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Rabbi returns to Leeds shul after board gender row

Dayan Shalom Kupperman had been concerned that a majority female board would not comply with Jewish law

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Dayan Shalom Kupperman of Etz Chaim Synagogue, Leeds

Dayan Shalom Kupperman of Etz Chaim Synagogue, Leeds

Questions over women’s leadership triggers dispute at Leeds synagogue

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Pinner bound: Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman

The United Synagogue

Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman are Pinner’s new rabbinic couple

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Nabeela Anjum's son Sameer posted videos on TikTok in front of a black jihadi flag (Photo: Sky News)

Leeds mother jailed for not telling police about terror plot

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Fabian Hamilton: Claimed arms sales to Israel would stop 'immediately'

Labour candidate claims arms sales to Israel will stop ‘immediately’ if party takes power

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

Zecharia & Nava Deutsch (Photo: Jewish Chaplaincy)

‘University should have done more to protect us’ says departing Jewish university chaplain

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

A school that values 'diversity, inclusivity, and kindness': Leeds Jewish Free

Leeds Jewish Free School still in Ofsted’s good books

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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Board of Deputies ‘invisible’ since October 7, says presidential candidate

Sheila Gewolb made the claim at the hustings in Leeds ahead of next month's election

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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April 4, 2024 16:07

Bidding for glory: Board presidential candidates (from left) Phil Rosenberg, Sheila Gewolb, Michael Ziff, Amanda Bowman

How Zoom Judaism led me to train as a rabbi

Anna Dyson from Leeds is now a student at a transdenominational rabbinic academy in California

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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March 17, 2024 12:05

How Zoom Judaism led me to train as a rabbi

Police investigating after vandals attack Israel stall on Leeds campus

Students had set up the stall with a sign saying: ‘Come talk to us about Jewish Identity’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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March 14, 2024 11:43

Police investigating after vandals attack Israel stall on Leeds campus

Why I davened at 200 different places in a year

Michael Ziff set himself a personal challenge during his year of saying Kaddish

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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March 8, 2024 14:56

Praying at the site of the Supernova Festival massacre near Kibbutz Re'im

Leeds students told: ‘Jewish bastards, I’m going to beat the sh*t out of you’ while walking to synagogue

The students feared he would drive his van into them

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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February 14, 2024 19:16

Graffiti on Leeds University Hillel House on Thursday evening

Hadley Freeman

By Hadley Freeman

Get a grip Britain, you don’t need to copy America’s campus hate

Oreos are fine, but antisemitism on campus is an American import too far

3 min read

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February 13, 2024 11:14

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge on October 14 after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week on from the deadliest attack in Israeli history. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi says those who forced Leeds rabbi into hiding are a threat to ‘all of our society’

Leeds University’s Jewish chaplain and his family have been forced into hiding by anti-Israel mob

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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February 12, 2024 14:13

Zecharia & Nava Deutsch with their children (Phone: JLife magazine)

Ofsted finds much to like at Brodetsky

The Leeds primary, where some pupils make ‘starting’ progress, retains its ‘good’ ranking

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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January 26, 2024 10:20

Flourishing in the early years at Brodetsky Primary, Leeds

How my old university has changed since October 7

Leeds University students are faced with Israel hate on a daily basis

By Jonah Lazarus

4 min read

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December 8, 2023 12:24

How my old university has changed since October 7

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