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The Jewish community in Newcastle, England, is shrinking. But it’s getting some unexpected help.
LONDON (JTA) — Newcastle, the heart of northeast England, is not a small city with ... to the best and brightest scholars of the haredi Orthodox world. In recent years Gateshead, which ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7y
Why Orthodox Jews are flocking to this gritty English town
GATESHEAD, England (JTA) — It’s lunchtime, and as they wait for their sandwiches at a kosher deli, five young haredi Orthodox men have a lively discussion in Yiddish about Jewish texts.
University of Manchester7mon
'Majority of Jews will be Ultra-Orthodox by 2050'
Almost three out of every four British Jewish births, he says are ultra- orthodox who now account for 45,500 out of a total UK Jewish population of around 275,000 or 17 per cent. According to Dr Wise ...
Hackney’s Orthodox Jewish community up in arms about ‘dictatorial’ schools bill
Rabbi Gratt’s comments are echoed by Levi Schapiro of the Hackney-based Jewish Community Council (JCC). “I think it’s the ...
University of Sheffield2y
Eastern Orthodox Churches
the Orthodox believe that they confess the true doctrine of God in the right (orthodox) way. In England, there are a number of overlapping jurisdictions. First Saturday of each month the Divine ...
Greek Orthodox Church fights Hindu temple plan in North London as over 150 objections put in
A plan to demolish a scout hut in North London and replace it with a Hindu temple has prompted more than 150 objections, ...