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Nightingale merger formalised

May 3, 2012

The merger of the Nightingale and Hammerson care homes was formalised on Monday.

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Mental illness charity joins forces with Jewish Care

By Simon Rocker, May 3, 2012

The Jewish Association for Mental Illness is to merge with the community's largest social services provider, Jewish Care, in September, resulting in what both charities believe will be an improved mental health provision.

Golders Green-based JAMI "will not be swallowed up", its chief executive Laurie Rackind insisted. It would retain its name, operating as an agency of Jewish Care.

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Langdon gets £400k windfall

April 27, 2012

A memorial fund for a British and world Maccabi leader has distributed £650,000 to improve the lives of young adults and children with disabilities.

Landgon - supporting young adults with moderate learning difficulties - has received £400,000 from the Pierre Gildesgame Memorial Fund.

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How deaf and blind Yossi found his voice

By Jessica Elgot, April 27, 2012

Yossi Samuels is a current affairs devotee, a qualified wine-taster and an expert on cars.

But the 35-year-old Israeli is also blind, deaf and largely confined to a wheelchair, able to communicate only through sounds and by outlining Hebrew letters on his brother's palm.

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Alesha says Norwood's GOT TALENT

April 27, 2012

Norwood's Capital to Coast cycle challenge is a hit with singer and Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon (pictured, back row centre with Norwood staff and service users).

Ms Dixon was at the London Eye for the launch of the event - supporting both Norwood and the Down's Syndrome Association - which offers participants a choice of four routes to Brighton.

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Blackpool shul sells for £100k

By Jonathan Kalmus, April 27, 2012

The Blackpool Synagogue building has been sold for in excess of £100,000, exceeding estimates.

Overlooked by Blackpool Tower, the 1916 Grade II-listed synagogue had been expected to fetch between £50,000 and £75,000 at auction last Thursday.

However, the auction was called off when an unidentified buyer submitted a higher prior offer.

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Liberals make a push for growth

April 27, 2012

Liberal Judaism is set to become "less polite and more pushy" about its achievements in its efforts to reach both Jews and non-Jews.

The commitment was made by chief executive Rabbi Danny Rich to the movement's biennial conference in Gloucestershire at the weekend, attended by more than 260 members.

Leaders aim to convey Liberal Jewish values and practices with greater clarity across its 35

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Leeds closes in on secondary

By Jonathan Kalmus, April 27, 2012

Leeds has moved closer to having its first Jewish secondary school with a free school application reaching the final interview stage.

Jewish community education leaders have been invited to the Department for Education for clarification of plans for a 210-place secondary school on the Brodetsky Jewish Primary campus in Alwoodley.

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Naming their primary

April 27, 2012

In the week leaders of the South London Jewish Primary School project attended the crucial interview stage at the Department for Education, a competition was launched to find a new name for the school.

Local residents, Jewish community members and registered families are being asked to suggest possible titles, along with their reasoning.

If the application to the DfE is successful, the schoo

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Pinner group hears the poignant case of an Auschwitz survivor

By Jay Grenby, April 27, 2012

The MOVING story of a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was relayed to the 450 people at Pinner Synagogue's Yom Hashoah commemoration.

Czech-born Zdenka Fantlova was incarcerated in Terezin, Auschwitz and finally Bergen-Belsen, from which she was liberated. She was the only survivor from her immediate family.

She recalled being initially incredulous at the atrocities she witnessed.

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