BHPS Charity Art Exhibition 27th November
Order Form for Lectures & Lunch
ORDER FORM
BHPS LECTURES & LUNCH
By cheque: please make your cheque payable to B&HPS and return with the completed booking form (below) to The Administrator, BHPS, 6 Lansdowne Road, Hove BN3 1FF
Alternatively credit our bank account direct with your full name, sort code 40 25 03 Account number 01593870 and return the Booking Form Separately to:
Return to BHPS, 6, Lansdowne Road, Hove, BN31FF Telephone 01273 737223
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Changing the News for Good No of tickets …………….
My Year in Velvet No of tickets ……………
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Lunch – please select a lunch menu and number required:
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Permitted fish ……..
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*PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO DEAL WITH ANY DIETARY REQUESTS ON THE DAY
BHPS
Winner of the Sussex Heritage Ecclesiastical Award
6 Lansdowne Road
Hove BN3 1FF
NB: BHPS is wheelchair accessible
Join us for Lectures & Lunch
Why not join us for Sundays With A Difference!
Stimulating Lectures together with a Delicious Lunch
Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue, (BHPS) is hosting some exciting and inspiring lectures by experts in their fields, followed by lunch.
Place: Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue
Time:
11.30 am Welcome drink on arrival
12-1.00pm Lecture with questions and answers
1-3.00 pm Lunch including wine or a soft drink, followed by coffee
Sunday 6 November 2016
Changing the News for Good
The Editor-in-Chief of Positive News, Sean Dagan Wood, explains how a ground-breaking crowd funding campaign converted his publication into a co-operative owned by its readers and journalists in 33 countries. Sean will highlight how the media can change the news for good by reporting today’s challenges with a focus on progress and possibility
Sunday 4 December 2016
My Year in Velvet
Chris Gebbie, the former High Sheriff of Sussex, entertainingly describes the origins of Shrievalty – – the oldest office under the crown – – as well as the arcane process of appointment, the relationship the lieutenancy and the relevance of High Sheriffs in today’s world. Chris includes snatches of his 2014/2015 diary of experiences wearing velvet.
Place: Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue
11.30 am Welcome drink on arrival
12-1.00pm Lecture with questions and answers
1-3.00 pm Lunch including wine or a soft drink, followed by coffee
Useful Information
Travel and Parking.
The synagogue at 6 Lansdowne Road is a 15–20-minute walk from both Hove and Brighton railway stations, and easily accessible by bus. Parking is free on a first come first served basis at Brunswick School on Somerhill Road. Alternatively, parking is available with PayByPhone cashless parking.
Tickets
£20 for Lecture and Lunch. Book on line at
Lecture 1
https://changing-the-news-for-
Lecture 2
https://my-year-in-velvet.
Tickets must be purchased at least two weeks in advance and shown at the door. The cost for each lecture and lunch is £20 per person.
BHPS WINS SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST AWARD
BRIGHTON AND HOVE PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE WINS SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST AWARD
Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue has won a prestigious Sussex Heritage award for their state of the art synagogue located in Lansdowne Road, Hove. The synagogue recently re-opened after redevelopment, has a new layout and beautifully designed interior to follow the ethos of inclusivity and diversity. Clear winners in the Ecclesiastical Category, BHPS received a hand crafted slate plaque to place on their building. BHPS member, Myra Bianco who headed up the redevelopment scheme and expertly steered it towards completion says, 
‘We are delighted to have won this award. BHPS has been our home since 1937 and has long been in need of modernisation. Brighton Architects ZSTa, following a prior agreement of an overall design scheme by Preston Rubin Associates, have done an amazing job.’
The internal layout of the ‘new’ synagogue offers a large sanctuary, office, library, education rooms and much more over two floors. The space is also open to the wider community and its subtle presence in a conservation area provides Lansdowne Road with a new positive outlook.
A wide variety of projects have received Awards including large country houses converted into luxury apartments; a redundant water pumping station, a well pump house with ice house; a variety of mills, barns, oasts and outbuildings all saved from dereliction and transformed into homes and offices; restored and re-ordered churches, towers and spires; reclaimed and restored gardens and even dovecotes; together with new and contemporary homes, art galleries, museums and theatres.
The judging teams comprised a Sussex Heritage Trust Trustee, a professional in the appropriate field and a ‘lay person’ to ensure a balanced view. The criteria include the project’s suitability of purpose, the best use of the site, the quality of workmanship and suitability of materials used.
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Press Contact: PJP PR info@pjpartnership.co.uk
Editor’s Notes: Image caption L-R Nicola Thomas Partner, Architect, ZSTa, Myra Bianco BHPS Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue (BHPS) http://www.bhps-online.org
Sussex Heritage Trust http://www.sussexheritagetrust.org.uk 2016 Ecclesiastical Award Sponsored by The Ian Askew Charitable Trust. Submitted by: ZST Architects, Brighton www.zsta.co.uk Awards ceremony, The Old Barn, Pangdean, Sussex, 7/7/16
JUDAISM CLASSES OPEN TO ALL
EXPLORING JUDAISM – October 2017 led by Rabbi Elli Tikvah
EXPLORING JUDAISM is OPEN TO ALL those who wish to broaden and deepen their Jewish knowledge.
The curriculum draws on Jewish texts (e.g. Torah, TaNaKH, Mishnah, Talmud, Siddur & Machzor) and includes an exploration of the differences between Liberal Judaism and other Jewish denominations. The course includes the festivals and commemorative days as they come up (the date of the eve of each festival is indicated in bold).
All classes will be held on Shabbat from 2.15-3.45pm, after the Access to Hebrew class (1-2pm)
EXPLORING JUDAISM is OPEN TO ALL those who wish to broaden and deepen their Jewish knowledge.
The curriculum draws on Jewish texts (e.g. Torah, TaNaKH, Mishnah, Talmud, Siddur & Machzor) and includes an exploration of the differences between Liberal Judaism and other Jewish denominations. The course includes the festivals and commemorative days as they come up (the date of the eve of each festival is indicated in bold).
All classes will be held on Shabbat from 2.15-3.45pm, after the Access to Hebrew class (1-2pm)
UNIT 4: THE CALENDAR
- 03.03 The Calendar & the cycle of the months
- 10.03 Shabbat I: In the Torah & the halakhah (Jewish law)
- 17.03 Pesach I: Pesach in the Torah
- 24.03 Pesach II: The Haggadah & the Seder (Erev Pesach Seder: 30.03)
- 31.03 Shabbat II: Liturgy and rituals [First Day Pesach]
- 07.04 Omer Period I & Yom Ha-Sho’ah (Erev Yom Ha-Sho’ah: 11.04)
- 14.04 Omer Period II: Yom Ha-Atzma’ut* & Lag Ba-Omer** & (Erev*: 18.04; Erev**: 02.05)
- 21.04 Shabbat III: Towards a Liberal Jewish approach to ‘keeping Shabbat’
PLEASE NOTE: NO CLASSES on 28.04 & 05.05
UNIT 5: FROM LIFE TO DEATH
- 12.05 Birth
- 19.05 NO HEB. & EXP. JUD. CLASSES: ALL NIGHT SHAVUOT MARATHON (Erev Shavuot: 19.05)
- 26.05 Bar/Bat Mitzvah & Kabbalat Torah
- 02.06 Kiddushin: Marriage
- 09.06 Divorce
- 16.06 Death & Mourning
- 23.06 Choosing Judaism & Mixed Faith Partnerships and Families
UNIT 6: JEWISH HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
- 30.06 Jewish History & Geography I
- 07.07 Jewish History & Geography II
- 14.07 Tishah B’Av & Jewish Memory END OF YEAR (Erev Tishah B’Av: 21.07)
GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS USED IN EXPLORING JUDAISM COURSE OUTLINE
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Son/Daughter of the Commandment – at 13 years – the traditional moment when a Jew becomes responsible for living Jewishly
Chanukkah Literally: ‘Dedication’. Festival celebrating the re-dedication of the Temple (desecrated by Antiochus IV) in 164 BCE
Chumash Literally: ‘Fived’ – Edition of the ‘Five Books of Moses’ containing the Torah and ‘concluding’ [Haftarah] readings read on Shabbat mornings
Elul Month of spiritual preparation prior to Rosh Ha-Shanah
G’milut Chasadim Loving Deeds
Haggadah Text ‘telling’ the story of Pesach – Passover
Kabbalat Torah ‘Receiving the Torah’ – a Liberal Judaism innovation, marking the point when young 15/16 year olds are welcomed as adult members of the congregation after completing their studies
Kashrut Dietary law concerning what is fit for Jews to eat
Kiddushin ‘Setting apart’ of a couple in Marriage
Kippah Literally: ‘Dome’; ‘cap’ – skullcap
M’zuzah Literally: Doorpost – the box, placed on the doorposts of our houses & on our gates containing the first two paragraphs of the Sh’ma [meaning, ‘Listen!’ – Deuteronomy 6:4-9 & 11:13-21]
Machzor Literally: ‘Cycle’ – Name for the Festival Prayer Book
Mishnah Another term for ‘Teaching’ – the first post-biblical code of law containing the teachings of the first rabbis, edited c. 200CE
Omer ‘Sheaf’ [of grain] – presented daily by the priests in Temple times for 7 weeks from Pesach to Shavuot
Pesach Passover – 7 day festival celebrating the Exodus from Egypt Purim ‘Lots’. Festival focussing on the reading of the Scroll of Esther
Rosh Ha-Shanah Literally: ‘Head of the Year’. The New Year – the first of 10 days of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur
S’lichot Prayers of ‘Forgiveness’ prior to Rosh Ha-Shanah
Shavuot Festival of ‘Weeks’ celebrating the early summer harvest and also
z’man matan Torateinu –‘the season of the giving of our Torah
Siddur Literally: ‘Order’ – Name for the Sabbath & Daily Prayer Book
Simchat Torah ‘Joy of the Torah’. Festival celebrating the ending & beginning of the cycle of Torah readings on the 8th day following Sukkot
Sukkot ‘Booths’ – 7 day harvest festival when we ‘dwell’ in a sukkah
T’fillin Leather straps & boxes worn on the arm and head for daily
Morning Prayer containing related Torah texts, e.g. the Sh’ma
Tallit ‘Shawl’ worn for morning prayer – with tzitzit – ‘fringes’ on the four corners
Talmud Literally: ‘Learning’ – the name for the combined work containing the Mishnah & G’mara (commentary on the Mishnah)
TaNaKH An acronym for the Hebrew Bible – which falls into three parts: Torah (Five Books), N’vi’im (Prophets) and K’tuvim (Writings)
Tikkun Olam Repair of the World
Tishah B’Av ‘9th of Av’ – commemorating the Jewish people’s experience of churban (destruction), especially, the destruction of the Temple
Torah ‘Teaching’ – specifically, the Five Books of Moses
Tz’dakah Acts of justice (tzedek) – the Jewish form of Charity
Yom Ha-Sho’ah Holocaust Memorial Day [Sho’ah = Devastation]
Yom Ha’atzma’ut [Israel] ‘Independence Day’
Yom Kippur Day of Atonement – day of confession of our misdeeds
COME AND JOIN THE BRIGHTON & HOVE INTERFAITH CHOIR
The Brighton & Hove Interfaith Contact Group has established a small interfaith choir. They would welcome further Jewish members in general, and for the annual Interfaith Service in particular, which will be held this
year on 20 November at B&H Progressive Synagogue. The choir meets fortnightly and is lead at least every other rehearsal by one of our two professional singer/musicians, Razia Aziz (Sufi Muslim background) and
Judith Silver (Jewish). On other occasions rehearsals are lead by a choir member. Choir members contribute £40 per term (or £5 per session) but no one is excluded for reasons of cost. We are a friendly, inclusive group.
It is not necessary to be able to read music and no previous singing experience is necessary. If you would like to come along, please contact: IFCG Secretary, Anthea Ballam (anthea@antheab.com or
just turn up at any of the sessions below.Autumn 2016 B&H Interfaith Choir
Rehearsals are 7.30 – 9pm unless otherwise stated
Mon 5 Sept, venue tbc,
Sun 18 Sept @ Hove Methodist Church, Portland Road BN3 5DR,
Mon 26 Sept, venue tbc
Sun 9 Oct @ Hove Methodist Church
Mon 17 Oct, Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton
Sun 6 Nov @ Hove Methodist Church
Mon 14 Nov, Brighton Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, B’ton.
Sun 20 Nov 2.30pm BHPS B&H Annual
Interfaith Service
Festival of Shavuot – All Nighter Study Marathon
Rabbi Elli will lead us through the First and Last verses of all 54 portions of the Torah (Get sponsored Per Verse, with prize for the highest sponsorship!) in aid of Brighton Voices In Exile Saturday 11th – Sunday 12th June. 11/6 10.00pm (Last entry 11.00pm) Finish 5.00am on the beach for a Shacharit morning Service.
All night Cheese Cake, Coffee and Sandwiches.
Please register with the office by phone.
Oneg celebrating 250 years of Jewish Life in Brighton
June 10, 2016, 7.30 PM
‘Bernhard Baron’ Entrepreneur, philanthropist, socialist and liberal Jew’ Presented by the celebrated local historian Godfrey Gould
As part of the important celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Jewish life in Brighton we are pleased to welcome Godfrey Gould to our synagogue. Godfrey was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at the Universities of Durham, London and Sussex. He came to Brighton 50 years ago and it was his studies at Sussex especially which stimulated his interest in local history. He has written widely including a History of the B&H Jewish Welfare Board and co-edited the recently published Anthology of 250 years of local Jewish history. He is Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Life Chartered Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Bernhard Baron (1850-1929) too had an exciting and successful life and his name still lives on philanthropic circles. He said in a speech opening a convalescent home in Brighton “There is only one happiness in life, and that is to protect others and to give to others.”
Please join us and bring your friends to see our new synagogue and celebrate both our presence in Brighton and the contribution we make to the community.
Refreshments will be provided.
Easy access for the disabled with hearing loop for the hard of hearing.
Please contact the synagogue office for any further information.
Collection for Refugees
We now have a volunteer to take a weekly collection of toiletries and non-perishable food items to Brighton Voices in Exile. BViE. Your donations of these items should be left in the green box in the foyer. Thank you for contributing to the support of refugees.
Come to our Seder Night on 22nd April
Seder Night. Friday 22nd April at 6pm for 6.30pm start at BHPS Please book your places asap by calling the synagogue £12.50 members £20 non members. #Brighton #Hove
