jewish.co.uk offers Jewish jokes, Jewish social diary, Torah (bible) commentary and guides to UK

jewish.co.uk enhances service with new features

Jewish jokes, Jewish social diary, Torah (bible) commentary and guides to UK
Jewish communities now on jewish.co.uk

23 January 2000 - jewish.co.uk (http://www.jewish.co.uk) the UK Jewish
community portal and resource to all things Jewish and more, has added and
is beta-testing a number of new services and features to its continually
expanding site.

The introduction of Jewish jokes, a free listing Jewish diary of social and
cultural events, explanations of the weekly Torah (Bible) portion and
regional community guides further shows jewish.co.uk's commitment to being
the leading Web site for UK Jews and Jewish visitors to the United Kingdom.

The new content complements the existing service that delivers a directory
of UK Synagogues, World Jewish News, Guide to Jewish Festivals, Jewish
Glossary and other Jewish focused features.

The weekly Torah (Bible) commentary is written by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen of
Yakar, a leading religious, cultural and educational organisation. Jeremy
produces the commentary on Thursdays, in an easy to understand style which
describes what people will hear about when they go to Synagogue on Saturday
(the Jewish Sabbath).

The Jewish guide to North East England has been supplied by
JewishNorthEast.org.uk    jewish.co.uk welcomes other communities and
communal
organisations to utilise the facility which allows more people to read about
and discover their communities.

Jewish jokes came as a result of demand from users keen to see the
best/worst Jewish flavoured humour. Only the best/worst will make it to
jewish.co.uk's monthly joke update!

The Jewish Diary is a free service allowing groups and organisations to
advertise their social and cultural events by sending in details via e-mail.

"jewish.co.uk as the UK's first Jewish community Web site is always about
innovating and enhancing its services. We're delighted to start offering
some new and exciting content that integrates so many different aspects of
the Jewish community. From the religious and spiritual side through to
social and cultural, jewish.co.uk reaches out to all in an eclectic and
comprehensive fashion," said a jewish.co.uk spokeswoman.

"Our agenda is about delivering timely and relevant information about Jewish
life in the UK. Whether you live here, come to visit or even if you are not
Jewish but wish to discover more of the rich Jewish history and culture, we
welcome you by saying Shalom."

Notes to editors:

jewish.co.uk, part of the jewish.net network (www.jewish.net) is a privately
family funded Web site set up to provide a resource for the UK Jewish
community which numbers around 300,000 people. The number of UK Jews online
is estimated to be around 90,000 people.

Its goal and key objective is about providing information and services to
meet the personal, religious, cultural, educational and spiritual objectives
of Jewish people working and living in the UK or travelling to the UK.
Through the
jewish.net network, jewish.co.uk serves as the first of future sites to
expand into other key Jewish communities around the world which will be
managed and produced locally following the format and style of jewish.co.uk.

jewish.co.uk allows all Jewish charities to benefit from free banner
advertising and all Jewish businesses and organisations are entitled to free
listings on the Jewish Services Directory.

For further information e-mail: webmaster@jewish.co.uk

Or telephone 07941 208755