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An attempted arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was the 4th antisemitic arson attack on the Jewish community in North West London in less than a month. A boarded window shows where a firebomb was thrown through a front window of the synagogue late on Saturday night. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI), a new Islamist militant group linked to Iran, claimed responsibility. Credit: Amanda Rose/Alamy Live News
April 21, 2026, 4:39 pm
Teenage boy smashed synagogue window and threw lit bottle inside, judge told
The boy has been freed on bail with conditions and is due to appear at Willesden Youth Court on 4 June.
By Jewish News Reporter
Kemi Badenoch
April 20, 2026, 10:32 am
‘We’re reaching a national emergency’ Badenoch sounds alarm over synagogue arson attacks
Tory leader speaks of fears over spate of shul attacks
By Lee Harpin
Bevis Marks, built in 1701, is the oldest synagogue in Great Britain
January 30, 2024, 12:56 pm
City of London accused of ending opposition to tall buildings next to Bevis Marks
Concerned supporters of Europe’s oldest continuously functioning synagogue fear the implication of a new draft plan relating to skyscrapers in conservation areas
By Jenni Frazer
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
November 22, 2022, 11:58 am
Manchester shul holds final Shabbat after 70 years
Manchester Reform is looking for a new home after selling its building on Jackson’s Row to football pundit Gary Neville’s Relentless Group and a US investor for £15m in 2021.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Camp Simcha's stand at the Mitzvah Day fair in Shrubberies Synagogue Manchester
November 21, 2022, 2:05 pm
30,000 people spread Mitzvah Day magic nationwide
Mitzvah Days were also held in 40 other countries, with 100 organisations and 15,000 volunteers involved.
By Michelle Rosenberg and Community Editor
Rabbi Alex Chapper of Borehamwood & Elstree United Synagogue
May 13, 2022, 3:37 pm
Borehamwood shul report urges more access and inclusion post-Covid
Report by volunteers into what has worked and what has not has drawn on investigation into Jewish and other faith projects across the globe
By Toby Porter
January 16, 2022, 2:49 pm
‘I’m grateful to be alive’ – rabbi held hostage with three others in shul speaks out
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was leading services in a Texas shul on Saturday morning when a man took him and three others hostage.
By JTA
Synagogue in Edgware under Covid restrictions early in the pandemic. (Marc Morris Photography)
March 26, 2021, 10:10 am
United Synagogue reveals roadmap to weddings, kids services, kiddush
United Synagogue has unveiled a roadmap to reopening shul services in line with the government's lockdown easing plans
By Josh Salisbury
Synagogue membership has dramatically fallen since 1990, though the opposite is the case within the Charedi community
July 6, 2017, 12:56 pm
Opinion: Slow erosion of middle-of-the-road Orthodox Judaism
Dr Jonathan Boyd of The Institute for Jewish Policy Research reflects on the dramatic report into declining shul membership
By Dr Jonathan Boyd
Newborn baby
October 13, 2016, 1:36 pm
Was it a fast birth?! Shul security delivers baby during Yom Kippur
Anti-terrorism police help woman give birth to a girl on the street outside synagogue.
By JTA
Chief Rabbi Mirvis
September 13, 2016, 5:09 pm
Chief unveils groundbreaking bar and batmitzvah scheme
More than 100 rabbis introduced to new Duke of Edinburgh-style awards scheme aimed at broadening the coming-of-age ceremony.
By Justin Cohen
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets pupils from the Independent Jewish Day School.
May 31, 2016, 11:30 am
Are Jewish schools undermining our shuls?
Synagogues are being forced to compete for young people’s attention as social environments because that key role is being taken over by the increasing number of Jewish schools.
By Caron Kemp
Syrian refugees
December 13, 2015, 9:01 am
Shuls pledge £15,000 to settle Syrian refugees in UK
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