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arson attacks

Jewish community outreach helped response to arson attacks, London Fire Brigade commander says

The brigade is ‘one hundred per cent prepared for anything’ ahead of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur this month

By Ben Conway

4 min read

Firefighters at Finchley Fire Station treating dummy casualties during the terror attack response demonstration (photo: Ben Conway)

Pages 10 and 11 from the booklet (credit: Aish)

High Holy Days

Aish’s new creative campaign steers Jews towards a meaningful new year

By Ben Conway

1 min read

Olga Swan presenting a copy of her new book to Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

UK Jewry

Birmingham can still have a bright Jewish future, believes the community’s chronicler

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

Current Board president, Phil Rosenberg (centre), alongside Board deputies celebrating Jewish Culture Month (Credit: BoD)

Board of Deputies

Board of Deputies considers proposal to pay president for first time in its 266-year history

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation's Rabbi Daniel Walker at the communal memorial service (Photo: Gaby Wine)

Heaton park synagogue attack

Heaton Park Shul service commemorates victims of Yom Kippur terror attack

By Gaby Wine

7 min read

The flash floods in Nepal have left nearly 2,000 dead and hundreds missing (Photo: WJR)

Nepal Flash Flood

World Jewish Relief launches emergency appeal following Nepal flash flood

By Alma Green

1 min read

Jewish Care

Jewish Care celebrates opening of new Redbridge campus

By Alma Green

2 min read

Founders of Stop The Hate Max Royston, Yochy Davis and Itai Galmudy (Image: Elliott Franks)

Stop the Hate UK

Stop The Hate launches guide on how to campaign for Israel

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

EcoJudaism

Change at the top as EcoJudaism appoints new executive director

By Lucy Pollock

2 min read

batmitzvah

JCoSS pupil sets up shop to sell 60 simchah dresses

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

Yiddish

Klezmer jamming sessions at ZumerFest (Photo: courtesy)

Organisers schep naches from success of first Yiddish festival in the suburb

ZumerFest UK was the brainchild of Norrice Lea member Martin Kaye

By Alma Green

1 min read

Communities far and wide invited to join ONE Shabbat The headteacher who isn’t going back to school

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Exam results

Our children’s exam results don’t define who they are

Lower grades than expected don’t mean the end of the road, but perhaps just a different – and better – direction

By Laurence Field

3 min read

By Jonathan Metliss

I went to five US shuls in one weekend – all full of life

Jonathan Metliss is chair of the charity Action Against Discrimination

2 min read

By Gloria Tessler

What a teddy bear can mean to an endangered child

2 min read

Hostages

Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

Sagui wrote songs in his head while he was held captive in Gaza for nearly 500 days

By Elan Gorji

2 min read

Aish UK

How a Shabbat in Budapest became a rite of passage

Every year, Aish hosts hundreds of UK Jewish school-leavers in the Hungarian capital for a weekend of unapologetic Jewish pride

By Rabbi Naftali Schiff

2 min read

Abraham Events

‘We started an online community during Covid, and it’s still flourishing’

Abraham Events went onto Zoom during the pandemic. Today, it attracts people from all over the world

By Gita Conn

3 min read

Kisharon Langdon

We can only empower people when we can see them

The theme of Learning Disability Awareness Week was ‘Do you see me?’

By Richard Franklin

2 min read

Community

Jewish community outreach helped response to arson attacks, London Fire Brigade commander says

Aish’s new creative campaign steers Jews towards a meaningful new year

Birmingham can still have a bright Jewish future, believes the community’s chronicler

Board of Deputies considers proposal to pay president for first time in its 266-year history

Heaton Park Shul service commemorates victims of Yom Kippur terror attack

World Jewish Relief launches emergency appeal following Nepal flash flood

Jewish Care celebrates opening of new Redbridge campus

Stop The Hate launches guide on how to campaign for Israel

Change at the top as EcoJudaism appoints new executive director

JCoSS pupil sets up shop to sell 60 simchah dresses

Organisers schep naches from success of first Yiddish festival in the suburb

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Our children’s exam results don’t define who they are

I went to five US shuls in one weekend – all full of life

What a teddy bear can mean to an endangered child

Sagui’s concert from Kibbutz Nir Oz is a must-see

How a Shabbat in Budapest became a rite of passage

‘We started an online community during Covid, and it’s still flourishing’

We can only empower people when we can see them