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‘Israel is wrong to snub UN summit’

Israel is wrong to have withdrawn from next spring's ‘Durban II' conference in Geneva, believes one of the leaders of the Anglo-Jewish group preparing for the event.

A £100,000 row — over 4m of land

A dispute between two Sephardi families over a patch of land in North-West London ended up in the Court of Appeal this week.

Windmill’s fortunes set to turn

The cartoon Torah that’s getting teens animated

A new series called G-dcast is bringing the weekly sidrah to life online

Multi-faith trips to Auschwitz

Christian and Muslim leaders joined the Chief Rabbi for a historic visit to Auschwitz

What’s the link between Obama and Kabbalah?

A treasury of sacred cloth

A new Jewish Museum exhibition that has just opened in London features the mantles in which the Torah is dressed.

Commons queries over Hebrew A-level

MP raises questions in parliament after a pupil from a Jewish school was denied a university place because they would not recognise her modern Hebrew A-level.

JNF seeks cash from donor who ‘underwrote its legal fees’

The JNF tries to recover money from a donor who it says agreed to meet the legal costs of its past dispute with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael.

Mixed choir hits sour note with rabbis

The days of the last mixed choir at an Orthodox synagogue in Britain look to be numbered.

Downturn ‘will fuel antisemitism’

British Jewish leaders warn that the worsening economy could lead to a rise in antisemitism and more support for the BNP.

Chiefs groom UK Jewry’s next leaders

A review is to be carried out into the future funding of British Jewry.