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From left: the hustings’ chair, Laura Marks; Hina Bokhari; David Burrowes; and Sir Stephen Timms. CREDIT: FAITHS FORUM FOR LONDON
July 2, 2024, 12:34 pm
OPINION: It’s time for change in the Government’s relationship with faith communities
Why I have hope in these otherwise depressingly tormented times, writes Laura Marks
By Laura Marks
Stock photo of children outside a school.
December 15, 2023, 10:51 am
OPINION: The tense battleground of religion in schools is not a Jewish Issue
Having independent faith schools alongside state schools showcases the UK as a live-and-let-live model for students, writes Shimon Cohen.
By Shimon Cohen
Census 2021: multi-person households with at least two different religions. See story RELIGION Census embargoed to 0001 Thursday July 27. Infographic PA Graphics. An editable version of this graphic is available if required. Please contact graphics@pamediagroup.com.
July 27, 2023, 11:43 am
Thousands living in multi-faith households, first figures of their kind show
The figures have been hailed as reflecting the “rich complexity of religious life” in the two nations.
Sweden’s justice minister has said his government may be open to amending a protest law, after the public burning of a Quran in Stockholm last month sparked fury across the Muslim world.
July 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
Disbelief as Swedish police allow Hebrew Bible to be burned outside Israeli embassy
The application, which was approved on Thursday, grants permission to a person “to express an opinion” in a public place.
By Lee Harpin
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam
April 12, 2023, 12:54 pm
REVIEW: David Baddiel’s affectionate two fingers up to faith
It would be a sea-splitting miracle if The God Desire has the cultural impact of the author's previous seminal work, writes Richard Ferrer. This time the iconoclast bites off more than he can Jew.
By Richard Ferrer
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis pictured in his book-lined study. Photograph: Adam Stoller Photography
March 17, 2023, 10:27 am
INTERVIEW: ‘Being Chief Rabbi does not come naturally. It demands total dedication’
Newly-knighted Sir Ephraim Mirvis sits down with Richard Ferrer to reflect on the moments in his life that influence his philosophy of inclusion, as he prepares to mark 10 years in the role.
By Richard Ferrer
The stunning New West End synagogue in Bayswater
March 10, 2023, 1:10 pm
OPINION: My alternative guide for the spiritually homeless
Where do you go if you don't feel at home at a synagogue? Jewish News' Michelle Rosenberg has created her own personal version
By Michelle Rosenberg
A man signs a petition at a demonstration for women's rights held outside the rabbinical court for divorces
November 28, 2022, 1:30 pm
OPINION: Segregation would endanger religious women in Israel
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, an American-Israeli writer whose work focuses on women's rights in Orthodox Judaism, reflects on the damage inflicted when 50 percent of the population is excluded from decision making.
By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
November 24, 2022, 1:01 am
Rabbi Jonathan Romain speaks up on the BBC
A new series of faith programmes invites writer and broadcaster to share his private passions
By Louisa Walters
The CST said government and police increasingly accept the argument that antisemitism should be included in Prevent. (Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
October 6, 2022, 2:42 pm
Hate crime offences against Jews in England and Wales rise by 49 % over past year
New Home Office statistics confirm that Jews and Muslims are the main target of rising religiously motivated hate crime between March 2021-22 with 23 per cent of all offences involving antisemitism
By Lee Harpin
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
June 30, 2022, 1:04 pm
Chief Rabbi Mirvis among the participants at religious freedom conference
International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief takes place in London next week, with Liz Truss joining 500 delegates.
By Lee Harpin
May 4, 2022, 4:58 pm
Making Sense of the Sedra: Education is a Mitzvah
In our thought-provoking series, rabbis, rebbetzins and educators relate the week’s parsha to the way we live today
By Rabbi Ariel Abel
September 13, 2021, 6:14 pm
Shechita UK ‘confident’ over government’s possible food labelling reforms
The UK needs to create its own animal welfare legislation following the decision to exit the European Union.
By Lee Harpin
Physicist Albert Einstein
December 5, 2018, 1:01 pm
Albert Einstein letter grappling with religion sells for £2.3M at auction
Famous scientist's letter of just one-and-a-half-pages stunned auctioneers in New York, with bidders expecting it to sell for one million
Members of different faiths together at a vigil in 2016
July 20, 2018, 12:13 pm
Almost half of Brits think world would be more peaceful if no one was religious
Polling data from ComRes and think-tank Theos suggests that 47 percent of adults reject religion, but most blame extremists for violence
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