1. The Art of Shulmanship - A seminar for leaders of prayer, service organisers and shul-goers who want to know more.
1.00-6.30 pm at New North London Synagogue, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY £15 / £7.50 concessions.
Apply soon - places are limited. To book your place, please e-mail your details (name, address, phone number, shul membership)
and your 1st and 2nd track preferences to matt@masorti.org.uk, then send a cheque made payable to AMS to:
Tefila Seminar, AMS, Alexander House, 3 Shakespeare Road, London N3 1XE.
For more information contact matt@masorti.org.uk or 020 8349 6656.
Track 1: Shabbat Maariv Master Class
From the comfort of knowing the melodies you’ve been used to for ages, this track will
take you to a different level of understanding. We’ll learn about the specific musical
modes and motifs and how you can utilise the text and music to craft different moods.
Track 2: Weekday Maariv – an introduction
This is for people who want to begin to lead weekday evening services. It will also
include the memorial prayers in a house of mourning. The session will help those who
daven Maariv but feel a bit unsure of its nusach (melodic chant). All you need is fluency
in reading Hebrew and a tuneful voice.
Track 3: Bima skills
This is for gabbaim – the MCs who do the call-ups – and for shamashim - the nice
people who love to give out honours. Is it Gabbai Gabble or can it be a meaningful
experience for the congregation? How do you choose who to call up? How can you
avoid insulting people? And how can you remember that long Hebrew name?
Track 4: Siddur Satnav
This track is perfect for people who want to be able to pick up any prayer book and
instantly find what they’re looking for, without asking for directions. Clear handouts and
source sheets accompany the session and no knowledge of Hebrew is needed. You’ll
be following the service in no time.
2. Tay-Sachs Screening Day between 11am and 3pm
Jewish Care is arranging a free Screening Day at New London for people over the age of sixteen in order to identify Tay Sachs Carriers, by nurses, Phlebotomists and Doctors registered to take blood samples. Results will take approximately 4/5 weeks and will be delivered to people’s homes. For further information or to secure an appointment, kindly contact Jess Clare on 07890611119.
What is Tay-Sachs disease? A baby with Tay-Sachs disease appears healthy at birth, and seems to be developing normally for a few months. Symptoms generally appear by six months of age. While symptoms vary from one child to the next, there is always a slowing down of development. Gradually, Tay-Sachs children lose motor skills and mental functions. Over time, the child becomes blind, deaf, mentally retarded, paralyzed and non responsive to the environment. Tay-Sachs children usually die by age five. Children with Tay-Sachs disease lack a vital enzyme, hexosaminidase A (Hex-A). Hex-A is needed for the body to break down a fatty waste substance found in brain cells. Without Hex-A, this substance accumulates abnormally and causes progressive damage until the nervous system can no longer sustain life.
Tay-Sachs is an inherited disease that only occurs when both parents carry a Tay-Sachs gene and each parent transmits the defective gene to their child. A child who inherits two Tay-Sachs genes (one from each parent) produces no functional Hex-A enzyme and is certain to develop Tay-Sachs disease.Tay-Sachs carriers are found most frequently among families of eastern European Jewish descent (Ashkenazi Jews).
3. Ladies Association Tea
You are invited to a Tea Party with Lilie Davies, who will talk about her years at Vogue magazine, between 3.30-5.30 at the home of David and Ofra Immanuel.
Please call the office for address details and put your name down, as places are limited.
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