Roux helps to cook up a heartwarming night
Two television personalities featured prominently in educational charity Langdon's annual dinner at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.One was double Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jnr, whose Channel 4...
View ArticleMeal with wine? Try the charity shop
Changes in communal charity shops in recent years have included modernised outlets that look comfortably at home in the high street, retailing top brand names that attract the fashionistas.Now mental...
View ArticleBrum role depends on recruitment policy
There is not a space to be had in the car park of Birmingham's main Orthodox synagogue, Singers Hill. But the vehicles are not those of shul-goers. They belong to commercial parkers, taking advantage...
View ArticleLights, camera, action - the sky is the limit
There are two dozen of us standing on an otherwise deserted Norwegian beach in sub-zero temperatures staring up at the nocturnal sky. Not the standard finale to a short break. But then not every...
View ArticleA musical revelation in Camden Town
From Al Jolson to Mark Ronson, musical history is awash with Jewish performers, producers and impresarios.But did you know that the gramophone, and indeed the record, were the inventions of Emil...
View ArticleBig projects need younger donors
Financial problems have not deterred charities from embarking on ambitious projects.Jewish Care is undertaking major schemes in Redbridge, Hendon and Stanmore, which will incorporate substantial...
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Special report: Charities at breaking point
Communal welfare charities are facing unprecedented problems at a time of record demand for their services, a JC investigation has found.Leading providers are having to raise millions more to take...
View ArticleRevealed: the secret life of a 50-year-old care home
Leon Smith is sitting on one of the benches at the back of the Clara Nehab House garden.The verdant area is small by the standards of Nightingale House, where Mr Smith was chief executive for many...
View ArticleTaking Mitzvah Day to a broader demographic
Leaders of Mitzvah Day are targeting unaffiliated Jews to widen involvement in the November weekend of good deeds.A revamped website will help groups or individuals not involved in communal life to...
View ArticleEmployment service is doing a better job
An advice and support service which helps Jews to find jobs is reporting an improved employment picture.From January to July, 160 clients of north London-based Resource found work, a rise of 58 on the...
View ArticleSuper agent's new deal
Jon Smith - self-proclaimed "first of the football super-agents" - is much in demand as a talking head, pontificating for TV and radio on the state of the market. As he well knows, it is all good...
View ArticleDublin benefits from overseas aid
An introductory panel at the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin quotes from the Annals of Inisfallen in 1079 "that five Jews came over the sea - and they were sent back again".In recent times, Jews,...
View ArticleThe JC at 175: The atmosphere was akin to that of a library, only quieter and...
Difficult though it is to credit now, in Jewish terms the only way was Essex in the 1970s. So much so that the JC started a weekly Redbridge Extra insert to attract new readers from the then thriving...
View ArticleThe Merrion
On a short break in Dublin, one hotel gives you your cultural fill without needing to set foot outside. Not only is The Merrion steeped in history, its four Grade I listed Georgian townhouses including...
View ArticleSydney tests them young
Professor Edwin Kirk, medical director of the education and screening programme at Sydney schools, attributes its success to community ownership."They don't just fund it. They have very real input into...
View ArticleMitzvah Day is underway as thousands pledge to work together
Mitzvah Day is in full swing around the world with 40,000 volunteers, including 25,000 in the UK, engaging in social action projects. This year's UK event is focusing on building bridges with...
View ArticleMitzvah Day around the UK
Mitzvah Day 2016 involved over 40,000 volunteers, including some 25,000 in the UK, engaging in social action projects.This year's UK event focused on on building bridges with interfaith projects...
View ArticleMitzvah Day: A day of action with ever-broadening appeal
As key Mitzvah Day personnel enjoyed its awards party at JW3 in Finchley Road on Sunday night, the breadth of the reach of the social action enterprise was all-pervading.The screening of video messages...
View ArticleMitzvah Day Extra - More of your pictures from around the UK
Mitzvah Day 2016 involved over 40,000 volunteers, including some 25,000 in the UK, engaging in social action projects.There were 1,200 Mitzvah Day projects in the UK alone.There are many more pictures...
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