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Torah scroll from 28 January
March 13, 2025, 11:49 am
Methodist Church delivers three historic scrolls to Federation of Synagogues
Interfaith collaboration sees return of 19th century Torah written in Baghdad
By Michelle Rosenberg
Palestinian school girls watch a press conference by UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl during his visit to an UNRWA school in Gaza City. Credit: Wissam Nassar/dpa/Alamy Live News
February 18, 2025, 1:38 pm
OPINION: It’s time to phase out the UN agency that’s an impediment to peace
Daniel Sugarman argues that's the agency should be folded into the UNHCR with view to moving towards a two-state solution as the only route to lasting peace
By Daniel Sugarman
People in Parliament Square during a Campaign Against Antisemitism march and rally in central London. Picture date: Sunday December 8, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story PROTEST Antisemitism. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
December 8, 2024, 5:22 pm
‘Successive governments have failed us’ – 10,000 march to warn of rising anti-Jewish hate
Protesters walked from the Royal Courts of Justice to Westminster under the banner ‘Act against hate before it’s too late’
By Justin Cohen
PM meets with Jewish leaders
November 29, 2024, 1:58 pm
PM holds urgent meeting with communal leaders to discuss ‘abhorrent rise of antisemitism’
Keir Starmer met representatives from the Board, JLC, UJS and CST at Downing Street
By Lee Harpin
Antisemitism does not disappear when left unchallenged—it mutates and reappears in new forms
November 19, 2024, 2:14 pm
Joint survey launched on antisemitism in the workplace
Board of Deputies, JLC and Work Avenue try to measure Jewish race hate in workplace
By Jenni Frazer
Phil Rosenberg, Board of Deputies
October 29, 2024, 11:29 am
Board of Deputies adds five women to executive
Gender equality bid by Board sees Sheila Gewolb, Harriett Goldenberg, Claire Morland, Judith Prinsley and Naomi Ter-Berg take on key roles.
By Jenni Frazer
Photo: Mark Thomas
October 6, 2024, 10:01 pm
Mother of last remaining British hostage in Gaza breaks silence as 20,000 attend Hyde Park vigil
Tears, sorrow, passion and pride on the eve of the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks
By Justin Cohen
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Picture date: Saturday September 25, 2021.
September 13, 2024, 10:35 am
Board and Lord Mann pledge to work with government to improve Jewish-Muslim relations
In meetings and reports to ministers, the Board and Lord Mann have backed calls for more inter-faith work
By Lee Harpin
Change of use in death certification
September 11, 2024, 10:46 am
Death certification changes made law
Speeded-up arrangements will benefit Jewish community enabling rapid burial
By Jenni Frazer
Making pledges: Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies
September 11, 2024, 10:45 am
Board of Deputies sets out plans for next three years
Cultural heritage and getting more women involved on the agenda
By Jenni Frazer
Women from the protest group Youth Demand, laying flowers and a Palestinian flag in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before spray-painting “150,000 killed” on the pavement in front of the memorial.
September 2, 2024, 2:00 pm
OPINION: Securing the future of Jewish life in our country
Keith Black, chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, sets out the aims of Forge the Future, a plan responding to the challenges of post-7 October Britain
By Keith Black
Thousands marched in central London demanding hostages taken on October 7 by Hamas to be returned to Israel.
August 28, 2024, 10:43 pm
Plans unveiled for UK’s 7 October commemoration
Organisers emphasise that three days of marking anniversary will not be political
By Jenni Frazer
Reginald D Hunter from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe magazine
August 18, 2024, 12:17 pm
OPINION: Why is the media ignoring Reginald Hunter’s antisemitic jibe?
Reporting on the comedian's anti-Israel remark and not his 'f****** Jews' comment feeds false claims that criticism of Israel is banned, writes Daniel Sugarman
By Daniel Sugarman
Southport violence
August 8, 2024, 10:45 am
OPINION: We can trace the lineage of this far-right violence
'As a society, we have to be better than this', writes Phil Rosenberg on the lawless riots against minority groups across the UK
By Phil Rosenberg
Media gather outside the BBC headquarters
August 4, 2024, 12:28 pm
Tim Davie discusses allegations of antisemitism at BBC with Board of Deputies
"Long-standing misgivings” raised with the BBC boss relating to its culture and coverage, including not referring to Hamas as terrorists in its reporting of the war with Israel.
By Jewish News Reporter
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