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Immanuel head to retire

Search has begun for successor to Gary Griffin

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Catholic schools chief made JFS interim head

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The Jewish divorce controversy explained

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Why I’m teaching about werewolves

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How does Judaism view other religions?

The controversy over Jonathan Sacks's book, The Dignity of Difference, written as a response to 9/11, has left lingering questions about Judaism's attitude towards other faiths

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August 27, 2021 13:37

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: (SEPTEMBER 11 RETROSPECTIVE) Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

Lack of LGBT teaching threatens Stamford Hill school's expansion plans

Talmud Torah London told Ofsted it had 'no intention of ever referencing those who identity as lesbian, gay and transgender'

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August 24, 2021 11:03

Lack of LGBT teaching threatens Stamford Hill school's expansion plans

Limmud to be hybrid this year with physical events in two locations

In a first, both London and Manchester are scheduled to stage activities for the cross-communal festival

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August 18, 2021 15:57

Limmud to be hybrid this year with physical events in two locations

Schools celebrating as pupils shine in most difficult of years

Students receive 'beyond outstanding' A Level results across the country

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August 13, 2021 11:28

Schools celebrating as pupils shine in most difficult of years

UK funds NGO accused of waging ‘proxy war’

Israeli research institute says Norwegian Refugee Council has subsidised hundreds of cases brought on behalf of Palestinians

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August 11, 2021 17:19

Members of the Humsa Al Baqai'a Beduin community, east of the village of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank, walk among shattered structures on November 6, 2020, after Israel's army demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins two days earlier, in a rare operation targeting an entire community at once. - Israeli bulldozers razed the village, including tents, sheds, portable toilets and solar panels, near Tubas in the Jordan Valley, according to an AFP photographer at the scene, who found dozens of people left homeless. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Ofsted warns Leeds school over equality law ‘breach’

Inspectors unhappy at different curricula in Jewish studies for boys and girls

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August 10, 2021 17:25

Ofsted warns Leeds school over equality law ‘breach’

Over half A-level passes at A* in Jewish schools

Top grades soar in second pandemic-affected year

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August 10, 2021 10:52

Over half A-level passes at A* in Jewish schools

Bereaved daughter: We need Covid memorial for the community

Juliet Moss is looking to muster support for her idea

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August 5, 2021 10:49

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Landmark guidance on get refusal published

New rules for the first time would allow denial of a Jewish divorce to be defined as form of domestic abuse

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August 3, 2021 14:09

Landmark guidance on get refusal published

Just 27 schools take GCSE Israel option

An education minister recently highlighted the importance of teaching children the facts about the Israel-Palestine conflict - but how widely is the subject taught in English schools?

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August 2, 2021 15:08

Israeli soldiers observe a two-minute silence at the Armored Corps Memorial, following a ceremony to mark Remembrance Day (or Memorial Day), on May 1, 2017 in Latrun, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. At sunset the solemn gatherings at military cemeteries and war memorials to commemorate Remembrance Day will give way to public performances, street parties and general merrymaking to mark 69 years since the declaration of the Israeli state in 1948. / AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

A radical vision to fill a spiritual vacuum

Rabbi Arthur Green's neo-Chasidism offers an alternative to those struggling with conventional articles of faith

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July 30, 2021 13:01

A radical vision to fill a spiritual vacuum

Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue rabbi to leave 'by mutual agreement'

Rabbi Daniel and Batya Friedman say that 'through various conversations with the honorary officers, it has become increasingly clear that we have a different vision for the way forward'

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July 29, 2021 15:52

Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue rabbi to leave 'by mutual agreement'

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Simon Rocker

Latest from Simon Rocker

Immanuel head to retire

Catholic schools chief made JFS interim head

The Jewish divorce controversy explained

Why I’m teaching about werewolves

More from Simon Rocker

How does Judaism view other religions?

Lack of LGBT teaching threatens Stamford Hill school's expansion plans

Limmud to be hybrid this year with physical events in two locations

Schools celebrating as pupils shine in most difficult of years

UK funds NGO accused of waging ‘proxy war’

Ofsted warns Leeds school over equality law ‘breach’

Over half A-level passes at A* in Jewish schools

Bereaved daughter: We need Covid memorial for the community

Landmark guidance on get refusal published

Just 27 schools take GCSE Israel option

A radical vision to fill a spiritual vacuum

Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue rabbi to leave 'by mutual agreement'