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Jeremy Newmark (Image: Hertsmere Borough Council)
May 19, 2023, 1:10 pm
Jeremy Newmark ‘thrilled’ to become leader of Hertsmere council
Former Jewish Leadership Council chief promises 'aspirational green new deal', adding that 'many of our local Jewish institutions are keen to play their role in that work'
By Lee Harpin
Oak & Poppy
September 28, 2022, 5:56 pm
Flavour fest at local restaurants this autumn
From Borehamwood to Hampstead, there's a range of amazing food at new openings and old favourites
By Louisa Walters and Angie Jacobs
Rabbi Alex Chapper of Borehamwood & Elstree United Synagogue
May 13, 2022, 3:37 pm
Borehamwood shul report urges more access and inclusion post-Covid
Report by volunteers into what has worked and what has not has drawn on investigation into Jewish and other faith projects across the globe
By Toby Porter
Dovid Mitz was just hours from death when his wife Leah promised to undetake a new Sefer Torah if he survived
June 4, 2021, 3:35 pm
Lord Sacks Torah project inspired by ‘miraculous’ Covid survival
Dovid Mitz was just hours from death from the virus but survived - and now his wife is behind a new Sefer Torah in memory of Lord Rabbi Sacks.
By Jewish News Reporter
The 2019 bnei mitzvah group just before their Snowdon climb
August 6, 2019, 3:20 pm
Rite of passage reaches new heights!
What began as a special way of marking a bar or bat mitzvah has now become the Bnei Mitzvah Charity Challenge, an annual hike that has raised £110,000 since it began in 2017
By David Legmann
Borehamwood shul
January 8, 2019, 9:27 am
‘Ground-breaking’ mental health Shabbat workshops launched by Borehamwood shul
One of the UK's largest communities will work with clinical psychologist, Dr Judith Friedman, to offer support to its 4,000 members
By Jewish News Reporter
Ex-JFS student Michael Gee on Penn & Teller's show!
October 8, 2018, 4:35 pm
Jewish magician shows off wheel-y good skills on Penn & Teller show
Former JFS student Michael Gee wowed the world-famous entertainers in Las Vegas
By Francine Wolfisz
Zigi Shipper, Gabi Rolfe and Abigail Mann at the Bushey United Synagogue button count earlier this month
July 25, 2018, 4:52 pm
Communities donate 200,000 buttons for Holocaust memorial
Communities in Bushey, Watford and Elstree and Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, Radlett, were collecting for B's Buttons
By Francine Wolfisz
Polling station
October 17, 2017, 2:05 pm
Boundary changes could create the most Jewish constituency ever
Parts of Edgware, Hendon, Mill Hill and Golders Green could be amalgamated into a new extended area with a significant portion of the community contained in it
By Jewish News Reporter
Borehamwood shul
August 8, 2017, 5:13 pm
Borehamwood shul planning autism-friendly Shabbat service
Rabbis and educators design a 'neuro-diverse' service for children with special needs scheduled before Rosh Hashanah
By Jewish News Reporter
Oliver Dowden, has a strong grip on the Tory safe seat of Borehamwood. Labour's Fiona Smith and Lib Dem Joe Jordan are looking to challenge him.
May 11, 2017, 1:07 pm
Who will win the hearts of voters in Hertsmere?
Hertsmere hosts the UK’s biggest Jewish community, so we profile the candidates vying for voters' support
By Marc Shoffman
Dina and Rabbi Naftali Brawer hand over gifts to a homeless charity
March 13, 2017, 2:16 pm
Pop-up Purim cheer for homeless people
London Jews pack charitable gifts at JW3 to spread some festive cheer to the city's needy
By Stephen Oryszczuk
March 10, 2017, 10:03 am
Revealed: London Jews divided alphabetically
North London Jews prefer to live in locations starting with the first half of the alphabet while Jews in south London tend to go for the latter half, experts have revealed
By Jewish News Reporter
October 21, 2016, 2:03 pm
London buses help to spread word about Shabbat UK
Adverts appear on routes in parts of the capital with a significant Jewish community to encourage participation
July 4, 2016, 1:56 pm
Ocado owner in one of UK’s biggest divorce battles
The couple, who have been unable to agree a settlement, have four kids, own £15 million mansion and a chalet in France.
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