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Chabad’s tunnel disagreement is part of a schism that goes back decades

The recent disagreement is part of a long-running dispute over whether the Rebbe was the Messiah

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Hasidic rabbis gather for the annual group photo of the International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries, in front of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 20, 2022. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

English and Welsh Jewry increased by 5.7 per cent from 2011 to 2021, rather than 2.4 per cent as earlier reported

UK Jewish population rise higher than first reported

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Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg of the New North London Synagogue

The making of a super-shul

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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Sacks for all the family

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Can drugs bring you closer to God?

If psychonaut and observant Jew Madison Margolin had her way she’d be leading Limmudniks in a mushroom ceremony

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December 22, 2023 16:08

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‘I was expelled from my course for daring to say that biological sex is real’

James Esses argues that a person’s biological sex is binary and immutable

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December 21, 2023 12:58

James Esses

The Orthodox rabbi who talks bedroom Torah

Rabbi Scott Kahn, who is speaking at Limmud, co-hosts a podcast on sex and relationships

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December 18, 2023 13:51

The Orthodox rabbi who talks bedroom Torah

Akiva tops the Jewish SATs table

The Progressive primary remains at the head of the pack in first test results published for four years

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December 17, 2023 10:48

Class act: Akiva, 2018

Former Liberal shul rabbi sentenced for possessing indecent images of children

Yuval Keren, the ex-minister of Southgate Progressive, received 20-month suspended jail term

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December 14, 2023 12:06

Former Liberal shul rabbi sentenced for possessing indecent images of children

Conservation area to be set up around Bevis Marks Synagogue

Move by City of London will help protect the character of Britain’s oldest synagogue

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December 12, 2023 14:20

Conservation area to be set up around Bevis Marks Synagogue

Board of Deputies asks synagogue members to pay more towards funding

Annual communal contribution to rise from £30 to £35

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December 12, 2023 10:30

Board of Deputies asks synagogue members to pay more towards funding

National Holocaust Museum launches new service to tackle antisemitism

Racism response unit has been launched following the backlash from the October 7 attack

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December 8, 2023 13:16

National Holocaust Museum launches new service to tackle antisemitism

Jewish students in Cardiff 'had to be escorted from Israel debate for their safety'

Cardiff University has said it is deeply concerned after an intimidating debate on Israel-Gaza

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December 7, 2023 17:37

Jewish students in Cardiff 'had to be escorted from Israel debate for their safety'

Jewish Museum enters new partnership with JW3

After closing its London exhibition site in summer, the educational body is now working as a ‘museum without walls’

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December 7, 2023 14:49

Jewish Museum enters new partnership with JW3

Good all round – Ofsted’s verdict on Hasmonean Boys

Inspectors impressed with teaching and pupils’ support for one another at Orthodox academy

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December 6, 2023 17:38

Olga Giannopoulou

Amazon urged to withdraw ‘antisemitic propaganda’ children’s book

The book features a swastika and Israeli flag on the same page and a Chasid holding an ‘End apartheid’ placard

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December 5, 2023 14:41

Amazon urged to withdraw ‘antisemitic propaganda’ children’s book

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