Simon Rocker

JCoSS offers wellbeing training for parents

Initiative is part of wider pilot scheme in Jewish schools backed by the Jewish Leadership Council's schools' network, Pajes

Finding a Jewish path to mindfulness

Chasidic masters such as Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira in 20th-century Poland developed their own meditative techniques - and now a number of rabbis are teaching them

JFS sends Year 11s home early to avoid 'muck up day' pranks

Pupils were abruptly told their study leave was beginning early, leaving them 'extremely angry' at being denied annual tradition

New Charedi school criticised over LGBT issues

Report on Shiras Devorah reveals continuing inspection pressure on Strictly Orthodox schools

Hackney council reports progress yeshivah safeguarding

But council believes legislation necessary to monitor unregistered educational institutions

Charity Commission ends inquiry into Lubavitch

Regulator notes improvements after charity's repeated failures to file accounts on time

Board of Deputies welcomes guidance on LGBT teaching

Board says government has taken account of issues raised by faith groups

President of troubled shul stands down, saying the role has been bad for her health

Su Collins tried to bring 'some harmony and stability' to Nottingham Hebrew Congregation

Etgar contest attracts new entrants

Over 200 Jewish secondary school students have signed up for Etgar’s second Israel Challenge

Religious fervour is on the rise and society should recognise it

Possible relief for Charedi schools on LGBT teaching

New Department for Education guidelines say that independent schools must refer to sexual orientation - but may escape enforcement action if breaches of standards are considered only minor

JFS pupils outraged by removal of toilets' external doors

'It’s an invasion of privacy. You can see inside if you walk past'