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4 days ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Emily Damari was never going to slip quietly into White Hart Lane to watch her beloved Spurs. The 28-year old former hostage, Brit-Israeli and devoted Tottenham Hotspur fan has long dreamt of returning to the UK to watch her team play.
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6 days ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
An independent Jewish day school in Hertfordshire is making additional places and significant bursary funds available for state school students who have not yet secured a place for the upcoming academic year. The decision by Immanuel College in Bushey is in response to the considerable number of Year Six children currently without a Jewish state secondary school place and unlikely to receive an offer for one.
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6 days ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Apprentice host Lord Alan Sugar donned working boots to inspect Jewish Care’s planned new development on Woodford Bridge Road, set for completion in summer 2026. The entrepreneur, a long-time supporter of the charity, joined philanthropist Sir Gerald Ronson for a visit to the old site of Sinclair House, originally built in 1969, now being repurposed into a state of the art care and community campus to serve the Jewish community in Essex and north east London.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
The President of Israel and Jewish communal leaders have congratulated the newly elected Pope Leo XIV on his election as the spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
A new Charedi nursery has opened its doors on a custom-made site in Bell Lane, Hendon. “The Hendon Gan”, formerly known as BYPN and run by the Werton Group, received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted at its last inspection. Nestled amongst the Dollis Valley Greenwalk, the natural surroundings will allow children to enjoy a forest school-inspired programme designed to teach young children about the world around them.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Football fans are in for a treat this Sunday as ex-professionals and community players team up for Laniado Hospital UK’s annual Football Legends Match, partnered by Jewish News. Taking place at a local north west London football club, the match will raise funds for the new sheltered maternity unit at Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Israel.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Tikva UK – the charity set up to rescue and support vulnerable Jewish children in Ukraine, raised £1.15 million at their annual dinner on Tuesday at the Nobu Hotel, London. The event, attended by 240 guests which included the Duchess of York and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, included a stand-up set from Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder and a moving address from alumni Katya, rescued by Tikva UK from an unstable childhood when she was eight years old.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Jami’s Dangoor children and young person’s mental health service is expanding to support pupils at Yavneh College in Borehamwood from this week. Running at JCoSS since 2022, and at JFS since April 2023, the resource, combining guidance, talking therapies and referrals, provides regular tailored one-to-one support to 11–18-year-olds within a school setting.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
Yavneh Primary School has maintained its “Outstanding” rating following a recent Ofsted inspection. Six years after receiving its first Outstanding judgement in June 2019, the Borehamwood, Hertfordshire school has grown from 240 children aged 4–7 to a full primary school of 420 pupils aged 4–11, with the staff team growing from 12 to 42.
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1 week ago | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Michelle Rosenberg
A unique 1,500-year-old stone capital (the top of a column) adorned with an eight-branched menorah has been revealed to the public for the first time by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Made of limestone, the rare archaeological find was uncovered in 2020 during an excavation. Since its discovery, the artefact has undergone extensive scientific and historical analysis.
