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Screenshot from Jewish News' video last week, in which police were filmed intervening at a Charedi wedding. Rabbi Yossi Teitelbaum is believed to be pictured top right with his hands outstretched.
March 9, 2021, 4:55 pm
Illegal weddings mask sacrifices made by Charedi community, rabbis say
Levi Schapiro of JCC North London said circulation of an incorrect figure of those in attendance of an illegal wedding had 'damaged and created hate' towards the community.
Roadworks (Photo by Miguel Teirlinck on Unsplash)
October 6, 2020, 5:36 pm
Stamford Hill road closures will be ‘a recipe for chaos’, Jewish groups say
Proposed restrictions in Hackney criticised by the Jewish Community Council following meeting with Council officials, amid calls for public meeting with the mayor
By Jenni Frazer
Roadworks (Photo by Miguel Teirlinck on Unsplash)
From the WebOctober 6, 2020, 11:52 am
Stamford Hill road closures will be ‘a recipe for chaos’, Jewish groups say
Proposed restrictions in Hackney criticised by the Jewish Community Council following meeting with Council officials, amid calls for public meeting with the mayor
By Jenni Frazer
June 15, 2020, 3:53 pm
Food banks providing kosher meals to struggling families given £100,000 grant
Government department gives funding to Hot Line Meals Service and the Jewish Community Council funding to support Jewish families in need during the pandemic
By Jewish News Reporter
Dining table laid out for an illicit wedding in Golders Green (Credit: The Diary Of An OTD Girl, Facebook)
May 19, 2020, 3:49 pm
Charedi leaders: ‘Unlikely weddings will be permitted until late June’
Strictly-Orthodox officials have told couples not to expect any marriages to take place until at least next month, with kosher caterers ordered not to supply any simchas
By Jewish News Reporter
Dining table laid out for an illicit wedding in Golders Green (Credit: The Diary Of An OTD Girl, Facebook)
May 12, 2020, 5:45 pm
Jewish weddings remain under lockdown, despite Jewish Community Council claims
Government flatly denies Stamford Hill Orthodox group's assertion that authorities 'accepted our proposed plans' for ceremonies to take place
By Jewish News Reporter
A general view of a Jewish man and a child in Stamford Hill. This image is not related to the article it illustrates.
February 19, 2020, 2:05 pm
REVEALED: Hackney yeshivas held council to ransom over child safety
Religious schools were only willing to meet safeguarding standards on  ‘quid pro quo’ basis, shock report states.
By Jewish News Reporter
Yehudis Fletcher
September 4, 2019, 2:50 pm
Jewish group sees donations surge after Orthodox newspaper attack
'We have never and would never attack shechita and milah,' Nahamu spokesperson told Jewish News
By Mathilde Frot
February 26, 2019, 12:25 pm
Orthodox groups welcome opt-out for parents on sex education
Newly-published guidance reveals parents will have a say on whether their child receives Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) as Government looks to shake up the education system
By Jewish News Reporter
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
Children [not related to this article] affected by the ongoing crisis wait to receive food from a charity food distributing centre in Sana’a, Yemen
January 18, 2018, 10:47 am
Last-ditch bid to reunite Yemeni Jews with Stamford Hill family
We exclusively reveal the efforts being made to allow a Jewish family trapped in war-torn Yemen to come to the UK
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Members of the Charedi community speak with firefighters following the fire on the last night of Chanukah
December 20, 2017, 5:07 pm
Nobody injured in Stamford Hill Chanukiah fire
Extensive damage caused by a blaze inside a London property of a Charedi family on the last night Chanukah
Genetics testing
August 25, 2017, 11:12 am
It’s one small snip for man, one giant snip for mankind
Gene editing, a process which could have major implications for the Jewish community, is almost upon us, say scientists
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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