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United Synagogue minister sacked after arrest loses employment tribunal claim

Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman of New West End Synagogue was dismissed for inappropriate touching and posting violent videos

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Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman

Central Oxford Mosque (photo: Google Streetview)

Mosque warned by charity regulator after ‘encouraging support’ for Hamas

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The International Beit Din in session

The rabbinic court helping women to break free from the chains of abuse

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UJIA representatives at Pitchon Lev, a UJIA emergency appeal partner, which helps Israelis with food and basic needs (Photo: Blake Ezra Photography)

UJIA doubles income in year after October 7

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The Who is a Jew conundrum that Israel continues to dodge

The latest attempt to restrict the Law of Return won’t be the last

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July 18, 2025 08:00

Trying to tighten the borders of Jewish identity: former Israeli deputy minister Avi Maoz of the nationalist religious party Noam (Flash90)

Nearly a quarter of Americans find attacks on Jews ‘understandable’

The figure is ‘unacceptable’ says head of ADL which commissioned survey

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July 13, 2025 11:15

Rabbi Marc Soloway, the British born leader of Congregation Bonei Shalom in Boulder, Colarado, comforts attendees at a community gathering two days after a Molotov cocktail attaack on a rally for the hostages (Getty Images)

Live to give: the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s guide to achieving emotional wellbeing

A new book offers some of the practical advice the Rebbe gave to some of the many people who turned to him

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July 13, 2025 11:03

The Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Evidence of UK antisemitism ‘stunned us into silence’, say authors of new report

Tackling anti-Jewish hatred is urgent issue, say John Mann and Penny Mordaunt

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July 13, 2025 10:15

Alarmed: Commission on antisemitism co-heads Lord Mann and Penny Mordaunt

Sephardi school seeks state aid as VAT levy on fees begins to bite

Nancy Reuben Primary says some parents may no longer be able to afford to pay with new tax

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July 11, 2025 08:22

Learning the joy of Shabbat at Nancy Reuben

Stop voting for us, strictly Orthodox Zionist party tells supporters

Eretz Hakodesh believes it has already secured the maximum number of seats – and further votes for it would be wasted

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July 10, 2025 15:22

Eretz Hakodesh poster in Golders Green urging potential voters to register for Zionist elections

New funding campaign launched as Jewish schools face £18 million shortfall

The Vision is asking charity givers to earmark at least 20 per cent of their contributions for local Jewish education

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July 10, 2025 14:55

Co-chair of The Vision: Eli Katz (photo: Zevi Chesner Photography)

Dayanim need to spend more time in our communities, says United Synagogue presidential contender

Polling has begun for the next leader of the UK’s largest Jewish religious organisation

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July 9, 2025 12:47

(l-r) Marc Meyer, Saul Taylor and Claire Lemer, who are standing to be the next president of the United Synagogue

Why are the WZO elections relevant to UK Jews?

Canvassing is more intense than ever this year, as movements on the right and left battle it out

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July 8, 2025 10:57

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the 35th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in June, 2006 (Photo: Getty Images)

Stamford Hill rabbis say it is ‘forbidden’ to vote in this week's Zionist election

Their main target was the new Charedi-leaning religious party, Eretz Hakodesh (EHK)

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July 8, 2025 10:06

A group of Stamford Hill rabbis are campaigning to discourage Charedim from voting in the WZO elections (Photo: Getty)

Lubavitch: if you don't have a school place, come to us

Our schools reflect an ‘unconditional love of every Jew’ says headteacher

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July 6, 2025 11:05

Lubavitch: if you don't have a school place, come to us

How can we create more places at Jewish schools?

We need to find a way to make sure our children are not left educationally ‘homeless’

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July 6, 2025 10:03

Full up: JCoSS in East Barnet

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