12:00 – 18:00
Come and browse over 20 stalls of wonderful craft work including paintings, ceramics, pottery, sculpture, jewellery, glasswork, handbags, knitted and embroidered and other handmade garments, cards, luxury handmade bath products and miscellaneous craft works. There will be a café selling delectable home made cakes and goodies and a structured play area for children with face painting and activities.
11:00 – 12:00
How did Jewish communities respond to the revival of classical forms in Renaissance Italy in the sixteenth century, and to the larger-scale, rhetorical language of the Baroque, which spread from Rome to northern Europe over the next 150 years? We will look at peculiarities of planning in the Sephardic synagogues of Venice and Padua, their influence in Amsterdam and London, and at the richly ornamented prayer-halls of Poland-Lithuania. Alyth member Dr Gordon Higgott is an independent architectural historian who researches drawings and design practice in early modern Britain.
09:00-10:00
The Sunday morning Shacharit service starts at 9.00am in the Synagogue library. It is a welcoming, inclusive, lay led service that includes time for discussion, learning and praying together. Many take the opportunity to lay Teffilin at this time.
After the service, the group meets for a bagel and coffee in the kitchen.