Metropolitan PoliceMan jailed for five years after threatening to ‘blow up’ Jewish schools in Stamford HillTavius Jean-Charles has also been banned from entering the north London areaBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Green Party‘Dangerous era’ for UK politics after wave of conspiracy theorists elected across UKGovernment’s former adviser on political violence issues warning in wake of local electionBy Lorin Bell-Cross6 min read
Hackney‘It’s going to be a rough few years’ – Jewish residents of Hackney voice concern as Greens claim historic victoryZack Polanski’s party claims council and mayoralty to end unbroken Labour rule since 2002By Jamie Shapiro3 min read
Hackney‘You should all go in the gas chambers’: Man arrested after ‘threatening Jewish children’ on Stamford Hill busThe arrest comes less than 24 hours after another alleged antisemitic incident in Greater ManchesterBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
Green PartyExclusive: 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 electionsBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
Green PartyWhat a Green takeover would mean for the Jewish residents of Hackney and HaringeyZack Polanksi’s party is set to make historic gains on May 7 – and it’s a worrying prospect for manyBy Nicole Lampert5 min read
Jewish schoolsAnother 100 per cent – Simon Marks excels again in SatsPupils at the Hackney primary led the way for Jewish schools in the English and maths testsBy Simon Rocker1 min read
Charity Commission extends inquiry into Orthodox charitiesThe watchdog is investigating the cashing of cheques worth more than £20 millionBy Simon Rocker1 min read||December 4, 2025 16:04
Polanski ‘proud’ of anti-Israel Green councillors despite Hackney synagogue calls for their suspensionAn extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debateBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||October 29, 2025 15:13
‘Ridiculous’ Hackney councillors draw criticism over meeting to ‘berate Israel’ despite Gaza ceasefireCouncillors were accused of ‘playing gesture politics’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||October 10, 2025 16:15
Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and HaringeyBetween 2022 and 2023, Hackney and City of London had the lowest percentages in the city for children vaccinated with the MMRBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||September 18, 2025 13:56
Swastikas daubed across children’s playground in north LondonPark near two synagogues vandalised with Nazi-era symbolsBy Jane Prinsley1 min read||April 22, 2025 07:51
Dalston Jewish cemetery to be restored following National Lottery grantHistoric Reform burial ground, described as a ‘vital community asset’, to be transformedBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||January 26, 2025 12:59
Council voices concern over yeshivah safeguarding checksHackney says it is aware of more than 1,500 children in out-of-school settings, most believed to be in strictly Orthodox institutionsBy Simon Rocker2 min read||December 27, 2024 11:27
Hackney stands with Israel as motion to ‘de-twin’ from Haifa is defeated by Labour councillorsAn attempt to end the 50-year-old relationship was roundly rejectedBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read||November 28, 2024 16:38
Smiling Stamford Hill girls charm OfstedBeis Yaakov Primary is rated as a good schoolBy Simon Rocker1 min read||October 22, 2024 10:59
