Thursday, December 4, 2008
7 Kislev 5769.
Belarus Fund
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Target to bring 20 children from Belarus to Radlett in June 2009.
Our Goal: £15000
Currently: £5583
Updated: 28/11/08
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Home  2008 AGM Reports
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2008 AGM Reports
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Your Council is responsible for the affairs of the synagogue. We have the following purpose and key aims:
Our purpose: To be a dynamic centre of Reform Judaism – an inclusive, supportive and friendly community that inspires all to lead a fuller Jewish life.
Our key aims:
- Provide a spiritually fulfilling range of religious services, ceremonies and experiences.
- Build an active, supportive community, with a range of social, educational and cultural events for all.
- Provide for our children and young people a vibrant community that strengthens their Jewish identity.
- Promote mutually beneficial relationships with the wider community.
- Develop our premises as a centre of excellence for all our activities.
- Actively seek and recruit new members.
In reporting to you on behalf of our Council, I think it is appropriate to adopt the key aims as headings. What follows is an overview. Each committee and group has been asked to provide a detailed report of their respective activities.
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As always, our annual report gives some flavour of the diversity of our community and its activities. There is such a variety that sometimes it may feel like we are more than one community. There are those who come for Fusion youth club (to lead or participate) or to cheder (to teach or to learn or to hang around after dropping children off) or to play bridge or table tennis, or to dance or learn Hebrew, or to welcome Shabbat with ninety other singing congregants and a guitar and then to share a Friday night meal together, or to have tea and good company at the September Club, or for a one-to-one Bar-/Bat-Mitzvah (BM) lesson, or for an evening adult education session, or for a meeting (yes there's business to be done but most committees develop a social aspect), or to talk current affairs over a cuppa at ‘Jews with Views', or to answer the phones and make sure the office runs smoothly, or for a children's service, or a regular Shabbat morning service, or a special Shabbat morning service or BM, or for festival activities, or to sing in the choir, or for one of the July Group's activities, or to meet with the Rabbi, or for High Holyday services, or for Cubs, or to meet with other babies, toddlers and their accompanying grown-ups for RBs on a Tuesday morning or the Preschoolers' Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday afternoon, or for an interfaith event or on a school trip to learn about Judaism, or for GCSE lessons, or to use the library, or to fix something, or build something or stuff something into an envelope, or in preparation for a residential or trip, or for support or a chat, or to organise collections for the homeless or the FSU, or for a bigger social event or to watch an Israeli film. Many come before the service on a Shabbat morning, to practise their part in service-leading or reading from the scroll, or for a BM class, or for the communal breakfast with parents and other BM students before the class starts, or to discuss the week's Torah portion, or to practise reading Hebrew and learn a bit more about the liturgy, or to prepare kiddush especially if it has been sponsored to celebrate a special occasion, or for a choir rehearsal, or to sit quietly, alone, in the synagogue. Some go on trips together, or walks (for Tashlich on Rosh Hashanah or with matzah at Pesach), or for interfaith meetings at other places of worship or community centres, or to visit other members of our congregation. Some of course generally don't come but still want to feel that they are connected to the community and that we are here should the need arise.
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