Berkshire Jewish News (Toldot 5777)

Announcements
 
Mazal tov to Oded and Romi Ran, on the birth of a daughter Myla Summer Ran.
 
Mazal tov to Elias and Ewa Kupferman on the birth of a daughter, Amber-Anne.
 
Volunteers Needed to share a cup of tea and a chat with older members of our community who are housebound and crave a bit of company (and might be very good company too!).  If you can help or need visiting, please email shira@jcob.org.
 
 
JCoB Shul
 
Friday night services during the winter months will be at 5:30pm.  Everyone is invited to an Oneg Shabbat on Friday 9 December.  To book your place, please email shira@jcob.org. 
 
Our next formal Shabbat morning service will be on Saturday morning 17 December.  See above for a full list of dates.  On all other Shabbat mornings, why not join us for JCoB-I, a chance to daven more informally and learn together.
 
Thanks to a generous donation, there is currently no charge for children, students or low income adults attending meals at JCoB Central.  
For working adults, suggested donations are: Dinners £15 Fancy lunches £10.  Light lunches £5.
We welcome your sponsorship so that we can continue to offer hospitality.
 
Social
 
The Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group will meet again on Thursday 1 December 8pm at the home of Judi Lyons.  The topic will be Chanukah.  New faces are always welcome.  Email roshchodesh@jcob.org for directions and to get on the Rosh Chodesh email list.
 
Reading welcomes back Ashley Blaker, who will be performing his new show, Meshuga Frum, at South Street Arts Centre, Tuesday 31 January, at 7:30pm.  Tickets can be obtained from http://www.readingarts.com/south-street/whats-on/ashley-blaker-meshuga-frum
 
KOSHER FOOD NEWS
 
Just Kosher (justkosher.co.ouk) will be delivering food to Reading on Sundays 4 and 18 December.  If you need only a few items or urgently need challot or other essentials, contact Rebbetzin Shira on 07931747316 or shira@jcob.org.
 
CHOLIM

We publish a list of sick people (cholim) every week so that the community can pray for their recovery.  For reasons of privacy, this is not published online but is in the emailed version of the newsletter.   
Please keep us informed so that we can keep this list up to date.