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Mitzvah Day Pictures 2010
  • David Blitz and Ana Bernstein, both in Year 2 at North West London Jewish Day School, show off the Christmas and Chanukah cards they made for service personnel
  • The Alyth Youth Singers entertained older people of all faiths at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Golders Green.
  • Rabbi Andrew Shaw and Stanmore & Canons Park Synagogue helpers with shopping collected for Watford New Hope Trust for the Homeless
  • Simon Houghton, Church Warden, Golders Green Parish Church; Priya Patel, Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Golders Green; Rabbi Mark Goldsmith, Alyth, North Western Reform Synagogue, Temple Fortune, collected goods from shoppers at Sainsbury's, Golders Green
  • Alyth pupils in Year 6 made table decorations for a charity dinner to be held on World Aids Day
  • Hendon and Finchley MP Mike Freer with Barnet Councillors Melvin Cohen and Andrew Harper help to paint a hallway and flat at Norwood residential accomodation in Oakfield Road, Finchley Central
  • Elinor Bensoussan, Hannah Marks, Elijah Lifton and Zan Appleson-Fiddler from North West London Jewish Day School helped collect goods for the Brent Refugee Forum
  • Year 3 children at Alyth Kindergarten decorated cupcakes for residents of Clara Nehab House, Temple Fortune
  • Volunteers from Edgware Reform and Norris Lea synagogues help paint a mural for Norwood
  • Volunteers from Edgware Reform and Norris Lea synagogues helped out at a host of tasks organised by the Stanmore-based charity Norwood
  • Youngsters from Edgware & District Reform Synagogue, together with the Rotary Club of Edgware, help to plant crocuses as part of the Rotary's campaign to eradicate polio worldwide
  • A group of children aged 7 to 12 from Hendon Reform Synagogue, accompanied by a number of adults, visited Rela Goldhill Lodge Jewish Care home. They entertained the residents by singing, dancing and playing music.
  • Volunteers from Bhaktivedanta Manor gather to pick up litter in Maxwell Hillside Park and Parkfields in Borehamwood
  • In a show of unity, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Srutidharma das of Bhaktivedanta Manor work together during the official launch function in north London.
  • Leaders and representatives from the Jewish, Christian and Hindu faiths worked together to transform the overgrown Rose Field in Radlett.
  • Volunteers helping to clean the New Gokul farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor.
  • Lord and Lady Palmer helped Golders Green Synagogue collect food items outside Yarden, in Golders Green Road, worth around £500, which will be donated to needy families
  • Reporter Suruchi Sharma lends a hand for the Times and Independent Series Mitzvah Day project at Meryfield School in Borehamwood
  • The Times and Independent Series team help revamp a disused space into a wildlife garden at Meryfield School in Borehamwood
  • Mitzvah Day founder Laura Marks with Sewa Day chairman Arup Ganguly
  • Children from the religion school at Southgate Progressive Synagogue collect non-perishable items for the homeless in Barnet, outside Marks & Spencer in Southgate
  • Youngsters at Gilah Nursery, Borehamwood, do their bit for Mitzvah Day
  • Young people from Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue and Confirmation students from St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church in Northwood collected food for the Northwood Live At Home Scheme
  • Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue members visited Jack's Place ward at Northwick Park Hospital with Nick Hurd MP, Rabbi Hillel Athias-Robles, Arup Ganguly (Chairman of National Sewa Day)

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Mitzvah Day Pictures 2010

Thousands of people volunteered for community projects across north London as part of Mitzvah Day, on Sunday, November 21. Do you have pictures from Mitzvah Day? Email Francine Wolfisz at fwolfisz@london.newsquest.co.uk

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