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Left to right: Harlow MP Robert Halfon, Gideon Falter, CEO CAA, Mark Gardner, CEO CST. Pic: I-GNITE
March 6, 2024, 12:43 pm
Education minister addresses sixth formers at campus anti-Semitism forum
I-gnite organises inaugural pre-university preparation day with Robert Halfon, CST and Campaign Against Anti-Semitism advising students what to expect, and how to prepare, for life on campus this September
By Michelle Rosenberg
MP Robert Halfon (Youtube Screengrab)
April 11, 2022, 5:14 pm
Chair of Education Select Committee demands inquiry into NUS over antisemitism claims
Robert Halfon has written to the Charity Commission calling recent events "alarming".
By Lee Harpin
Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon MP (Wikipedia)
March 22, 2022, 5:32 pm
Halfon calls out NUS over ‘incomprehensible’ no show at Education Select Committee
Tory MP says he wanted to quiz officials over 'recent controversies on antisemitism involving the NUS'
By Lee Harpin
House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with Abi Samuels who features in Roots To Parliament exhibition (Credit: Jessica Taylor)
November 16, 2021, 12:09 pm
MPs, Jewish Westminster staff give insight into faith in Parliament for exhibition
MP Robert Halfon and staffer Abi Samuels speak about their religious identity alongside Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh participants in the Speaker's Roots To Parliament exhibition
By Lee Harpin
November 7, 2021, 11:25 am
Tory and Labour MPs pack for Mitzvah Day
Those taking part in the event, hosted by Leeds MP Alex Sobel included parliamentarians Robert Courts, Kate Green, Robert Halfon, Theresa Villiers and Kim Leadbeater.
By Jewish News Reporter
October 28, 2021, 11:26 am
REVEALED: Bristol University’s two years of delay and deflection over Professor Miller
Exclusive: Jewish student opens up about taking off their Magen David necklace for academic’s seminars as leaked tape lays bare his attack on CST
By Lee Harpin
Kevin Courtney and Ewa Jasiewicz 
July 13, 2021, 12:18 pm
Warsaw Ghetto desecrator did ‘very good job‘ on antisemitism training, insists union boss
National Education Union general secretary Kevin Courtney backs recruiting Ewa Jasiewicz in heated Select Committee exchange.
By Lee Harpin
Robert Halfon
April 27, 2021, 4:22 pm
Government urged to take tougher action to protect students from antisemitism
MP Robert Halfon, the chair of the education select committee said: 'Students who go to Bristol University should not feel that they’re living in 1930s Germany'
Robert Halfon
March 4, 2021, 11:54 am
Robert Halfon: Bristol Uni ‘cares nothing and does nothing’ over Jewish fears
Commons education committee chair writes to vice-chancellor over David Miller, as Jacob Rees-Mogg says the 'deeply concerning issue' has been passed to cabinet colleagues
By Jack Mendel
Tory MP Robert Halfon has called on teachers to be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine
December 31, 2020, 11:18 am
Robert Halfon says ‘prioritise teachers for vaccine’ in wake of school closures
Tory MP Halfon, who chairs the House of Commons education committee, said he understands government decision but added 'we can’t continue to damage the life chances of children'
By Jewish News Reporter
Michelle Donelan
October 6, 2020, 2:56 pm
Universities minister: Adopt IHRA or we will be forced into taking action
Michelle Donelan threatened higher education institutions that have refused to back the international definition of antisemitism, during the education select committee
By Tali Fraser
April 28, 2020, 12:13 pm
Ofsted chief ‘cautiously optimistic’ of progress on illegal schools
Amanda Spielman spoke at parliamentary select committee's online scrutiny section, addressing an issue which will impact strictly-Orthodox education
By Jewish News Reporter
Rob Halfon and Marie van der Zyl
April 27, 2020, 12:20 pm
Board president and Robert Halfon ‘deeply regret’ public spat
Senior Tory MP and Marie van der Zyl issue joint statement following row, in which the Board was accused of being a 'political broadcasting service' for Labour
By Jewish News Reporter
Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies
April 26, 2020, 5:02 pm
Board president questions senior Conservative MP’s ‘courage and integrity’
An extraordinary war of words has broken out between the Board of Deputies and Conservative Robert Halfon, after the MP accused it of being a "broadcasting service" for Labour.
By Adam Decker
Harlow PPC Laura McAlpine with Jeremy Corbyn on the campaign trail. (Pic: Twitter)
November 8, 2019, 12:08 pm
Labour election candidate defended ‘Jewish final solution’ slur
EXCLUSIVE: Laura McAlpine, the party’s Harlow candidate, claimed 'context somewhat excuses remarks’
By Jewish News Reporter
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