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JFS politics students question Labour education secretary Bridget Phillipson
July 17, 2024, 12:14 pm
Labour committed to ending VAT exemption for private school fees
Responding to criticism, including from a Jewish charity supportive of independent schools, a government spokesperson promises to 'engage with stakeholders'
By Lee Harpin
Scene from the Holocaust educational play Kindness: A Legacy of the Holocaust
May 2, 2024, 10:04 am
Schools shun Holocaust survivor drama over Gaza
EXCLUSIVE: Voices of the Holocaust charity founder Cate Hollis tells of ‘heartbreak’ after 85 percent fall in school bookings since 7 October for play about Susan Pollack
By Lee Harpin
Parliament Sq protest
April 26, 2024, 1:14 pm
Strictly Orthodox brand school regulation ‘cultural genocide’
About 500 members of the community stage protest outside parliament against yeshivah regulation proposals with banners reading Stop Cultural Genocide
By Lee Harpin
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School
April 12, 2024, 4:32 pm
HJPS head ‘delighted’ after school leaps up Ofsted rankings from Inadequate to Good
In a report published today, Hertsmere Jewish Primary School was praised for providing “a happy and inclusive culture”, as well as placing “the safety and well-being of staff and pupils.”
By Francine Wolfisz
Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary
March 22, 2024, 5:44 pm
Bridget Phillipson: ‘Tories have made it more difficult to tackle antisemitic hate’
Labour's shadow education secretary tells Jewish News the government is failing to protect young Jews from antisemitic hate
By Lee Harpin
Bridget Philippson on visit to JFS school, where she spoke and took questions from 6th form students
March 20, 2024, 5:17 pm
JFS sixth-form politics students praised after quizzing frontbench Labour MP
Labour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson was made to answer a varied and impressive mix of questions when she visited JFS school to speak with politics students
By Lee Harpin
Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement (Parliament TV)
March 13, 2024, 5:40 pm
£7m school antisemitism awareness training scheme ‘paused’ over IHRA legal challenge
The Diaspora Alliance has filed for a judicial review claiming that IHRA 'fails to protect Jews and free speech' because of the definition's divisive reputation in the community.
By Lee Harpin
Children in Tower Hamlets attending a protest. File image not related directly to this report.
February 7, 2024, 12:36 pm
School teachers ‘struggling to deal with impact’ of Gaza war on pupils, poll reveals
One in five pupils in London expresses antisemitism, 50 percent of teachers avoid talking about Gaza and 8 percent of pupils attend anti-Israel rallies
By Lee Harpin
Andrew Percy MP
January 10, 2024, 2:54 pm
Sunak urged to hold ‘independent review’ into antisemitism in UK schools
Andrew Percy MP made the request to Prime Minister after reading out a list of inflammatory messages about 'Jews' and 'Zionists' written by pupils as young as 11
By Lee Harpin
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
Pro-Palestine schools demo in Redbridge
November 17, 2023, 1:40 pm
Pro-Palestine school strikes openly organised by hard-left Stop the War Coalition
The Department for Education says children should be in school but adds that 'young people should be able to peacefully express their views'
By Lee Harpin
David Pinto-Duschinsky, centre, and Bridget Phillipson, right, meet with the school's headteacher
October 17, 2023, 5:52 pm
Labour’s shadow education secretary makes supportive Jewish school visit
Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow education secretary, was joined by shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell and the party's candidate for Hendon David Pinto-Duschinsky in visit
By Lee Harpin
Cultivated thin cut steak by Aleph Farms (Photo: Business Wire)
August 3, 2023, 10:14 am
Community ‘deeply appreciative’ of Mayor’s £3.50 kosher school meal pledge
25 Jewish stare-run primary schools in London to receive funding for £3.50 kosher lunches, Sadiq Khan confirms
By Lee Harpin
Headteacher Dr David Moody with JFS pupils earlier this year
June 28, 2023, 10:59 am
Meet the headteacher heightening the mood at JFS
Michelle Rosenberg chats with Dr David Moody, the change-making headteacher at one of the world's oldest Jewish institutions.
By Michelle Rosenberg
CYXNKA Food Lunchtime dinnertime in the canteen at a secondary comprehensive school, Wales UK
May 25, 2023, 4:55 pm
Lord Mann demands action by minister over kosher meal crisis in Jewish schools
The peer was responding to Jewish News report confirming that a second kosher caterer had withdrawn its services, leaving kids at around 20 Jewish schools without hot lunches due to a funding shortage
By Lee Harpin and Michelle Rosenberg
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