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David Dombrowski with his neighbour Lorraine Kane in Saltwell, Gateshead
September 28, 2022, 6:33 pm
Jewish man in Gateshead hailed as potential lifesaver by fire service
David Dombrowski got his elderly neighbours help in preventing a possibly fatal fire after learning of a local firefighter initiative
By Jewish News Reporter
Letter sent by Charedi leaders to Robert Jenrick (right)
November 20, 2020, 9:15 am
Heads of Charedi communities write to government urging it to keep shuls open
London, Manchester, and Gateshead leaders call on Robert Jenrick to let worship continue in synagogues if new tougher lockdown measures are introduced
By Jewish News Reporter
Gateshead is home to one of the UK's largest Orthodox Jewish communities (Screenshot from YouTube)
August 10, 2020, 4:14 pm
Charedi families warned not to house swap due to Covid spike fears
Concern from public health officials over movement between close-knit Orthodox communities in London, Manchester and Gateshead
By Jewish News Reporter
Gateshead is home to one of the UK's largest Orthodox Jewish communities (Screenshot from YouTube)
July 23, 2020, 12:59 pm
Community’s citizens advice bureau opens Gateshead office
'Following several months of preparatory work, we held a successful online training session this week for our first six caseworkers in Gateshead'
By Jewish News Reporter
Ezriel Salomon MBE received the Freedom of the Borough in 2011 (Credit: Gateshead Council)
August 13, 2019, 4:00 pm
Gateshead community leader Ezriel Salomon dies aged 76
Former headteacher of Gateshead Jewish Primary who was an interfaith and community activist passes away due to pneumonia
By Jewish News Reporter
Jewish Care volunteers opening their home to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and pupils from Moriah school earlier this year.
May 9, 2019, 1:30 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: Our elderly care crisis
Insurance plan among drastic solutions to plug funding shortfall, as Jewish homes outside of London face 'identity battle'
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Social care
May 9, 2019, 1:23 pm
Who will care for you? Bleak future for elderly funding revealed
Experts warn the community is possibly heading for a 'car crash' scenario when it comes to care for older people
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Dayan Yonason Abraham
March 6, 2019, 3:30 pm
Mystery surrounds unexplained departure of London Beth Din Dayan
Dayan Yonason Abraham says it is with a 'sense of responsibility and sadness' that he steps down from the religious board
By Jewish News Reporter
Graffiti saying 'Israhell' next to a swastika on a wall in Victoria, London, as antisemitic incidents rise for a third year in a row. (Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
February 7, 2019, 12:00 am
Antisemitism hits record high for third year in succession
CST report shows number of hate incidents against Jews rocketed to 1,652 in 2018, with 'extremist' language and imagery in almost half of cases
By Jewish News Reporter
January 17, 2019, 12:24 am
58 percent of Jewish school pupils now Charedi
Almost six in ten students studying at the community's schools are strictly-Orthodox, with researchers saying the real figure is even higher
By Jewish News Reporter
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
September 12, 2018, 1:51 pm
Charedi rabbis distance themselves from Chief Rabbi’s LGBT school guidance
Representatives for strictly-Orthodox schools body Chinuch UK, says the document doesn't apply to the 'majority' of Jewish children
By Jenni Frazer
Imaging of the brain on mri scan
March 5, 2018, 3:01 pm
Jewish leaders urge CT scans to become ‘more financially accessible’
Councillors asked to help ease the burden after it emerges that Orthodox burial societies are paying up to £90,000 a year for scans
By Jewish News Reporter
Yishai Rose at the Gateshead Yeshiva on Sept. 5, 2017. Credit: Cnaan Liphshiz
October 6, 2017, 11:28 am
Why Charedi Jews are flocking to the gritty town of Gateshead
Cnaan Liphshiz travels to a northern mining town near Newcastle to find out why its Charedi community has doubled in size since 2008
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Rabbi Joseph Dweck
June 13, 2017, 3:37 pm
Gateshead leader: Rabbi Dweck ‘not fit to serve’ after ‘gay revolution’ remarks
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman hits out at the Sephardi leader after he lectured about the 'fantastic' development of LGBT rights
Durham synagogue
August 31, 2016, 12:31 pm
60 years after shul closure, a new Durham community emerges
The fledgling Durham and North East Liberal Jewish Community held its first service last month and will now start hosting events
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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