AntisemitismFrench rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’The rabbi's daughter has claimed that police suggested they are treating the blaze as deliberate but that ‘no one wants to call it antisemitic’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
By Rabbi Hayim LeiterThe deaths of soldiers are due to the evil of Hamas, not because they didn’t study Torah hard enoughRabbi Yitzhak Yosef seemed to connect lapses in religious learning to the deaths of five Charedi servicemen, but how could anyone know such a thing?3 min read
RabbisBosnian minister apologises after gathering of top rabbis turned away over claim it would ‘justify genocide’Borjana Krišto said she ‘regretted’ that the conference had been cancelled following comments from one of her ministerial colleaguesBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Orthodox JudaismPioneering New York yeshivah has ordained its 100th Orthodox woman rabbiIt might have once seemed mission impossible – but Orthodox women rabbis are making their mark on Jewish lifeBy Rabba Dina Brawer3 min read
RabbisNNLS rabbi to take up role at Westminster SynagogueRabbi Zahavit Shalev will become interim rabbi at the independent Progressive synagogue as Rabbi Benji Stanley leaves to study in IsraelBy Simon Rocker2 min read
RabbisGathering of top rabbis turned away from Bosnia after minister claimed it would ‘legitimise’ the ‘genocidal’ state of IsraelThe politician appeared to conflate the purely religious event with political Zionism, claiming that the presence of the event would ‘justify genocide’By Jacob Jaffa3 min read
The United SynagogueSenior rabbinic couple of St John’s Wood Synagogue to retire early next yearRabbi Ivan and Rebbetzin Rachie Binstock will be stepping down after three decades leading the congregationBy JC Reporter1 min read
Gun-toting Orthodox rabbi turns the tables on would-be car thievesEmanuel Goldfeiz was still dressed in his Shabbat best when he was attacked by two masked assailantsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||May 30, 2025 09:29
Rabbi Sacks was ‘wonderful’ to me, recalls Britain’s first woman rabbiRabbi Jackie Tabick recounted some of her experiences at an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of women’s rabbinic ordination in BritainBy Simon Rocker5 min read||May 15, 2025 16:36
Blood money or vital aid? How rabbis wrestled with German reparationsPost-Nazi Germany’s offer of compensation to Israel for the Shoah split the countryBy Rabbi Gideon Sylvester3 min read||May 6, 2025 12:08
Communal row continues as 25 rabbis publish new letter against war in GazaFresh intervention from Progressive ministers comes as 36 deputies face a petition banning them from Israel over their letter criticisng the Jewish stateBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||April 25, 2025 11:14
After six years Cardiff Reform finds a rabbiThe only Progressive congregation in Wales has not had a permanent rabbi since before the pandemicBy Simon Rocker1 min read||April 10, 2025 10:46
School report: Why I, an Orthodox rabbi, love teaching my mostly Muslim classHendon School is a paragon of peaceful co-existenceBy Rabbi Michael Pollak2 min read||March 16, 2025 12:28
Alyth mulls over whether to appoint a new principal rabbiThe last holder of the position had to return to Israel owing to the situation thereBy Simon Rocker1 min read||February 26, 2025 13:44
King David Jewish studies head to be new rabbi of Manchester’s Yeshurun SynagogueRabbi Benjy and Emily Rickman have been appointed as rabbinic couple of the modern Orthodox communityBy Simon Rocker1 min read||January 28, 2025 14:53
Chief Rabbi backs mandatory reporting of child abuseRabbis could face sanctions if they do not report allegations under new proposalsBy Simon Rocker2 min read||January 8, 2025 17:00
