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Are Jews an ethnic minority?

A BBC report said there was no one from an ethnic background among the top-earning broadcasters. But was it right?

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Sacks and Goldstein support Mirvis

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Panel: Dweck can remain as leader

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Mayor blocks Hasmo redevelopment

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Now high schools get the quiz bug

Rabbi Jonny Goodman, says Beat the Clockwill offer year 7 students something to “infuse them with love and passion” for Jewish learning.

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July 14, 2017 14:03

Concern over US rabbi’s Reform slur

Rabbi Moshe Freedman made derogatory remarks about Reform Judaism on BBC Radio 4

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July 14, 2017 13:18

End in sight to the Dweck affair?

A panel of senior rabbis is now deliberating how to resolve the controversy over the Sephardi leader

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July 13, 2017 11:52

New Jewish school for Brighton?

According to the last Census, in 2011, there were 2,670 Jews in Brighton.

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July 12, 2017 18:46

Goldstein is new US president

'Change candidate' is new leader of Britain's largest Orthodox body

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July 11, 2017 09:09

Israeli blacklist includes five UK rabbis

A list of ministers whose rulings on Jewish status are not accepted by the religious authority has surfaced

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July 10, 2017 16:04

Israeli blacklist includes five UK rabbis

Gateshead Rav to speak at shul of Dweck critic

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman will give a talk on Thursday at the synagogue of Rabbi Aaron Bassous

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July 10, 2017 13:11

Gateshead Rav to speak at shul of Dweck critic

Gateshead Rav told to withdraw Dweck criticism

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo, founder of an independent Orthodox institute in Jerusalem, has called on the Gateshead Rav to retract his comments

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July 7, 2017 14:58

Gateshead Rav told to withdraw Dweck criticism

Report -'Faith groups do a better job than government'

The Woolf Institute report also calls on governments to take firmer action to stop online abuse of minority groups

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July 7, 2017 11:36

Report -'Faith groups do a better job than government'

Uncomfortable realities behind synagogue numbers

Beneath the raw statistics on synagogue membership in the UK lies a more complex picture

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July 7, 2017 11:33

Unauthorised school reopens despite warning

Ofsted says it has issued warnings against three unregistered Jewish schools in Hackney

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July 7, 2017 11:18

Unauthorised school reopens despite warning

Shul membership falls 20 per cent

While the Orthodox middle continues to be squeezed, Charedi communities have more than tripled their share of the synagogue market.

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July 4, 2017 17:29

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Simon Rocker

Latest from Simon Rocker

Are Jews an ethnic minority?

Sacks and Goldstein support Mirvis

Panel: Dweck can remain as leader

Mayor blocks Hasmo redevelopment

More from Simon Rocker

Now high schools get the quiz bug

Concern over US rabbi’s Reform slur

End in sight to the Dweck affair?

New Jewish school for Brighton?

Goldstein is new US president

Israeli blacklist includes five UK rabbis

Gateshead Rav to speak at shul of Dweck critic

Gateshead Rav told to withdraw Dweck criticism

Report -'Faith groups do a better job than government'

Uncomfortable realities behind synagogue numbers

Unauthorised school reopens despite warning

Shul membership falls 20 per cent