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King Solomon head Michele Phillips to leave in May

Head says ‘now is right time to step away’

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King Solomon head: Michele Phillips

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer helps to serve lunch during a visit to a school in Essex last year

Court rejects bid to extend free school meals to Charedi independent schools

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Klezmer musicians (Photo: Getty)

A summer of Yiddish planned for London

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The Hendon court where the trial was heard (photo: David Howard/Wikimedia Commons)

‘Spiteful and obsessive’ Mill Hill man found guilty of stalking ex-partner and daughter

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More than 80 per cent of British Jews enjoy a seder

The Pesach meal remains one of the most popular Jewish observances, according to the Institute for Jewish Policy Research

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March 27, 2026 11:22

More than 80 per cent of British Jews enjoy a seder

Slight fall in applications to London Jewish secondary schools – but JFS and JCoSS more popular than ever

First-choice applications down by two per cent from last year’s record year

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March 27, 2026 10:47

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits a Jewish school in London after October 7, 2023 (Photo: Getty)

Why is this Haggadah different from all others?

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marc Chagall and Lucian Freud are among the Jews depicted in the colourful scenes of artist Leon Fenster’s new work

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March 26, 2026 12:17

Jew-de-vivre: Leon Fenster's Haggadah has a psychedelic twist

The new Haggadah which takes us back to Egypt

Knowing about ancient Egyptian culture can deepen our appreciation of the Seder story

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March 22, 2026 11:46

Pharaoh smiting captive foes

Ofsted finds Mathilda Marks-Kennedy to its liking

The Mill Hill primary scores well under new inspection system

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March 17, 2026 12:51

Above average: Mathilda Marks-Kennedy

Why three is better than two in Jewish thinking

Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah challenges the ‘tyranny’ of binary divisions on gender, Israel and other topics in a new book

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March 13, 2026 11:51

Challenging assumptions: Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah

The REAL difference between Orthodox and Progressive Jews? Whisky

My Shabbat shot must be a Scotch – and I will never forget the time it was sickly sweet grape juice

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March 12, 2026 15:36

Kiddush club: the whiskiest of Jewish encounters

Fight to preserve yeshivah status quo could go to the courts

Charedi groups are resisting measures to regulate out-of-school institutions that are expected to win parliamentary assent soon

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March 11, 2026 16:45

Protest against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in Westminster last month

Intermarried couples: from disapproval to engagement

A new report signals a change of heart within the American Conservative movement

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March 6, 2026 10:00

Rabbi Lisa Barrett (centre) officiates at marriage of Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash

Karen Newman becomes new vice-president of Board of Deputies

She will provide Progressive voice and female presence on officer team

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March 3, 2026 17:43

Karen Newman

Court dismisses appeal over VAT on school fees involving Charedi boy

Appeal Court told that tax policy could lead to collapse of small independent religious schools

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March 3, 2026 13:29

The Court of Appeal has ruled against a legal challenge against the government's imposition of VAT on private schools (Image: Getty)

Mixed reception for plan for schools to become part of trusts

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March 3, 2026 10:53

Wolfson Hillel Primary, part of the Jewish Community Academu Trust - the government wants all schools to join a trust

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