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Jewish Leadership Council

JLC launches fund to support projects for young Jews

Research has highlighted the effectiveness of peer-led programmes for youth and young adults

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Carolyn Boghush and Bill Benjamin, co-chairs of the JLC's task force on young Jews

It’s out at last… the new Sacks Chumash

3 min read

A Palestinian baby receiving a check-up in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Yunis earlier this month (photo: Getty Images)

UK announces more aid to Gaza

1 min read

Police make fourth arrest in London over alleged crypto-scam

1 min read

The Progressive rabbi who wants to launch a new yeshivah in London

Rabbi Benji Stanley has given up a comfortable pulpit to pursue his educational dream

4 min read

August 31, 2025 10:38

Passionate about Torah: Rabbi Benji Stanley

Upbringing has a more enduring influence on Jewish identity than education, report finds

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research survey also found that Israel programmes had ‘a limited impact on Jewish identity outcomes’

3 min read

August 26, 2025 11:41

Jewish upbringing - rather than education - was found to have the most long-lasting impact on Jewish identity (Photo: Getty)

Orthodox rabbis issue challenge to Israeli government over Gaza

British-linked religious figures join call for ‘moral clarity’ and criticism of Jewish extremism on West Bank

2 min read

August 21, 2025 17:04

Leading call for moral clarity: Rabbi Yosef Blau (photo: David Khabinsky/Yeshiva University)

Is there a raison d’etre to diaspora life?

We speak to senior United Synagogue Rabbi Dr Michael Harris on the eve of his aliyah

4 min read

August 17, 2025 10:18

Rabbi Dr Michael and Judith Harris at Hampstead Synagogue

United Synagogue minister sacked after arrest loses employment tribunal claim

Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman of New West End Synagogue was dismissed for inappropriate touching and posting violent videos

2 min read

August 12, 2025 10:39

Mosque warned by charity regulator after ‘encouraging support’ for Hamas

The Commission has revealed that it has opened cases into 300 charities after the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas

2 min read

July 31, 2025 16:55

Central Oxford Mosque (photo: Google Streetview)

The rabbinic court helping women to break free from the chains of abuse

The International Beit Din believes rabbis have more power to release agunot than is often thought

4 min read

July 30, 2025 11:59

UJIA doubles income in year after October 7

Emergency appeal for Israel has so far raised £8 million, showing the community’s ‘deep and ongoing generosity'

2 min read

July 24, 2025 17:35

UJIA representatives at Pitchon Lev, a UJIA emergency appeal partner, which helps Israelis with food and basic needs (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography)

The Who is a Jew conundrum that Israel continues to dodge

The latest attempt to restrict the Law of Return won’t be the last

4 min read

July 18, 2025 09:00

Trying to tighten the borders of Jewish identity: former Israeli deputy minister Avi Maoz of the nationalist religious party Noam (Flash90)

Nearly a quarter of Americans find attacks on Jews ‘understandable’

The figure is ‘unacceptable’ says head of ADL which commissioned survey

1 min read

July 13, 2025 12:15

Rabbi Marc Soloway, the British born leader of Congregation Bonei Shalom in Boulder, Colarado, comforts attendees at a community gathering two days after a Molotov cocktail attaack on a rally for the hostages (Getty Images)

Live to give: the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s guide to achieving emotional wellbeing

A new book offers some of the practical advice the Rebbe gave to some of the many people who turned to him

4 min read

July 13, 2025 12:03

Evidence of UK antisemitism ‘stunned us into silence’, say authors of new report

Tackling anti-Jewish hatred is urgent issue, say John Mann and Penny Mordaunt

1 min read

July 13, 2025 11:15

Alarmed: Commission on antisemitism co-heads Lord Mann and Penny Mordaunt

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Latest from Simon Rocker

JLC launches fund to support projects for young Jews

It’s out at last… the new Sacks Chumash

UK announces more aid to Gaza

Police make fourth arrest in London over alleged crypto-scam

More from Simon Rocker

The Progressive rabbi who wants to launch a new yeshivah in London

Upbringing has a more enduring influence on Jewish identity than education, report finds

Orthodox rabbis issue challenge to Israeli government over Gaza

Is there a raison d’etre to diaspora life?

United Synagogue minister sacked after arrest loses employment tribunal claim

Mosque warned by charity regulator after ‘encouraging support’ for Hamas

The rabbinic court helping women to break free from the chains of abuse

UJIA doubles income in year after October 7

The Who is a Jew conundrum that Israel continues to dodge

Nearly a quarter of Americans find attacks on Jews ‘understandable’

Live to give: the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s guide to achieving emotional wellbeing

Evidence of UK antisemitism ‘stunned us into silence’, say authors of new report