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Senior Jewish and Muslim leaders behind the Drumlanrig Accords present a copy of the agreement to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. Credit: Drumlanrig Accords/Office of the Chief Imam Scotland
May 22, 2026, 1:33 pm
Both Jews and Muslims in Britain are experiencing moments of fear and vulnerability
We do not need identical histories or identical opinions to recognise one another’s humanity and shared stake in society
By Imam Dr Sayed Razawi
Ruth in Boaz's field (Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, National Gallery)
May 20, 2026, 7:49 pm
Shavuot has a branding problem
Shavuot is an opportunity to focus on our own Jewish identities, yet only four in ten British Jews celebrated it in 2025.
By Omri Gal Kornblum
A pair of finials, which adorned the wooden rollers of a Torah scroll, are among the artifacts being returned to Greece. (Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw)
March 4, 2026, 6:22 pm
Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after Nazi theft
This marks the first time Poland has repatriated cultural property held under its care that was illegally taken from another country
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
February 4, 2026, 11:58 am
The Jewish philanthropist on a mission to tackle ‘Qur’anophobia’
Rick Sopher tells a JW3 crowd that 'The Qur’an reveres the Torah very clearly'
By JN Reporter
December 3, 2025, 11:02 am
EXCLUSIVE: Top Trumps launches new Torah edition
The classic card game will now include a set featuring characters from Chumash. Jewish News talked to the young British Jewish entrepreneur behind the idea
By Jewish News Reporter
Torah translated into Ukrainian. Twitter/X
October 27, 2025, 4:46 pm
Amid ongoing war, Torah published in Ukrainian for first time
First print run of 3,000 copies has been distributed to Ukrainian Jewish communities
By Michelle Rosenberg
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks at TED2017 - The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED
September 1, 2025, 10:14 am
Judaism engaged with the world – new Sacks chumash is a compendium of wisdom
The new Sacks Koren chumash includes a carefully compiled Torah commentary by the late Chief Rabbi, 'seamlessly bringing in ethics, morality, science, philosophy and medicine'
By Daniel Sugarman
Rick Sopher and Prof. Abdulla Galadari
July 21, 2025, 5:35 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: Is the Qur’an really anti-Jewish? Scholars say read it again
Muslims and Jews fill the Aga Khan Centre for a rare public reckoning with Islamic scripture – and a call to rethink everything we thought we knew
By Annabel Sinclair
Palestinian-American Ameena Abu Awad from Chicago stands near a car was torched by Israeli settlers in Turmus Ayya, West Bank, on Friday, June 23, 2023. Hundreds of masked and armed Israeli settlers rampaged the peaceful village of Turmus Ayya on Wednesday, where they burned cars and homes of Palestinians in a revenge attack after four Israelis were shot by Palestinian gunmen. Photo by Debbie Hill/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
July 10, 2025, 4:41 pm
Opinion: In the West Bank, a struggle for the soul of Judaism
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg writes that what is at stake are our fundamental values and beliefs: how we understand God, humanity and Torah.
By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
A Dispute About the Talmud Carl Schleicher. WikiArt
April 24, 2025, 11:33 am
OPINION: Do all opinions deserve a fair hearing? A Jewish approach
Some people are impossible to engage with because of the way they disagree, writes Daniel Taub
By Daniel Taub
Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza. Credit: IDF
November 27, 2024, 12:07 pm
OPINION: The struggle for the soul of Judaism
The fight for the Torah’s core teachings of righteousness, human dignity and compassion cannot be ignored
By Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Pic: PAJES Facebook
September 25, 2024, 1:16 pm
Jewish schools network relaunches Parashah curriculum
Partnership of Jewish Schools (PaJeS) initiative for teachers now features Torah and wellbeing framework
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pic: Susannah Fields
September 10, 2024, 11:47 am
Edgware Torah scroll delivers lifeline to Lithuanian community
Progressive congregation in Vilnius will celebrate Rosh Hashanah with its own scroll for the first time since before the Second World War
By Michelle Rosenberg
May 2, 2024, 3:49 pm
Being a Jewish football fan is a struggle – in more ways than one
Shacharit or Spurs? Amidah or Arsenal? Kiddush or QPR?
By Joshua Korber Hoffman
Ahmad Alush explains stunt in Stokholm Sweden (Twitter)
July 15, 2023, 11:12 pm
Swedish Torah burning stunt is abandoned by activist
A man, who was later identified as Ahmad Alush, 32, said he organised the stunt to draw attention to the recent burning of the Quran in the country.
By Lee Harpin
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