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Welcome to Sukkat Shalom, the Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community Our aim: to provide services and activities which embody our values, strengthen our Liberal Jewish identity and cater for the wide diversity of our members’ faith, practice and support needs. Our services: we hold Erev Shabbat services on the second Friday of each month, and Shabbat morning service two weeks later. On other weekends we hold an early evening Kabbalat Shabbat service. We welcome visitors to any services and we like it if you contact us before you come so we can welcome you properly but you don't have to. Full details of all Sukkat Shalom events and services with times and venues (we don't have our own shul) can be found by following this link to our diary page
To contact us: go to our contact page or phone 0131 777 8024
2015 January 2015, Tevet / Shevat 5775
Forthcoming events We are now back to our usual routine of one service each weekend and a monthly visit from our Rabbi Mark Solomon.
This Week!
Fri 30th January - 10th Shevat 6.15pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Parashat Beshallach A D'var Torah from one of the student Rabbis may be found on the Leo Baeck website - http://lbc.ac.uk/Table/Weekly-D-var-Torah/
Upcoming Events
Next Week
Friday 6th February/18th Shevat - 6.15 p.m.
Tu BiSh'vat Seder - Please bring a non-meat dish to share. For further details, go to the link to Lulav page 6 Newsletter
Also in January's edition of Lulav on page 3 there is a follow-up on Miriam's Art Exhibition in Glasgow.
More Nachas!
The Launch of Sue Lieberman's book at Blackwell's took place on 21st January
"After Genocide: How Ordinary Jews Face the Holocaust"
You will find a Conversation with Sue about her book in the November 2014 issue of Lulav - go to the link Newsletter
For venues please follow this link to our diary page - alternatively go to our contact page or phone 0131 777 8024
2014
Last Year's Events
On Thursday 18th December there was a Civic Chanukiah lighting at the City Chambers to which all Jewish people in Edinburgh were invited. Rabbi Mark lit one of the three candles, with the other two Rabbis in the city doing the other two. The crystal Chanukiah was presented to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh by one of Edinburgh's well-known and respected Jewish families. It will continue to be lit each year for many years to come signifying the Light which is brought to the City by all members of the Jewish Community in Edinburgh. Our present Jewish Community is very active in the Inter-Faith life of Edinburgh and regularly meet for Inter-Faith activities throughout the year. There have been Jews in Edinburgh for several hundred years and they have contributed greatly to the lives and diverse cultures of our famous City.
Crystal Chanukiah Members of Sukkat Shalom with Rabbi Mark and the Lord Provost (Photos Courtesy of: Tom Griffin, Photographer & Claudette Hudes - Copyright Holder)
Friday 19th December Everyone, children and adults, was invited to bring their Chanukiah and candles (4 candles plus the shamash) to join us for the short Kabbalat Shabbat service which was followed by kiddush with refreshments.
Playing the Dreidl Game Pass the Parcel Chanukah Style Fifth Night Lights Solly Admiring the Display
A great time was had by one and all!
Earlier events
Tenth Anniversary of Sukkat Shalom! 18 Elul 5774 13th September 2014
We celebrated the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of our Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community with a special Shabbat Morning Service. Among our many guests were representatives of the Edinburgh Interfaith Association and several leaders of other Faith Communities in Edinburgh and beyond. Our own Liberal Judaism Chief Executive, Rabbi Danny Rich, also joined us for this momentous day! After the Service we held a special Kiddush to which everyone was invited.In the evening we held a celebratory Ceilidh with very enthusiastic dancing to a mixture of Scottish and Yiddish music. We were further entertained by the beautiful and mellifluous singing of our Rabbi, Mark Solomon and by Lobo Chan. A special Anniversary cake was made by one of our members. The evening was much enjoyed by all present ~ a true celebration!
Photos of the Ceilidh
Enjoying the Dancing Enjoying the lovely food!
Danny & Friends watching the dancing!
What a Big Bear! Big Bear and Friends!
10th Anniversary Cake
February 2014 Fast of Esther known as Purim Action on Poverty for Purim
We as representatives of Liberal Judaism in Scotland, wish to add our voice to those leaders of other faith communities who have expressed a sense of deep indignation at the effects of the UK government's welfare and benefit cuts. These cuts are harsh and punitive. Their effects leave people destitute and without hope. It is the duty of all citizens, particularly those of faith communities, to alleviate grinding poverty and its effects. This poverty is created by the State, and it is the duty of all citizens, particularly those of faith communities, to relieve it. The situation is dire. Even the food banks, in Scotland, the last refuge of those with hungry families to feed, are running out of food. Annual General Meeting 2014 Our Annual General Meeting took place on the 2nd of February. Agenda and reports are here and draft minutes should appear shortly.. (Note: you need to be logged in to see the agenda and reports. If you are not registered, click on the link "Login/Register" at the top of the page and fill in your e-mail address. Your registration will be approved very quickly. If you have forgotten your password, click on "Login/Register", then on the link "Forgot your password" at the bottom of the page, and you will receive a code by email that will enable you to create a new password.) Burns Night Ceilidh Our Burns Night Ceilidh on 25th January was a great success, with about a hundred guests, great music from the Belle Star Band, a lot of dancing (making up with enthusiasm what we lacked in expertise), an Address to the Haggis, a rare hurdy gurdy recital, and—the high point of the evening—a recital of Burns songs by Rabbi Mark.
Previous year's Festivals - 2013 Happy Hanukah to one and all (first candle 27th November) Everyone, young old or middling is welcome to our Hanukah Party at Marchmont St Giles Church Centre at 4.30 to 6.30pm on Saturday 30th November (cheder kids come before as agreed). Bring your hanukiah's and candles so we can have a show as nice as last year's seen below.
Kol Nidre Appeal
Scottish Defence League Statement ELJC issued the following statement, through our chair, in advance of the Scottish Defence League demonstration on 17th August. Members of ELJC took part in the counter-demonstration: Sukkat Shalom, the Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community, supports the rally on 17th August against the march through Edinburgh by the Scottish Defence League. It beggars belief that the march has been permitted at all, and particularly during the Edinburgh Festival, when our city is teeming with visitors. It underlines the need for us to be ever vigilant, so that the ugly head of of fascism is not raised again in this way. The Festival becomes home, for a while, to performers and visitors from many countries and backgrounds. What are they to make of the narrow-minded and hostile bigotry of the SDL ? It is essential, also for our own sakes, for those of us who live here in Edinburgh to make a stand against the insidious hatred that the SDL is trying to stir up. Edinburgh is a City where people of different faith groups and ethnic backgrounds try their utmost to live and work together in harmony. We must strive to ensure that the SDL does not harm these efforts. We Jews, small in number in Edinburgh, know only too well from other times and other places what can happen if the small voice of unreason is allowed to swell so that communities become endangered. So I would like to add the voice of this Jewish Community in the stand against the SDL march and the fascists responsible for it. Norman Crane, Chair, 14 August 2013
Our aim: to provide services and activities which embody our values, strengthen our Liberal Jewish identity and cater for the wide diversity of our members’ faith, practice and support needs.
July 2011 Summer barbecue at Linlithgow Erev Shabbat Service with a talk from Miri Weingarten of Physicians for Human Rights Israel. A Report on her talk is in the June newsletter. Purim 2011
Shabbat morning service with guest preacher Imam Shaikha Halima Krausen. Her sermon can be read in our March 2011 Newsletter. For website matters contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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