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August 12, 2024, 11:30 am

Rabbi in custody wins right to kosher food

London rabbi arrested over circumcision in Dublin takes prison to High Court

By Jenni Frazer

May 22, 2024, 12:27 pm

OPINION: I’m grateful my kids can say ‘my mum the rabbi’

Change is happening and women are increasingly being empowered to teach and lead across the Orthodox world

By Miriam Lorie

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at march in London

November 27, 2023, 12:35 pm

Chief Rabbi recalls Cable Street as he asks the UK to ‘unite against antisemitism’

Speaking at Sunday's National March Against Antisemitism, Chief Rabbi Mirvis notes that the UK remains a 'wonderful, tolerant and decent country'

By Lee Harpin

Samantha Woll, president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit, welcomes attendees to the congregation's centennial celebration and groundbreaking on a major renovation project, Aug. 14, 2022. (Andrew Lapin)

October 23, 2023, 2:55 pm

No indication of hate crime in murder of Detroit synagogue president, police say

Local Jewish leader Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home early on Saturday.

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

September 27, 2023, 10:36 am

Senior UK rabbi urges congregation to ‘fight’ for an ‘open, tolerant and inclusive’ Judaism

Rabbi Josh Levy told the congregation at Alyth Gardens synagogue in Yom Kippur sermon; 'We have ceded the ground of religious discourse to those whose Judaism does not reflect our values. We can do so no longer'

By Lee Harpin

September 22, 2023, 11:36 am

Senior rabbi criticises ‘selfish’ Sunak over climate change reverse

Following PM's announcement, Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg writes: 'I don’t understand why he has no conscience about short-term decisions which help destroy our children’s future.'

By Lee Harpin

August 7, 2023, 12:39 pm

Israeli synagogue disinvites ‘rejecter’ rabbi

Invitation to British-born rabbi withdrawn after learning he had been named as a “mesarev” or “rejecter” for refusing to comply with a ruling by the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations.

By Jenni Frazer

April 12, 2023, 12:54 pm

REVIEW: David Baddiel’s affectionate two fingers up to faith

It would be a sea-splitting miracle if The God Desire has the cultural impact of the author's previous seminal work, writes Richard Ferrer. This time the iconoclast bites off more than he can Jew.

By Richard Ferrer

Photo of car that drove the two sisters and their mother posted on Twitter

April 7, 2023, 6:43 pm

British-Israeli sisters shot dead in West Bank car attack

The sisters, aged 15 and 20 were on their way to a hiking trip when their car was shot at in the Jordan Valley, while their mother has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition

By Lee Harpin

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt at the House of Lords event

February 22, 2023, 12:23 am

Exiled Moscow Chief Rabbi tells Jewish News he’s fearful of Putin once ‘he is cornered’

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who left Russia last July in protest at the invasion of Ukraine, also spoke of his fears for the country's remaining Jews, saying there is 'deep engrained antisemitism' among the wider population

By Lee Harpin

December 2, 2022, 1:01 pm

Rabbi David Mason leaves Muswell Hill shul for new refugees and racial justice role

By Lee Harpin

November 1, 2022, 10:33 am

Rabbi says Braverman’s migrant ‘invasion’ comments ‘make me feel pained as a Jew’

Rabbi David Mason joined Jewish lawyers and politicians in condemning home secretary Suella Braverman's language in the Commons including claims there was an 'invasion' of migrants

By Lee Harpin

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pictured in Belsize Square Synagogue with Rabbi Rose Prevezer and Rabbi Gabriel Botnick

September 22, 2022, 9:45 am

Watch as Keir Starmer discusses the meaning of Rosh Hashanah in synagogue

Wearing a kippah, the Labour leader is filmed listening intently to Rabbi Gabriel Botnick and Rabbi Rose Prevezer of Belsize Square Synagogue, as they tell him what the High Holy Days mean to them

By Lee Harpin

Rabbi David Mason speaking alongside the 1936 Hebrew Yiddish union banner in the GMB's offices (Photo: Jewish News)

August 9, 2022, 9:49 pm

Launch of GMB trade union’s Jewish faith workers branch ‘a big moment’

Rabbis David Mason and Richard Jacobi join GMB union leaders, including general secretary Gary Smith, and JLM officials at emotional branch launch event in Hendon

By Lee Harpin

Charedi protesters wearing yellow stars in protest against proposed governmental reform

July 6, 2022, 2:01 pm

Charedi protestors wear Nazi style yellow stars on latest anti-Schools Bill protest

Speaking for the protestors, who gathered outside a conference on religious freedom in Westminster, Rabbi Asher Gratt said the yellow stars expressed 'how they feel'

By Lee Harpin

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