At 7:30pm on Sunday 6th July - a cookery demonstration followed by a 'have a go' session under the watchful eye of a chef who trained under Gordon Ramsey and Mark Sergeant at Claridges. Then enjoy a meal surrounded by friends at Sugar Snap, 451 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4TJ.

The cost is £28pp including the demonstration, your take-home dish, three-course meal, one drink and coffee. Please book your place by contacting Rochelle at Sugar Snap; telephone 020 8421 5550.

Suzanne Lynn writes: Last Wednesday [18th June] our choir hosted a delightful evening in which we learned new versions of Adon Olam and Eyn Keloheinu as well as practising other, more familial parts of the Shabbat service. It was a great pity that so few members of the community took up the invitation to come along as it really was a very pleasant and relaxed experience. David Martin says that the choir would really like it if more congregants would join in with them, and this is an excellent opportunity to learn how to do so.

Adult Learning at MNS: The Rosh Chodesh Group (for and about Jewish women) will meet on Wednesday 30th July at 8.15 pm in the Synagogue. Join us as we study our new book 'Written out of History: our Jewish Foremothers' by Sandra Henry and Emily Taitz.

The sleeve notes tells us: The authors remind us of a heritage of Jewish women as property owners, traders, teachers, scribes, printers, poets, queens and commoners – proving without a doubt their presence as a vital force in the march of the Jewish people.