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Anna Sheinman

Anna Sheinman

Registered: 13 September 2011
Location: Central London

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Mitzvah Day relocates

By Anna Sheinman, May 20, 2013

Mitzvah Day is moving to JW3, the new Jewish cultural centre in London’s Finchley Road.

It will transfer next month from JHub in West Hampstead to the JW3 building, which will open officially in September. Mitzvah Day head Laura Marks said the move “represents our next stage of growth”. The Union of Jewish Students also has its offices on the site.

Hotel Chocolat co-founder offers his ten steps towards chocolate heaven

By Anna Sheinman, May 20, 2013

Peter Harris co-founded the luxury chocolatier in 2004 and has watched it grow from one store in Watford to 74 shops worldwide, a boutique hotel and a cocoa plantation in St Lucia — with a revenue of £63 million last year. Speaking at a Norwood dinner, he told guests:

1. Forget research

Gefiltefest 2013 in pictures

By Anna Sheinman, May 20, 2013

The highlights of Gefiltefest 2013 at the London Jewish Cultural Centre on Sunday May 19.

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Dead Sea scrolls scholar dies after cancer battle

By Anna Sheinman, May 17, 2013

The man who translated the Dead Sea scrolls has died of cancer, aged 88.

Professor Geza Vermes was one of the first scholars to study the scrolls when they were discovered in 1947, and wrote the standard English translation.

As professor emeritus of Jewish studies at Oxford, he was also known for his research into the Jewishness of Jesus.

Israeli independence 65 years ago today

By Anna Sheinman, May 14, 2013

Sixty five years ago today, on May 14 1948 at 4pm, a day before the British Mandate in Palestine was due to expire, a Jewish state was established in Israel.

David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the state of Israel at the Tel Aviv Museum and, the next day, the Israeli War of Independence began.

May 13: Happy Hummus Day!

By Anna Sheinman, May 13, 2013

Celebrate Hummus Day by eating it and tweeting it using the hashtag #hummusday

Find out more at www.hummusday.com

Lawyer fined for saying "she couldn't stand Jewish people"

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

A lawyer who said that she “couldn’t stand Jewish people” in an office rant in the presence of a Jewish colleague was found guilty of discrimination by a tribunal.

Danielle Morris, 34, has been fined £2,500 and ordered to pay £5,250 in costs for the remarks, which were made in 2009, said a judgment that was published this week.

Dead Sea Scrolls professor dies

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

Dead Sea Scrolls professor Geza Vermes has died aged 88 of cancer.

Prof Vermes was the Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at Oxford, best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewishness of Jesus.

Sharon Berger 'doing well' after bone marrow transplant

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

Critically ill grandmother Sharon Berger has received a bone marrow transplant, in the culmination of a four month campaign to find her a donor.

Following the transplant on Thursday, her son Jonni Berger said “all is going well so far”.

Drugsline charity relaunches

By Anna Sheinman, May 10, 2013

Drugsline, the UK’s only Jewish charity dedicated to helping substance abusers, has reopened thanks to a new partnership with Norwood.

The charity will be working in seven schools — including King Solomon High School in Ilford and Hasmonean High School — to teach pupils about addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling.

Bristol resurgence brings Hillel back to city

By Anna Sheinman, May 9, 2013

A new Hillel House is to open in Bristol, providing kosher accommodation for students in the city for the first time in eight years.

The last Hillel closed in 2005 due to low demand, but a surge in Jewish students applying to universities in Bristol has driven the demand for kosher housing.

Shoppers win as new kosher butcher opens

By Anna Sheinman, May 9, 2013

A new kosher butcher has arrived in north London, and while shoppers may be smiling, not everyone is happy.

Shefa Mehadrin was until last week a Manchester-based butcher licensed by Manchester Beth Din.

Now it has opened a branch in Golders Green, just yards from established kosher stores, including glatt kosher butchers Menachems and Gross.

Nicola Mendelsohn named Facebook Europe chief

By Anna Sheinman, May 8, 2013

Facebook has named prominent advertising executive Nicola Mendelsohn as its new head of European operations.

Ms Mendelsohn is the owner of advertising agency Karmarama and formerly the first female president of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).

Now living in Finchley, she was born in Manchester, where her mother, kosher caterer Celia Klein is still based.

Seaton Jewellers attacked in armed robbery

By Anna Sheinman, May 7, 2013

A jewellers in North Finchley was attacked in an armed robbery on Tuesday morning.

Police were called to Seaton Jewellers on North Finchley’s High Road at 9.15 on Tuesday morning after the owner and a staff member were attacked by a man in a balaclava holding a knife.

It is believed that the suspect entered the shop through the rear of the premises, the Metropolitan Police said.

Leaders promote vaccination after 41 cases of measles reported

By Anna Sheinman, May 6, 2013

Strictly Orthodox rabbis met a senior Hackney public health official on Thursday to discuss the rising number of measles cases in the community.

Statistics released by Public Health England (PHE) this week record 41 cases of measles within the capital’s strictly Orthodox population since the beginning of the year.