17+ hour, 28+ min ago  (121+ words) Try our weekly Jewish knowledge test Contains material not in the Etgar Handbook 1) How many aliyot do we have on a Shabbat afternoon? 2) Spot the odd one out: 3) In which sidrah does the story of the Golden Calf appear? 4) How…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (290+ words) The Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis said the decision had been taken without consultation with religious authorities The chief rabbis of Israel have accused the government of "desecrating" the Sabbath after it announced plans to run trains this Shabbat to…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (284+ words) It contains some of the books in the library's 60,000-strong collection Leo Baeck College (LBC) has celebrated the opening of a new reading room, where visitors will be able to pore over its book collections, some of which go back…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (306+ words) He saw the calf and the dancing; Moses became enraged; and he hurled the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountai" Exodus. (32:19) Why did Moses shatter the tablets? The commentators do not suppose that…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (96+ words) Shabbat times for the week Friday, March 6 (Adar 17). Shabbat begins in London at 5.35; Bournemouth 5.37; Leeds 5.35; Manchester 5.41; Gateshead 5.37; Glasgow 5.46. Saturday, March 7 (Adar 18), Shabbat Parah. Torah portion: Ki Tissa, Exodus 30:11 to 34:35 and Numbers 19:1-22. Haftarah: (Sephardim) Ezekiel 36:16-36; (Ashkenazim) Ezekiel 36:16-38. Shabbat ends in London…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (702+ words) Amid hope of regime change, expats and their families dream of being able to return as tourists Iranian Jews in Israel have spoken of their cautious hope that they may one day be able to visit the country they left…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (713+ words) One in five voters now back the Green Party, with that figure jumping to 49 per cent among under 25s The Green Party has surged ahead of Labour to second place in the polls, with support strongest among younger voters. In the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (298+ words) Transcript of Isaac Herzog's message to global diaspora communities Dear sisters and brothers from all over the world, Happy Purim, Chag Purim Sameach. I'm speaking to you today from Jerusalem at a crucial moment in our history "a sobering, familiar…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (202+ words) She will provide Progressive voice and female presence on officer team Former Liberal Judaism chair Karen Newman has won the by-election for vice-president of the Board of Deputies in a tightly fought contest. Newman will provide a female presence among…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (616+ words) It's only one poll. That's the mantra when a poll arrives that is, to coin a phrase, a real mic drop. And that's exactly how to describe today's YouGov poll for Sky News. Last week's Gorton and Denton by-election win…...