Tikkun Light- Change of Location

A message from Tribe youth worker, Leah Mintz:

Just to let you that the Tikun Light will now be at the house of the Yechezkel's and NOT Rabbi Kleiman's house! It's still at 10-12pm and is going to be great, chilled discussions and nibbles (cheese cake and BEN & JERRYS) !!!

Don't forget the bbq, from 1-3pm at Etz Chayim, if you haven't signed up yet its not too late!!!

To find out the address of the Yechezkels, or any other information about youth provision over Shavuot, please contact her on 07780611489 or email
leah2t4@hotmail.com

Shavuot at BHH

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Events at Sinai

THE BILLABONG LUNCH
Last reminder for the next Billabong lunch on Wednesday 20th May at 12.30 p.m. There will be a 3 course meal with tea and coffee. Please book at the office 266 5256 or with Pat 266 6110. If you need a lift please let us know and we will be pleased to pick you up.

SING TO THE ETERNAL A NEW SONG
Would you like to refresh some musical parts of our services? Come and join us on Shabbat mornings of 23rd and 30th May from 9.30 -10.15 a.m. and learn some wonderful new tunes to well-known texts.

You don't have to be able to read music to participate - just come and learn and enjoy!

LIBRARY MINYAN
The next Library Minyan, on 30th May, will provide all those attending with the unique opportunity to read as a group from the Sefer Torah. If you have never had this opportunity, or haven't read from the Sefer Torah since your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, do come along and participate. No previous experience of reading from the scroll is necessary.

There will also be a discussiosn on an integral part of the blessing.

QUIZ OF QUIZZES

Pick up your pen, open your diary at 7th June and write in :

7.00 p.m. Malcolm Featherman Hall
Quiz Evening
Entry £5

Food will be available to purchase on the night and all proceeds are to Sinai.

Communal Diary: 24th - 30th May

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Also:

Fri 29 Leeds Masorti Event: Easy Early Evening Tikkun (learning session) over buffet supper Venue and Time: Sandmoor Lane 6.30-9.30 pm

The Zone Half-Term Schedule

25th - 29th May- Half Term Week at The Zone

Monday- Closed for Bank Holiday
Tuesday- Drop In Day
Wednesday- Craft Day 2-5pm- Explore your creative side!
Thursday- Shavuot Baking Day
Friday- Closed for Shavuot

Top Israeli Shows

Two top Israeli shows that will feature at the 9th Leeds Jewish International Performing Arts Festival this June. Tickets going fast so make sure you book soon. Makor: 0113-2680899 Or The Carriageworks: 0113-2243801

1. Adi Bilsky- 'An Israeli Love Story' WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE 2009- 9:00pm - 10:00pm;
THURSDAY 25th JUNE 2009- 7.00pm - 8.00pm; Upstairs @ The Carriageworks, Tickets £8

End of winter, 1948. Margalit, a young woman from a Moshav in Emek Israel, departs from her home and stands at the same secluded bus station where it all began. Summer 1942. A chance meeting on a bus sets this “love at first sight” story... Margalit meets Ami, a young man from the Palmach (Israeli Underground) and a Kibbutz member. Love blossoms in spite of many difficulties, and plans for a future on a Kibbutz are made. The wedding is set for the winter of 1948...

In this true story tinged with strength, humour, beauty and sadness, you will be transported back into an era in Israel, when a generation still had the innocence of youth, and there was no “mine”, only “ours” and a desire to chase values and ideology rather than money. Capturing the time and place immaculately, talented young actress Adi Bilsky, tells Pnina Gary’s true story leaving you with an experience you will never forget...

Written and directed by Pnina Gary.

2. Ronit Shahar- Singer, Songwriter, Musician- TUESDAY 23rd JUNE 2009- 7.00pm - 8.00pm; WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE 2009- 7.00pm - 8.00pm; Studio; Tickets £8

The Festival is proud and honoured to host Israeli singer and songwriter, Ronit Shahar. Ronit, whose first album went platinum, started performing at the age of sixteen.

Influenced by American and English musicians such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd and Joni Mitchell, Ronit found huge success with her unmistakable laid back, cool sounding style.

Early in her career, Ronit worked as both vocalist and musician with Shlomo Artzi, one of Israel’s leading artists, as well as supporting artist for Neil Young and Joan Armatrading. Ronit is currently working on her fourth album in addition to touring in America, Canada, the UK and Israel.

Ronit’s intimate “unplugged” performance at the Festival, will include a collage of some of her most famous songs, performed in both Hebrew & English.

Database- Security and Confidentiality

The Leeds Jewish Representative Council hopes to start sending communications out from the communal database on the 1st June. There will hopefully be a large proportion of the community on the database, meaning that everyone will be kept fully informed. Users will have the opportunity to select how often they receive a round-up of communications, what events they want to hear about and who they want to hear from.

You can sign up here: www.lji.org.uk/home/mailing-list

Some people will be reluctant to sign up because of worries about data protection. They don't want to be flooded with emails, and they do not want their information being given out. To assuage these worries, the following guidelines have been set up:

Security and Confidentiality

-The Leeds Jewish Representative Council will have exclusive access to the data and your details will not be passed on to any other party. Certain other groups (see below) will be able to send out communications via the database but will not be able to see who is on it or their details.

- Only groups affiliated with the Leeds Jewish Representative Council and/or specifically approved by its honorary officers will be able to send out information via the database. A full list of organisations will be available on the website- www.lji.org.uk

- You will have complete control over which of the approved organisations send you information. There will be the option to block particular groups.

- You can unsubscribe from the database at any time.

- The database, and the processing of the data, will be in full compliance with the Data Protection Act (1998)

Planning Permission Granted

Massive Milestone Marks Momentous Moment

On 12th May 2009 planning permission was granted for the development at Queenshill Court and Queenshill Way.

The permission grants the demolition of 37 dwellings and erection of part 2, part 3 and part 4 storey sheltered housing development comprising 46 two bedroom flats and 16 one bedroom flats, with communal facilities including lounge and staff offices and with landscaping and car parking.

The fencing around the site should be complete by 18th May 2009 and demolition complete by 3rd July 2009.

Thank you for all your comments and contributions which have enabled LJHA to reach this point.

For any further information please contact Craig Simons:
218 5862 or craig.simons@ljha.co.uk

Communal Diary: 17th-23rd May

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JLGB Summer Camp

There are still places available at the JLGB's forthcoming National Senior Summer Camp.
An amazing time will be had by all those who attend this year's camp "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH"

Camp will be running from Friday 7th to Sunday 16th August and is open to boys and girls aged 11 - 15.

The cost of camp (until 26th June) will be £440 - excellent value (including transport from central pick up points) for 10 days of fun.

They already have over 260 people attending - go and join ther happy family.

For more information, ring 020 8989 8990 or check out their website www.jlgb.org.

Radio JCom- changes to schedule

For those of you who listen regularly, you will know that the afternoon and evening play schedules have changed somewhat.

Radio JCom now have a children’s programme playing in the latter half of the 16.00 – 17.00 hour, with young Sam Berson heading up the show.

Andie’s Salt Beef Supper has now been extended to 2 hours from 17.00 – 19.00.

The 60’s classic show has moved to 19.00 – 20.00, with the exception of Sunday when the old Students show is still on.

At 20.00, the station alternates between Home & Away and J Talk. The Home & Away programme is a half hour discussion with Lynne Coates, Photojournalist and this is backed up with J Talk, a discussion with Ronnie Miller, Bernard Bloom and Mike Stevens. On the alternate days, J Talk is on its own, finished off with a selection of music.

At 21.00 they have Ivan green and Straight Answers and at the moment he is talking to Rabbi Levy.

After that there is still surreal hour with Ed Moss followed by the Night Owl, Harry Venet.

The Case for Israel

The ZF are showing Alan Dershowitz's new film: The Case for Israel. It is coming to Leeds on the 4th June, at the MAZ Centre.

Rising in vigorous defense of the Jewish homeland in this landmark documentary, Dershowitz presents evidence from leading diplomats, historians, legal experts and government officials on both sides of the political spectrum to make the definitive case for Israel’s legitimacy and right to self-defense.

The Vine 'Favourites Menu'

£15 FAVOURITES MENU
special offer until 29 July ...

to begin, choose from ...

* homemade vegetarian soup of the day
* sauteed mushrooms & potatoes with garlic, parsley and fried egg
* sweet and sour meatballs with rice

and then, choose between ...

* battered haddock with chips and mushy peas
* beef burger with sweet potato wedges
* raosted vegetable tart with a rocket & plum tomato salad in balsamic
dressing
* baked chicken with a sundried tomato, olive and lemon crust

and to go with all of that, have a glass of either ...

* a crisp and refreshing carmel sauvignon blanc white wine, perfect with
fish or chicken, or
* a pleasing blended merlot and cabernet sauvignon red from
binyamina, with a hint of wild berries and oak, or
* Israel's premium exported beer macabbi, or
* a soft drink from a selection


For your voucher to be valid please click on: http://www.mazcc.org/pdfs/website_voucher.pdf Download and complete voucher

100 years of Jewish Scouting in Leeds

In 1909 a group of Jewish lads in the Jewish area of North Street Leeds, watched a group of scouts with an adult leader doing scouting games in the nearby recreation ground. They were so interested that they asked Solomon Miller and Louis Rosenhead to lead them.

Solomon Miller was issued with his Leader warrant on 4th October 1909, but Scout H.Q.in a confirmatory letter, stated that as it was taking a long time in those days to process a leader warrant, and as Scout H.Q. did not start the registration of individual groups until 1919, the 7th Central Leeds (Jewish), was almost certainly the oldest Jewish Scout troop in the world.

In the early days, the meetings were held in such places as tailor’s workshops, attics, and even in the mortuary of the old Hertzl Moser Hospital, when its usual occupants were not present! This wandering in the wilderness continued until a permanent home was found in Judean Club. The troop not only survived but spawned a cub pack, a sister Guide Troop, and later; a second Scouts troop to meet the needs of Jewish children in Moortown. Over the years, venues other than the Judean Club have included the S.H. Lyons Youth Centre, Sinai Synagogue and wooden HQ on Fir Tree Lane.

The situation now in the hundredth year of Jewish scouting is, that they seem to have weathered the dip in numbers attributable to the intrusion into young lives of the computer. They look forward with confidence, to the next hundred years, when Scouting and Guiding will continue to encourage our young men and women in respect and involvement

Brodetsky Dates

Brodetky Primary School's Calendar

11th – 15th May KS2 SATs

12th May Lag B’Omer

13th May May Kidscope, 9-10.30 am @ Alwoodley Children’s Centre, Lingfield Approach

22 May Yom Yerushalayim

22 May Community care fair

25th – 29th May School closed for half-term and Shavuot

9th June Information evening for new Reception parents

10th June Kidscope, 9-10.30 am @ Alwoodley Children’s Centre, Lingfield Approach

28th June Summer Fair 2pm-4pm

8th July Kidscope, 9-10.30 am @ Alwoodley Children’s Centre, Lingfield Approach

14th July Reception & KS1 sports

15th July Key Stage 2 sports

20th July Cycle training for Y6

21st July Transition afternoon for all classes

22 – 26 June Theme week (cultures around the world)

24th July Last day of school for 2008-09 academic year

Communal Diary: 10th-16th April

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UPDATE: Concert raising funds for LJWB at MAZCC, Tuesday at 7.30pm.

What is the BNP?

A Message from the Board of Deputies of British Jews about the European Elections on June 4th

The far right in the UK have had a superficial change of heart. They have moved beyond the skinheads and thugs of the 1980's and are now focused on the ballot box.

The British National Party (BNP) is the largest and most electorally successful far right political party in the UK. Its origins lay in the hardcore neo-Nazi movements from the British Movement of Fascists and the British Movement to the League of St. George and the National Front.

Under the leadership of John Tyndall, the BNP was an explicitly and unashamedly racist and antisemitic party. It carried out high profile and deliberately provocative marches in areas of high ethnic minority populations in order to stir up racial tension. Its electioneering, perhaps best summed up in the campaign phrase "Rights for Whites", was crude and upfront.

When Nick Griffin took over the reigns of leadership in 1999 he deliberately sought to steer the party away from overt extremism. However, despite trying to distance themselves from the hardcore extremism of their origins, the BNP under Nick Griffin remains a party with a number of extremist individuals, some of whom have convictions for extreme violence and terrorism. Furthermore, despite attempting to throw off labels of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, the BNP remains a party with a number of individual who are extremely antisemitic and who deny the Holocaust. Griffin occasionally tries to distance himself from such views but he has not repudiated any of his hardcore antisemitic and holocaust denial statements and articles.

The BNP think that by playing down their hatred of Jews and playing up their hatred of Muslims they will attract Jewish support. This attempt to divide communities will not work. The efforts of the BNP can be seen as nothing more than a sham and a cynical attempt to hide their extremisn and antisemitism.

Join the Campaign- Email info@ljrc.org if you want to help leaflet Leeds.

Dancing into Summer!

Forthcoming Schedule for LIDO- Leeds Israeli Dancing Organisation

May 6th – From 7.30 as usual. Teaching some favouring beginner basics and filling the gaps for those dances we “nearly” know!

May 13th- A sunny evening of dancing (even if it rains)

Thursday 14th – Special night out at the Spice Bar, Millennium Square Leeds – meeting at 8pm

May 20th and 27th – No dancing.

June 3rd and 10th – Sinai for all the latest material from London

June 17th – We are at STREET LANE (BHH) FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. USUAL TIMES, BUT NEW VENUE FOR TONIGHT.

June 24th – Back to Sinai

July 1st … and getting ready for Derbyshire.

3-5th July – even if you can’t join LIDO for the whole of Machol Derbyshire, keep your diary free on Saturday 4TH July as they have a special announcement to make very soon!!!

Performing Arts Festival- Website/ Booking

The 9th Leeds Jewish International Performing Arts Festival 21st - 25th June
www.leedsjewish festival.co.uk

The programme is out and tickets are on sale for the biggest Jewish entertainment showcase in western Europe – and it’s all happening here in Leeds! From all over the UK, Israel and the US, a dynamic line up of theatre, music and comedy offers you first class entertainment, so bring your friends and family to share the enjoyment of the best in Jewish culture and entertainment from around the world.

To view all shows and to book tickets, see website: www.leedsjewishfestival.co.uk or contact Festival organizers, Makor on:

E-mail: info@makor.co.uk/Tel: 0113 2680899
Box Office open at Makor, MAZCC Centre: Sun 11am –1 pm – Mon – Thurs, 11am – 2pm
Alternatively, book with credit/debit card at The Carriageworks: Tel: 0113 2243801.

Events this week...

KEEP UP TO DATE with all the events in the community via the calendar on the community website- www.lji.org.uk. All the dates are on now for May and June. If you notice any events missing, please contact neil@ljrc.org

Wednesday 6th May

Event: Speaker Eddie Malkin, Henry Skolnick & Bert Mille
Organisation: Shadwell Lane Music & Leisure Club
Location: UHC Synagogue
Time: 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Thursday 7th May

Event: Entry to Adulthood- Dealing with Adolescence
Organisation: Leeds Jewish Learning Centre
Location: BHH Synagogue

Time: 8:00pm
Email: office@bhhs.co.uk

Description: This is the second session of a four week foundation course dealing with the teachings, observances and issues surrounding lifecycle events.This session on "Entry to Adulthood", being presented by Rabbi Jason Kleiman will explore Barmitzvah, Batmitzvah and the challenges of the teenage years.

Friday 8th May

Event: Chavura Supper
Organisation: Sinai Synagogue
Location: Sinai Synagogue
Time: 7:20pm

Description: The cost is £6 for a 3 course fish/vegetarian (parev/milky) supper. You can bring your own wine with no corking charge! We usually serve between 50 and 80 people.Please book with the office (0113 2665256) and state if you have any dietary needs. The service starts at 6.30pm and the supper follows at approximately 7.20pm.

Saturday 9th May

Event: Scouts & Guides Shabbat
Organisation: BHH
Location: BHH Synagogue

Sunday 10th May

1.

Event: Coffee Morning
Organisation: Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
Location: Alwoodley Lane

2.

Event: Fund-Raising Lunch
Organisation: HSFA

3.

Event: Keeping Up With the Steins
Organisation: LJRC
Location: MAZCC
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Email: mailto:neil@ljrc.org?subject=Keeping

Description: Second session of the "Welcome to the Community" Project for Bar and Batmitzvah children.Watch the Hollywood Comedy "Keeping Up With the Steins" followed by a discussion and free food from The Vine.