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Children will ‘pay price’ says head as talks to avert strike fail

King Solomon head ‘in dismay’ as disruption looms next week

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King Solomon head: Michele Phillips

Andrew Gilbert

London Jewish Forum co-chair Andrew Gilbert changes mind and will contest Board of Deputies vice-presidency

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Schama: ‘The Jewish world is in this extraordinary situation of being doubly de-housed’

Schama: ‘The Jewish world is in this extraordinary situation of being doubly de-housed’

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Winners of this year's TfL Innovate contest: the team from Yavneh College

Yavneh College students win TfL competition

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King Solomon ‘likely to close’ for eight days as teachers threaten strike action

The dispute is over teacher accountability and lesson observations

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March 12, 2024 15:09

Michele Phillips

Strictly Orthodox school launches crackdown on vaping

Head warns problem needs to be tackled across the community

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March 12, 2024 12:03

Unholy smoke: school warns of vape problem (Getty Images)

Revealed: the prospective new rabbi of Kinloss

Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum is set to return to the United Synagogue as the senior rabbi of Finchley

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March 11, 2024 14:49

Finchley bound: Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum

Why I davened at 200 different places in a year

Michael Ziff set himself a personal challenge during his year of saying Kaddish

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March 8, 2024 14:56

Praying at the site of the Supernova Festival massacre near Kibbutz Re'im

St Albans rabbi and Muslim leader honoured for promoting interfaith harmony in schools

‘We have aimed to show kids Jews and Muslims are not enemies’

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March 7, 2024 17:09

(from left): Akhtar Zaman and Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet with their awards from St Albans Mayor Anthony Rowlands

Leading rabbi warns of battle to safeguard shechita in Europe after court ruling

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt calls for concerted political efforts in defence of religious freedom

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March 7, 2024 14:41

Rabbi Dayan Goldschmidt

What does the Bible say about polyamory?

Rabbi Dr Kahn-Harris offers an alternative view of relationships in the Book of Ruth

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March 7, 2024 13:16

Philip Hermogenes-Calderon's depiction of Ruth and Naomi, 1886 (Yale Centre for British Art)

LFI chair Adrian Cohen to stand for Board of Deputies vice-presidency

Four candidates say they have secured enough nominations to stand for the three VP posts in May

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March 6, 2024 12:15

Adrian Cohen

Board of Deputies to leave Jewish Leadership Council

Under new plan, Board would lose automatic trustee seat at the council but its president would become a vice-president of JLC

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February 29, 2024 15:15

Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl (second right) with her officer team on its solidarity mission to Israel this week

Board presidential candidates reach required nominations to compete

The four who have announced their bid for the leadership say they have cleared the first hurdle

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February 28, 2024 17:58

Bidding for glory: Board presidential candidates (from left) Phil Rosenberg, Sheila Gewolb, Michael Ziff, Amanda Bowman

Chief Rabbi launches Jewish schools review with backing of Israeli government

Initiative could lead to ‘paradigm shift’ in delivery of Jewish education in UK, says school network head

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February 28, 2024 14:42

Sir Ephraim Mirvis with pupils from Hertsmere Jewish Primary School (Photo: Joy Sable)

Leading Charedi rabbis denounce new move to regulate yeshivot

Private member’s Bill calls for registration of children who are taught outside school

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February 28, 2024 13:48

UK Charedim protest against the Schools Bill - which advanced plans to regulate yeshivot - in Westminister, June 2022

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