enduring and deep held faith. She has hosted and been hosted by the most powerful people in the land.