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Recipe: Zesty gluten-free lemon and almond cake

By Lisa Roukin, February 10, 2012

Serves 10
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

● 175g softened butter
● 175g caster sugar
● 100g ground rice
● 1 tsp baking powder
● 175g ground almonds, sifted
● Zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
● ½ tsp vanilla extract
● 3 medium eggs

For the drizzle
● 2 unwaxed lemons, grated and freshly squeezed

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The Torah Revolution – Fourteen Truths that Changed the World

By Rabbi Reuven Hammer, February 9, 2012

Jewish Lights, $24.99

The Rights of "Strangers"

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PB for Josh

February 9, 2012

Josh Newman recorded a personal best on his way to gold at the national trampolining championships in Hatfield.

Newman, 13, raised the bar by achieving three PBs and claimed an unprecedented nine full marks from the judges to qualify for the under-15 national finals in Birmingham in July.

He also looks set to represent GB at the European championships in St Petersburg in April.

An excelle

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Table turns

February 9, 2012

Plans have been announced to run a first-ever national shul table-tennis league and knock-out championship starting in March.

Organised in association with Maccabi GB, the competition will feature an under-17 and an open event, with players of all standards welcome.

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Morasha buys site for school

February 9, 2012

The Morasha Jewish Primary has acquired the former Barnet College site in Stanhope Road, North Finchley, for its new premises and hopes to move in later this year, subject to the completion of refurbishment.

Once the school moves, it will be renamed the Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary, honouring Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, "who has done so much for the development and expansion of Jewish education and

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Gove marks JCoSS very

February 9, 2012

The student parliament at JCoSS has been a hot political ticket of late, with a visit from Education Secretary Michael Gove following Labour leader Ed Miliband's tour of the cross-communal Barnet school.

Pupils told Mr Gove of their parliamentary achievements over the past year and the minister noted with interest their favourite lesson - a history-based version of Deal or No Deal.

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Camp Simcha's chair lift

February 9, 2012

Long-time Camp Simcha supporter Julian Taylor is the new chair of the charity, supporting children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

Visiting the head office team, the former Kerem Primary governors' chair said it had been "inspiring learning about the extraordinary effect Camp Simcha's varied support services and activities can have on these families' lives.

"I have a pass

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Raising a glass to growing sales

February 9, 2012

More than 600 people came in from the cold in central London on Monday evening for a warming taste of the best in kosher wine and spirits.

The drinks were on Kedem Europe, which hosted the Kosher Food and Wine Experience at the Park Lane Hotel.

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Noam's fans in high places

February 9, 2012

Education Secretary Michael Gove, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks sent admiring messages to the annual gala dinner of the Noam Primary School.

Contributing to the dinner brochure, Mr Gove wrote that the Wembley-based school's "unique approach to teaching a combined secular and religious curriculum has clearly paid off as the most recent excellent SATs results have shown".

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WJR aiding Mumbai

February 9, 2012

A £230,000 grant from World Jewish Relief will help 400 Mumbai Jews with disabilities to find better jobs and enjoy an improved quality of life.

Around 1,200 non-Jews will also benefit from the Building Enabling Communities project, focusing on training, advice and contact-building.

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£4m fund will help survivors in need

February 9, 2012

A £4 million fund was launched this week to provide essential support to UK-based Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazism.

The Six Point Foundation has been established with some of the money generated by the disposal of the assets of the Otto Schiff Housing Association, which worked with survivors.

It is estimated that it will be operational for up to seven years, or until all the fun

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Is the peace process over with handshake between Fatah and Hamas?

February 9, 2012

The agreement between Fatah and Hamas for a Palestinian unity government, to be headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, almost certainly signals the end of the short-lived attempt to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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Champagne and gossip - my life with Lucian Freud

February 9, 2012

The National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the life and work of the late Lucian Freud by holding a major retrospective of his drawings and paintings, which opened yesterday. Lucian died last summer, aged 88.

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The wrong target

February 9, 2012

Last week, our columnist, Geoffrey Alderman, wrote about Parrs Wood High School in Manchester. He attacked an article about Israel in the school magazine - for which the headmaster subsequently apologised - and two fundraising events at the school for Human Appeal International, a Manchester-based charity that, in the view of the US State Department, has links to terrorism.

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