Northwood United Synagogue

2016 2017 2019

Event:

ShabbatUK in Northwood was a truly intergenerational event with a brilliant atmosphere and more participants than ever, as members flocked to enjoy explanatory services, communal meals and the scholarly input of both Rabbi Zerbib and visiting Rabbi Shisler, who spoke about the topic du jour, Shabbat! The Mayor of Hillingdon had such an enjoyable time at Friday Night that he secured himself an invite to Rabbi Zerbib’s induction.

Evaluation from the Chairman:

“Our Friday Night met our objectives on all accounts. We reached out to the local community successfully, we had a good mix of ages across our community, we created a great atmosphere for the service and our Friday Night meal that ran into Shabbat day with explanations as to certain prayers, a big Kiddush, afternoon quiz, Seudah Shlishit and Havdalah. This all played a part in facilitating community bonding.”

Participant Feedback:

“We definitely feel even closer to our friends in the community, and now have an even greater reverence for our great rabbi and his wife”

“We seem to have a full social diary at our shul thanks to the Chief Rabbi’s initiatives which helps us offset certain costs, so that we can organise more events”

“ShabbatUK at Northwood gave me a real sense of community spirit and a better relationship with all age groups within the community”

“There was a great community spirit and sense of closeness from challah baking right through to Kiddush lunch”

Event:

ShabbatUK started with a beautiful Kabalat Shabbat. This was followed by a delicious Friday night dinner, which the whole community enjoyed.

Evaluation from Alan Moss:

Shabbat UK has grown in importance and we have tried to make each one different this year we had 2 great speakers who enthralled and entertained the community which lead to an increased attendance for our Shabbat services

Participant feedback:

“Northwood United arranged a very special and uplifting weekend that the whole community must have enjoyed.”

“Rabbi Shisler is always an outstanding speaker and Rabbi Zerbib’s devars were very informative. His musical input before Kabbalah Shabbat really put me in the Shabbat mood”

Event:

ShabbatUK 2019 at Northwood featured a fabulous Friday Night dinner which attracted over 80 guests! Two guest speakers, Stanley Fink and Dr Charles Landau, entertained the Northwood community whilst they enjoyed a delicious dinner. Shabbat day saw a larger than usual shul attendance which was complemented by a lovely kiddush.

Evaluation from Brian Geminder:

ShabbatUK represents an excellent opportunity for a broad spectrum of our members to get together, for the Rabbi to interact with us and us all to experience a great community atmosphere! Community members were happy with the event and came away experiencing a great feeling of belonging!

Participiant feedback:

“We attended the Friday evening service and meal which was very enjoyable. The speaker, who filled in at the last minute, was very good and it made for a stimulating debate.”

“Our guest speakers Stanley Fink and Charles Landau who were both very interesting and entertaining”