religious educationExclusive: Teachers raise alarm after syllabus omits ‘Israel’ from lessons on JudaismJewish practitioners must be involved in writing classroom curricula, says teachers’ groupBy Simon Rocker3 min read
SchoolsImmanuel College French teacher sacked over ‘inappropriate messages’ sues for unfair dismissalSarah Perlberg admitted she showed ‘poor judgement’ but insists her actions do not amount to gross misconductBy Simon Rocker3 min read
South AfricaTop private school pulls out of tennis match against Jewish school after parents ‘raised issues'Roedean School South Africa said it ‘strongly refutes’ allegations of antisemitismBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read
IsraelIsraeli teachers’ union backs plan for shorter school weekThe Jewish state is one of the only OECD nations that requires students to attend school six days a weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
SchoolsEducation sector failing to recognise antisemitism when ‘cloaked in activism’, says former Ofsted chiefRemarks come days after watchdog cleared school that blocked a visit from pro-Israel MP Damien EganBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
SchoolsRevealed: Ofsted failed to speak to pro-Israel MP before clearing school which blocked himA local teachers’ union publicly boasted that Jewish MP Damien Egan had been prohibited from attending Brunel Bristol AcademyBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
OfstedSchool that scrapped talk by pro-Israel MP given all-clear by OfstedThe watchdog’s report said the school’s leaders ‘ensure political impartiality in the curriculum and teaching’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Number of UK schools marking Holocaust Memorial Day plunges by more than halfThe number of secondary schools to hold events plummeted from more than 2,000 in 2023 to 854 in 2025By JC Reporter2 min read||January 19, 2026 11:14
Chief Rabbi: Politicising Holocaust Memorial Day fails Shoah victims and the children of todayEphraim Mirvis has appealed to parents and educators not to succumb to pressure to ‘step back’ from Holocaust educationBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 18, 2026 11:20
Education Secretary hints at further action after Jewish pro-Israel MP’s school visit blockedBridget Phillipson said it was a ‘shocking’ episode and that her department has been in 'direct contact' with OfstedBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read||January 16, 2026 11:32
Ask a rabbi: Can my son sing in his school’s Christmas concert?An Orthodox and a Progressive rabbi tackle contemporary Jewish issuesBy Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain3 min read||December 8, 2025 15:43
Jewish parents given £20k payout after ‘unlawful’ arrest over school criticismRosalind Levine and Maxie Allen had been banned from entering Cowley Hill Primary School after expressing their discontent in a parents’ WhatsApp groupBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||November 17, 2025 13:52
London primary launches new awards scheme named after Rabbi SacksThe programme at Sacks Morasha will encourage pupils to learn about and live out Jewish valuesBy JC Reporter1 min read||November 12, 2025 16:26
Bishop condemns ‘gates of Auschwitz’ float at school’s Halloween paradeThe mock-up of the concentration camp entrance appeared on a float organised by a Catholic school in PennsylvaniaBy JC Reporter1 min read||November 2, 2025 10:53
New Jakobovits essay prize launched for studentsThe Jewish Ethics Project is inviting entries from school, university and yeshivah/seminary studentsBy JC Reporter1 min read||October 31, 2025 14:30
UNRWA schools are grooming children for jihadHamas has been allowed to retain a grip on UN-supported schools in GazaBy Dina Rovner3 min read||September 18, 2025 09:34
