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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year, meets with Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on March 27 2024.
August 11, 2024, 1:50 pm
OPINION: The agonising wait for Iran’s response
British Jews have long recognised the threat to Israel’s existence posed by Iran. Little has changed in that matter over the past 15 years
By JON BOYD
Pic: Christmas Tree
December 20, 2023, 10:25 am
Oy to the world! 28 percent of Jews have a Christmas tree, study finds
Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) finds twenty-three per cent of us light a Chanukiah AND have a tree
By Jenni Frazer
People assemble in central London in 2021 in support of Israel.
November 29, 2023, 1:33 pm
OPINION: Polls show sympathy for Israel… so why do we still feel so isolated?
By Dr Jonathan Boyd, director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) in London
A large rally in Parliament Square in London organised by Jews in the UK who are anxious about Israeli ministers' efforts to subordinate Israel's judiciary to the government. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
August 1, 2023, 12:03 pm
New report: Wave of pessimism about Israeli democracy from UK Jews as ties ‘may fray’
Four-in-five British Jews disapprove of Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right bedfellows according to a new report released today by the Institute of Jewish Policy Research.
By Jewish News Reporter
August 10, 2022, 1:49 pm
New survey aims to chart UK shul membership for first time since Covid
The Institute for Jewish Policy Research says it is important to understand how synagogue membership has changed because of the pandemic
By Jewish News Reporter
A Purim party in the UK, which was voted third best European country for Jews to live by researchers at the European Jewish Alliance in June 2022
June 22, 2022, 3:10 pm
Study: Italy and Hungary ‘best places to live’ in Europe for Jews with UK third
Index compiled by Brussels-based Jewish group ranks 12 countries according to government policies and quality of life polls
By Jewish News Reporter
Up to 1,500 boys are estimated to attend unregistered schools in Hackney (Screengrab)
May 4, 2022, 9:44 am
Two-in-five British Jews will be strictly-Orthodox by 2040, new study finds
It projects high fertility and low mortality rates will help the Charedi population double in size in less than two decades
By Michael Daventry
December 9, 2021, 11:04 am
Pupil numbers rise in Orthodox schools, new JPR report shows
Jewish pupils in strictly Orthodox schools now represent 60 per cent of all Jewish pupils in Jewish schools, compared to 45 per cent in the mid-1990s, the report said
By Jenni Frazer
Small child holding placard poster on a landfill
October 29, 2021, 2:15 pm
British Jews more likely to say humans cause climate change
Research released by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research ahead of COP26 reveals 40% of respondents are either ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ worried about climate change,
By Jewish News Reporter
Successive lockdowns affected Britain's Jewish community, the JPR report found (Photo: Alamy)
March 17, 2021, 12:01 am
Jewish unemployment soared above national rate during pandemic — report
Institute for Jewish Policy Research says its study should help community leaders identify the most vulnerable
By Jewish News Reporter
January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm
120 over 80: Our oldest and wisest
From rabbis and volunteers to Shoah survivors and political figures, here is part three of our celebration of the Jewish community's original social influencers!
By Jewish News
View of Parliament Building from Buda
August 14, 2019, 1:00 pm
Hungary has highest amount of Ashkenazi genes after Israel, study claims
Testing by MyHeritage and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that more than 7.5% of Hungarians had over a quarter Jewish Ashkenazi heritage
By JTA
United Synagogue Ski trip
March 13, 2019, 9:20 am
The dramatic shift in religious identity among educated Jews
Stats from more than two decades of academic research shows that 'well educated' members of the community have a weaker attachment to their Jewish identity
By James Martin
Jewish graves daubed with swastikas
December 13, 2018, 10:57 am
OPINION: Antisemitism data no reason to cry ‘gevalt!’
Dr Jonathan Boyd of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research reflects on new statistics about European antisemitism
By Jonathan Boyd
Baroness Neuberger (right) with event host Andy Haldane of the Bank of England
June 22, 2018, 12:12 pm
Baroness Neuberger: Jews in the Labour Party should resign over anti-Semitism row
Crossbench peer and rabbi says the best way of tackling Labour's anti-Semitism problem is to "stop them getting elected" as she urges Jews to quit
By Jack Mendel
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