Simon Rocker

Free school bid rejected for being too Jewish

Department of Education argues curriculum will fail to ‘prepare children for life in Britain’

Confusion over free school applications

Jewish schools organisation says it may have it wrong in claiming Department of Education had turned down both bids

Upset over proposed JCoSS entry changes

Proposed changes to the entry rules for JCoSS, which would restrict the number of places guaranteed to local residents and benefit the siblings of former pupils, have drawn protests from parents.

Jewish primaries score highly

Sixty-eight per cent of children in the 30 state-aided Jewish primaries reached the expected standards in reading, writing, grammar and maths

Mirvis reveals details of synagogue walkout

The role of women in Orthodox synagogues has become increasingly sensitive for the United Synagogue, with renewed controversy last month over partnership minyanim

Mayim to skip Limmud

New Ofsted verdict for JFS

Two years after a negative report shocked JFS, the school has received far more positive results.

Jewish roots of socialist French election hopeful

Vincent Peillon is bidding to take President Francois Hollande's place but few believe he will make the run-off

Gov't adopts definition of antisemitism

Jew-hatred will include claims that Israel is a racist state or that Jews have divided loyalties

Report: rabbi key to mixed-couple recruits

Intermarried American couples whose wedding was conducted only by a rabbi are far more likely to be involved in Jewish life than intermarried couples where this was not the case, according to a new study.

Mixed messages from Muslim poll

More British Muslims believe that Jews, rather than Al Qaeda, were responsible for the 9/11 atrocity in New York although the numbers subscribing to the antisemitic myth remain well below one in 10.

Campus debates ‘intimidating and toxic’

Jewish students in the UK can often find campus debates on Israel aggressive, intimidating and toxic, according to a new report this week.