Our three Kol Nidrei Appeal charities this year are Alma Primary School, Manna in Israel and our own community Kol Nefesh.  Many thanks to Andrew Bowman for delivering this year's appeal. Andrew's letter is reproduced below.

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To make your donation contact our administrator, Elaine White, on admin@kolnefesh.org.uk.

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Help Us Build a Future Rooted in Hope

October 2025

 

Dear Members and Friends,

 

During the holiday period from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur and Succot, we are reminded that our tradition
is built on hope—hope for a kinder world, a stronger community, and a better future for those in need.

This year’s Kol Nidrei Appeal supports three causes that embody this hope:
Kol Nefesh, our own extraordinary community, built on egalitarian values, kindness, and shared
responsibility for the next generation. A community without a building of our own, we nonetheless
transcend place through a range of activities, study and the involvement of all our members in these
activities and our democratic inclusive ethos. We punch above our weight in the wider Masorti movement where several of our members serve or have served in positions of authority including as co-chair of the movement nationally. Yet, while the donations from the Kol Nidre appeal are very much appreciated, they are needed now, more than ever, to enable us to balance our finances so that we can continue all our charitable activities both within and outside the community.

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Alma Primary School, a beacon of inclusive Jewish education that nurtures children from across the
community and beyond. We are all aware just how much educational budgets are being stretched as
never before: in common with other Jewish schools, parental donations are much lower than they have ever been and yet small schools like Alma Primary are expected to do more than ever before. Alma faces a deep financial challenge, as many of its families struggle to donate, costs are rising, and the money the school receives from government is simply not enough to allow them to provide the inclusive Jewish education which we know makes a difference.

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Manna, a lifeline for vulnerable people in Israel who rely on its food programmes to meet their most
basic needs with dignity. Supporting Manna also strengthens our connection with Israel in a deeply human way. While headlines may speak of politics or conflict, we are reminded that at the heart of our relationship with Israel are the people—our people—who rely on solidarity and compassion from their global Jewish family.
A grass roots operation of kindness and compassion, a source of hope for those in need and a heart-
warming manifestation of the very best of civil society in Israel, Manna needs more funding to continue to fill the increasing gap in government funding while it wholeheartedly provides material help with dignity and hope to all who turn to it for help.

These initiatives depend on us. Your gift - large or small - will directly strengthen education, fight hunger, and sustain our community’s future.

Please give as generously as you can so that together we can continue to build “Olam Hesed Yibane” — a world built on kindness by completing the form on the reverse stating your preferred split between these three charities.

Wishing you a year of peace, health, and blessing.

Shana Tova,

Andrew