Mitzvah Day 2009

This year's Mitzvah Day- the country's premiere volunteering and social action day- will be taking place on Sunday November 15th commencing at 10.00am at the MAZ Community Centre.

This year we have some very exciting projects ranging from creating a picturesque garden within the grounds of the Centre. The day will incorporate events that support the start of the government's initiative of interfaith week. Like last year, we will be putting on a show at Donisthorpe Hall. So... any budding artists should contact Sara Cross.

We are aware that this co-incides with Leeds Limmud and we are hoping to have some joint projects.

If anybody has any questions about or suggestions for Mitzvah Day, please feel free to contact Sara on 07768367955

ZF Gilad Shalit Appeal

Gilad Shalit Rosh Hashanah Appeal

http://www.gilad.org.uk/

On the 25th June 2006, Gilad Shalit (aged just 19) was kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists in a cross border raid from the Gaza Strip. He has been held hostage by Hamas ever since.

During this Rosh Hashanah, we invite you to send your New Year Greetings to Gilad via http://www.gilad.org.uk/, which we will pass on to the International Red Cross and ask them to help us pass these messages onto Gilad. We will also pass the wishes onto his parents, to show that the world is still thinking of them and Gilad, and praying for his release.

Make sure the loneliest man in the world is not forgotten - your help will make a difference.

Visit http://www.gilad.org.uk/ NOW.

Tune your radio

Radio JCom is your Leeds Jewish community radio station, broadcasting on 1386 KHz in the Medium Wave Band from September 6th.

There will be a mixture of community programmes, news, views and music. 24 hours a day, 6 days a week.

You can visit their website and listen now at http://www.radiojcom.com/

Masorti over the Yomim Noraim

Leeds Masorti September 2009

1

When- Fri 11 Sept 7 pm
What- Oneg Shabbat
Where- E. and C. Grazin

2

When- Sat 19 Sep - RH 2 - 8 pm
What- 2nd night Sephardi style Rosh Hashanah "Seder"
Where- J. and E. Kahn

3

When- Sun 20 Sep - RH2 - 9.30 am
What- 2nd day Rosh Hashanah morning service & Shofar
Where - MAZCC

4

When- Mon 28 Sep - pm
What- YK study session
Where- Tbc


Contact: Elaine on 268-0527 for more details

New to Leeds?

The Leeds Jewish Representative Council have put together a Welcome Pack for new members of the community and those who are consdidering relocating here. It contains vital information about the city and the community; as well as other initiatives to help you feel at home in Leeds.

The pack includes:

• Welcome letter- welcome letter from LJRC president Sue Dorsey welcoming them to community.
• LJRC Yearbook- Directory of groups, services and contacts within the community, and other essential information.
• Discount card- A years discount at the city's kosher stores, book shops and other local businesses.
• Essential Leeds- A 62 page glossy brochure with a guide to attractions, sport, shopping, entertainment and accommodation in Leeds.
• 'Leeds Jewish Community'- A brochure about all the different aspects that make up the Jewish community.
• Adoptive Families Scheme- Sign up to be paired with a family of similar age/interest/religious level who can act as contact in the community.

This pack is FREE and contains something relevant to everyone regradless of age, affiliation or interest. So, if you have been here for 6 months or less, or are planning on moving here, contact Neil Clarke: Email- neil@ljrc.org Telephone- 0113 2697520

On the Radio. Online.

Radio JCom- the radio station of the Leeds Jewish Community- has been featured on the BBC news website! Appearing in the Faith section, it highlights the transition from broadcasting on the web to going live on the radio next month. This will currently be the only such radio station in the country. Just another reason for the Leeds community to be proud.

The article can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2009/08/07/faith_jewish_radio_feature.shtml

Summer Sunshine Menu

OASIS CAFÉ

CHILDREN'S 'SUMMER SUNSHINE' MENU

Only £2.50

Half Jacket Potato

With Cheese, Beans or Tuna

Pizza slice & Chips

Mini Battered Fish & Chips

Lunch Box

(Egg, Cheese or Tuna Sandwich,Piece of Cake, Fruit and Fresh Juice)

Considerate Parking

A request from a member of the community

Can Shul goers visiting Shadwell Lane synagogue to please be more considerate when parking their cars along Linton Avenue. There have been instances of double parking, mostly quite close to the entrance to Linton Avenue from Shadwell Lane thus causing a back up of traffic onto Shadwell Lane itself. Not only is it dangerous but also a misery for those living nearby.

The misery also applies to parking in the 3 bays to the entrance of Lady Park Court which are reserved for visitors to the residents in the flats there. These spaces are taken up by visitors to the synagogue and is unsuitable.

Recent graduate?

Are you / do you know a recent graduate moving back to Leeds after University or a graduate looking to stay in Leeds?

If so then look no further! As LJI and the LJHA have teamed up to see about bringing you cheaper accommodation in Leeds!

Just click on the link below and fill out the brief form: http://www.lji.org.uk/young-adult/lji/graduate-accommodation-survey

You Shop, They Give

STOP PRESS
YOU SHOP, THEY GIVE TO LJWB

You can now generate free cash donations for Leeds Jewish Welfare Board every time you shop online. It will not cost you anything extra - the online shop pays the donation on your behalf.
Just go to www.TheGivingMachine.co.uk

JOIN as a shopper/giver
CHOOSE to support LJWB
REMEMBER to shop at TheGivingMachine every time you buy online!

You'll find more than 100 different shops at TheGivingMachine™ including all your favourite high street names.

TheGivingMachine™ You Shop, They Give

Communal diary

Below is this week's communal diary. Click to enlarge:



To see the rest of the weekly newsletter see: here

If you want to receive this newsletter every Friday, with all the events for the following week and other community information, sign up to the database at http://www.lji.org.uk/home/mailing-list.

Radio JCom Appeal

www.radiojcom.com

An appeal from David Harris, Radio JCOM station manager

Radio Jcom is the Leeds Jewish Community Radio Station and is here to serve the whole Jewish Community. At present we only transmit on the internet where you can listen to us 24 hours a day. However, from SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2009, we will begin transmissions on 1386 KHz in the Medium Wave Band. This means you will be able to hear us in your car, and on any AM/FM radio, be it in the kitchen, the bedroom or the bathroom.

In order to do this we need to raise £15,000.00 to pay for the transmitter and aerial. As we are a Community Radio Station, I am asking for the community to help us towards this target. After 6th September we should be self supporting through advertising income. You can help by making a donation to our Transmitter fund. Please send your donation, however big or small, made payable to “Radio Jcom Ltd” to PO Box 1386, Leeds LS17 1FX.

By helping us to get on-air, you will be helping the Leeds Jewish Community. At the moment we are the only Jewish Community Radio Station in the UK, so once again Leeds Leads!!

Database Launch

Last Friday saw the first mailing from the Leeds Jewish Community Database. The numbers are growing but we want to reach every member of the community, to let them know what is going on in the community.

The ultimate idea is to ask organisations to stop sending emails out on behalf of other people. People are fed up of being flooded with emails and usually delete them anyway! According to this plan, organisations will advertise their event through their own mailing list, and through this database ONLY. So you will get an email a maximum of twice, rather than the multiple times you get at present. However, we can only do this if we get 1500 people on the database!

So please sign up here: www.lji.org.uk/home/mailing-list. Alternatively, fill out a leaflet at the Centre, The Zone, The Kosherie or Gourmet and post in the box provided.

If you know someone who is unaffiliated with any particular group; doesn't live in a specifically 'Jewish area' of Leeds; is new to the community; you have heard grumble that they didn't know about an event; or a friend who is not on the database, please let them know about the initiative.

European Elections Today

Today- Thursday 4th June- is election day!

The Leeds Jewish Representative Council encourage you to take part in the democratic process, and to vote for one of the mainstream parties. Due to the elections being based on proportional representation, there is a huge risk that a BNP candidate could be one of our representatives.

If the BNP get in, then they will have access to a much larger pot of money than they do at present. This would be negative for both Jewish and other minorities.

A vote for a mainstream party will help keep the BNP out.

The Zone April/May Report

April/May 2009 Activities Report- by Raina Sheaf

General Club
Most of our members are busy at the moment with one kind of test or another! From Sats to GCSE’s to AS, A levels and even driving tests!!
It’s tense for these kids at the moment so we are helping them by offering some one off activities and workshops as well as our regular sessions.
We are also busy planning our programmes for next term and have been offered some extra input from members and parents. It’s always good to get feedback so we can offer the community what they need from our club.

Sports
Intercity Sport – The David Clayman Trophy Championship was held again in Manchester and we lost…….again……so the less said about that the better! However, our sports coaches have assured me that it will be 3rd time lucky and that wonderful Trophy will be back with us next year!

Heritage/Leadership/Chagim
We have celebrated and commemorated over the last few weeks.
Following the Poland trip in February our participants co-presented
Yom Hashoah at the Mazcc. It was an extremely moving evening with the young people sharing their inner most thoughts and feelings. I have spoken to these youngsters myself and have been amazed at the maturity and depth of thought and feelings the trip provoked in them. We look forward to another trip next year.

The following week for Yom HaZikaron we invited an Israeli Army Captain in to talk to some of our members about life in the army, decisions that have to be made on the front line and the difficulties facing soldiers, their families and Israel during extremely challenging times. Our members asked some brilliant questions and learnt so much from that session. We then joined the community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations, at which a fabulous dvd was shown reflecting life at The Zone.

Fashion & Culture
We have teamed up with Tribe to raise awareness of Jewish Women’s Aid. JWA are planning a fashion show in November and The Zone/Tribe will feature in a segment of that show. We had 24 enthusiastic girls at our first session during which we customised clothes whilst addressing the serious work of JWA. The girls responded really well and we will meet again in June.

Café Chai
It’s been all go in the kitchen over the last few weeks – From Matzo Brei to cheesecake! It is of course Shavuot this week so cheesecake has been what’s cooking! It’s great to watch the children cooking but I must be careful…..those calories!

Outreach and Development
In the last report I mentioned a new project we are working on to begin in September. “Leeds Leaders” – The Zone, Brodetsky, LJWB and Donisthorpe. We have been visiting with all the current Year 11’s (61) who we know of, who are doing GCSE’s now and will be going into 6th form/college next year. They have been invited to attend an afternoon in June at which we will present the course content and they will have the opportunity to apply for a place.

We, The 4 organisations involved in this project are very excited about it and will present the whole project; content, aims and objectives when we have chosen our candidates. All Leeds Jewish organisations will have the opportunity during the project to introduce themselves and their organisations to the young people. More to follow..

Street Sound
We are very excited and thank the organisers, sponsors and donors from The Boxing night for raising some extra funds to enable us to buy an electronic drum kit and guitars so we can expand our content to music making and to those who do not have access to musical instruments at home. We continue to offer specific tuition in Street Sound and I have to mention (well I don’t have to but I will) that a mother of one of the Street Sound kids came specifically to tell me last week that we have changed her son’s life. He now has a hobby and interests he never had before, but most importantly he has friends and a social life and The Zone has given him that. I was so proud of our team, as I always am when I get that feedback.

Art and Crafts
During half term we ran a brand new art and craft workshop at which our children created, made, painted (and even cooked their art!) It was a truly fun afternoon and we hope to feature it again during Summer.

Finally
Once again - If you know a child who says we don’t offer what they want at The Zone, just let us know. As you know we believe flexibility triumphs so we aim to be as flexible as we can with our activities and events.

However, we don’t always know what your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or neighbours want so tell us!

It may be anything from a chess club to hair and nails activities, to journalism or photography – just let us know and we will try to schedule it in.

Date For Your Diary:
September 15th - The Zone Annual Golf Day
Please call the office for details – 0113 2172531.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about our activities and plans, and in the words of one of our parents; “There’s No Place Like Zone”!.
We welcome your feedback and any suggestions.

Community Orientated Programming

There are three new community-orientated programmes on Radio JCom:

Lesley Millet has done a pilot show which is going out from 10.00am to 11.00am every weekday starting from Monday, and which they have called “Mid morning with Lesley”. Please do have a listen.

Then from 8.00pm until 9.00pm every evening there is J Talk, with Ronnie Miller & Guests coupled with Home & Away with Lynne Coates.
This is a new discussion with Lynne where she talks about her visit to Hungary and discusses some of the things which were not printed in the J Life article. As these are half hour slots, they alternate with Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday leading with J Talk followed by Home & Away, and then on Monday and Wednesday, Home & Away leads, followed by J Talk.

Stuart Woolf has started his series called “Living with …” and the first item called “Living with an eating disorder” has gone into the hour slots during the day. This is an interesting 22 minute discussion with someone who has an eating disorder and how they came to terms with it.

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

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

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.