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Stamford Hill high street. The area is home to the biggest Charedi (strictly orthodox) community in Europe (Credit: Flickr/Alan Denney)
August 5, 2025, 3:45 pm
Stamford Hill JCC founder accused of allegedly ‘harassing’ government officials
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations writes to Downing Street, apparently in a response to a letter from the Prime Minister's office regarding Levi Schapiro's conduct
By Jewish News Reporter
November 19, 2021, 2:19 pm
UK Charedim and Kim Kardashian aid dramatic rescue of Afghan girl footballers
Mission involved flying 130 people, including 30 teen players, out of the war-torn country to London, where they were greeted by members of the strictly-Orthodox community
August 20, 2021, 9:58 am
Vaccination drive for returning yeshiva students ahead of High Holy Days
JCC in Hackney announced there will be a series of mobile and temporary vaccine clinics outside busy shuls in Stamford Hill ahead of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
By Jack Mendel
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.
Blood plasma donation centre
December 29, 2020, 3:25 pm
Almost 100 sign up for Charedi community’s plasma drive to beat corona
Top NHS official praises scheme in which plasma is transfused into patients who are struggling to develop their own immune response to coronavirus
By Jewish News Reporter
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
April 2, 2020, 2:04 pm
Twenty-Five Under 25: The official countdown begins!
From activists and campaigners to interfaith workers and charity volunteers, we celebrate young people tipped to become UK Jewish leaders. Drum roll... here are positions 25-11..!
Stamford Hill
November 19, 2019, 4:33 pm
Charedim urged to register to vote with help of yiddish posters
Hackney's strictly-Orthodox community urged to sign up ahead of the General Election on 12 December
By Jewish News Reporter
Boris Johnson speaks after being announced as the new Conservative party leader. Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
July 23, 2019, 1:33 pm
Jewish leaders ‘looking forward’ to working with next PM Boris Johnson
British and Israeli figures congratulate new leader on his election and urge him to stop Jeremy Corbyn, but there is also criticism of his past remarks about minorities
Lord Nick Bourne addressing the JCC lunch
February 5, 2019, 10:54 am
Faith minister: ‘No-one wants to rewrite the Torah’ over Charedi school standoff
Lord Bourne met with Strictly-Orthodox leaders in Stamford Hill in attempt to reassure of his support for the community
Bread flours are usually high in gluten
August 31, 2018, 11:42 am
Jewish charity warns of coeliac ‘stigma’ as half-a-million said undiagnosed
Stamford Hill-based organisation Crohn’s Colitis Relief warn about the social taboo for those who have a reaction to gluten
James Brokenshire (second right) with strictly-Orthodox community leaders
August 15, 2018, 12:13 pm
Communities secretary tours Stamford Hill for cohesion consultation
James Brokenshire visits Strictly-Orthodox community in light of a Green Paper to tackle “barriers to integration”
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
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