2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (201+ words) The Secretary of State for Communities pledges the government will tackle antisemitism wherever it is found as she sends New Year greetings As the New Year approaches, I know many of you will be reflecting on the year that has…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1349+ words) Dayan Avraham Dadoun tells the JC about the work of the International Halacha Institute and its benefits for the global kehila As Jews around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, among them will be rabbis in some of the remotest corners…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (382+ words) The Reform UK leader spoke to Israel’s foreign minister Nigel Farage has hinted that his party might reverse the sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank introduced by Ed Miliband. On Wednesday, the leader of Reform UK spoke with…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (239+ words) Our wonderful community is worth protecting and celebrating. I will be your constant in that endeavour: representing those I serve, standing firm against division, and working with colleagues in government to secure a vibrant Jewish future Following the Foreign Secretary's…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (238+ words) Reform UK’s deputy leader blasts the government’s settlement sanctions and rhetoric on the Jewish state Andy Burnham and his calamitous sidekick Ed Miliband are said to have been caught unawares about Israel’s robust response to their malicious lashing out at…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (214+ words) Why it’s good to be on foot at this time of year Walking is one of the best-evidenced, most accessible and lowest-risk interventions for extending healthy life. The threshold is low, the gains are real and even modest increases in…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) Andy Burnham pledges support for the community as he wishes new years greetings In my kitchen there is a jar of honey gifted to me by Phil Rosenberg the President of the Board of Deputies who insisted I take it…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (238+ words) “Do not stretch out your hand” Genesis 22:12 Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur It is not impossible that Hal David, the lyricist, was aware that he was referencing the Babylonian Talmud. In Tractate Shabbat 151b we learn that “there is a wheel that…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (777+ words) Rosh Hashanah calls on us to move from a sense of shared fate to a sense of shared destiny, When colleague after colleague echoed the same experience, I quipped that it had taken their team's tsuris for many of our…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (633+ words) Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis Yoni Finlay, wounded in the Heaton Park attack, has recovered to help lead the prayers – a powerful example of how we respond to adversity. Like Rabbi and Rebbetzen Walker and countless others in the community,…...