Enhancing the 'emotional health' of the community
Relationship problems, bereavement, illness, unemployment, low self-esteem, sexuality and gender - all are issues which can adversely impact on emotional well-being. For more than 35 years, a Jewish...
View ArticleLondon Bridge Hotel
Having discovered that the hotel is no more than a two-minute saunter from the tube and, more importantly, the culinary smorgasbord that is Borough Market, we were well up for our capital getaway. And...
View ArticleManchester's big leap is to try to become more united
It is said that there are three Jewish communities in Greater Manchester - north, south, and Charedi. The former is the longest established, the south attracts some of the more affluent community...
View ArticleRadisson Blu Edwardian
Arriving at your hotel before midday, the best-case scenario is normally that reception staff deal with check-in formalities and arrange storage for luggage so you can go about your business...
View ArticleDuke of Cambridge pays tribute to Jewish Care at charity's 25th anniversary...
The Duke of Cambridge paid a glowing tribute to Jewish Care at its 25th anniversary dinner tonight. Addressing 1,500 people at the event at Alexandra Palace, the Duke praised "the real and loving care"...
View ArticleNorwood offers guaranteed jobs to JCoSS students
Norwood and the Jewish Community Secondary School (JCoSS) are joining forces on a pioneering health and social care BTEC, which comes with a job guarantee for graduates.For the East Barnet school, the...
View ArticleRoyal Jewish Care dinner raises over £5 million
Jewish Care’s 25th anniversary dinner has raised a record £5.1 million.More than 1,500 supporters attended the event, held at Alexandra Palace, at which the Duke of Cambridge lavished praise on the...
View ArticleBournemouth hotel, the Green Park, to star in documentary recalling its glory...
Where thoughts of summer holidays now turn towards Israel, the Caribbean and America, it was once the height of exotica for British Jews to contemplate a week away in Bournemouth. Because, for a...
View ArticleWhy the Swiss are such good sports
Chocolate, cheese and clocks. None too shabby a triumvirate, granted. But what else does a major Swiss city have to offer? Quite a lot, as I discover after arriving in Lausanne, a 40-minute train ride...
View ArticleLiving in a small community: 'There is no need for a welcoming group - you...
With the Anglo-Jewish population increasingly concentrated in north London and the Hertfordshire suburbs, it is easy to forget that Jewish life exists, and in some cases thrives, in small regional...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon tells Scottish Jews: 'one instance of antisemitism is one too...
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recognised the fears of the Jewish community over rising antisemitism, telling a meeting at Glasgow's Giffnock and Newlands Synagogue complex that one...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon: ‘I stand with you against antisemitism’
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recognised the fears of the Jewish community over rising antisemitism, telling a meeting at Glasgow's Giffnock and Newlands Synagogue complex that one...
View ArticleDoubleTree By Hilton London Docklands
Rotherhithe might not be the obvious getaway destination. But this renovated and freshly rebranded waterfront property could change opinions, not least for those wishing to make a night of it after a...
View ArticleCameron praises award-winning volunteer
A grandfather from Bushey who has helped more than 100 people find volunteering work across London through the Jewish Volunteering Network has been named a Point of Light award winner by David...
View ArticleTargeting a rise in mitzvot as the good deeds go global
The walls of Mitzvah Day's north London offices are plastered with targets for the continued development of the annual day of good deeds and its associated year-round projects.Interviewed by the summer...
View ArticleScots win 'no fly' zone after flag row
The outgoing Glasgow City Council leader has told Jewish community members that the Palestinian flag will never again fly above the city chambers.At a meeting at Glasgow Reform Synagogue on Monday,...
View ArticleGlasgow: Numbers fall but hopes are high
Cosgrove Care, supporting those with learning disability and mental health issues, is one of a variety of organisations providing welfare, social and cultural activities for the Glasgow Jewish...
View ArticleBasel: If it's good enough for Herzl
If a two, or even three centre holiday is not enough, then how about a three nation afternoon? It's one of the intriguing possibilities thrown up by a short break in Basel. On a walking tour of the...
View ArticleCorinthia Hotel
It was no coincidence that film director Wes Anderson checked into the Corinthia before shooting The Grand Budapest Hotel. Its ornately mirrored lifts suggest the splendour of a bygone era while also...
View ArticleStar-studded opening to UK Jewish Film Festival
The 19th UK Jewish Film Festival got off to a glitzy start on Saturday evening as stars of the gala premiere, Closer To The Moon, joined 300 movie fans for a reception and screening at BFI on the...
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