Welcome to our Kabalat Torah (Confirmation) Service - Sunday 12 June 2005

Today six young people graduated from our Religion school.  For most this was the culmination of a journey that had begun when they joined the Religion School at the age of five or six.  Many Sunday mornings later they now stood before the congregation to pledge their loyalty to their religion and their people.  In so doing they expressed their thanks to their teachers, parents and friends.  They spoke individually on their thoughts about the past and their hopes for the future.  Topics covered included The Holocaust, The State of Israel, learning, faith, commitment, the performance of Mitzvot, and Jewish status and identity,   It was a great privilege to witness this occasion.  Mazeltov and thank you to Rosa, Anthony, Ben, Sophie, Olivia and Robert.