After 49 years at their Cazenove Road headquarters, the Jewish Deaf Association in London moved into its brand new headquarters and Community Centre in North Finchley. The new building, named Julius Newman House after Julius Newman (deceased) who originated the idea of a centre for Deaf Jewish people, offers a games room with table tennis, pool table and library, technology centre with computers, communal rooms for education and training including signing and lipreading classes and will also host the Koleinu, a social and cultural group for Deaf Jewish children and youth. Also planned is social events and a Day Care Centre serving kosher meals. Evelyn Gee, daughter of the late Julius Newman, headed the several years of planning, searching, and eventually the 15month long building project which cost 600,000 pounds (about $930,000 U.S.).
