March 24, 2020 16:47

New West End rabbi compares attending private minyanim to 'idol worship'

Rabbi Moshe Freedman said he would deny aliya to anyone who had attended one

March 24, 2020 14:12

Jewish family raising £100,000 to help elderly and NHS workers

Emma Miller, who created the project with her cousins and siblings, says she is 'amazed' by the response

March 23, 2020 17:34

Liberal Judaism introduce emergency burial restrictions as hospital rabbis prepare for deaths

Families may not be able to attend funerals as number of mourners limited

March 23, 2020 16:07

New Students' Union president dressed as Holocaust victim and joked about being 'gassed'

Edge Hill Students' Union president-elect posted a photo of him dressed as a concentration camp inmate

March 23, 2020 13:38

Oxfam apologises to Israeli ambassador for selling antisemitic book

The charity's chief executive says: 'This should not have happened'

March 23, 2020 10:21

Foreign Office coronavirus chief condemns virus-related antisemitism

Jon Benjamin, who was previously ambassador in Chile and Ghana, made the remarks on Sunday

March 22, 2020 13:27

Board calls on government to 'respect religious traditions' and allow burial for coronavirus deaths

Board President Marie van der Zyl says proposed emergency legislation should be amended so councils must still respect the deceased's beliefs

March 22, 2020 13:15

Israelis take protests online for a digital demonstration against Knesset adjournment

Coronavirus restrictions meant that Israelis wanting to voice worry about the direction of democracy were forced online

March 22, 2020 12:39

Murder of Mountain Jewish leader could spell disaster for vanishing Dagestan community

Izgiyagu Pashayev died in hospital after being attacked by the brother of a woman he had offered shelter to

March 22, 2020 11:14

French Chabad leader André Touboul dies of coronavirus

He was the headmaster of Beit Hanna, one of France's largest Jewish schools

March 22, 2020 10:28

Arrests after police break up Strictly Orthodox wedding receptions in New Jersey

Hundreds of guests attended the weddings in Lakewood in breach of coronavirus regulations

March 22, 2020 09:08

88-year-old Holocaust survivor becomes first Israeli coronavirus death

Aryeh Even rebuilt his life in Israel after emigrating from Hungary in 1949

March 20, 2020 11:20

Israeli president sends solidarity and prayers in an address to the Jewish diaspora

Reuven Rivlin said that communities globally were entering a difficult time of fear and confusion because of the corona crisis

March 20, 2020 10:31

Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations says only healthy men should attend shuls as it closes 'education and Torah institutions'

The Union has said that women, children and those in the at risk categories should stay away

March 19, 2020 14:30

Israelis protest 'undemocratic' coronavirus measures as the Knesset is adjourned

Hundreds of Israelis staged a drive-by protest along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem motorway and outside the country's parliament

March 18, 2020 14:38

WHSmith apologises for selling Hitler's Mein Kampf and Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The chain said the books had been 'immediately removed from sale' and 'apologise sincerely' for selling the antisemitic texts