3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (800+ words) Growing up in a small community is very special – but will Jane Prinsley be heading east for Yom Tov? Call me materialistic, but my most enduring memory of Rosh Hashanah is getting a new outfit. Every September, my mother would…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (342+ words) New legal position set out by Miliband when unveiling trade ban raised troubling questions Israeli Jews praying at the Western Wall or visiting the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem is not considered unlawful, the British government has clarified. When foreign secretary…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (301+ words) The historic community in north-east London will formally close on October 11 One of the United Synagogue’s oldest congregations, Hackney and East London Synagogue, is to close shortly after Succot. After its Grade II-listed building in Brenthouse Road was sold in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Further backlash from Donald Trump’s White House remains a possibility Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem in response to the sanctions, the country’s foreign minister Gideon Saar has said. It comes after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (584+ words) A further nine nations, including the Nordic countries, Poland and Ireland have also joined the mass sanctioning effort Canada and France are among a group of 11 nations that have announced a ban on importing West Bank settlement products alongside the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (336+ words) Canada and France are expected to announce a ban on importing West Bank settlement products alongside the UK. The French decision is said to follow the failure of a Franco-Swedish push to set up a European Union trade ban. The…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (721+ words) Joint letter from Jewish leaders said there were ‘serious questions about the purpose and integrity of the council-led review’ Leading Jewish groups have accused Hackney Council of "pre-determining" a review into disbanding historic twinning arrangements with the Israeli city of…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (550+ words) The first event will be an online discussion with peace activists Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah A new group is to launch in Manchester the day after Rosh Hashanah with the aim of broadening communal conversation on Jewish affairs....

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (566+ words) Hamza Chowdhury said Holborn and St Pancras did not need ‘another MP who arrives during an election’ then ‘disappears’ Green Party leader Zack Polanski will face a challenge to become his party’s candidate in the October 8 by-election triggered by Sir…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (684+ words) Tim Speers had recorded a voice note pledging to carry out the vandalism on behalf of the now-banned Palestine Action group, a court heard An alleged saboteur plotted to spray paint the word “Palestine” on the lawn at Boris Johnson’s…...