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Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Even those once implacably opposed to the idea now argue they don’t go far enough

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Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Progressive Judaism leaders Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy meet Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel

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Pinner bound: Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman

Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman are Pinner’s new rabbinic couple

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Charedi protest against out-of-school register Bill in Westminster, March 2024

Charedi leaders call for day of prayer over Labour education plans

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Jewish school with Muslim pupils affected by ‘community tensions’ says Ofsted

Some parents have struggled with ‘Israel’s special place in Judaism’ says King David Birmingham head

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July 23, 2024 10:18

King David Jewish Primary School in Birmingham has faced difficulties since October 7

What impact will Labour’s plans have on Jewish education?

Board of Deputies warns of ‘anxiety’ in parts of the Jewish community over proposals in King’s Speech

2 min read

July 17, 2024 15:56

Charedi protesters praying outside Parliament (Photo by Nigel Iskander)

Legal push to extend Mayor’s free meals scheme to independent Charedi schools fails

Lawyers had argued that Stamford Hill families experience poverty ‘at a greater level’ than London as a whole

1 min read

July 15, 2024 15:49

Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to increase funding for kosher meals at Jewish state primary schools (Mayor of London)

Liberal leader Sir Ed Davey welcomes growing links with Israeli party

He joins adviser to Yair Lapid at London launch of book on the virtues of centrist politics

3 min read

July 12, 2024 16:41

Sir Ed Davey in his Kingston and Surbiton constituency on election night (Photo by Alex McBride/Getty Images)

King Solomon drops Year 12 sixth form classes for the coming year

Redbridge school received too few applicants while lacking enough specialist teachers in key subjects

2 min read

July 12, 2024 10:21

The chair of governors at King Solomon High School in Ilford said the school had not faced major difficulties during the war in the Middle East but this month cancelled a memorial service for October 7 after online backlash

Lessons in preventing rabbinic burnout

A United Synagogue initiative is succeeding in recruiting, retaining and supporting its rabbis and rebbetzins

3 min read

July 11, 2024 16:58

United Synagogue's first conference for rebbetzins is part of the organisation's mission to give more support to rabbis and rebbetzins (Photo: United Synagogue)

What price would you be willing to pay to give your child a Jewish education?

The JC explores what Labour’s policy of VAT on private schools would mean to parents and Jewish school leaders

4 min read

July 10, 2024 13:16

The head of Naima JPS, Bill Pratt, says that VAT on school fees would impact many parents (Photo: Naima JPS)

Gateshead rabbis considering a local eruv

The Tyneside community could be the next to establish a Shabbat zone

1 min read

July 9, 2024 16:00

Gateshead Millennium Bridge (photo: ymblanter/Wikimedia Commons)

Confident Rimon pupils know their voices count, says Ofsted

Orthodox Golders Green primary retains its rating as a good school

1 min read

July 9, 2024 14:55

Free schools like Rimon in Golders Green can reserve only 50 per cent of their places on the basis of faith (photo: John Rifkin)

King Solomon makes progress but improvements still needed, says Ofsted

School leaders say they are taking ‘bold steps’ for positive change

2 min read

July 9, 2024 12:05

Calypso meets klezmer – the Jewish connection with West Indies cricket

Event at Lord’s celebrates one of cricket’s lesser known stories

3 min read

July 5, 2024 13:35

West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, who is in youth was beneficiary of an award sponsored by the cricket-loving Lord Gavron (Getty Images)

Diane Abbott wins Hackney North seat despite ‘Jews don’t experience racism’ comment

The Conservatives’ Orthodox Jewish candidate, David Landau, was beaten into third place

1 min read

July 5, 2024 10:58

Britain's opposition Labour party MP Diane Abbott attends an anti-government protest calling for the Prime Minister's resignation, outside Downing Street in central London on September 7, 2019. - Britain's upper house on Friday gave final approval to a law that would force Boris Johnson to delay Brexit, in a fresh setback for the British Prime Minister who is struggling in his bid to call an early election. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Simon Rocker

Latest from Simon Rocker

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel

Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman are Pinner’s new rabbinic couple

Charedi leaders call for day of prayer over Labour education plans

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