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EVENTS & COMMENTS30 JEWISH TELEGRAPH Friday April 9, 2010

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Couple are hot property✰ALICIA LINDSAY and JONNY COHEN married

almost two years after being introduced byfriends.

The ceremony was conducted by RABBI SHLOMOELLITUV at the Sha’are Hayim SephardiCongregation, Didsbury.

Alicia, who works in property, is the daughter ofCAROLE and MILTON LINDSAY, of Winchmore Hill,London, while lawyer Jonny is the son of LAURENCEand BARBARA COHEN, of Cheadle.

Best man was the groom’s brother DAVID.Bridesmaids were AIMEE COHEN, LOLA LINDSAY,TALIA GEE, MEGHAN KEIZNER and LOIS KEIZNER.Pageboy was RAFI SALEEM.

The groom’s grandfather USHER COHEN joined inthe celebrations, as did guests from America, France,Israel and Australia. After a honeymoon in theMaldives, the couple have settled in London.

✰LAW student TIMO-THY LEIGH is takingthe law into his own

hands with a mobile phoneapplication.

A student at the Manches-ter’s College of Law, Timothy isthe brains behind iLegal, amobile phone app which con-tains the revised text of everyitem of UK legislation evermade — from the Magna Cartato the latest 2010 Acts.

“I got the idea when I wasdoing a legal research projectduring the Legal PracticeCourse,” said the former KingDavid High School deputy headboy.

“It was so time consumingand boring — I knew that I

could come up with a bettersolution.”

It has taken the Whitefield-based student three-months tocreate iLegal, which becameavailable for purchase on theiTunes App Store earlier thisweek.

The app is aimed to help legalprofessionals and law studentsalike by providing access tolegislation without needing toconnect to the Internet.

The app is available for theApple iPhone, iPod Touch andApple’s new iPad.

Timothy hopes the app willalso have a wider appeal to his-torians and even members ofthe public.

“I’m extremely excited to seethe project finally come to a

head,” said Timothy, who hashad to juggle development ofthe app with his legal studies.

He added: “It has taken a lotof time and effort to get to thispoint. It was a very steep learn-ing curve.”

But Timothy, 22, isn’t phasedby the pressure of attending lawschool while managing the appand already has plans to createmore applications.

“I was brought up surroundedby gadgets, so once I had theidea I just had to see it through.

“The project will provide mewith an additional revenuestream while I continue tostudy the LPC and search for atraining contract.”

� www.ilegalapps.com TIMOTHY LEIGH: Juggled studies with developing mobile phone application

Timothy’s ‘app’will put law inpalm of hand

STAR ATTRACTION: Joanne Koffman, HeatherFletcher, Lillian Venet and Kay Murray with WhistleDown the Wind’s Jonathan Ansell

✰MEMBERS of the Jewish Theatre Companyand Prestwich Amateur Dramatic and

Operatic Society joined forces for Whistle Downthe Wind at the Manchester Opera House.

Jewish Theatre Company membersHEATHER FLETCHER and LILLIAN VENETand PADOS’ JOANNE KOFFMAN and KAYMURRAY appeared on stage as townsfolk in theANDREW LLOYD WEBBER show set in 1950’sLouisiana.

The production starred former G4 memberJONATHAN ANSELL in the lead role.

Quartet’s Whistle stopat the Opera House

Bangor seder guestsregaled by tales froma 1949 haggadah✰EIGHTEEN people celebrated Pesach in Ban-

gor at the third annual communal seder runby the North Wales Jewish Network.

Participants came from as far afield as Vir-ginia, America, as well as Manchester, Holyhead,Pwhelli, Porthmadog, Bangor and Llandudno.

Bernie Blank, a volunteer in the Israeli War ofIndependence, regaled participants with thereading of a 1949 haggadah that he had kept sincethe service in Israel when the troops were cele-brating victory.

Bangor University senior lecturer Dr NathanAbrams, who helped organise the seder said: “TheNorth Wales Jewish Network continues to thriveand I am delighted that we are gaining new mem-bers all the time.”

SEDER WITH A TWIST: Habonim Dror members joined together to take part in theJewish youth movement’s annual Zero Seder at its Crumpsall headquarters. Sixteenmembers took part in the culturally Jewish seder and read from Habonim’s culturallyJewish haggadah, which includes all of the normal prayers and stories, but alsoalternative blessings

Emma following in hergrandma’s footsteps toland dance school place✰SHE may be only

sweet 16, butEMMA CAPLAN hasthe world at her feet.

The Grammar Schoolat Leeds pupil, who hasbeen dancing since shewas three, has her sightsset on the future as sheprepares to focus onmaking dancing her cho-sen career.

And she is followingin her grandmother’sfootsteps after beingawarded a place at theNorthern Ballet Schoolin Manchester.

Em ma takes balletlessons at HeadingleySchool of Ballet and alsoreceives private tuitionfrom grandmother GILLCAPLAN, who is a for-mer professional dancerand current internation-

al dance adjudicator.“I suppose I’m fortu-

nate because grandmagives me personallessons in dancing tech-nique and also advice onthings which I canimprove upon.

“She’s an excellentteacher,” said Emma.

During the three-year

Manchester course,Emma will be concen-trating on all types ofdancing, specificallyjazz, tap, repertoire,musical-comedy anddrama.

Emma, the daughterof ROZ and PHILIPCAPLAN, also plays theviolin, loves music andhas also mastered twolanguages, French andGerman.

While in Manchester,Emma will be living instudent accommodation.

“The school has beenpreparing students forprofessional careers indance for some 33 yearsand the course is wide-ranging and intensive,so I suppose that meansno more wild parties,”she joked.

DANCINGQUEEN: Emma Caplan