A thriving Jewish community, a stately home, independent shops and championship golf courses can be found in Leeds 17.

Leeds 17 is home to some of the most affluent areas in the city, which offer a high level of services and activities to match. Moortown, Shadwell and Alwoodley each encompass a large majority of the Leeds Jewish community and some of the finest golf clubs in the region.

The Leeds 17 postcode is highly aspirational and is home to a range of independent stores providing goods and services not readily available elsewhere in Leeds.

Simon Brown, a youth worker at The Zone, speaks to Katherine Howard about the youth centre’s role in the Leeds Jewish community and why home is where the heart is.

JLife’s Wedding & Valentine’s Day Special 2010 is packed with ideas, inspirations and tips for your big day or Valentine’s Day celebration.

With the wedding season underway and Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there’s no time like the present to start planning your big day or making arrangements for 14th February. JLife’s Wedding & Valentine’s Day Special 2010 features everything you need to help create your fairytale wedding. There are listings of top local suppliers, from kosher catering and quality venues to production specialists and beauty experts, who can help ensure your dream day comes true.

Arek Hersh MBE, who last month was awarded the Special Achievement Award at the LJWB Leeds Jewish Community Pride Awards, speaks to JLife’s Katherine Howard about surviving the Holocaust and educating future generations.

“And that was a little bit of my wartime experience,” says Arek Hersh MBE as our interview comes to a close. A huge understatement and a retort at the assertion made by fascist leader Le Pen that the Holocaust was ‘a detail of history’ (which is also the title of Arek’s autobiography). For the past 13 years Arek has devoted his time to educating young people about the Holocaust, speaking at schools and colleges around the country as well as twice monthly talks at the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire. For several years he was involved in taking young people to Poland for Unison, the public service trade union. “It’s important for me to educate people about what actually happened to me. I lost 81 of my family – that’s just one story, many people lost everybody as well,” he says.