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How UK Jews do Judaism today

Further insights from JPR’s new National Jewish Identity Survey

By Simon Rocker

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

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)

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Census uncovers increase in British secular Jews

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Antisemitism

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

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

English and Welsh Jewry increased by 5.7 per cent from 2011 to 2021, rather than 2.4 per cent as earlier reported

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UK Jewish population rise higher than first reported

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

Gathering of British Jews and Israelis for a vigil for Israel and to demand the release of hostages held by Hamas, Parliament Square, October 15, 2023

Polls and Surveys

Eight out of ten British Jews identify as Zionist, says new poll

By Daniel Ben-David

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Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg of the New North London Synagogue

Masorti Judaism

Inquiry launched at university after Jewish lecturer is called a ‘white supremacist’

By David Rose

1 min read

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Jews live the longest - thanks to chicken soup and brandy

Jewish centenarians share the secret to a long a life after the census revealed that the proportion of 100-year-olds in the Jewish community is nearly three times higher than in the overall population

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

February 2, 2023 11:16

Jews live the longest - thanks to chicken soup and brandy

Antisemitism watchdog launches UK-wide Stand With Jews campaign

The organisation's billboards will feature in cities across the UK such as Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

January 17, 2023 15:32

Antisemitism watchdog launches UK-wide Stand With Jews campaign

The changing landscape of British Jewry

Initial figures from the new Census reveal how the community is evolving

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

January 16, 2023 16:19

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Arise, Sir Ephraim: Meet the man behind the New Year's Knighthood

A lover of jokes, song and Spurs, Ephraim Mirvis is described as 'warm and principled'

By Jenni Frazer

6 min read

January 5, 2023 11:16

Arise, Sir Ephraim: Meet the man behind the New Year's Knighthood

By Benjamin Vos

SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers

This comic relief role for Jewish soldiers has been a constant for well over a century

5 min read

December 1, 2022 12:51

SAS Rogue Heroes continues the tradition of joke Jewish soldiers

Board of Deputies calls for Jewish 'ethnicity' to be included on Census form

'We are concerned many Jewish citizens... will not feel fully counted'

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

November 30, 2022 10:16

Board of Deputies calls for Jewish 'ethnicity' to be included on Census form

Nearly half of French Jews tell their children not to reveal religion in public

A new report says that antisemitism 'often conceals itself behind the mask of human rights and egalitarianism'

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

October 4, 2022 12:05

Nearly half of French Jews tell their children not to reveal religion in public

How the pandemic changed our religious behaviour

Attachment to the Jewish community grew among religious Jews, but fell among secular Jews, according to new JPR report

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

September 25, 2022 11:29

How the pandemic changed our religious behaviour

By Kate Maltby

Yes, it is possible to be Jewish and love dogs

When Muslims or Jews are being told they can’t be English if they don’t love canines, it should worry us all

3 min read

September 1, 2022 13:58

Members of the new dog unit part of the Efrat emergency squad pose for a picture during a drill in the settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, West Bank, on July 10, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

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Census uncovers increase in British secular Jews

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

UK Jewish population rise higher than first reported

Eight out of ten British Jews identify as Zionist, says new poll

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Inquiry launched at university after Jewish lecturer is called a ‘white supremacist’

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