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Chidon HaTanach

British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

Michal Rowe said it felt ‘surreal’ to win the Chidon HaTanach

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British teen crowned champion of international Torah quiz

Martin Di Maggio at the Congregation of Humanistic Judaism in Detroit

The alternative siddur for ‘God-optional’ services

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Rabbi Paul Freedman of Radlett Reform Synagogue

Herts Reform and Liberals announce plans for merged Progressive community

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Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue windows by John Petts. The building has just received a grade II listed status (Photo: C20 Society)

The accolade of a listed status can be an unwanted gift

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Immanuel’s acting head appointed as its new leader

Dan Endlar has been running the school for the past six months since joining it at the start of last year

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April 23, 2025 10:14

New head of Immanuel College Daniel Endlar (photo: Ian Jones)

Could the UK’s largest Orthodox synagogue body have its first woman president?

The United Synagogue will elect a new lay leader this summer – and the race has begun

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April 16, 2025 13:09

United Synagogue presidential contenders; (from left) Saul Taylor, Marc Meyer and Claire Lemer

Where UK Jews agree – and disagree – after October 7

Attachment to Israel has grown but a significant minority has misgivings about the war

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April 10, 2025 12:31

A protestor wearing a flag of Israel marches against anti-Semitism in London (Getty Images)

After six years Cardiff Reform finds a rabbi

The only Progressive congregation in Wales has not had a permanent rabbi since before the pandemic

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April 10, 2025 11:46

Bound for Wales: Rabbi Martina Loreggian (photo: Zoe Norfolk/Leo Baeck College)

DNA tests could be sparking a rise in conversions

Reform Beth Din head says more people discovering they have Jewish ancestry are finding a home in Judaism

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April 9, 2025 17:28

Through DNA tests more people are learning they have Jewish ancestry (Photo: Getty Images)

Pay a shekel – and get to vote who represents us in Israel

Elections to choose British delegates to the World Zionist Congress in autumn will take place this summer

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April 7, 2025 13:13

Rabbi Lea Muhlstein, chair of the Zionist Federation and former chair of Arzenu, the world Progressive Zionist movement

Outstanding Jewish studies teaching ‘the norm’ at Yavneh Primary

Unstinting Pikuach praise for Hertfordshire school

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April 6, 2025 13:31

Enjoying a strong Jewish education: pupils at Yavneh Primary (photo: Zoe Cooper)

Government should have accepted VAT exemptions for strictly Orthodox schools, court told

The blanket tax on independent schools discriminates against religious communities and other groups, lawyers have argued this week

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April 3, 2025 16:28

Independent schools like Menorah Grammar in Edgware now have to charge VAT on fees

Yeshivot may go part time to avoid registration, DfE says

Having an intensive religious education should not prevent children having ‘suitable’ secular tuition also, the government argues

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April 3, 2025 12:42

Protesters in Westminster last year against the Schools Bill (Photo: Rabbinical Committee of the Traditional Charedi Chinuch)

Ofsted plaudits for ‘happy’ Menorah Foundation

Two Orthodox Barnet primaries commended at recent inspections

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April 2, 2025 16:33

Menorah Foundation head Holli Hunter

Jewish families involved in legal challenge to VAT on private schools

The High Court is to hear a claim that the government’s policy is a breach of human rights

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March 28, 2025 11:59

Lord Pannick QC, who will be presenting case against the government at the High Court (Photo: Getty Images)

A quarter of US Jews no longer practise Judaism as adults, new survey finds

But compared to some other faiths, Judaism retains a high retention rate

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March 27, 2025 15:33

Pesach shopping in Kansas (Photo: Getty Images)

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