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Yavneh upgraded to third top comprehensive in Times survey

The school has moved up the rankings on the strength of revised exam figures

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Yavneh students celebrate another successful year for the school

London, UK - 13 June 2023 - The names of those who lost heir lives being read out in front of the COVID 19 Inquiry on it's first day - Rivka Gottlieb is furthest right

I will keep on campaigning for Covid justice

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Every reason to be Sat-isfied: most of the successful Simon Marks year-6 group, 2025

Another 100 per cent – Simon Marks excels again in Sats

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Front-runners: JFS sixth-form students (Facebook)

JFS listed as top comprehensive in Times survey

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Charity Commission extends inquiry into Orthodox charities

The watchdog is investigating the cashing of cheques worth more than £20 million

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December 4, 2025 16:04

Why secular Israelis are turning to Talmud

Rabbi Ayala Deckel teaches classic Jewish texts beyond the confines of the traditional yeshivah

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December 2, 2025 10:07

Learning for all: students at Bina

Lord Hermer: ‘My world view was fuelled by my Jewish values’

The Attorney General was greeted as an ‘ideal representative’ of Progressive Judaism at the movement’s dinner

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December 1, 2025 15:01

Rabbi Rebecca Birk and Attorney General Richard Hermer (Photo: Graham's Photos)

Progressive Judaism reveals £2.2m in donations following launch

‘Historic moment’ celebrated at the dinner for the merger of the Liberal and Reform movements

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December 1, 2025 11:53

Members of the Movement for Progressive Judaism professional team. Rabbi Josh Levy (left) and Rabbi Charley Baginsky (right) (Photo: Graham's Photos)

Jewish leaders welcome lifting of two-child benefit cap

The policy had a disproportionate impact on Jewish community, they said

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December 1, 2025 11:25

A woman pushing a pram in the Stamford Hill (Photo: Getty Images)

Board of Deputies cuts suspensions of two members involved in FT Gaza War letter

Philip Goldenberg and Robert Stone can return to the Board next month after making a ‘suitable apology’

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November 27, 2025 15:47

A copy of the Financial Times (Getty Images)

I have just had my bat mitzvah… at the age of 33

Sascha Lavin had little Jewish upbringing but became determined to embrace her religious heritage as an adult

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November 23, 2025 11:36

Reading the Torah: Sascha at her bat mitzvah with LJS's Rabbi Igor Zinkov

Menorah High on top again in GCSE league tables

The strictly Orthodox girls’ school was the highest performing among Jewish schools

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November 21, 2025 13:20

Esther Pearlman (right), head of Menorah High School for Girls, showing then Education Secretary Gillian Keegan around in 2023 (photo: courtesy)

I never intended to be a rabbi: How Rabbis Shlomo Levin and Joseph Dweck found their pulpit

Two leading Orthodox rabbis revealed how they came to accept their vocation

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November 17, 2025 11:28

Rabbi Joseph Dweck in conversation with Rabbi Shlomo Levin (Photo: Bobby Bray)

You can’t always keep politics out of the pulpit

Rabbis can’t be expected to shy away from contentious issues

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November 16, 2025 11:54

Zohran Mamdani (centre), the radical Democrat who was elected Mayor of New York earlier this month (photo: Getty Images)

Gateshead elects its new rabbinic leader

Rav Yisroel Mantel won almost unanimous support on Thursday

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November 14, 2025 10:53

Gateshead elects its new rabbinic leader

Applications to London Jewish secondary schools expected to peak in 2026

Demand rose for places this year – and could be even higher for next year

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November 6, 2025 13:51

Oversubscribed: JFS (school website)

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