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Sephardi leaders dismay over rabbi split

Gateshead Rav to speak at shul of Dweck critic

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman will give a talk on Thursday at the synagogue of Rabbi Aaron Bassous

Rabbis clash over gay love speech

Rabbi Bassous said Rabbi Dweck’s speech was “false and misguided… corrupt from beginning to end”.

Shul tells Rabbi Bassous: ‘No alternative but to treat your resignation as running its course’

Beth Hamedrash Knesset Yehezkel Sephardi trustees say outspoken minister has not responded meaningfully to mediation suggestions

Row reflects wider Sephardi divisions

The controversy over Rabbi Dweck's lecture reveals a broader struggle for influence

Rabbis at odds in dispute over gay love

Sephardi senior rabbi pulls lecture from website

Londoner tipped to head Sephardi Jewry

Sephardi selection process defended

The chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation executive has defended the recruitment process for its next spiritual leader after some members voiced disquiet.

Sephardim hope for fresh start after elections

Rabbi Bassous's shul considers selling new building because of financial problems

Trustees of Beth Hamedrash Knesset Yehezkel in Golders Green say the impact of coronavirus has left the charity in 'a very precarious position'

Letters, January 5th

James Espir, Mervyn Shaya, Anthony Spencer, Russell Ballen, Jonathan Hoffman, Geoffrey Ben-Nathan, Eve Sacks and Lady Cocks of Hartcliffe share their views with JC readers

The Islamic influence on Orthodoxy

Last summer's Dweck affair raised deeper questions about the direction of Orthodoxy which aren't going to go away

Controversial rabbi 'barred from entering UK'

Minister said autism and Down’s syndrome are punishments for the sins of a past life, and that Jews helped to bring about the Holocaust by 'assimilating'

Letters, January 12th

David Kaye, Barrington Black, Rabbi Michael Hilton, Rabbi David Hulbert, Barry Hyman, Diana Mohr and M Schachtershare their views with JC readers

Tide is already turning

Miriam Shaviv writes of a a small but significant sign of the sea change in attitudes to gay people in the Israeli Orthodox sector

Letters, January 26th

Clive A Lawton, Dr Leopold J Sobel, Michael Mocatta, Mrs S Myers, Frank Angell, Barry Borman and Michael Bar-On share their views with JC readers