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Regulator releases first findings into Orthodox charities in £22 million cashed cheques inquiry

Charity Commission found ‘misconduct and/or mismanagement’ in four of the charities under investigation

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, Hackney, East London

Hackney Council accused of ‘predetermining’ outcome of review into twinning arrangement with Haifa

3 min read

Talmud Torah London (photo: Google Street View)

Chasidic school at centre of planning battle is praised by Ofsted

1 min read

Hackney Town Hall

Stamford Hill school fights council order to move because of noise

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Beis Yaakov's new home on the site of the former Oldhill Community School in Stamford Hill

Charedi schools

Hackney Council offers space to homeless Charedi girls school

1 min read

Haifa mayor Shabtai Levy (left) with Arab guests at a reception for Israel's Independence Day in 1950. (Image: Wikipedia)

Florit Shoihet

By Florit Shoihet

Zoë Garbett has much to learn from Haifa’s first Jewish mayor

3 min read

A Homerton nurse at Rambam Hospital (Rose)

Could Hackney nurses’ training in Israeli hospital be jeopardised by Green plan to end twinning?

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Alan Aziz

Haifa and the Technion embody coexistence. Hackney should learn from them, not turn away

Around a quarter of its students are Arab Israelis, a higher proportion than Arab citizens make up in Israel's population as a whole. Nearly 70 per cent of those Arab students are women, many the first in their families to study engineering, medicine or science

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August 5, 2026 14:27

Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze students at the Technion (Image: Technion UK)

Green Hackney mayor apologises for giving Haifa a deadline of October 7 to reply to plan to cut twinning ties

Zoë Garbett’s issues new date to Israeli municipality after ‘staggering insensitivity’ of original date

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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July 30, 2026 13:00

Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, congratulates Zoë Garbett after her election as mayor for Hackney (Image: Getty)

Hackney Green council meeting where Jews were told they must condemn the ‘genocide’ to fight antisemitism

Calls for ending the twinning with Haifa marked a grim landmark for the north London borough’s community

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

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July 29, 2026 19:25

Pro-Palestinian supporters outside Hackney town hall earlier this month (Getty)

Jewish Green councillor in Hackney branded Israel’s actions a ‘betrayal of Jewish values’

Florence Schechter also said Palestinians now ‘closer to the Maccabees’ than Jews

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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May 27, 2026 17:40

Councillor Florence Schechter

Man jailed for five years after threatening to ‘blow up’ Jewish schools in Stamford Hill

Tavius Jean-Charles has also been banned from entering the north London area

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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May 25, 2026 11:22

Tavius Jean-Charles was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London on Friday (Alamy)

‘Dangerous era’ for UK politics after wave of conspiracy theorists elected across UK

Government’s former adviser on political violence issues warning in wake of local election

By Lorin Bell-Cross

6 min read

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May 13, 2026 10:37

Clockwise from left: Saiqa Ali and the "Israel snake" she reshared; Abul Monsur; and Mark Adderley

‘It’s going to be a rough few years’ – Jewish residents of Hackney voice concern as Greens claim historic victory

Zack Polanski’s party claims council and mayoralty to end unbroken Labour rule since 2002

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

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May 8, 2026 20:12

Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill, Hackney

‘You should all go in the gas chambers’: Man arrested after ‘threatening Jewish children’ on Stamford Hill bus

The arrest comes less than 24 hours after another alleged antisemitic incident in Greater Manchester

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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May 8, 2026 12:05

A man is arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish people on a London bus on May 7, 2026 (Shomrim)

Exclusive: Greens in Hackney ‘agree to loosen rules on home extensions in bid for Orthodox Jewish vote’

Eco-populist party signals willingness to relax planning restrictions ahead of local elections

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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May 6, 2026 16:58

E981T6 Orthodox Jews crossing the road in Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, UK

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