This year’s Hanukkah extravaganza took the form of a Murder Mystery. It was enacted during the course of the Gala Dinner, ostensibly to celebrate Ed’s birthday.
The murder had been committed following a heated dance competition. But who could the murderer be?… a competitor, the caterer, the waitress….?!!!!!!
Photos from the lastest Jewish Small Communities meeting in St Annes, November 2005.
The Rev Malcolm Wiseman, OBE, Minister for Small Communities is coming to Lancaster at 6.30 this Thursday, 8th Sept, to talk about Small Communities to the Lancaster and Lakes Havurah. For details contact Fiona Frank.
In a few weeks time Brian Viner brings his new book to Southport.
Brian Viner was raised in Southport and attended King George V School. In 1980 he left, first to live in Paris for a year then to attend St Andrews University. After that he studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, before returning to England to seek his fortune in the media. He progressed through local papers until landing a job on the Mail on Sunday for five years. In 1999 he joined The Independent. He has conducted over 500 interviews with famous people and thus feels uniquely qualified to discuss what makes them tick.
He is a winner of the “What The Papers Say Award” for “excellence in journalism” and has for three years been writing a column about his new life in rural Herefordshire and how it differs from living in north London. This has inspired his first book, Tales of the Country. It was published on April 4 and has so far sold over 4,000 copies.
He is also a sports columnist for The Independent, and of course an occasional columnist for the Jewish Chronicle.
Brian will be presenting a talk and his new book @ Southport
Wednesday
6th July 2005
The Israeli Ambassador, Zvi Hefetz, addressed a packed audience of the Jewish Communities Network this afternoon when he visited Southport
His speech lasted for about an hour before he mingled with the audience. Later he attended Mincha in the Arnside Road Synagogue.
His excellency spoke firstly about the latest suicide bombing, expressing the view that it was now the focus of several factions to do as much as possible to disrupt any peace process.
(Zvi Hefetz, Israeli Ambassador to Britain)
More optimistically he referred to Egypt as one of Israel’s most important partners in the region. Along with Jordan, Egypt has continually seized opportunities to forge peaceful links. They will also play a major role in Israel’s dissengagement from Gaza, by securing the Sinai border and preventing the smuggling of terrorist weapons.
He said that the reason Israel took a unilateral decision to dissengage from Gaza was because at the time the was no partner to negotiate with. However now, with the newly elected Palestinian Authority, he was hopeful that dissengagement would proceed in a negotiated manner. He also hoped that the Palestinians would be able to make best use of the infrastrucure and investments that Israel was leaving behind in Gaza.
Both Egypt and Jordan share an interest with Israel to encourage economic links for their mutual benefit and that of the whole region. Zvi said that it may well be the benefits of economic growth which push the political desire for stability and peace.
(Eric Moonman, Zvi Hefetz, Rita Stoll, Cyril Nelson)
Audience gathering. Around 200 people attended from, Lancaster, Morecombe, Blackpool, St Annes, Southport, Angelsey, Bowden.