Mordechai Rose, at The Blogs

Dec 4, 2018, 9:19 AM

The campaign against religious schools in the UK

Over the past few years Ofsted - the official Government Inspectorate of Schools - has put extreme pressure on religious schools to conform to a secular model of education. Under the banner that all schools must teach "Fundamental British...

Oct 29, 2018, 6:50 AM

UK Jewish schools in desperate fight for survival

In the last year, 19 Orthodox Jewish schools have been classed as inadequate by government inspectors and risk being threatened with closure. This would affect approximately 4,000 children. New laws are being proposed by the British goverment which would obligate...

Oct 11, 2018, 12:27 AM

The Chief Rabbi of England’s new LGBT guidance for schools

Rabbi Ephrayim Mervis, the Chief Rabbi of England has recently published a guide on how Orthodox Jewish schools should deal with the complex problem of LGBT relationships. The guide states that many Rabbis and school leaders have told Rabbi...

Jun 21, 2018, 3:37 AM

The fate of orthodox Jewry in the UK hangs in the balance

The British Government has introduced a new set of rules for independent religious schools which may lead to the imminent closure of 38% of all private Jewish schools in the UK. The future of orthodox Jewry in England is...

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Mordechai Rose lives in NW London. He has a degree in Classical Languages and Political Science from Cambridge University. He has written a detailed translation and commentary of Daas Tevunos (Knowing G-d's Plan) by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. This was published two years ago by Feldheim Publishers. He is currently working on a new adaptation of the Alshich's famous commentary on the Torah (Toras Moshe). The first volume is due to be published next year, also by Feldheim. He also gives Torah classes on Jewish thought.

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