September 18, 2019 09:12

Anger as Labour conference set to debate changes to antisemitism complaints process - on Shabbat

Jewish Labour Movement says the timing is 'adding insult to injury'

September 17, 2019 14:46

Manchester rabbi urges congregants to resist shul's 'unfair' attempt to fire him

Whitefield minister Jonathan Guttentag claims the executive's grounds for proposing to dismiss himself and the chazan do not stand up to scrutiny

September 17, 2019 13:42

Review: Generation Y: Generation Snowflake?

This book is ideal for anyone who already firmly believes that today’s youth are little more than pathetic, feckless ingrates, says Daniel Sugarman

September 17, 2019 11:03

Labour Friends of Israel honorary president Joan Ryan announces she will stand down at next election

Ms Ryan, who left Labour in February after more than 40 years as a member, is praised as a 'true ally of the Jewish community'

September 16, 2019 17:52

Synagogue fire suspect to be charged with arson, not a hate crime, Minnesota police say

The 119-year-old synagogue in the city of Duluth suffered major structural damage before firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze

September 16, 2019 16:57

Association of British Scrabble Players updates definition of 'jew' after complaints

The verb was defined as 'to haggle, get the better of' on the association's word list

September 16, 2019 13:01

Scottish teenager charged after video shows boy with Hitler moustache performing Nazi salute outside synagogue

Footage of the incident, believed to have been filmed via the TikTok social media video app, appeared over the weekend

September 12, 2019 16:46

Will Luciana Berger stand as a parliamentary candidate in Finchley and Golders Green?

The MP enjoys a very high level of popularity within the UK Jewish community - but it's not clear whether that's her best option to win a seat

September 12, 2019 15:36

Israel denies accusations it spied on Donald Trump's White House

Claims have surfaced that US intelligence agencies decided espionage devices found in the past two years were placed by Israel

September 12, 2019 10:55

Manchester shul's plan to fire rabbi and chazan 'heartless and ill-conceived'

Opposition mounts to Whitefield Hebrew Congregation's proposal to make Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag and chazan Yossi Muller redundant

September 11, 2019 18:11

ADL reports no sign of $50,000 donation from YouTube star criticised for antisemitic video content

Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, announced the donation in a video to celebrate gaining 100 million followers

September 11, 2019 11:21

Israeli paralympic swimmer breaks world record in competition moved due to ban on Israelis

Mark Malyar set a new 400 metre freestyle record in the competition, which was moved from Malaysia after it refused to let Israeli athletes enter

September 10, 2019 12:34

Rabbi Lord Sacks says Jewish prayer services were 'terribly boring' before he was chief rabbi

He also said Judaism was about 'belonging without believing', in contrast to other religions

September 09, 2019 16:28

John Bercow announces timetable for resignation as Speaker of the House of Commons and MP

If MPs vote for an election before October 31, he will stand down immediately. If not he will remain in post until that day, when the UK is due to leave the EU

September 09, 2019 15:30

Attack by ‘Arabic-speaking group’ on Israeli students in Warsaw hospitalises two

Brother of one of the victims says they were beaten because they were Jewish

September 09, 2019 12:37

Shtisel safari? Brooklyn Chasidim fed up of being treated 'like a zoo' by growing numbers of tourists

Hundreds of tourists have been descending on Chasidic communities on a daily basis, acting in a way deemed to be intrusive