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Jonathan Guttentag

May 31, 2026, 4:58 PM

Last month, my aunt, Freda Steinberg, née Guttentag, passed away in Jerusalem, at the age of more than one hundred. Tomorrow evening marks the yahrzeit of my father, Mechel Max Guttentag ז״ל — Aunt Freda’s elder brother. As I write...

May 10, 2026, 7:32 PM

Until This Day: My Mother’s Matzevah

Until This Day: Reflections at My Mother’s Matzevah Last week, our family gathered at Agecroft Beis Hachayim in Manchester to set the matzevah for my mother, Mrs Eva — Chava bas Reb Shlomo Osher — Guttentag, a”h. In Jewish tradition, a...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:17 AM

When the Bishop Defended Yeshivot

As government sought to fit Britain’s yeshivot into a regulatory framework designed for schools, an unexpected defender emerged in the House of Lords: the Bishop of Manchester, who understood that a yeshivah is not a failed school, but a...

About Me

Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag is a UK-based Orthodox rabbi, educator and public commentator. He is Principal of Whitefield Community Kollel in Manchester and has played an active role in communal, civic and parliamentary engagement around religious liberty, Jewish education, Israel, and the articulation of Torah values in contemporary public life.