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DATES FOR THE DIARY - 2007

Note: Unless otherwise stated, services will be taken by Rabbi Rachel Benjamin.

The PJCEA diary is not cast in stone. It's always worth checking the website for any last-minute changes

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Date Start Item
January
4 Jan (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
4 Jan (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Deborah Carpenter
9 Jan (Tue) 7.30 pm Jewish Book Club: The Yellow Wind by David Grossman. At the home of Maureen and Barry Leveton
15 Jan (Mon) 7.00 pm Meeting of the PJC Burial Committee at the home of Byron Simmonds
20 Jan (Sat) 7.30 pm NISS & NJLS Buffet Supper at The Synagogue, Earlham Road. Speaker: Elkan Levy. Tickets in advance £7.50; students £5.00
23 Jan (Tue) 7.30 pm CCJ Drop-In: The Jewish and Christian Calendars. At the home of Brenda Korn
26 Jan (Fri) 11.00 am Holocaust Memorial Day Service at St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich. 10.45 for 11.00 am
26 Jan (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism — Adult ed at the home of Michele Paton. Topic: Holocaust Memorial Day. With visiting Leo Baeck College Student Rabbi Judith Rosen Berry
27 Jan (Sat) - Holocaust Memorial Day
27 Jan (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder at OMH Peill Room (Not zerem aleph. Also, no Singing Practice or Hebrew this weekend – Rachel away)
11.00 am Service at OMH with visiting Leo Baeck College Student Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry
30 Jan (Tue) - Martin Bloch paintings at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Until April 15th
February
1 Feb (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
1 Feb (Thu) 12.45 pm Organ recital at the United Reform Church, Princes Street, Norwich. To include a short piece for solo cello, composed and played by Frank Pond, and written to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz. The recital will last about 1 hour. Admission free.
2 Feb (Fri) 7.00 pm Tu B'Shevat Seder at the home of Michele Paton (ends 9.00 pm)
3 Feb (Sat) - Tu B'Shevat
6 Feb (Tue) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Michele Paton
13 Feb (Tue) 7.30 pm CCJ Drop-In: The Shulchan Aruch or "The Prepared Table." The History and Development of the Jewish Code of Law. At the home of Barry Leveton
15 Feb (Thu) 7.00 pm Meeting of the PJC Executive at the home of Byron Simmonds
23 Feb (Fri) 7.30 pm Service at the OMH
24 Feb (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder at OMH Peill Room
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. Inaugural meeting in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed in the Peill Room. Topic: The Origins of the Kiddush
12.45 pm Hebrew at the OMH  (for half an hour) - CANCELLED
March
1 Mar (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Stella Koenick
4 Mar (Sun) - Purim
6 Mar (Tue) 7.30 pm CCJ Drop-In: "The Threefold Chord." The Christian Scriptural Tradition. At the home of Audrey Talks
7 Mar (Wed) 7.30 pm Jewish Book Club: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. At the home of Phyll and Ed Mendelsohn
8 Mar (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
18 Mar (Sun) - Cambridge Day Limmud at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
26 Mar (Mon) 7.30 pm Annual General Meeting in the OMH Peill Room
30 Mar (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed. Topic: Pesach/Passover. At the home of Andy Sluckin
31 Mar (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. Preparatory meeting in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Service at OMH
April
3 Apr (Tue) - Passover Day 1
3 Apr (Tue) 7.00 pm Communal Seder with Jenny Lawrence and Philip Lawrence. At Loddon Middle School (2nd Seder night)
5 Apr (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
10 Apr (Tue) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Miriam Barnett
14 Apr (Sat) 12.30 pm Havurah lunch. To include an illustrated talk by Andy (not on William of Norwich as previously advertised)  on his experience of travelling to Auschwitz in January 2005 for the 60th commeration of the camp's liberation.
15 Apr (Sun) - Yom Ha'Shoah
16 Apr (Wed) 7.00 pm Burial Committee Meeting at the home of Byron Simmonds. CANCELLED
18 Apr (Wed) 5.30 pm Israel-Palestine Teach-in at the UEA
19 Apr (Thu) 7.30 pm 2007 Martin Buber Lecture. Dr Garith Gilmore, "David and Solomon: Dead or Alive?" Did these two kings really exist, and does it really matter? At the UEA Chaplaincy
23 Apr (Mon) - Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel Independence Day
25 Apr (Wed) - Jewish Book Club: In The Image by Dara Horn. At the home of Beverly and Byron Simmonds
27 Apr (Fri) 7.30 pm Service at the OMH
28 Apr (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 1" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed in the Peill Room. Topic: Jewish Music
30 Apr (Mon) 7.30 pm Joan Goodman Committee Meeting at the home of Maureen and Barry Leveton
May
3 May (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
3 May (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Byron Simmonds
4 May (Fri) 6.00 pm Azzim Tamimi Lecture at the UEA Lecture Theatre 1
8 May (Tue) 7.00 pm Burial Committee Meeting at the home of Byron Simmonds. CANCELLED
11 May (Fri) 7.30 pm Mid-month service. A creative Shabbat service at the home of Oliver Frankl
12 May (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 2" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche in the Peill Room (First mid-month session)
18 May (Fri) - Norfolk Jewish Peace Group at the Charity Stall on Hay Hill, Norwich
19 May (Sat) - Annual Communities' Shabbaton at the Oxford Jewish Centre
23 May (Wed) - Shavuot
25 May (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed at the home of Byron Simmonds. Topic: The Apocrypha
26 May (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room (Previously at Jessopp Road) [school holiday w/end]
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 3" in the vestry (Previously at Jessopp Road) (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (Previously at Jessopp Road) (for half an hour)
11.15 am Service at the OMH (Previously at Jessopp Road to be followed by a Havurah lunch)
27 May (Sun) 10.00 am Norfolk Jewish Peace Group at the Peace Camp,  Norwich Forum
June
5 Jun (Tue) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Michele Paton
6 Jun (Wed) 5.30 pm Israel Academic Boycott Debate at the UEA
7 Jun (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
9 Jun (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 4" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
13 Jun (Wed) 7.30 pm Jewish Book Club: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. At the home of Maureen and Barry Leveton
16 Jun (Sat) 10.30 am Mid-month service at the OMH — to coincide with the Board of Deputies visit to Norwich
17 Jun (Sun) 7.30 pm Civic Service at Norwich Cathedral
29 Jun (Fri) 7.30 pm Service at the OMH
30 Jun (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 5" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed in the Peill Room. Topic: Jewish Music (part two)
July
5 Jul (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
5 Jul (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Philip Lawrence
13 Jul (Fri) 7.30 pm Mid-month service. A creative Shabbat service and the home of Oliver Frankl
14 Jul (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 6" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
18 Jul (Wed) 7.00 pm Burial Committee Meeting at the home of Byron Simmonds
24 Jul (Tue) - Tish'ah B'Av
20 Jul (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed at the home of Deborah and Nick Carpenter. Topic: Lamed Vavniks
21 Jul (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room [school holiday w/end]
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 7" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Service at OMH
25 Jul (Wed) 7.30 pm Jewish Book Club: The Stars Can Wait by Jay Basu. At the home of Jill Brahms
August
2 Aug (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
4 Aug (Fri) 6.45 pm CND Peace Event at the UEA Mosque
9 Aug (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Andy Sluckin
11 Aug (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 8" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour) NO CHEDER This is a school holiday weekend
12.30 pm Havurah lunch. At the home of Miriam Barnett. To include a talk by Dee Robinson of New Routes
24 Aug (Fri) 7.30 pm Service at the OMH
25 Aug (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room [school holiday w/end]
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 9" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed in the Peill Room. Topic: Jewish Food
29 Aug (Wed) - Jewish Book Club: The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubensfeld. At the home of Beverly and Byron Simmonds
September
6 Sep (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
6 Sep (Thu) 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Heritage Open Day at The Synagogue, Earlham Road
6 Sep (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Deborah Carpenter
12 Sep (Wed) 7.30 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah service at the OMH with Student Rabbi Anna Gerrard
13 Sep (Thu) 10.30 am Rosh Hashanah service at the OMH with Student Rabbi Anna Gerrard
15 Sep (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 10" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
21 Sep (Fri) 7.30 pm Kol Nidre service at the OMH with Student Rabbi Anna Gerrard
22 Sep (Sat) 11.00 am Yom Kippur services at the OMH with Student Rabbi Anna Gerrard
27 Sep (Thu) - Sukkot
28 Sep (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed.  At the home of Kathy Worsencroft. Topic: The Book of Job
29 Sep (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder in the Peill Room
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 11" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice in the Peill Room (for half an hour)
11.15 am Service at OMH
12.00 noon Multi-faith Walk for Peace. Gather at the Forum, Norwich, to wind up in Chapelfield
October
2 Oct (Tue) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Stella Koenick
4 Oct (Thu) - Simchat Torah
4 Oct (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
6 Oct (Sat) - Simchat Torah service at the home of Miriam Barnett
9 Oct (Tue) - Jewish Book Club: Everyman by Philip Roth. At the home of Jonathan Dangour
13 Oct (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 12" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
26 Oct (Fri) 7.30 pm Service at the OMH
27 Oct (Sat) 10.00 am Mitzvah Day at Pensthorpe, with Rachel Benjamin — to incorporate cheder, singing practice and adult ed
November
1 Nov (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
1 Nov (Thu) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Michele Paton
6 Nov (Tue) 7.30 pm CCJ Talk:  Christians and Jews – The Parting of the Ways. At St Luke's Church Centre, Aylsham Road, Norwich
10 Nov (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 14" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
5.00 pm Party at Jessopp Road
23 Nov (Fri) 7.30 pm Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed. Topic: Parashat Ha'Shavua, Torah Portion of the Week. At the home of Oliver Frankl
24 Nov (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder at Jessopp Road
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 15" at Jessopp Road (for one hour)
10.30 am Singing practice at Jessopp Road (for half an hour)
11.15 am Service at Jessopp Road to be followed by a Havurah lunch
27 Nov (Tue) 7.30 pm Jewish Book Club: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. At the home of Phyll and Ed Mendelsohn
December
4 Dec (Tue) 7.30 pm Council Meeting at the home of Miriam Barnett
5 Dec (Wed) - Hanukkah Day 1
5 Dec (Wed) 7.30 pm Joan Goodman Lecture at The Synagogue, Earlham Road. Simon Goldhill: Jerusalem
6 Dec (Thu) - Newsletter copy date
7-9 Dec (Fri-Sun) 6.00 pm ECAPS Annual Social and Study Weekend at St Gabriel's, Ditchingham
15 Dec (Sat) 9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group. "Session 16" in the Vestry, OMH (for one hour)
9.30 am Cheder/crèche mid-month session in the Peill Room
28 Dec (Fri) 7.30 pm No service at the OMH this weekend but "watch this space!"
29 Dec (Sat) 9.30 am Cheder — no Cheder this weekend
9.30 am Hebrew Self-help Study Group — no Hebrew this weekend
10.30 am Singing practice — no Singing Practice this weekend
11.15 am Engaging with Judaism – Adult ed in the Peill Room. Topic: The Temple in Jerusalem CANCELLED (to be re-scheduled)