The new WAM - How it began

Sometime in early February 2007, the New WAM will reach its first anniversary. We have to work on it though, because right now, no-one knows the precise date for certain.

We will have to do some detective work, and will be happy for all the help we can get.

We can work back from the date of the BSBI "meeting" to decide on shul location. We know this was January 29th, 2006 - see Introduction to EC Forum.

In the wake of that meeting, there was a widespread reaction of outrage and antagonism to the BSBI leadership and its supporters. At the time, Nathan Kirshtein needed to attend minyan to say Kaddish. He did not feel he could approach such an occassion meaningfully by attending services downtown, so he called on friends to come to his home for Mincha and Maariv services. For morning services, he attended the school shacharit services at AHA.

Somewhere along the line, Nathan and several others decided to hold Shabbat services in the neighborhood, and with that things got under way.

We need a fix on the first Shabbat when services were held, and also want to know what the Parsha was. When we have this sorted out, we can begin to plan the 1st Anniversary Shabbat of the New WAM. In the meantime, go to question of the week, and tell us what you remember of "How it all began . . . "

Mazel tov, and best wishes.