Membership 5785

Membership & Community Letter of Anshei Shalom for 5786 (2025-26)

Dear Kahal HaKadosh

This past year has been busy as Anshei Shalom continues to thrive and be a source of spiritual growth for our community. Thanks to your partnership and your help, Anshei Shalom continues to fulfill its mission of providing a positive and vibrant spiritual and social place of torah for our families and the broader north-west London Jewish community.

5785 has been a year of investments and initiatives as we have launched a number of new projects to cater for our ever-evolving community. Our Wednesday evening Kollel has been a tremendous success. Our youth programme (avot u’banim, haftarah preparation) has been complemented by a Shabbath teen gemara session which together with a new dedicated ladies shiur have elevated Shabbath afternoons and seuda shelisheit at Anshei Shalom. This past year we have also put a greater emphasis on our young professionals with a number of dedicated Friday night dinners which have received very strong reception and answered the need to “be together”.

Youth continues to be a key focus and source of our success. 5785 was another year of record bar and bat mitsvot celebrated and a meaningful increase in attendance from young students and professionals. In addition, 5785 saw a material milestone in the first wedding of an Anshei Shalom’er “born and raised” which is a testament to our strength and longevity, with many more to come, B’H.

We want to continue to grow and promote the torah values of authentic orthodox sefaradi Judaism that have been at the core of Anshei Shalom since its creation just over 22 years ago. We want to build on the momentum we saw this past year and launch a number of new initiatives and projects in the year to come. To do this we need your support more than ever by attending our minyanim, by joining as members and by donating.

Our costs over the past year have increased across the board driven by continued investment to improve what we offer to the community (hazanout, kiddushim, events) as well as the overall inflation we have all experienced. Our annual budget now stands at c. £250k+ with very little room for manoeuvre as more than 75% of our costs are fixed. The annual memberships together with the Yamim Noraim pledges represent the overwhelming majority of our annual source of funding, which are critical in order to meet our budget. We need your financial support to continue.

This year we have embedded our membership forms on the website so make sure that you fill in and submit the form below including ticking the Gift Aid Declaration. For all the ways to donate to us and to settle your memberships please visit https://www.anshei-shalom.com/donate. If you pay by standing order please update the amounts with your bank.

To book your seats for the Yamim Noraim, please visit https://www.anshei-shalom.com/event/YNbooking2025 and secure your place as soon as feasible as capacity is limited.

On behalf of the whole Kehilah, we would like to thank you for your continued support and to wish you and your family only good health, S’machoth and Berachoth for 5786.

Tizku l’shaniim raboth and Thank You!

With warmest regards

Marc Touboul

For and on behalf of Anshei Shalom:

Rabbi E Fhima

Haskell Elias – Trustee

Bob Hayim - Trustee

Aaron Nejad - Trustee

Membership Form 2025-2026

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