[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Dear Friends,<\/p>\n
As we approach the new Jewish Year 5784, I want to thank you for all your support, encouragement, ideas, and excitement, over not just the last year but over the last eight years.<\/p>\n
5783 was a huge year for the city of Brighton.\u00a0 Brighton and Hove Albion qualified for Europe for the first time in the club\u2019s history.\u00a0 The Brighton Jewish community tasted salt beef bagels, Shakshuka, and a kosher full English for the first time ever.\u00a0 A beautiful new Shul and a beautiful new centre.<\/p>\n
In football and Jewishly, the city of Brighton is embarking on an incredible journey.\u00a0 The opportunities open to the city and particularly this community are vast, and the support we have from local leaders in Brighton and the Jewish world at large is both inspiring and humbling.\u00a0 5784 is therefore special as we start a new season and a new Jewish year that should see, in the words of Chief Rabbi Mirvis, the realization of many dreams.<\/p>\n
5784 is likely to see significant change for Brighton\u2019s Synagogues, both the Orthodox Jewish community and the Reform Shul.\u00a0Rabbi Rader (Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation BHHC) said in his address, when the centre officially opened, that the Shul is open to everyone.\u00a0 That is such an important message, particularly at this time of change.\u00a0 We applaud and echo his message. \u00a0There are three seismic shifts for BHHC which combine to create this change.<\/p>\n
First, Holland Road\u2019s (Hove Hebrew Congregation HHC) decision to close its Shul building and combine with Brighton and Hove Hebrew Congregation is important.\u00a0 Closing a Shul, particularly one as beautiful and with as much history, as Holland Road is sad.\u00a0 At the same time, a combination has been talked about throughout my lifetime given attrition in numbers. Stanley and Michelle Cohen and the board of HHC deserve real credit for the time and dedication they have given for more than a decade.\u00a0 This combination presents further opportunity to the community \u2013 more capable people, more of a Kehila, and broader representation.<\/p>\n
We hope that HHC\u2019s members have an opportunity to determine how Holland Road\u2019s assets, built up over generations, are put to good use going forward.\u00a0 HHC\u2019s mission is the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious practice and education.\u00a0 Consistent with this, we hope HHC\u2019s congregation will look to combine assets and invest in these areas.\u00a0 There could be an opportunity to build a Jewish school in the future, close to the centre (providing numerous benefits), which could be a further game changer for the community here (as it was in Bushey and Borehamwood).<\/p>\n
Second, there are many new, young singles, couples and families who have recently settled in the city to become part of the Brighton & Hove Jewish Orthodox community.\u00a0 We hope many will join as members of the Shul as soon as possible, to be supported, \u00a0to have a voice and to enrich the revitalisation of the congregation.<\/p>\n
Third, the passage of time.\u00a0 I would personally like to thank David Seidel as he steps down from his role as Chair, a position he has held for many years.\u00a0 Personal circumstances have seen him less involved in the last few years, but there is no question that in years gone by, his calm and positive demeanour were critical to the success of the partnership between BNJC and BHHC.\u00a0 Charity trustees are recommended to serve for no more than nine years, and David\u2019s willingness to extend his tenure, given the special circumstances of BHHC being offsite, dealing with Covid, and helping with the BNJC partnership, deserves particular appreciation, as does his desire now to encourage new people with fresh ideas and oversight to come on to the BHHC board.<\/p>\n
Brighton & Hove Reform Shul (BHRS), also has a momentous year ahead with the new development in Palmeira.\u00a0 We wish Sharon Rose and the BHRS board every success as development is certainly not easy.<\/p>\n
Rosh Hashanah coincides with the start of the academic year and the fix of the extraction problems we have experienced in Novellino Brighton\u2019s kitchen. Gradually opening the restaurant fully, opening the Kosher shop and the nursery, and welcoming St. Christopher\u2019s to our site for the first time during the month of September allows us to start to realize a number of our goals to be of service to the local Jewish community, the city at large and the national and international Jewish communities.<\/p>\n
I would also like to take this opportunity for a few thank-yous.\u00a0 The support of Tony and the Bloom Foundation, both financially and in terms of wise counsel, generously given, has been a constant and is fundamental to getting us this far.<\/p>\n
The Chief Rabbi\u2019s visit was the highlight of last year \u2013 a superb way to open the site officially but the spectacle is dwarfed by the substance of his advice and indeed the support of so many pillar Jewish charities and Shul communities that want to spend time in Brighton enjoying the facilities we offer.
\nWe are blessed with a superb team at BNJC, Novellino Brighton, Shoresh Nursery and Pro Fitness Academy.\u00a0 We have had many pieces of good fortune, but by far the largest is to have such talented and dedicated people through all of our operations.<\/p>\n
5784 saw us lose, amongst my close circle (and there are many more important members of the community who sadly passed) Derek Carlton, Laurel Woolfe, and Mef Sharpe who were much loved.\u00a0 We are saddened they will not see the centre deliver that sense of community, support, and optimism that epitomized their characters.\u00a0 We are excited to have so many amazing young people,\u00a0couples, and families now living on site and adding to the vibrancy of Brighton and Hove\u2019s Jewish Community \u2013 they keep alive the spirit which characterized the lives of Derek, Laurel, and Mef.<\/p>\n
Finally, I would like to thank Rachel and my family for all their support and forbearance.<\/p>\n
We wish you Shana Tova Umetukah,<\/p>\n
Marc<\/p>\n
Marc Sugarman (CEO of BNJC)<\/strong> Dear Friends, As we approach the new Jewish Year 5784, I want to thank you for all your support, encouragement, ideas, and excitement, over not just the last year but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Dear Friends,<\/p> As we approach the new Jewish Year 5784, I want to thank you for all your support, encouragement, ideas, and excitement, over not just the last year but over the last eight years.<\/p> 5783 was a huge year for the city of Brighton.\u00a0 Brighton and Hove Albion qualified for Europe for the first time in the club\u2019s history.\u00a0 The Brighton Jewish community tasted salt beef bagels, Shakshuka, and a kosher full English for the first time ever.\u00a0 A beautiful new Shul and a beautiful new centre.<\/p> In football and Jewishly, the city of Brighton is embarking on an incredible journey.\u00a0 The opportunities open to the city and particularly this community are vast, and the support we have from local leaders in Brighton and the Jewish world at large is both inspiring and humbling.\u00a0 5784 is therefore special as we start a new season and a new Jewish year that should see, in the words of Chief Rabbi Mirvis, the realization of many dreams.<\/p> 5784 is likely to see significant change for Brighton\u2019s Synagogues, both the Orthodox Jewish community and the Reform Shul.\u00a0Rabbi Rader (Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation BHHC) said in his address, when the centre officially opened, that the Shul is open to everyone.\u00a0 That is such an important message, particularly at this time of change.\u00a0 We applaud and echo his message. \u00a0There are three seismic shifts for BHHC which combine to create this change.<\/p> First, Holland Road\u2019s (Hove Hebrew Congregation HHC) decision to close its Shul building and combine with Brighton and Hove Hebrew Congregation is important.\u00a0 Closing a Shul, particularly one as beautiful and with as much history, as Holland Road is sad.\u00a0 At the same time, a combination has been talked about throughout my lifetime given attrition in numbers. Stanley and Michelle Cohen and the board of HHC deserve real credit for the time and dedication they have given for more than a decade.\u00a0 This combination presents further opportunity to the community \u2013 more capable people, more of a Kehila, and broader representation.<\/p> We hope that HHC\u2019s members have an opportunity to determine how Holland Road\u2019s assets, built up over generations, are put to good use going forward.\u00a0 HHC\u2019s mission is the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious practice and education.\u00a0 Consistent with this, we hope HHC\u2019s congregation will look to combine assets and invest in these areas.\u00a0 There could be an opportunity to build a Jewish school in the future, close to the centre (providing numerous benefits), which could be a further game changer for the community here (as it was in Bushey and Borehamwood).<\/p> Second, there are many new, young singles, couples and families who have recently settled in the city to become part of the Brighton & Hove Jewish Orthodox community.\u00a0 We hope many will join as members of the Shul as soon as possible, to be supported, \u00a0to have a voice and to enrich the revitalisation of the congregation.<\/p> Third, the passage of time.\u00a0 I would personally like to thank David Seidel as he steps down from his role as Chair, a position he has held for many years.\u00a0 Personal circumstances have seen him less involved in the last few years, but there is no question that in years gone by, his calm and positive demeanour were critical to the success of the partnership between BNJC and BHHC.\u00a0 Charity trustees are recommended to serve for no more than nine years, and David\u2019s willingness to extend his tenure, given the special circumstances of BHHC being offsite, dealing with Covid, and helping with the BNJC partnership, deserves particular appreciation, as does his desire now to encourage new people with fresh ideas and oversight to come on to the BHHC board.<\/p> Brighton & Hove Reform Shul (BHRS), also has a momentous year ahead with the new development in Palmeira.\u00a0 We wish Sharon Rose and the BHRS board every success as development is certainly not easy.<\/p> Rosh Hashanah coincides with the start of the academic year and the fix of the extraction problems we have experienced in Novellino Brighton\u2019s kitchen. 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We are blessed with a superb team at BNJC, Novellino Brighton, Shoresh Nursery and Pro Fitness Academy.\u00a0 We have had many pieces of good fortune, but by far the largest is to have such talented and dedicated people through all of our operations.<\/p>