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Volunteers Sort and Pack Food Donated for Food Banks and Soup Kitchens
October 19, 2023, 10:47 am
Hundred of British Jews to take part in Good Deeds weekend to spread light in the darkness
Jewish News partners with United Synagogue initiative to encourage acts of kindness
By Michelle Rosenberg
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
September 5, 2023, 2:57 pm
Dead Poets’ Society: Historic Jewish cemetery breathes life into writers’ retreat
Sessions at Willesden cemetery next month at the final resting place for more than 29,000 people.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Chief Rabbi and Dayan Gelley with Rabbis Fagelman and Kievman and lay members of the Liverpool Kashrut Commission
August 29, 2023, 11:43 am
OPINION: Should we be concerned about rabbinical leadership in the UK?
As 14 senior religious leaders step back from their roles, Rabbi Alex Goldberg suggests ways in which rabbis can be offered more practical support in leading their communities.
By Rabbi Alex Goldberg
July 31, 2023, 11:22 am
United Synagogue elects trustees for new term
Elections at the largest synagogue body in Europe, which has 37,000 members and more than 15,000 children across 57 communities
By Michelle Rosenberg
United Synagogue shuls are being urged to examine their shelves for 1990 edition of prayer book that thanks a convicted child sex abuser in the introduction
July 19, 2023, 10:53 am
United Synagogue instructs shuls to remove old siddurim thanking child sex abuser
Old editions which thank linguist Sidney Greenbaum in the introduction should be withdrawn, says synagogue body
By Jewish News Reporter
MATAN WOMEN learning together. (photo credit: MICHAEL KATZ)
July 7, 2023, 2:03 pm
United Synagogue to launch ambitious women’s learning programme
The two-year Ma’aleh course is a collaboration between the US, London School of Jewish Studies, Matan and Mizrachi
By Michelle Rosenberg
Jo Grose, CEO, United Synagogue.
June 7, 2023, 10:59 am
‘United Synagogue’s relationship with young adults is existential challenge of the future’
Jo Grose, the first female chief executive of the United Synagogue, reflects on the challenges ahead and hails the "evolution' of female roles in the organisation.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Rabbi-Cobi-Ebrahimoff-with-students-Photo-credit-Avishai-Finkelstein.
June 1, 2023, 9:35 am
Rabbi Sacks Legacy appoints new UK director of education
Rabbi Cobi Ebrahimoff, former head of the Independent Jewish Day School is "honoured" to have been chosen by charity honouring the ideas of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
By Michelle Rosenberg
Le Get (The Divorce), painting by Moshe Rynecki, c. 1930. (Wikipedia)
May 24, 2023, 3:46 pm
London Beth Din divorce process review recommends independent complaint process
Maximum levels of sanctions should be possible against 'get' refusers, urges report commissioned by United Synagogue Trustees
By Michelle Rosenberg
Coronation Challahs at Sababa Bakery, Borehamwood, 5th May 2023. Pic: Michelle Rosenberg
May 5, 2023, 12:12 pm
Challah-lujah! Jewish News presents a plaited loaf fit for a King!
Live, laugh, loaf: Jewish News partners with London's biggest kosher bread maker to create a challah fit for a King and it's the only one you'll knead this Shabbat
By Justin Cohen
Hadassa is co-chair of the Faith and Spirituality Network for the National Care Forum, and Director of Operations for Kisharon
April 24, 2023, 11:03 am
OPINION: All abilities can thrive – with the right support for social care charities
"When people we support are present in and contributing to their local communities, we can build relationships and positive understanding," says Kisharon's Hadassa Kessler
By Hadassa Kessler
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) icons. Pic: Kisharon
March 28, 2023, 12:45 pm
Collaborative siddur opens the door for everyone with a disability
Jewish charities create Siddur Lakol: the first Orthodox prayer book specifically for people with physical and learning disabilities
By Michelle Rosenberg
Collecting Pesach packages for Jewish families, United Synagogue Chesed, 2023
March 21, 2023, 2:20 pm
Demand for United Synagogue chesed support up 10% this Pesach
For the first time, the number of families needing welfare parcels and food vouchers reaches more than 800
By Michelle Rosenberg
Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori founded Dubai's Holocaust gallery
March 20, 2023, 3:46 pm
Meet Ahmed Al Mansoori, the man behind the first Shoah exhibit in the Arab world
Dubai is an unlikely setting for a Holocaust exhibition, but not for the man who brought it there, writes Etan Smallman.
By Etan Smallman
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
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