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Suspended deputies hit back at Board leadership over ‘chilling’ sanctions for breach of code of conduct

Deputies will appeal punishment over letter which Board says gave personal views on Gaza as representing the whole organisation

By Simon Rocker

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An israeli flag seen against a background of trees and blue sky at the Herz Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.

Liberal Beit Din head Rabbi Mark Solomon welcomes new converts at his Edinburgh synagogue

‘The principle is to be inclusive. We want to put a welcome sign on the Beit Din’

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Proposed redevelopment of current Hendon site to house Hasmoneah girls

Hasmo reveals plans to swap girls and boys sites

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Rabbi Zahavit Shalev is leaving New North London Synagogue to take up an interim position at Westminster Synagogue (Photo: Masorti Judaism)

NNLS rabbi to take up role at Westminster Synagogue

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Manchester school told to improve its finances by Department for Education

Official notice reflects challenges faced by single academy trusts, Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary says

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Board of Deputies ‘concerned’ at Israeli plan to tax NGOs

The proposed legislation has also been condemned by a group of UK rabbis

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Shavuot launch for new ‘Prophetic Judaism’ initiative

Voices for Prophetic Judaism will champion ‘justice, peace, equality, human rights, and the planet’

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Hasmonean may swap boys and girls sites

After their plans to redevelop its Mill Hill site were rejected, the academy trust is believed to be considering a new option

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May 27, 2025 09:49

Artist's impression of the proposed Hasmonean building plans in 2017

Diaspora philanthropists protest ‘dangerous’ bill to tax Israeli NGOs

The JLC chair is among those opposing a proposed law that would impose an 80 per cent levy on grants from foreign governments to Israel civil organisations

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May 26, 2025 12:15

Dozens of Jewish philanthropists have signed a letter protesting a proposed Knesset bill that would imposed an 80 per cent tax on NGO donations from foreign governments (Pictured: former UIJA chair Louise Jacobs, who was among the signatories; Image: Blake Ezra)

Filmmaker Marcel Ophuls who fled France under the Nazis dies aged 97

His film The Sorrow and the Pity, which exposed the collaboration of the Vichy government, propelled him to international fame

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May 26, 2025 11:01

Oscar winner: Marcel Ophuls (centre) holding the Academy Award he won for best documentary in 1988 (photo: Getty Images)

Withholding aid to Gaza is against Jewish values, claims senior UK rabbi

Gaza aid blockade: 'Starving non-combatants' against Jewish values, claims senior rabbi

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May 26, 2025 10:05

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg sais he felt compelled to express his concerns about an assault on Rafah (Photo: Masorti Judaism)

Does Judaism see other faiths as valid?

An Israeli Orthodox institute is calling for interfaith relations to be put on a new footing

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May 23, 2025 08:59

Reaching out: Rome's Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (left) with Christian and Muslim leaders at the Vatican in 2006 (Photo: Getty Images)

This man knows how you can talk to your children about Israel

Israel’s former ambassador to the UK Daniel Taub, is a man who thinks he’s cracked how to disagree respectfully

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May 20, 2025 13:56

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Reform and Liberal approve historic merger as Progressive Judaism

Delegates of the two synagogue groups voted by more than 90 per cent to unite on Sunday

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May 18, 2025 11:22

Reform and Liberal approve historic merger as Progressive Judaism

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