Simon Rocker

Tribe takes on US chedarim

The United Synagogue’s youth arm, Tribe, is to take over cheder education from the US’s Agency for Jewish Education.

Grape Juice, Anyone?

Holocaust Remembrance, Ahmadinejad-style

Law of return under fire at Durban II

Jewish groups will face an uphill battle in their efforts to keep anti-Zionism off the agenda of the forthcoming United Nations anti-racism conference.

Outrage as Pope lifts ban on Holocaust denier

Jewish leaders are calling on the Vatican to repair the damage caused by the rehabilitation of an ultra-conservative bishop who is a Holocaust denier.

David Abrahams: I reached out to Hamas

Sounds of survivors go online

The British Library has put its complete collection of oral testimonies of Shoah survivors online.

A prayer mystery: who started Kaddish?

Where did the custom to recite one of Judaism’s most familiar prayers originate?

US cuts budget and jobs as income falls

The United Synagogue is axing jobs and planning to cut spending by nearly £250,000 in the light of the economic downturn.

Rachel in Gaza

Comparing Gaza to the Shoah disgusts a Catholic columnist

What the school league tables don’t tell you