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Progressive Judaism

Vote on new Progressive Judaism movement on May 18

If successful, it would become the largest synagogue organisation in the UK

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism (Photo: Omaggio)

Kindertransport refugee Lord Alfred Dubs (centre) lights a candle (Photo: Meron Persey Photography)

Yom HaShoah UK

Community marks Yom HaShoah in moving Westminster ceremony

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Raffi Starkowitz, aged three, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, has already undergone major surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital to remove a tumour

Chai Cancer Care

‘It doesn’t feel real’ - Fundraiser launched as toddler undergoes treatment for rare brain cancer

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

Shiras Devorah High School warned parents that the school is facing "an extremely serious financial situation" and urgent action is needed to ensure it can continue to operate. Pardes House Grammar School has also sounded the alarm (Photo: Google Street View)

Charedi schools

Two Charedi schools sound alarm over financial blackhole

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Jewish Care

Evie runs rings around Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium for Jewish Care

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Stem cell donor

‘Since my life was saved by a stem cell donor, I have visited over 80 countries’

By Imogen Garfinkel

7 min read

Rafael Tahan (left) with his brother, Joey, who also fundraised (Photo: Joey Tahan)

Camp Simcha

Rafael raises nearly £250,000 as a big ‘thank you’ to charity Camp Simcha

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue windows by John Petts. The building has just received a grade II listed status (Photo: C20 Society)

Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue

The accolade of a listed status can be an unwanted gift

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Norwood

Marathon runner ‘owes Norwood the world’ for caring for his sister

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

kidney donor

Volunteer ambulance worker launches appeal to find life-saving kidney donor

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Jewish Care

What happened when I joined staff on a shift with Jewish Care?

Marcus Sperber, chair of Jewish Care, spent a morning on the frontline at Jewish Care’s Otto Schiff care home for people living with dementia on the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus in Golders Green

By Marcus Sperber

2 min read

Could the UK’s largest Orthodox synagogue body have its first woman president?Fundraiser launched to support student fighting leukaemia

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The Schmooze

Our community needs to tackle the rise in sexual violence against younger women

Jewish Women’s Aid has seen a 64 per cent overall increase in calls from women and girls who have experienced sexual violence

By Sam Clifford

2 min read

Activists from feminist groups sing beside a banner reading "Stop sexist and sexual violence" during a protest in January outside a courthouse in France during a trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing his former partner (Photo: Getty)

HIAS+JCORE

This Pesach, let’s commit to calling for freedom for all

‘We are reminded frequently throughout the festival that it is a mitzvah to welcome the stranger’

By Rabbi David Mason

2 min read

Singular Challenge

The early years of separation need not be lonely ones

Separation and divorce can bring challenges – but also new opportunities

By Denise Lester

2 min read

Get

How Jewish courts are easing the pain of divorce

Ela Nicolaides explains what support the London Beth Din provides to couples going through the get process

By Ela Nicolaides

2 min read

Norwood

The benefit cuts risk further marginalising the most vulnerable

Some people will always struggle to find paid employment

By Naomi Dickson

2 min read

Bushey Cemetery

A cup of tea in a cemetery can bring much cheer

The United Synagogue have created a great place to invite guests after a stone-setting or a funeral

By Keren David

3 min read

Jewish Book Week 2025

A life-affirming Jewish Book Week made space for debate... and dinner plans

London’s longest-running literary festival was packed with new ideas

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read