Comunidad Israelita de Alicante

MOST RECENT EVENTS

Seder Night 8th April 2009

This year our community got together at the Nuevo Alcazar Restaurant to celebrate a Communal Seder. 46 people took their places for a lovely evening officiated by our member Geoff Hurst ably assisted by Rona his wife.

On arrival at the restaurant Rona handed out copies of the Haggadah to everyone with a portion marked for each of them to read in English when it came to their turn. Rona had worked so hard in the days preceding, marking the correct page with post-it-notes and writing the beginning and end of the portion to be read. This worked amazingly well with some portions running on from one member to another, flawlessly.

Geoff explained the rituals and reasons as we went along and said the various baruchas and prayers. Everyone wanted to participate in some way including the children and we were all made to feel very much part of the service; a real communal effort.

A four course meal was served with contributions from the ladies in the community and after the meal we continued with the service and songs. Geoff thanked everyone for their help and Harvey thanked Geoff and Rona for all their hard work and congratulated them on a most enjoyable Seder. We all hope to be back in the synagogue next year but had no complaints at being at the Alcazar Restaurant this year.

Reporter
Shirley Baehr

The 2008 Garden Party.

The clouds gathered over the mountains, trying to block the sunshine with darkness, and heavy rain. But the sight of the happy crowd gathered in Carole & Harvey’s garden, soon shoo‘ed them away and the sky remained a perfect blue.

The pictures tell a thousand words, well perhaps 50 or so. No need to describe the cheerful gathering at the 4th Annual Garden Party. Enjoyment abounded. From the people scratching their heads for the answers to Andrea and Tony’s baffling quiz – it wasn’t really that difficult!! Jack Grayson won with 16 points and 2nd was Jackie Class with 15 points, think there were 35 entries in all. To the games folk trying to get little coloured balls into even littler holes. Tiger Woods would never be able to putt a ball along a line of bumpy tiles and expect it to plonk into the catcher thingy! No way….. Tiger…..

Thanks as always to the fantastic Organising Teams for ensuring that over 100 members and friends of the Comunidad chatted, ate, drank and racked their brains, in the sunny surroundings of Carole & Harvey’s garden.

Evelyn Adams.