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Yavneh College.
April 20, 2026, 4:54 pm
Yavneh College to host open evening for Immanuel parents after closure announcement
Borehamwood school hosting open evening this week for worried parents as Bushey private secondary school shuts its doors after 35 years
By Michelle Rosenberg
Borehamwood Masorti (SHEMA) new community Rabbi Zachary Bernstein-Rothberg
March 19, 2026, 12:59 pm
Borehamwood Masorti shul appoints new community Rabbi
Newly graduated Zachary Bernstein-Rothberg takes up his post in August
By Michelle Rosenberg
Borehamwood Vigil held on 26 September 2025
February 3, 2026, 10:26 am
Through 7 October vigils, our community refused to allow the hostages to be forgotten
These vigils mattered not only because they endured, but because they became shared spaces where people gathered, supported one another, and lived out their values
By Debbie Fox
Borehamwood Vigil held on 26 September 2025
February 1, 2026, 8:30 pm
The vigil that began with children’s boots and teddy bears
With the release of the last hostage comes a poignant message from one of the founders of the Friday vigil in Borehamwood
By Eddie Hammerman
Students at Yavneh College celebrate after receiving their GCSE results, August 2025
January 21, 2026, 3:32 pm
Yavneh College announces a bulge class for 2026
Hertfordshire school increases its Year 7 intake in September from 150 to 180 pupils
By Michelle Rosenberg
Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine (Picture: Times Radio/Simon Jacobs for The Times)
April 1, 2025, 10:32 am
Jewish mother arrested after WhatsApp school row sparks police review
A Jewish mother from Hertfordshire and her partner were arrested after criticising their daughter’s school in a WhatsApp group
By Annabel Sinclair
Courtesy: Jewish Life Centre Borehamwood
March 7, 2025, 3:09 pm
Borehamwood Chabad Centre banking on £1.5m fundraising campaign
Jewish Life Centre to lease former NatWest building to support Hertfordshire's rapidly expanding Jewish community
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Elliot Jacob
March 19, 2024, 2:34 pm
1,000 call for release of hostages at emotional ‘Israel in our Herts’ rally
'We don't have time left. There is a deal on the table and it's the last one'. Daughter of 83-year old Israeli hostage Oded Lifschitz stands alongside Chief Rabbi and cross-communal dignitaries at Borehamwood vigil
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Screenshot, Amanda Hardy.
February 27, 2024, 11:16 am
Borehamwood estate agent sorry for celebrating death of Lord Rothschild and hoping ‘other Zionists’ follow him
Branch manager Amanda Hardy, who has been suspended for her social media posts, claims she did not know what the word Zionist means
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Eddie Hammerman
February 23, 2024, 11:24 am
OPINION: Misreporting and misleading: the Jewish community continues to be betrayed by media bias
'I long for positive coverage of Israel but I am done with needing the world to accept me as a proud Jew', writes Eddie Hammerman.
By Eddie Hammerman
Pic: Cohen family
February 19, 2024, 5:19 pm
Four sons shave their heads in solidarity with cancer patient mum
Daniel, Harry, James and Josh Cohen from Elstree raise more than £8k for Chai Cancer Care and Cancer Research UK
By Michelle Rosenberg
Friday 19th January 2024. Vigil for Kfir Bibas. Borehamwood, Herts. Pic: E Jacobs
January 19, 2024, 12:46 pm
Kfir Bibas turns one – the saddest birthday in the world
Hertfordshire community holds ‘party’ vigil with balloons, cake and candles for Hamas' infant captive.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and members of the Jewish community pose during a vigil at Keystone Passage in Borehamwood for victims and hostages of Hamas attacks.
December 8, 2023, 4:10 pm
Government ‘four-square’ behind Israel’s effort to free hostages – Dowden
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden spoke alongside Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at a vigil in Borehamwood,
By Jewish News Reporter
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October 9, 2023, 12:37 pm
Hertsmere councillor to light up Borehamwood civic building in Israel’s blue and white
Jewish leader of Hertsmere Borough Council Jeremy Newmark says he sends the strongest possible message of solidarity to Israel
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jeremy Newmark (Image: Hertsmere Borough Council)
May 19, 2023, 1:10 pm
Jeremy Newmark ‘thrilled’ to become leader of Hertsmere council
Former Jewish Leadership Council chief promises 'aspirational green new deal', adding that 'many of our local Jewish institutions are keen to play their role in that work'
By Lee Harpin
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