Simon Rocker

Second Jewish free school bid rejected

Department of Education turns down Kavanah College bid, days after blocking Barkai application over "disproportionate" amount of Jewish studies in curriculum

Limmud: Everyone catered for at a cross-communal gathering with an extra festive flavour

Four thousand doughnuts have been stockpiled in Birmingham as the city plays host for the second time to the biggest annual Jewish education event: the Limmud winter conference.

Does any Jewish school stand a chance after this?

How to share your Chanukah light online

This year, social media becomes part of the Chanukah tradition .

The neo-Chasid in search of God

When Rabbi Arthur Green was invited to take part by an American magazine in a symposium on belief last year and asked whether he believed in God, he began with an exclamation: Phooey!

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.