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August 28, 2026, 10:56 am

Hackney Council may withhold emails over 7 October twinning deadline

There was widespread anger when Hackney Mayor Zoe Garbett wrote to Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav requesting a response to the breaking of a twinning agreement by that date

By Daniel Sugarman

Mayor Zoe Garbett and two Green Party cabinet members at meeting with Jewish leaders in Stamford Hill

August 18, 2026, 5:19 pm

Charedi leaders in Hackney praise council for securing temporary home for girls school

Beis Yaakov Girls School , which teaches over 100 girls from Strictly Orthodox families, moves into empty site in the borough

By Lee Harpin

Yona Yahav (Creative Commons/Elad Malka)

August 6, 2026, 11:06 am

Haifa’s Mayor invites Mayor of Hackney to visit ‘to look for herself’

Haifa's Mayor: 'When a city that has devoted decades to building a shared society is portrayed as a symbol of racism or intolerance, it is the truth that suffers'

By JN Reporter

August 5, 2026, 2:50 pm

‘Come and see Haifa’: academics challenge Hackney over plan to cut 58-year ties

Technion and University of Haifa figures say the borough risks abandoning a city where Jewish-Arab cooperation is part of daily life

By Annabel Sinclair

July 31, 2026, 6:16 pm

Hertsmere council leader pulls out of Hackney Green-led summit after Haifa ties cut

Jeremy Newmark informed Mayor Zoe Garbett that 'if Hackney walks away from Haifa, Hertsmere will walk towards it'

By JN Reporter

Pro-Palestine activists outside Hackney Town Hall

July 30, 2026, 11:18 am

Hackney’s new leadership has chosen division over dialogue

The Green-party controlled council and Mayoralty's choice to break a twinning agreement with Haifa - and specifically ask for a response by 7 October - was deeply hurtful

By Nivi Feldman

July 28, 2026, 10:10 pm

Fierce backlash as Green-led Hackney Council votes to end Haifa twinning

Conservative Cllr Simche Steinberger fumes: 'To be honest, if I was Haifa, I'd be ashamed to twin with Hackney in such a situation'

By Lee Harpin

Hackney Greens join PSC demo outside local Tesco in the borough

June 17, 2026, 4:05 pm

Hackney Greens’ Israeli ‘genocide’ divestment pledge hits legal hurdles

Hopes for immediate action on ethical investment run up against London-wide pension regulations

By Lee Harpin

June 15, 2026, 10:56 am

Zoe Buckman says her Jewish identity is woven into her work

Artist and ex-wife of David Schwimmer is resolute and unashamedly herself

By Michelle Rosenberg

Shomrim volunteers and Metropolitan Police officers outside a Jewish boys’ school in Stamford Hill following an alleged antisemitic assault on a schoolboy. Credit: Shomrim/X

May 11, 2026, 2:10 pm

Jewish schoolboy allegedly punched outside Stamford Hill school in antisemitic assault

Police say 15-year-old boy and 35-year-old man were assaulted as woman remains in custody over alleged antisemitic attack

By Annabel Sinclair

Re-elected. Redbridge Jewish Labour's Lloyd Duddridge at local election count

May 10, 2026, 6:20 pm

Jewish councillors in Redbridge defy sectarian campaign to secure re-election

The Jewish News round-up of local election 2026 results impacting Jewish candidates

By Lee Harpin

The suspect being arrested by the police (credit: @shomrim)

May 7, 2026, 5:38 pm

Bus passenger arrested after alleged Hitler and gas chamber comments to Jews

The man reportedly also claimed to be carrying a knife and threatened Jewish passengers on the 254 bus, including children

By JN Reporter

April 9, 2026, 12:56 pm

Met Police makes more than 20 arrests following antisemitic hate crime crackdown

Specialist operation secures charges across areas including Hackney and Tottenham

By Michelle Rosenberg

Zack Polanski introduced on stage in Hackney by Ross Hanson-Lowe

March 24, 2026, 6:08 pm

Inside the Zack Polanski fan club: Pop star politics in Hackney

'Antisemitism and Islamophobia are 'two sides of the same coin': Green leader's message on night of the Golders Green attacks

By Lee Harpin

March 10, 2026, 3:12 pm

Hackney Greens court local Charedi community ahead of elections promising planning policy change

EXCLUSIVE: Talks taking place between representatives of Strictly Orthodox community and Hackney Greens ahead of May poll

By Lee Harpin

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