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The Last Post sounds in Bevis Marks at VE Day service

Sephardi Senior Rabbi Joseph Dweck warns of the need to defend moral clarity

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Ajex chair Dan Fox addresses VE Day service at Bevis Marks (Stanley Kaye Photography)

Rabbi Lea Muhlstein, chair of the Zionist Federation and former chair of Arzenu, the world Progressive Zionist movement

World Zionist Organisation

Pay a shekel – and get to vote who represents us in Israel

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 25: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, speaks during the Commemorative ceremony ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day at the Concert Hall on January 25, 2023 in London, England. Holocaust Memorial Day is a UK commemoration dedicated to the remembrance of the Jews and others who suffered Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The JC

Strong Jewish schools need financial backing

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Campaign Against Antisemitism march in November last year

Only a third of British Jews think we have a long-term future here, says new CAA poll

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Warren and Leah Phillips with daughters Evie and Rosie arrived in Israel from Manchester to start their new lives in August 2024 (Photo: Warren Phillips)

Surge in British Jews emigrating to Israel

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Support venues that aren't boycotting Jewish creatives, says Tsitsit director

Support venues that aren't boycotting Jewish creatives, says Tsitsit director

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Pro-Israel protesters outside the Phoenix cinema in London (photo: Gaby Wine)

Jews being ‘erased’ from culture, warns head of UK Jewish Film Festival

By Daniel Ben-David

6 min read

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UK Jews more attached to Israel since October 7, new poll finds

But significant minority believe Israel’s actions in Gaza clash with their Jewish values

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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October 5, 2024 20:00

Thousands join march against antisemitism in Manchester earlier this year (Ruthless Images)

Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

We will have to adjust to growing diversity over Israel

Just as in the United States, our Jewish leaders face the challenge of a more complex community

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September 25, 2024 08:57

Anti-reform bill protests in Tel Aviv (Flash 90)

Three-quarters of UK Jews disapprove of Benjamin Netanyhau

Israeli Prime Minister’s standing among British Jews has declined since October 7 says new JPR poll

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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September 17, 2024 09:06

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Most British Jews believe Israeli government has not done enough to release the hostages

JPR report finds a sharp divide between left- and right-wing opinion

By Jane Prinsley

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September 3, 2024 16:46

New survey will reveal the impact of October 7 on British Jews (photo: Getty)

Back to the land: the radical new group promoting ‘earth-based’ Judaism

Devon-based Miknaf Ha’aretz is looking to a build a different model of Jewish community from the suburban standard

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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August 18, 2024 09:47

Judaism in the wild: Miknaf Ha'aretz shemittah retreat

JLC leader: British Jewry faces ‘the fight of our lives’ after October 7

But new community action places us ‘on the front foot’ says Keith Black

By Simon Rocker

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March 26, 2024 13:04

JLC chairman Keith Black (Photo: Mark Thomas)

How UK Jews do Judaism today

Further insights from JPR’s new National Jewish Identity Survey

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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February 14, 2024 13:00

Celebrating Purim in Hackney - Charedim are the most emotionally attached to Israel, according to the new survey ()Getty Images)

Census uncovers increase in British secular Jews

But the vast majority of the community still identify as religious, writes Simon Rocker

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

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January 11, 2024 15:32

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Protestors wear flags of Israel on their backs as they march against anti-Semitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a wave of protests across Europe, and heightened concerns over anti-Semitism among Jewish communities. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Antisemitism has soared across UK since October 7, police figures show

The data comes from 31 of the 46 police forces across the UK

By Eliana Jordan

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December 29, 2023 10:15

Protestors march against antisemitism on November 26, 2023 in London, England (Photo: Getty)

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