The High Holy Days are a time of reflection and connection, reminding us of our duty to care for one another and the world around us.  It is an opportunity to invoke the Jewish values of tzedakah, giving what each of us is able to give and of tikkun olam, repairing the world.

Since the last High Holy Days, our new spaces are open and filled with services, events and meetings during the week and on Shabbat. We hope that you have had the opportunity to see and use these spaces and feel a renewed sense of pride in Alyth. The focus of this years’ High Holy Days Appeal is being changed. We are raising funds for the Alyth building. We have a beautiful new building, funded by a £3.5million loan from CAF Bank, that needs to be repaid.  We need your help and ask that everyone in the community who is able to, gives to the best of their ability. Please look out for the Building Appeal leaflet which you will receive in the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with details of how you can donate.

This is a time of renewal and coming home for our community.  Whilst bringing the building work to completion has been a priority, we remain committed to helping those who need our care and assistance.  We are able to do this with your generous donations to the Alyth funds which are at the heart of our communal giving.  These contributions enable us to support the varied needs of Alyth members of all ages, as well as projects and causes beyond our communal necessities. You are welcome to donate to these funds as well as the Building Fund.

 

The Clergy Jewish Participation Fund ensures that all of our members are able to lead full Jewish lives through participating in programmes and activities that are run and organised by Alyth and by other external organisations, without finance being a barrier to participation.

The Clergy Jewish Participation Fund provides support for members of every age who may need financial assistance to come to our Kindergarten, to go on Alyth and other Summer schemes or Israel Tour, to attend weekends away and other Jewish community conferences and events.

 

The Alyth Community Care Fund supports those who need dedicated support, activities and social interactions. It also funds welfare and wellbeing activities, and provides financial support at critical moments to those who
need it most.

Community and mutual care is more needed than ever before – being able share a meal, have a chat, and see one another at services and weekly activities. With funds from the Community Care Fund we are able to offer a varied programme of social and cultural activities, transport services to bring people to and from Alyth, and that extra bit of professional help when it’s needed most.

 

The Social Justice Development Fund was established to express the value of tzedek (justice), supporting ongoing and new social justice projects that members of our community lead or in which we partner with other communities.

This fund is a vehicle for Alyth to address social, racial, and economic justice through our support for refugees, homelessness, the environment and the development of strong interfaith relationships locally and further afield.

 

The Alyth Charities Fund is set up to enable our community to support a range of external charities and causes. We do this by giving small grants to discrete projects, locally, nationally, in Israel, and the wider world. It also allows us to respond promptly to emergency appeals. The fund enables us to live the important value of tikkun olam (repairing the world) and to work together with like-minded organisations who are committed to creating a better, safer world.

Applications are welcome from external charities and from Alyth members on behalf of charities that they care about.

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