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Leo Baeck College

Leo Baeck College ordains its 220th rabbi

Rabbi Yael Tischler was the fourth in a chain of female rabbis to be ordained by another female rabbi

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Rabbi Yael Tischler (Photo: Leo Baeck College)

The aftermath of the arson attack on Hatzola Northwest in Golders Green in March (Photo: Getty)

Hatzola ambulance attack

Hatzola Northwest announces new site following arson attack

By Arthur Popivker

1 min read

Gabbie teaching JDA's lip-reading classes (Photo: JDA)

Jewish Deaf Association

‘Lipreading is far more than recognising words. It is about friendship, community and everyday life’

By Minnie Peters

3 min read

Work Avenue

Work Avenue celebrates twenty years in business

By Arthur Popivker

1 min read

Holocaust Educational Trust

‘You give me hope’ Chief Rabbi tells young HET ambassadors

By Minnie Peters

2 min read

Norwood

Lord and Lady Mendelsohn leave Norwood after 11 years’ co-presidency

By Minnie Peters

2 min read

Josh Malinsky preparing for his bar mitzvah at East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue (ELES), with help from his teacher Vicki Ashmore, a BSL communicator

Commission on Disability Inclusion

British Sign Language being used in Board’s Commission on Disability Inclusion

By Minnie Peters

1 min read

Welsh Jewish women: actress and filmmaker Sara Sugarman(left) and the late Booker Prize winner Bernice Rubens (Photos: scroll.in; Independent Talent Group)

Wales

Hunt on for ‘trailblazing’ scholar to research lives of Welsh Jewish women

By Alma Green

1 min read

Jewish Care

‘Fashionista’ Henny celebrates 103rd birthday in style

2 min read

Baroness Berger at the launch of the Tackling Antisemitism in Education programme (photo: Jonathan Perugia)

Department for Education

New programme to help UK teachers tackle antisemitism to launch in November

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Jake Marlowe

‘Losing a child breaks you, and you remain broken,’ say parents of October 7 victim Jake Marlowe

Lisa and Michael were speaking in front of an audience at the Nova exhibition in London

By Minnie Peters

4 min read

Holocaust survivor discovers his long-lost barmitzvah Sefer Torah in Brondesbury Park Shul Yoni Jesner remembered at ceremony for volunteering awards set up in his name

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Kisharon Langdon

We can only empower people when we can see them

The theme of Learning Disability Awareness Week was ‘Do you see me?’

By Richard Franklin

2 min read

Leah, who is supported by Kisharon Langdon (Photo: Blake Ezra)

Jewish Women's Aid

‘Sometimes, people need to be invited to show solidarity’

Jewish Women’s Aid have spearheaded a letter condemning antisemitism, which has been signed by around 80 organisations and leaders working to support women

By Sam Clifford

3 min read

Movement for Progressive Judaism

This moment requires confidence – but not uniformity

The co-leads of the Movement for Progressive Judaism argue that you don’t need to agree with everything someone believes to share a platform with them

By Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy

3 min read

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