Second Night Communal Seder

Sunday, 13th April @ 6:00 pm

We invite you to join our Communal Second Night Seder.

Mosaic members £15 each.  Non-members £20.  Children £5.  Please book your places by 31st March at the earlybird price.  From 1st April all prices will increase by £5.  Closing date Sunday 6th April.

Volunteers who would be happy to help with laying tables, or clearing up tables would be much appreciated and should contact the Mosaic office admin@choosemosaic.org

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“Original Prints” by Judith Simmons – Week 1

Tuesday, 18th March @ 9:00 am to Friday, 21st March @ 12:00 pm

Judith has always been interested in art, working in the areas of painting, drawing and sculpting.  In 1998 she started attending Printmaking classes at the University of Hertfordshire and now works from Bainbridge Print Studio in South London.

Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Lauderdale House, Highgate and solo exhibitions at The Purcell School, at ‘Romeo Jones’ in Dulwich, at NPLS and at home as part of Harrow Open Studios.

Judith’s inspiration comes from a range of observed sources.  She produces small edition, series of prints on subjects that obsess her eg. Shadows, Quotations and Animals.  She utilises photographs and drawings, often combining images, choosing the medium that feels the most appropriate.

Meet the Artist – Judith Simmons

Wednesday, 19th March @ 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Judith has always been interested in art, working in the areas of painting, drawing and sculpting.  In 1998 she started attending Printmaking classes at the University of Hertfordshire and now works from Bainbridge Print Studio in South London.

Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Lauderdale House, Highgate and solo exhibitions at The Purcell School, at ‘Romeo Jones’ in Dulwich, at NPLS and at home as part of Harrow Open Studios.

Judith’s inspiration comes from a range of observed sources.  She produces small edition, series of prints on subjects that obsess her eg. Shadows, Quotations and Animals.  She utilises photographs and drawings, often combining images, choosing the medium that feels the most appropriate.

Hebrew Chit-Chat for Beginners

Thursday, 20th March @ 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

We now have a class every other Thursday specifically for beginners .The lessons will run every other Thursday, 11.00 -12.30, with a fee of £10 per session.  The teacher is Reuven Vazan.

Many of you who have learnt Hebrew in the past will be aware of the gap between knowing the languge and being able to speak it, which this course will aim to close.

We are quite confident people will be able to see the fruits of speaking even at early stages. Please  sign up and tell your friends too.  For further details please contact the Mosaic Office 020-8864 0133

Games Afternoon

Thursday, 20th March @ 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Please join us for scrabble, rummicub, triominoes or whatever game you enjoy. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits. For more information phone Linda via the office or email admin@choosemosaic.org Look forward to seeing you soon.

Family Shabbat Shira Service

Saturday, 22nd March @ 10:45 am

We are delighted to invite you to Shabbat Shira, our family friendly service, led by David Pollak.

• Sing all the familiar and joyous Shabbat Shira tunes,
• See, touch and hear the Torah
• Help in dressing and undressing the Torah Scroll
• And hear the story of the week..

The service is recommended for children under 11, but all ages are welcome and older siblings are invited to take more active part in the service.

Drop In And Play Group

Monday, 24th March @ 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

 A drop-in and play group for all kids and their grown-ups on Monday afternoons. There’ll be toys, soft play, and art activities for the kids to explore giving their grownups a chance to have a drink and talk to other parents, carers, and grandparents in the area. The session will finish with story time and songs. For babies and toddlers aged 0 – 4. Please let us know if you’re planning to join us. 020-8864 0133 or email admin@choosemosaic.org

Award-Winning Documentary ” The Komediant”

Monday, 24th March @ 7:30 pm

Mosaic Culture Hub and Mosaic Israel Group will be hosting the Filmmaker Oshra Schwartz for the showing of her award-winning documentary relating the glory days of the Yiddish stage brought to life in this funny saga of a legendary theatrical family, the Bursteins.  The patriarch, Pesach Burstein, who arrived in New York in 1924, met and married his love and with their children entertained on stage in America and across the globe.

Buy your ticket below.  £10 per person.

Komediant shows the family’s adventures across the 20th century, from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to Broadway.

Smoothly incorporating rare archival footage and interviews with Yiddish stage veterans, this tightly edited, briskly paced documentary is as richly bittersweet, filled with laughter and tears, schmaltz and grit, as the Yiddish theatre itself.

It is in English, Yiddish and Hebrew, with English subtitles.

After the screening, there will be a Q & A session about the film.

We will also hear of Oshra’s current involvement, post 7th October, with the Israeli Reform Movement and the devastated kibbutzim, including Kibbutz Re’im, our adopted project in Israel.

All profits from this event will go to Kibbutz Re’im.

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Intermediate Chit-Chat b’Ivrit

Thursday, 27th March @ 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

This is an opportunity for people to get together and have coffee and conversations in Hebrew.  It assumes some basic level of Hebrew but the aim is to converse and improve. It may have to include some grammar!!

The teacher is Reuven Vazan who is Israeli, is experienced and already teaching different levels of Hebrew online and face to face as well as in a classroom at Kenton Synagogue for over 7 years.

Sessions are held fortnightly and the cost is £10.  

Games Afternoon

Thursday, 27th March @ 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Please join us for scrabble, rummicub, triominoes or whatever game you enjoy. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits. For more information phone Linda via the office or email admin@choosemosaic.org Look forward to seeing you soon.

Tea with the President

Sunday, 30th March @ 3:30 pm

Phil Rosenberg, who became President of the Board of Deputies on June 1^st last year, has already changed the face of the Board in several ways. He is putting into practice many of the proposals he made in his manifesto.

We now have Lady Chairpersons at all of our Plenary meetings.

Very recently,  Phil set up a commission, being chaired by Lord John Mann and recent Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordant, to look at current anti-Semitism in the UK. This follows the recent panel debate at Mosaic last January.

Phil was instrumental in the setting up of the ‘Optimistic Alliance’ between the Muslim and the Jewish Community in mid-February.

Phil will explain these actions and many other proposals, standing up for peace and security in Israel and the Middle East, how we make our community more united and inclusive, and how we should celebrate our faith and culture as British Jews

There is no charge for this event but for security purposes, please RSVP.

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Mosaic Creative Writing Course

Monday, 31st March @ 10:30 am

Sue Krisman, Mosaic Jewish Community member, is a novelist, playwright and lecturer.  She was formerly Creative Writing Fellow at Reading University and has lectured at Limmud and Spiro’s Ark.

Please join us for the next session, for which there will be a £5 charge payable on the day.

Please email us to let us know you’re coming.  admin@choosemosaic.org 

Drop In And Play Group

Monday, 31st March @ 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

 A drop-in and play group for all kids and their grown-ups on Monday afternoons. There’ll be toys, soft play, and art activities for the kids to explore giving their grownups a chance to have a drink and talk to other parents, carers, and grandparents in the area. The session will finish with story time and songs. For babies and toddlers aged 0 – 4. Please let us know if you’re planning to join us. 020-8864 0133 or email admin@choosemosaic.org