Donate

Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty

Rosa Doherty is social affairs correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle

Latest from Rosa Doherty

JFS boy highlights mental health issues with charity concert

Sam Taylor says he did not seek help until his depression became 'most severe'

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

JFS boy highlights mental health issues with charity concert

I tried to alert shul about rabbi but got nowhere, says former leader

I tried to alert shul about rabbi but got nowhere, says former leader

3 min read

Sydney woman first to write music to be performed in UK Orthodox synagogue

Sydney woman first to write music to be performed in UK Orthodox synagogue

1 min read

Abigail Morris stands down as Jewish Museum director executive

Abigail Morris stands down as Jewish Museum director executive

2 min read

More from Rosa Doherty

Jewish Labour Movement signs statement against Trump’s 'sham' Middle East peace plan

JLM joins 25 liberal Jewish organisations to sign joint statement calling on world leaders to reject Trump’s 'one-sided' deal

1 min read

||

February 11, 2020 12:09

Jewish Labour Movement signs statement against Trump’s 'sham' Middle East peace plan

Board defends imam appointed to Tory inquiry into Islamophobia

The board criticised 'attacks' on Qari Asim, who was accused of supporting restrictions on free speech

1 min read

||

February 10, 2020 12:38

Board defends imam appointed to Tory inquiry into Islamophobia

Ex-Black Rod says John Bercow called him an 'antisemite'

Former general David Leakey, who served as Black Rod until 2018, said Bercow also criticised 'my background, education and military career'

1 min read

||

February 5, 2020 10:43

Ex-Black Rod says John Bercow called him an 'antisemite'

Margaret Hodge: Antisemitism helped make Labour the 'nasty party'

Dame Margaret says leadership contenders need to engage in an 'open and honest debate' about the challenges the party faces

1 min read

||

February 2, 2020 11:48

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge speaks during the 'Jewish Labour Movement Conference' on September 2, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Palestinian Authority vow to cut ties with Israel and US after rejecting Trump’s peace plan

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said 'I will not have it recorded in my history that I sold Jerusalem'

1 min read

||

February 2, 2020 10:29

Palestinian Authority vow to cut ties with Israel and US after rejecting Trump’s peace plan

Antisemite Gilad Atzmon no longer performing at jazz club

The club said that Mr Atzmon had 'agreed to stand down' in order to 'protect the venue’s reputation'

2 min read

||

January 31, 2020 11:14

Antisemite Gilad Atzmon no longer performing at jazz club

Top rabbi accused of bullying agrees to 'take time away'

Rabbi David Mitchell is due to lead West London Synagogue, the flagship shul of the Reform Movement

2 min read

||

January 30, 2020 14:59

Top rabbi accused of bullying agrees to 'take time away'

Chabad emissaries reassure Jewish residents and tourists in China

The religious global outreach group said it was helping Jews with the 'extreme precautions' being taken to guard against the spread of coronavirus

2 min read

||

January 30, 2020 11:56

Chabad emissaries reassure Jewish residents and tourists in China

Jazz club defends decision to host antisemite Gilad Atzmon

On Saturday, Club 606 is due to host Mr Atzmon, whose past statements include 'Jewish ideology is driving our planet into a catastrophe'

1 min read

||

January 30, 2020 10:14

Jazz club defends decision to host antisemite Gilad Atzmon

Yachad calls on UK Government to reject Trump’s 'one-sided' peace plan

Trump’s plan, which proposed an independent Palestinian state, also includes US recognition of Israeli annexation of settlements in the occupied West Bank

3 min read

||

January 29, 2020 11:06

Yachad calls on UK Government to reject Trump’s 'one-sided' peace plan

Let’s pay less attention to unofficial Tweeters

A row over one of Labour's social media 'outriders' has Rosa Doherty thinking we'd might be better off deleting Twitter

2 min read

||

January 29, 2020 09:56

Let’s pay less attention to unofficial Tweeters

The cervical cancer survivor fighting stigma to raise awareness

Penny Simmons was diagnosed after a routine smear test but found her friends were putting them off because of misconceptions

2 min read

||

January 28, 2020 12:05

The cervical cancer survivor fighting stigma to raise awareness

1...24 25 26...135