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Jewish secondary schools

Boutique Immanuel aims to bring out the best

The school’s new headteacher and director of education explain their ambitions for the college as it faces the challenge of new VAT charges

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Boutique Immanuel aims to bring out the best

Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

Meet the ‘Zoo Rabbi’ on a mission to explain Judaism through wildlife

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On duty: one of the many CST volunteers who protect Jewish community institutions and events

Safety fears among British Jews leapt after October 7 Hamas attack, new data reveals

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Mill Hill United Synagogue marking Israel's Days of Remembrance and Independence

United Synagogue to poll its members on Israel

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Outstanding Gesher celebrates hat-trick of Ofsted successes

The special school has again received top marks from Ofsted

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September 29, 2025 12:15

Outstanding Gesher celebrates hat-trick of Ofsted successes

Lack of post-war plan for Gaza risks undermining military gains, report warns

The annual Jewish People Policy Institute report takes a closer look at within Israel social cohesion, Israeli-diaspora ties and US-Israel relations

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September 28, 2025 13:49

Gaza City, facing a renewed assault by Israel's army (photo:Getty Images)

Set by Israeli DJ Roi Perez cancelled after Gaza mob points out he is… Israeli

Perez had been due to appear at an East London club night next month

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September 28, 2025 12:53

DJ Roi Perez (Image: Roi Perez Instagram)

Succot observed by one in two UK Jews, survey finds

Celebration of the harvest festival is an indicator of ‘stronger Jewish identity’ in the community

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September 26, 2025 15:13

Toasting Tabernacles: celebrating in a succah

New group aims to give Torah ethics a voice in communal debate

The Jewish Ethics Project has been launched by a group of Orthodox synagogue members

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September 25, 2025 12:10

Championing ethics: Daniel Greenberg (photo: Jon Nguyen)

Nancy Reuben becomes first state Sephardi school

Impact of VAT on fees prompted move into the state sector

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September 22, 2025 11:46

Nancy Reuben Primary School in Hendon

Lords hear pleas to exempt yeshivot from new school regulations

But concerns about their education is also voiced by peers in debate on new Bill

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September 22, 2025 11:10

Lord Lucas (in grey suit) visits protest against School's Bill in Westminster staged by the Rabbinical Committee of the Traditional Charedi Community

Less than half UK Jewry supports two-state solution, new poll finds

But more than two in five under-30s profess support for a binational Israeli-Palestinian state

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September 19, 2025 09:10

Unforeseen consequences: President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Yitzahk Rabin at the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 (Image: Getty)

Ofsted’s new report card welcomed by PaJeS

Jewish school support group says emphasis on inclusion and parental engagement are

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September 17, 2025 16:24

What Ofsted's new school report card will look like

Chasidic boys’ school in Stamford Hill receives good rating from Ofsted

Beis Aharon was once branded inadequate but has now been praised for teaching pupils to be ‘positive citizens’

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September 8, 2025 16:50

illustration: Getty Images

East London shul says Federation charges putting it at risk

Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue has filed a claim against the Federation at the London Beth Din

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September 8, 2025 14:45

Philip Schryber, chair of trustees of Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue

Masorti movement pilots its first siddur

Prototype prayerbook features commentary by Rabbi Louis Jacobs and uses colour to help make services more accessible

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September 5, 2025 12:55

Masorti movement pilots its first siddur

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