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Music

Music school founder nominated for UK award

Katie Hainbach worked as an opera singer before moving into teaching

By Elisa Bray

3 min read

Award nominee Katie Hainbach and her Little Voices pupils

The US Chesed match-funding appeal raised over £500,000 to feed hundreds of families over Pesach and the rest of the year (Photo: United Synagogue)

The United Synagogue

US Chesed appeal to support hundreds of families this Pesach

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

Haggadah

Hostages Forum releases ‘Haggadah of Freedom’ for Passover

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Denise Lester writes that separation and divorce can be a chance to reclaim parts of one's identity that were lost

Singular Challenge

The early years of separation need not be lonely ones

By Denise Lester

2 min read

Mitzvah Day Awards

Schools are top of the class at Mitzvah Day awards

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

A fundraising campaign has been set up to support Ella Greenwood and her family as she undergoes treatment for leukaemia

Community

Fundraiser launched to support student fighting leukaemia

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Yom Hashoah

Thousands to honour Holocaust survivors outside Parliament on Yom HaShoah

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

ORT UK

ORT UK puts sports stars on the menu at business breakfast

By Ahron Asher Moss

3 min read

UJIA

‘Connecting the UK Jewish community with Israel feels like coming back to home base’

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

Resource

Resource helps over 50s overcome ‘shame and stigma’ of being out of work

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

Antisemitism on campus

Jewish staff and students at UCL have detailed their experience on a campus which, they say, is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)

Jews at UCL ‘terrorised’ by students amid demands of ‘Zionists off campus’

Staff have accused university authorities of inaction and alleged that the institution is ‘beleaguered’ by antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

11 min read

Holocaust Centre North launches exhibition to mark 50 years since Cambodian genocide Bereaved mothers of Israeli soldiers find love and respite in London

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The Schmooze

How Jewish courts are easing the pain of divorce

Ela Nicolaides explains what support the London Beth Din provides to couples going through the get process

By Ela Nicolaides

2 min read

The London Beth Din provides a get case worker to support couples going through a Jewish divorce (Stock Image: Getty)

Norwood

The benefit cuts risk further marginalising the most vulnerable

Some people will always struggle to find paid employment

By Naomi Dickson

2 min read

Bushey Cemetery

A cup of tea in a cemetery can bring much cheer

The United Synagogue have created a great place to invite guests after a stone-setting or a funeral

By Keren David

3 min read

Jewish Book Week 2025

A life-affirming Jewish Book Week made space for debate... and dinner plans

London’s longest-running literary festival was packed with new ideas

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

The United Synagogue

Women are more empowered, but there is still some way to go

As we approach International Women’s Day, the CEO of the United Synagogue writes about the changing role of women in the organisation

By Jo Grose

2 min read

International Women's Day

Why men should attend International Women’s Day events

The Jewish Leadership Council would like to reverse the trend of men not showing up

By Laurence Rosenthal

3 min read

By Daniel Ben-David

What it’s like being a JC reporter at a pro-Palestine march

Being skunk sprayed, followed and called ‘Zio’ are just par for the course

2 min read