The trend for rounds of applause in synagogue makes regulars like me clappy-unhappyShul services are sacred events, not pop concertsBy Simon Rocker2 min read
FranceTorah scrolls stolen in ‘antisemitic’ burglary of Paris synagogueThe local rabbi discovered the theft while preparing for a barmitzvah serviceBy JC Reporter1 min read
World Cup 2026United trustees ‘agree’ to rename synagogues if England wins World CupThe satirical plan would see synagogues named in honour Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Declan RiceBy Arthur Popivker1 min read
LeedsSecond Leeds shul backs three-way merger talksBeth Hamidrash Hagadol has approved talks to discuss unification with two other Orthodox synagogues in the cityBy Simon Rocker1 min read
Pro-Palestine protestsPolice make 14 arrests after clashes at protest outside synagoguePro-Palestine protesters had claimed that a real estate event at the synagogue was being used to sell land in West Bank settlements, which had been denied by organisersBy JC Reporter2 min read
Leeds UHCPlans advance to unite Leeds’ three central Orthodox synagoguesThe United Hebrew Congregation this week voted to begin talks with Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue and Etz ChaimBy Simon Rocker2 min read
SynagoguesMan charged after firebombing at former synagogueThe building, which previously housed East London Central Synagogue and has been vacant for six years, was attacked on May 5By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Counter Terror Police investigate ‘arson’ at former synagogueBlaze at former East London Central Synagogue treated in connection with spate of recent attacksBy Jane Prinsley2 min read||May 5, 2026 11:17
Security Minister Dan Jarvis vows to move ‘heaven and earth’ to support Jewish community after attacksJarvis made the comment during a visit on Monday to Finchley Reform Synagogue, the target of an attack last weekBy Alexandra Snow3 min read||April 20, 2026 18:07
Attempted arson attack at Kenton United SynagogueCST has said there were no injuries but some minor smoke damage to shul in latest of string of incidents targeting Jewish communityBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read||April 19, 2026 10:38
Vegan US rabbi announces £7,000 grant for UK shuls who explore plant-based lifestyleThe Synagogue Vegan Challenge is open for applications from UK communities for the first timeBy Ben Conway3 min read||April 14, 2026 10:39
European Jewish leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by Passover arson attack on North Macedonia’s only synagogueThe attack on the Beth Yaakov Synagogue in Skopje is reported to be the first of its kind since the Second World WarBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||April 13, 2026 16:51
West London Synagogue organ being restored – by same company which built it 120 years agoIt is part of a £2 million redevelopment project for the shulBy Ben Conway3 min read||March 6, 2026 13:16
‘I resigned from my synagogue because I disagree with its stance on Israel’There is an ever-widening schism within the community, the emotion of which synagogues and their leadership seem unprepared to confront, shul-goers tell Eliana JordanBy Eliana Jordan10 min read||November 26, 2025 15:15
Nazi-worshipping trio jailed for planning machete attacks on mosques and synagoguesThe three had plotted online to attack worshippers using swords and crossbowsBy Dave Higgens3 min read||October 20, 2025 16:19
US government to sue pro-Palestine synagogue protestors under Clinton-era law protecting abortion clinicsThe Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act creates a buffer zone around protected buildings, which include places of worship, prohibiting obstructive protestsBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||September 30, 2025 14:28
