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Another 100 per cent – Simon Marks excels again in Sats

Pupils at the Hackney primary led the way for Jewish schools in the English and maths tests

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Every reason to be Sat-isfied: most of the successful Simon Marks year-6 group, 2025

Charity Commission

Charity Commission extends inquiry into Orthodox charities

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Hackney Council held its extraordinary meeting on October 23; pictured speaking is Councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (Image: Hackney Council)

Polanski ‘proud’ of anti-Israel Green councillors despite Hackney synagogue calls for their suspension

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Pro-Palestine demonstrators outside Hackney town hall last year

‘Ridiculous’ Hackney councillors draw criticism over meeting to ‘berate Israel’ despite Gaza ceasefire

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

Parents are being urged to book their children in for an MMR following a measles outbreak in Hackney and Haringey (Photo: Getty)

Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and Haringey

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

The blue swastikas tagged the north London park on Sunday (Photo: Stokey Updates on X)

Swastikas daubed across children’s playground in north London

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Balls Pond Road, the oldest Reform cemetery in Britain, is set to benefit from major improvements thanks to a £190k grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (Photo: Islington Council)

Dalston Jewish cemetery to be restored following National Lottery grant

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Council voices concern over yeshivah safeguarding checks

Hackney says it is aware of more than 1,500 children in out-of-school settings, most believed to be in strictly Orthodox institutions

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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December 27, 2024 11:27

Stamford Hill, home to the country's largest Charedi community (Photo: Getty Images)

Hackney stands with Israel as motion to ‘de-twin’ from Haifa is defeated by Labour councillors

An attempt to end the 50-year-old relationship was roundly rejected

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

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November 28, 2024 16:38

Councillor Michael Desmond of Hackney Council

Smiling Stamford Hill girls charm Ofsted

Beis Yaakov Primary is rated as a good school

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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October 22, 2024 10:59

Smiling Stamford Hill girls charm Ofsted

Lorin Bell-Cross

By Lorin Bell-Cross

Even on the anniversary of October 7, some MPs can’t let Jews grieve

Parliamentarians couldn’t even contain their moralising about Israel for one day

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October 8, 2024 16:04

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Baby was thrown from window after antisemitic thug started fire in his own flat

Ian Pitkin was sentenced to life imprisonment during a hearing last week

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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September 11, 2024 13:35

The fire-damaged building and (right) PItkin

Hackney council to remove ‘offensive’ intifada mural

CST urge police investigation into ‘extremist incitement’

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August 7, 2024 15:06

Hackney council to remove ‘offensive’ intifada mural

Hackney Council rejects BDS motion amid heated protests and arrests

Jewish counter-protesters arrested during anti-Israel Hackney demonstration

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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July 10, 2024 14:04

Hackney Town Hall's Gaza encampment will pack up after the council rejected the group's demands for BDS (Photo: Jane Prinsley)

London gallery cancels anti-Putin exhibition after artist posted her grief about October 7

Hackney gallery decision reminded Russian-Israeli artist of her grandfather’s experience as a Jew under Stalin

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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July 8, 2024 12:03

Some of the textile pieces in Pomidor's "Speech(less)" collection which were due to be exhibited in Metamorphika Studio in London for the first time this week

Keffiyeh-clad thug from Hackney ‘solidarity’ camp punches and threatens to kill Jewish man

The suspect allegedly attacked a man taking down anti-Israel posters

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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July 7, 2024 11:53

A man was attacked on Saturday outside Hackney Town Hall's Gaza encampment, a camp which has been ongoing for months in the East London borough

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