By, Simon Rocker
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BySimon Rocker, Simon Rocker
The JW3 community centre celebrated its first anniversary with a fundraising dinner which was short on speeches and long on entertainment.
Topping the line-up on Monday night was the veteran British comedy writer Barry Cryer, who described himself as "virilently pro-semitic".
He was in conversation with TV producer Dan Patterson, creator of Mock the Week.
JW3 founder, the philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield, said she was "terribly happy" about the planned merger with the London Jewish Cultural Centre. "It's going to be fantastic together."
JW3 board member Lloyd Dorfman said that, when the centre opened, they had hoped for 60,000 visitors in the first year - in fact, 200,000 visits had been made.
The merger, he said, "would be a moment of community history".
Guests at the dinner included Danny Cohen, BBC director of television, and wife the author Noreena Hertz, and Tricycle Theatre chairman Jonathan Levy.