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Kisharon Langdon to close Manchester campuses after poor Ofsted

Charity says efforts are under way to secure alternative placements for students

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Kisharon Langdon to close Manchester campuses after poor Ofsted

Orthodox Jewish boys study the Hebrew Talmud in the Jewish area of Warsaw, 1938. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Who do you think you are? Limmud can help

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Judaism in the wild: Miknaf Ha'aretz shemittah retreat

Back to the land: the radical new group promoting ‘earth-based’ Judaism

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Dayan Shalom Kupperman of Etz Chaim Synagogue, Leeds

Rabbi returns to Leeds shul after board gender row

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Irish court says that rabbi in prison must receive kosher food

Rabbi Jonathan Abraham is in custody accused of carrying out illegal circumcisions

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August 11, 2024 10:24

Rabbi Jonathan Abraham was arrested in Dublin (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Israel’s ‘precision strike’ on Hamas command centre in Gaza school condemned by Lammy

IDF said attack killed 31 terrorists while limiting civilian deaths

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August 11, 2024 09:42

Palestinians check the damage in the al-Zahra school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians after it was hit by an Israeli strike. The IDF said that 19 terrorists had been killed. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Questions over women’s leadership triggers dispute at Leeds synagogue

Etz Chaim rabbi says woman can be president as long as male honorary officers have controlling majority

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August 8, 2024 08:04

‘Things have changed in our community forever’

Claudia Mendoza, CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council, speaks to the JC about life after October 7

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August 2, 2024 12:12

Claudia Mendoza, CEO of the JLC, talks about the impact of October 7 and its aftermath on the UK Jewish community (Photo: JLC)

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Even those once implacably opposed to the idea now argue they don’t go far enough

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August 1, 2024 06:54

Carry on Shabbat: The normalisation of the eruv

Progressive leaders ‘reassured’ by government’s commitment to Israel

Progressive Judaism stressed diversity of views within Jewish community in meeting with ministers

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July 31, 2024 10:35

Progressive Judaism leaders Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy meet Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer

Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman are Pinner’s new rabbinic couple

They will be moving to the United Synagogue community from the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue in Leeds

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July 30, 2024 09:14

Pinner bound: Rabbi Jason and Rebbetzin Elise Kleiman

Charedi leaders call for day of prayer over Labour education plans

Proposal to introduce register for children taught at home or in yeshivot sends alarm bells ringing in Stamford Hill

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July 24, 2024 17:38

Charedi protest against out-of-school register Bill in Westminster, March 2024

Jewish school with Muslim pupils affected by ‘community tensions’ says Ofsted

Some parents have struggled with ‘Israel’s special place in Judaism’ says King David Birmingham head

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July 23, 2024 10:18

King David Jewish Primary School in Birmingham has faced difficulties since October 7

What impact will Labour’s plans have on Jewish education?

Board of Deputies warns of ‘anxiety’ in parts of the Jewish community over proposals in King’s Speech

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July 17, 2024 15:56

Charedi protesters praying outside Parliament (Photo by Nigel Iskander)

Legal push to extend Mayor’s free meals scheme to independent Charedi schools fails

Lawyers had argued that Stamford Hill families experience poverty ‘at a greater level’ than London as a whole

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July 15, 2024 15:49

Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to increase funding for kosher meals at Jewish state primary schools (Mayor of London)

Liberal leader Sir Ed Davey welcomes growing links with Israeli party

He joins adviser to Yair Lapid at London launch of book on the virtues of centrist politics

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July 12, 2024 16:41

Sir Ed Davey in his Kingston and Surbiton constituency on election night (Photo by Alex McBride/Getty Images)