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‘A serious commitment’: A day with the new police patrols taking to the streets of Golders Green and Stamford Hill

Met reveals that three-quarters of hate crimes reported in North-West London in June were directed at Jewish people

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Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Matt Jukes meets Jewish community representatives in Golders Green (Met Police)

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally addressing primary school children earlier this year during her pilgrimage from London to Canterbury Cathedral along the Becket Way (Getty Images)

Government confirms RE to become part of the national curriculum

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Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally (front left) addresses Church of England General Synod earlier this year (Getty)

Chief Rabbi warns ‘genocide’ document due to be discussed by Church of England Synod will ‘harm peace’

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Baroness Berger at the launch of the Tackling Antisemitism in Education programme (photo: Jonathan Perugia)

New programme to help UK teachers tackle antisemitism to launch in November

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The Orthodox rabbi challenging the ethics of might is right

We meet Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, the keynote speaker at an Orthodox conference in London next weekend

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July 3, 2026 11:41

A question of ethics: Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein (left) with Rabbi Michael Pollak and Dayan Eliezer Zobin at Ner Israel last month

Bevis Marks launches initiative to safeguard its historic setting

Synagogue wants to prevent the threat of tall buildings being erected the area

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July 1, 2026 15:08

The entrance to Bevis Marks (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Gateshead welcomes its new Rav

Rav Yisroel Mantel has been inaugurated in his new role as head of the north-east Charedi community

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July 1, 2026 11:33

Welcome: Gateshead greets its new leader Rav Yisroel Mantel (right). Furthest left is head of the yeshivah Rabbi Avrohom Gurwicz

Israel needs to reflect the values of Progressive Judaism, MK says

180 delegates from around the Jewish world gathered in London for the centenary of the World Union of Progressive Judaism

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June 30, 2026 12:56

Rabbi Gilad Kariv gives the keynote at the WUPJ centenary conference

Fifty years of Jewish social action

HIAS+JCORE started half a century ago in a bedsit in Leeds

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June 24, 2026 16:51

Dr Edie Friedman and Rabbi David Mason (Photo: HIAS+JCORE)

Strong Ofsted showing for ‘warm and nurturing’ Manchester school

Early years, behaviour and inclusion are highlighted in Bury and Whitefield’s latest report

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June 24, 2026 15:51

Prepared well for school: Bury and Whitefield infants

Second Leeds shul backs three-way merger talks

Beth Hamidrash Hagadol has approved talks to discuss unification with two other Orthodox synagogues in the city

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June 19, 2026 16:04

Etz Chaim (Left) and Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue (Right)

A cocktail of anxiety and hope

Leading Israeli Reform theologian Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur, who is visiting the UK, speaks about the movement’s future and his recent book

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June 19, 2026 09:58

A cocktail of anxiety and hope

Joy for Clore Tikva, Alma and King David Manchester at Ivrit spelling bee

Young spelling stars shine at the 10th anniversary contest

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June 18, 2026 16:51

Spelling stars: winners Roni Itach, Jessica Gilbert and Olivia Rabinovitch with Dalia Wittenberg and Pajes director of education Sharon Radley at the National Hebrew Spelling Bee

Sinai head honoured in national teaching awards

Juliette Lipshaw receives silver award in Primary Head of the Year class

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June 17, 2026 11:29

Juliette Lipshaw (Photo: Sinai School)

Alyth to review future of kindergarten

Fall in numbers at the Ofsted outstanding-ranked facility shows pressure on traditional nurseries

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June 16, 2026 13:09

Alyth Synagogue (Google Street View)

Inpectors praise Southend’s ‘happy’ Chasidic school

Beis Chinuch Lebonos is a happy place to learn and celebrates cultural diversity, inspectors said

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June 15, 2026 12:38

Westcliff-on-Sea (photo: Stephen McKay/Wikimedia Commons)

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