15 November 2016

Members of The Liberal Synagogue Elstree fought off 11 other teams to win the hotly contested Liberal Judaism Annual Inter-Synagogue Quiz.

Held at Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue on Sunday November 13, a dozen teams tackled taxing, but entertaining, questions on wide-ranging subjects.

Finchley Progressive Synagogue finished second with the hosts coming third. Last year’s winners, The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, tied for fifth with a group representing Liberal Judaism’s Board of National Officers.

At the end of the event, Rabbi Danny Rich – Liberal Judaism’s senior rabbi – announced that next year’s quiz would be hosted by fourth-placed Southgate Progressive Synagogue.

Winning captain Michael Reibshield said: “It was great to see lots of teams taking part, and it was a really good quiz with some excellent, although often tricky, questions. We worked hard to bring the trophy back to Elstree and look forward to defending it in Southgate next year.”

The quiz was hosted by Robert Voss, who wrote and presented the questions. Richard Conradi ran the scoreboard and the abundant catering was organised by Isobel Gordon and Renee and David Simmons, with Michael Gordon co-ordinating the day.

Michael Gordon said: “The scoring was tight at times, but there was no catching the team from Elstree, who won fairly comfortably in the end.

“They received the Geoffrey Davis Trophy from LJ Quiz founder Geoffrey himself, who informed us that this was the 50th such event. Elstree were also presented with tubes of Smarties for being smarties!”

Read about the history of the LJ quiz here.

Winning captain Michael Reibshield

[Photo Credit: Victor Shack]