Mitzvah Day
15th
November 2009
LJW President Ella Marks, “Mitzvah Day was a
great opportunity for LJW members to do that little bit extra to help people
in the local communities and it was also good to see our J-Mums groups
getting involved.”
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Bushey Group
Sunday 15th November was Mitzvah
day literally meaning Good Deed Day.
It was a day when Jews up and down the country gave not their money,
but a little of their time to help those less fortunate than themselves.
The Bushey LJW organised a tea party for
residents of Heath House Elstree Road Bushey Heath on Monday afternoon 16th
volunteers donated homemade cakes and visited the home for tea and
entertainment which was greatly enjoyed by the residents.
The group also planted containers of spring
bulbs for the grounds of the home and also for the Kennedy Leigh Centre
Norwood.
Mitzvah Day falls at the start of Interfaith
week and enjoys the support of the whole of the Jewish Community and the
also the Christian, Sikh and Muslim groups who are involved in various
projects across the country.
Chigwell and
Hainault Group
Chigwell & Hainault Group were Collecting food
and toiletries for Jewish Women’s Aid
JMUMS
Two young babies each aged one year from the
new J-Mums Finchley playgroup were among hundreds of League of
Jewish Women members doing good deeds and voluntary work to mark Mitvah Day
this week.
Babies Connie and Mazhiria delighted residents
at Lady Sara Cohen especially Bella who was 100 and Leon who was 97 by
giving out cuddles and coos and presenting them with specially planted
winter pansies. This was the LJW’s Blooming Mitzvah project where black pots
were decorated with coloured stickers by the J-Mums toddlers Joshua, Nina,
Isabel and Sophie at the LJW playgroups at Lady Sara Cohen Finchley
and Princess Alexandra Home Stanmore. The toddlers then planted these pots
with winter pansies.
PICTURES O257 – with Bella aged 100 years
at Lady Sarah Cohen with Connie Citron aged 1 Mazhira Jacobs 1 year next
week and their mums Suzanna and Tara.
0131 and 0129 – the resident is
Leon aged 97 from Lady Sarah Cohen who persuaded 1 year old Connie Citron to
give him a hug for Mitzvah Day.
0211 and 0212 – taken at Princess
Alexandra Home Stanmore show resident Herman with Sam, Harry and Isabel and
mum Melissa
Northwood Group
LJW Northwood were delighted to host a Mitzvah Tea
for members of the Association of Jewish Refugees at the lovely home of
Sally Levinson where she, the Chairman of Northwood LJW Sheila Kempner, and
5 members and Lads were happy to welcome AJR members.
We all enjoyed the Tea and chatting with each other
and it was interesting to learn that one of the AJR ladies now in her 90's
came to England in 1938 and worked at the Foreign Office in 1943 whilst
another aged 83 had recently had her Batmitzvah. In response to a
question about the formation of LJW Sheila said that in 1943 when Jewish
women were working as volunteers in the war effort, some very far seeing
Jewish women felt that a Jewish identity was needed amongst women’s
voluntary welfare organisations and therefore LJW was formed.
Both AJR and LJW members really enjoyed the occasion
and heartily commend Mitzvah Day.
PICTURES
Group picture left to right
LJW members June Samuel, in middle, ( under picture Sally Levinson Hostess
& Former Co Chair with me Sally Fiber far right in pink, current Chairman
Sheila Kempner-Glasman in grey cardigan . Plus members of AJR.
Pinner Group
Pinner Group collected
six trolley loads of
food items at Sainsbury’s and then donated these to the Roxeth Gate YMCA for
Young People in Harrow.
Stanmore Group
Stanmore and Edgware members were collecting
non perishable food for the homeless.
The day was a wonderful success, people were
extremely generous.
PICTURES
Four photos sent two are of Caryll Rose and the other two were from
Stanmore United Synagogue.
Oakwood and
Winchmore Hill and Barnet
Oakwood & Winchmore Hill Group, together with
Barnet Group were collecting toiletries for a local Housing Association.
