Simon Rocker

JNF seeks cash from donor who ‘underwrote its legal fees’

The JNF tries to recover money from a donor who it says agreed to meet the legal costs of its past dispute with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael.

Mixed choir hits sour note with rabbis

The days of the last mixed choir at an Orthodox synagogue in Britain look to be numbered.

Downturn ‘will fuel antisemitism’

British Jewish leaders warn that the worsening economy could lead to a rise in antisemitism and more support for the BNP.

Chiefs groom UK Jewry’s next leaders

A review is to be carried out into the future funding of British Jewry.

Was Guy Fawkes a heimishe hero?

Airline bans student in passport photo dispute

A yeshivah student was stopped from taking an Israir flight because the security officer said he did not look like his passport photo.

Birth figures reveal strength of the family

More British Jews are being born than are dying each year, according to the Board of Deputies.

Rabbi David Goldberg and a Question of God

A Common-sense proposal on conversion?

Reform forced to shut Northern office

The Reform Movement is to close its Northern office in Manchester due to financial crisis.

Charity watchdog to probe KKL wills advice

The Charity Commission is looking into a complaint against the JNF over the 'free advice' wills.

Reform deny ‘making war’ on Orthodoxy

Head of the Reform movement stresses the recent statement on pluralism signed with the Liberals and Masorti was not a declaration of war on Orthodoxy.