Cash boost for Aim Habonim

A wealth management company has helped a Manchester Jewish specialist school for severely disabled children overhaul new premises.

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Broughton school head quits

Salford’s Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox primary is to lose its head-teacher and embark on a major shake-up of its leadership structure.

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Fears of a Co-operative Group Israel boycott

Concerns are growing over the possibility of a full-blown Israel boycott by the Co-operative Group, which currently restricts only produce from Israeli settlements in its supermarkets.

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Fear that Co-op boycott could spread further

An Israel boycott by the Co-operative supermarket could deepen if a key pro-Palestinian campaigner wins her election bid today (Friday) to become a company official.

Pia Feig, 59, was behind the boycott of Israeli professor Moti Cristal, whose ban at a Manchester NHS conference as an Israeli is currently being challenged by legal action.

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Manchester cemeteries are pooling resources

Manchester’s synagogue burial boards are joining forces to oversee landscaping and staffing for seven burial grounds.

Initially operating on a one-year trial, the North Manchester Jewish Cemeteries Trust will be applying for grants and Lottery funds. But trustees are urging local Jews to recognise their “communal responsibility” by making donations.

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Liverpool welcomes dynamic rabbinic couple

Dan and Liat Lieberman are the new rabbinic couple at Liverpool’s Allerton Hebrew Congregation.

Rabbi Lieberman, 25, was associate minister at South Manchester Synagogue. His goal is to build a “bright future” for young Jews on Merseyside and the congregation of 200 member families.

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Manchester Jewish Housing Association unveils housing proposals

Elderly local people and families struggling with affordable housing are being invited to register interest in a new £2.3 million social housing project.

The Manchester Jewish Housing Association has revealed further details of its redevelopment of Mamlock House, the former home of Zionist organisations in north Manchester which MJHA bought last year.

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Leeds delighted as secondary school plan is approved at second attempt

A Jewish high school in Leeds could stem the exodus of young families to larger Jewish centres.

It was second time lucky for the proposers of the free school, after an initial application was rejected in 2011. It will open next year, growing to a 175-place school with sixth-form provision in the heart of the local Jewish community in Alwoodley.

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Liverpool opens refurbished mikveh

Liverpool’s Childwall Hebrew Congregation is promoting its refurbished mikveh in a bid to attract brides and young couples.

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Oldham terror trial reaches its endgame

After three weeks of evidence at the trial of the Oldham hairdresser, Shasta Khan, who stands accused of a terrorist plot against Jews in Manchester, the prosecution and defence have closed their arguments.

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