BJRC’s Garden Party took place at the home of Janet and Jeff Gee on 1 July 2012. The event was attened by more than 30 people from across the Bournemouth Community.
Photos courtesy of Josephine Jackson.
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Every year the anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel is enthusiastically celebrated by the members of the BHC and the local community, this year was no exception. The Menorah Suite was packed with more than 150 people from Bournemouth’s Jewish community, as they came together to celebrate the occasion and enjoy the wonderful Israeli food catered by the local kosher restaurant Falafel.
The evening started with some interesting audio-visual presentations prepared by Stephen White. After the meal the ladies of the Israeli Dancing class performed, which was followed by Lawrence Cohen entertaining everyone with his singing of traditional Hebrew songs, ending with the singing of the Hatikvah.
The raffle prize was a large bowl made and donated by the local potter Rosemary James. The prize was won by Marilyn Dexter.
It was a very enjoyable evening which raised £815 for the Israeli Paralympic team. Our thanks go to Audrey and Alan Kneller, Ruth and Louis Markham and Jonathan Kay for organising this event.The whole Bournemouth Jewish Community look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries of Israel’s Day of Independence.
Photos courtesy of Nigel Blumenthal
In November of last year Geoffrey Feld suggested that we should organise a golf day in support of the new Dementia Wing of the Hannah Levy House. A similar event had been organised in 2006 and had raised a considerable amount of money. Geoffrey’s suggestion was enthusiastically supported by the members of the Wessex Jewish Golf Society and a small committee was setup comprising of Susan and Geoffrey Feld, Alan Argeband, Jeffrey Cohen and Mahir Ozdamar.
The plan was to organise a big golfing event at the Canford Magna Golf Club near Bournemouth. After months of planning and hard work, we were more than a little apprehensive about the weather as the day drew closer.
The event was very well supported by individuals and local businesses alike. A number of individuals committed to travelling down from London and several well-known local businesses agreed to support the event by contributing players, sponsoring holes or by placing advertisements in the event brochure.
Finally the golfing event took place on Monday, 18 June 2012 and we were blessed with the most glorious sunshine. After the weeks of rain we have had, this surely counts as a minor miracle. 52 golfers took part, playing in 17 teams, which represented one of the biggest fields we have ever had in Bournemouth. Rhona and Leon Taylor did an excellent job of registering all the golfers and later on collating the results. The course was in great condition and the greens were true and fast. Everyone had the most enjoyable game of golf and was very appreciative of the cold drinks and snacks provided by Alan Argeband’s granddaughters Bianca and Melody at the 10th tee.
After the completion of the golf games the golfers, their partners and guests relaxed at the club house over a few drinks catching up with old friends and make new acquaintances.
Alan was our MC for the evening and Wessex Jewish Golf Society Captain Jeffrey Cohen together with Susan presented the prizes to the winning teams and individuals.
Following the prize giving, the raffle was drawn with the winners walking away with whisky and other attractive gifts. After that Alan auctioned two Tottenham Hotspur shirts, donated by Harry Redknapp the now ex-manager of Spurs, signed by the whole team and the manager.
The event was a huge success and raised in excess of £30,000 for the Hannah Levy House Dementia Wing. The HLH Trust and the event organisers would like to thank everyone for taking part and for their most generous support.
Photos courtesy of Leon Taylor.