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Chief Rabbi backs move to lift entry cap on religious free schools

Schools Minister Damian Hinds says the government wants to move ‘at pace’

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May 1, 2024 17:20

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Getty Images)

Government plan to lift entry cap on religious free schools

At present free schools can select only 50 per cent of pupils on basis of fatih

1 min read

May 1, 2024 08:47

Etz Chaim Primary in Mill Hill: one of the new wave of Jewish free schools

Charedi campaigners protest against ‘cultural genocide’

Defenders of traditional yeshivot return to Westminister to demonstrate against moves to register students

1 min read

April 26, 2024 12:22

Charedi protesters in Westminster against a bill to register children not in school

Bloom’s Viennas switch to Manchester supervision

Kosher food manufacturers Gilberts are moving to a new label – not for the first time

1 min read

April 22, 2024 09:10

A legendary kosher sausage: Bloom's Viennas

Rabbi Halpern pleads not guilty to alleged sexual assault

The Chasidic rabbi has made his first court appearance since being charged

1 min read

April 19, 2024 10:47

Yad Vashem UK schools contest will honour victims of October 7

Children are being asked to design a Sefer Torah cover

1 min read

April 18, 2024 11:32

Visitors pay their respect to the victims of October 7 at the Nova Music Festival site sixth months after the massacre (Getty Images)

‘Amazing’ Charedi school in Manchester ranked outstanding by Ofsted

Pupils at the Yesoiday Hatorah Girls’ Academy bound in to school every morning with ‘sheer joy’

1 min read

April 18, 2024 10:47

‘Amazing’ Charedi school in Manchester ranked outstanding by Ofsted

Why is this book different from all others? Inside the most opulent haggadah ever seen

The exquisitely fashioned tome features five types of gold and tips the scales at 5.5kg

5 min read

April 17, 2024 10:51

Art deco with an Egyptian twist: Illustrations of four of the ten plagues from Roni Weiss's spectacular Haggadah

All in the family: father and son become rabbis on the same day

An ordination ceremony for new rabbis and dayanim proves a double celebration for one family

3 min read

April 17, 2024 06:12

New rabbis: Michael Gabai (left) and father Yosef Gabai (right), with Sephardi community trustee and Wembley Synagogue member Jack Zelouf (centre)

Board of Deputies presidential contender calls for social media fight-back

We need to ‘bombard young people with our own messages’ says Sheila Gewolb

1 min read

April 16, 2024 09:32

Ofsted upgrades Hertsmere Jewish Primary

Inspectors find a ‘vibrant buzz’ around the school, which has bounced back from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’

1 min read

April 15, 2024 10:59

Good vibrations at Hertsmere Jewish Primary

New Israel Fund launches appeal for Gaza

Charity’s associate director in Israel says it is ‘our Jewish and halachic responsibility’

1 min read

April 12, 2024 08:29

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More from Simon Rocker

Chief Rabbi backs move to lift entry cap on religious free schools

Government plan to lift entry cap on religious free schools

Charedi campaigners protest against ‘cultural genocide’

Bloom’s Viennas switch to Manchester supervision

Rabbi Halpern pleads not guilty to alleged sexual assault

Yad Vashem UK schools contest will honour victims of October 7

‘Amazing’ Charedi school in Manchester ranked outstanding by Ofsted

Why is this book different from all others? Inside the most opulent haggadah ever seen

All in the family: father and son become rabbis on the same day

Board of Deputies presidential contender calls for social media fight-back

Ofsted upgrades Hertsmere Jewish Primary

New Israel Fund launches appeal for Gaza