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NEWSLETTER APRIL 2006 - NOTICEBOARD
Before we got there we thought that it would not be very good, but when we got there it was good. The activity day was held at Earlham Road Synagogue. Firstly there was a game that helped us to remember each others names. We were told a bit about Israel and us two were in agreement that we wanted to go there. We split up into two groups: boys and girls. We had to make a tourist advert. The boys did Eilat and the girls did Jerusalem. After that we ate falafels and pita. I (Samuel) didn’t like the falafels but I (Joseph) did. We did some Israeli dancing after that, we liked the music played by Nick on an accordion. At the end we wrote prayers which we put in the Wailing Wall that Becca and Andy had made in the corner of the room. Thank you Becca and Andy for a fun day! |
GENIZAH VISIT A visit to the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge Univiersity Library, Thursday, April 27th, 2006
The Genizah Collection is a window on the medieval world of the Mediterranean area. Its 140,000 manuscripts and manuscript fragments, mainly in Hebrew and Arabic, shed light on the mundane as well as the religious and cultural activities of that world
The visit proper will start at 2:30 pm and will last about two hours. Contact Joanna Cummin ( J.J.Cummin@uea.ac.uk) or Byron Simmonds (email bsimmonds@clara.co.uk) to register your interest.
MITZVAH DAY Winterton Dunes, Saturday, April 29th. Meet at 10.00 am in the car park, Beach Road, Winterton. 1.30 pm lunch at the Fisherman's Return, Winterton
The Mitzvah Day we had at Winterton Dunes in October last year went so well we thought we’d have another one in the spring – to coincide with our Saturday morning cheder, singing and "Engaging with Judaism". Rabbi Rachel Benjamin and Harry will be joining us
For further information, please contact Sarah Boosey (email ed_sarah@lycos.co.uk)
JUDITH SILVER Sunday, April 30th, 3.00pm at the Norwich Synagogue. To celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut this year Judith Silver has been invited to lead an afternooon of music. Her grandparents lived in Norwich for 15 years and her father Michael was at school in Norwich
Judith Silver is a singer/songwriter, teacher, guitarist and music facilitator. She works in situations of all sorts, including festivals, schools, synagogues, churches, day centres, charity functions and many more, with people of a very wide range of ages and types. She brings songs from around the world to her 'Just Sing It!' workshop groups, including some of her own choral compositions and arrangements. For this special event, Judith will perform a selection from her wide repertoire, including some Yiddish, some Hebrew, some popular songs, and a selection from her latest album, 'Moonchild'. Tickets, to include tea with some Israeli contributions, are £6.50 for adults, children free. Please let Maureen Leveton MLeveton@aol.com know if you would like to come, as she needs to have an idea of numbers. This is a Norwich Israel Social Society event
BOOK CLUB The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 2nd at 7:30 pm at the home of Brenda Korn. The book: The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton
The meeting after that will take place on Monday, June 12th. The book: The Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetzee
The Jewish Book Club meets about every six weeks in members’ homes. It is open to members and friends of both the PJCEA and the NHC, as well as to Jews who are members of neither congregation. Contact: Maureen Leveton email MLeveton@aol.com
The next meeting of the Norwich Jewish Peace Group will take place on Wednesday, May 10th at 7:30 pm, at the home of Jo Bissonnet. Members of PJCEA and NHC welcome (email bisson@rmplc.co.uk)
The group is in the process of producing a Recipe Book made up of Jewish and Muslim recipes, to be launched at a garden party in early July. Let Jo know if you would like to contribute. You will receive an instant invitation to the party!
BOOK REVIEW Samuel Morris’s review on the book called ‘Once’, written by Morris Gleitzman:
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I have read ‘Once’
which is based on a true story about Morris’s grandfather and this is my review of
it. It is set in an orphanage in Poland 1942 and also in a ghetto. The boy runs away from the orphanage, gets picked up by a Nazi and finds himself in a ghetto. The main characters are Felix, a boy that escapes from an orphanage to find his mum and dad and he is very positive even though he is in an awful situation. Zelda, a girl that Felix rescues from a burning house. Barney, a dentist in the ghetto and some children including Dodie, Ruth, Jacob, Henryk and Janek. |
I liked this book because it was written as if the events were happening right in front of you. It shows what things were like in Poland in WW2 for Jewish and non-Jewish people. It is a very sad book but definitely worth reading.
I would give this book 5 out of 5 marks and recommend it to people over 9. ("Once" is published by Puffin Books, 2006)
LIBRARY BOOKS Members and Friends of the PJCEA are encouraged to borrow any title held. For a complete list, check out the website. Or have a word with Kathy Worsencroft (email k.worsencroft@btinternet.com)
If you have any PJCEA library books on loan which are not doing anything much, now is the time to return them to the library (I know who you are! —Kathy)
CONCERT FOR MDA The Cambridge Friends of Magen David Adom UK (Deborah’s Mum —Ed) is staging a concert with Hannah Lang (flute) and Peter Hewitt (piano) at the Pembroke Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, on May 7th at 3:00 PM, £8.00 or £9.00 on the door. Starts at 3pm