Mervyn Beth
Mervyn was educated at City of London School, where he was appointed Senior Jewish Boy with responsibility for Jewish assembly and ran the Jewish Society
He was barmirtzvahed in Hammersmith Shul where he gained his first experience as a Warden’s assistant.
Mervyn married Dee in 1973 and moved to Kenton. They were active members of Kenton Shul and Mervyn served for many years on the Council of Management. They moved to Pinner in 1987 and for a number of years helped to run the children’s services.
Mervyn and Dee have been regular volunteers with Jewish Care where Mervyn often takes Shabbat and YomTov services and also assisted in the development of the new Jewish Care siddur. He was presented with the ‘Distinctively Jewish Award’ at the 2024 awards ceremony
Mervyn is a qualified Accountant and was, until recently, a partner in a firm of Chartered Accountants based in Stanmore. He is in the process of retiring and now has more time to enjoy golf and bridge and is an enthusiastic Arsenal supporter along with his 3 sons and 6 grandchildren.
Anthony Sultan
Anthony has been a member of Pinner Shul for almost 30 years. He grew up in Hull and moved to London in 1994 where he met and married Elyse who was raised in Pinner, a couple of years later.
He has three children, Seb, Oli and Arianna who are now all in their twenties having been brought up within the Pinner community.
He has always believed Pinner is a very special community, with warm, friendly, provincial vibes which he believes is a great asset.
He may have been born in Yorkshire with links to Hull, have a greying beard and married to an Elyse but rest assured he’s definitely a chartered accountant and not our Rabbi!
Edna Terret
Edna and her husband Norman have lived in Pinner since 1983. They have 2 children and 6 grandchildren, who unfortunately all live abroad.
Edna first became involved in the shul in 1988 when she became Chairman of the shul nursery (Gan Pinah) and served for 2 years. From 1990-1992, she was Director of Youth & Community and was responsible for introducing the annual Yom HaShoah event, a Young Married’s group and the Tea-Time Club.
She served on the shul board from 2009 for 12 years where she was responsible for various different portfolios, including fundraising, Kumsitz events, house committee and supervising the caretaking team. After a two-year break, she has come back as Vice Chairman full of ideas and enthusiasm.
For more than 40 years, Edna was involved at many levels of JLGB finally retiring in 2017.
She now spends her spare time playing bridge!
Dee Beth
Dee grew up in Cricklewood and attended WalmLane shul. She married Mervyn in 1973 and moved to Kenton. Dee went to school in Harrow and always wanted to live in Pinner – in 1987 her dream came true when they moved and joined Pinner Shul
Dee and Mervyn are blessed to have three sons, three daughters in law and six grandchildren, four girls and two boys. Dee and Mervyn have been on the rota for running services at The Princess Alexandra Home (now Anita Dorfman) for about nine years – Dee has also been in the Girl Guide movement for 52 years in various roles.
Dee is a qualified accountant and has run her own company since 1986 and she also now offers her services and knowledge as an external Finance Director. Her hobbies include cooking, entertaining, theatre, ballet, travel and reading.
Martin Grossman
Martin and Penny came to Pinner in 1984 and rapidly became very active within the community.
Currently in his fourth period in office as a Warden, Martin has been a Shul Council/Board Member for much of the intervening period. He loves the friendliness, absence of cliques and egalitarian ethos of the Community.
Martin is proud to have helped create an Executive Team including women to manage the Community, years ahead of such arrangements being sanctioned by the United Synagogue.
Professionally an electronics engineer, having held a variety of commercial roles in the electronics and communications markets, he currently helps companies to gain certification to ISO Management Standards.
Penny Grossman
Penny grew up south of the river and lived in Cheam Surrey where she was involved in the Sutton Community from an early age, teaching at the Hebrew Classes.
When Martin and Penny moved to Pinner in 1984 with two small daughters, Penny was soon involved with the Pinner Hebrew Classes, eventually becoming Junior Headteacher and subsequently overall Headteacher. She has served on the Board of Management/Shul Council on several occasions and was also Chair of Governors of PJK for a short time.
As Women’s Officer she would like to increase engagement of all women of all ages in the Pinner Community.
Penny is still working, primarily acting as the Practice Manager for a medical consultant. She loves to spend time with her grandchildren. She enjoys entertaining, ballet and the arts and still manages to participate in a ballet class weekly.