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The Jewish communities of Harlow and Chelmsford have merged to form the new Harlow and Chelmsford Jewish Community (HCJC), creating an open, caring and growing synagogue for Essex and East Hertfordshire.
The new congregation will have a membership of more than 300 adults/families and will be led spiritually by Rabbi Irit Shillor. It will affiliate to The Movemen...
More than 120 people attended Work Avenue’s New Year New Career 2026 event, highlighting the growing need for employment support in the Jewish community.
A 50% increase on last year’s attendance, participants spanned the entire cross-section of the community – from secular to religious, from people seeking entry level jobs to those looking for senior roles, and from...
Sunshine, shopping and incredible activities for all the family… everything you need to know about one of Israel’s gems
By Simon Rothstein
Our Simon in Eilat with journalists from Britain’s other major Jewish newspapers“Eilat is an amazing city,” Mayor Eli Lankri tells me. “It is beautiful, innovative and constantly ev...
Neil Martin, Chief Executive of the Jewish Lads’ & Girls’ Brigade (JLGB), has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours List 2025.
Neil – who grew up in Gants Hill and now lives in South Woodford – has been recognised for ‘national service to young people, interfaith relations and Holocaust remembrance’.
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By Pat Lidiker
The streets around Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue came alive as a 200-strong crowd celebrated the arrival of a new Sefer Torah. Music, dancing and singing marked the joyous occasion as the scroll was carried under a chuppah to the synagogue.
Marcia and Martin Wohlman, whose family own the scroll and have officially loaned i...