COMMUNITY NEWS
Sutton & District Synagogue
New Members - We are very pleased to welcome Ben Freeman and Daniella Lewis to our community.
E-mail Addresses
A channel of communication is about to be created which will allow the United Synagogue (U.S.) to have an improved direct dialogue with its members. However, in order for the U.S. to enter into dialogue with you directly, they will require your e-mail address. As we are already constituent members of the U.S., we do not see this as disclosure to a third party. However, should you wish us NOT to pass your email address to the U.S. please e-mail Rica stating that you do not wish to be included in the US mailings. The idea of direct communication between the U.S. and its members will be channelled through a new section of the U.S. website entitled "You & US", where the U.S. will share with its members a huge range of articles and stories revolving around what they all do. There are a lot of exciting initiatives taking place, all designed to help our members place ever-greater value on their membership.
Memorial Board
We are currently in the process of adding new names to the Memorial Board in the front foyer of the shul. If you would like to inscribe your loved one's names please contact Rica. Price: £50 per name.
Would you like to sponsor a Rosh Chodesh Kiddush to commemorate a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion occuring in a particular month and invite all your friends and relatives to your special Shabbat? For £100 the NSC will prepare an A1 Kiddush to do you and your guests proud. For £50 you will be co-sponsoring the same A1 Kiddush but with the shul and it will still be your very own special Kiddush!
There are less than 12 Rosh Chodesh Kiddushim in a year if we don't count those falling on Yom Tovim. If you would like to book in advance one of those 12, please get in touch with Rica now.
Below is some information from Stephen Ison, the Jewish Care representative in South London. He is based at Nightingale.
Let’s meet up
Once a month I hold a surgery at Wimbledon Synagogue, so why not come along and find out how Jewish Care can help you? You can also always contact me through Jewish Care Direct on 020 8922 2222.
So what can I do for you or family or friends? If you need information about how Jewish Care can help you with home care, sheltered accommodation, residential and nursing care – or if you have any other concerns about any aspect of care, please talk to me. I have contacts with many other organisations, including the League of course but also Chai Cancer Care, Norwood, the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), and Jewish Association for the Mentally ill (JAMI), so if I’m not able to help you, I’ll put you in touch with someone who can. I also work with many non Jewish organisations, hospital discharge co-ordinators and local authority social workers.
Are you receiving the right pension and welfare benefits? Jewish Care can make sure you are getting what you are entitled to …….…so contact me and I will let you know how to access this really useful service.
I’m here to spread the word about what’s going on in the community. Visit www.southlondjewishservices.com and take a look at what’s happening. Let me know of what is happening and I will publicise it on the website and in my E bulletins which will be sent out monthly.
Stephen Ison
Community Support Practitioner
South London
Jewish Care is the largest health and social care charity for the Jewish community, caring directly for over 7,000 people every week through more than 70 centres and specialist services throughout London and the South-East. For more information about the work of Jewish Care, please visit their website at www.jewishcare.org
At this time of the year it is good to think of undertaking an extra mitzvah....a worthwhile mitzvah!
If you drive a car and can spare an hour a month by offering to give a lift to our elderly members to the Kingston Shul Day Centre, please get in touch with Rhona Rind via the shul administrator. There are many ladies and gentlemen for whom an outing to Kingston is one of the highlights of their life...it is the one chance they get to meet friends and socialise...without your help they would be sitting alone at home.
Giving up of your precious time in the pursuit of the happiness of others is a merit that re-energises the soul of the giver......
The CST have warned us that anti-Semitism is very much on the rise in London and the suburbs and we must take every precaution to ensure the security and safety of our members whilst inside the Shul premises.
Many Shuls all over the
Can we please ask that as many people as will read this e-mail (both men and women) come forward to help with security cover on these days. Please contact the Shul Administrator and leave your name. We shall prepare an immediate rota for people to stand outside by the gates during the Shabbat services and Sunday Cheder and advise you the date of your rota.
We hope that every able member will rise to the occasion and if we get a strong response there may not be a need for any rota to last for more than 30 mins.