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Meet our ChatanimMalcolm Peters and Terry Feingold first met at a dis- is moored in a lake in Bedfordshire, giving them plenty of op-cussion group at Rabbi Robinson’s house, whenthey were both quite new members of the shul. They hit it off well and became firm friends, although read- ing between the lines there might be a little competitiveness in this relationship.They are ski nuts, spending every spare moment they can manage either water skiing or snow skiing. Terry has an apartment in a French ski resort, and they share a boat whichTerry Feingold Chatan TorahTerry feels he remains something of an immigrant. Born in Manchester in 1960, and living there until he was 24 years old, he still preserves a slight northern twang in his speech – although his friends and family in Manchester claim he speaks southern now. He remains a proud Manchester City enthusiast and is unconcerned by being surrounded in shul by Spurs supporters, as he says it’s a decade since they’ve had anything to get very noisy about.After King David and Stand Grammar schools, he graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and landed a management job at Woolworths. He became frustrated at the way the com- pany moved staff around the country and he decided to settle in London working in investment management. He retired earlier this year.His wife Lorna hails from Liverpool, and has served on the Board of Management. They have a son Lewis and a daughter Amy, both in their early twenties.Terry initially lived in Hendon and Finchley, but after marrying Lorna in 1989, they worked their way “as far north as possible with a decent shul”. It is churlish to name the shuls they tried and disliked, but we can be pleased that they ended up in Barnet in 1999.We talked about antisemitism and the fact that some politicians are quite unsympathetic to JewsTerry says that the shul is very friendly, and he feels more comfortable here than in any other London shul he has attended. Within a day of him and Lorna moving in the area the shul got in touch to welcome them. He is a rea- sonably regular shul attender, averaging about once every two or three weeks. Before coming to Barnet it wouldn’t have occurred to him to go to shul at all, except for the High Holy Days.Like Malcolm, he was surprised and pleased to be selected as one of the22 Ma Chadash | Rosh Hashanah 5779portunity to indulge the two sports.Malcolm claims diffidently that he is a better water skier than Terry, but admits that on the snow Terry is rather better. Terry raised an eyebrow over Malcolm’s views, but with an air of mischief said that he was too modest to comment. We will never know the truth. This friendly rivalry has its good points, as they seem to be egging each other on to make a good show of the leining.PAUL LANG PHOTOGRAPHY


































































































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