The Rosh Hashana 2016 edition of RepPresents is out now! You can download it by clicking the image below.  

Sharon Bannister, JRC President, welcomed 40 delegates to the September meeting of the JRC at the Nicky Alliance Centre on Sunday. In her report to the meeting Sharon described how over the summer months she had attended a range of … Continue reading →

The Jewish Representative Council, in conjunction with the Centre for Jewish Studies, is offering 3 FREE places for their HEBREW BEGINNERS’ (LEVEL 1) COURSE and LEVEL 2 COURSE The normal cost of the course for audit only is £545 but … Continue reading →

Please follow the link to send nominations for the Manchester Jewish Community Awards for 2016. Joint partners are the Rep Council, the Jewish Volunteering Network and the Jewish Telegraph. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ManchesterAwards

On Sunday 26 June, The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester (MJF) and Faith Network 4 Manchester (FN4M) organised their join annual Iftar. An iftar is the meal held at the end of a day of fasting during the Muslim … Continue reading →

Our Annual Year Book sits on the desk of more than 600 organisations and individuals and is an extensive source of Jewish communal reference, with our invaluable “Yellow Pages” section. This year, we are dedicating the Year Book to the … Continue reading →

The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and the Regions is saddened by the news of recent criminal damage of tombstones at Blackley and Failsworth Jewish cemeteries. We know that, previously, our friends from other communities have expressed their horror … Continue reading →

The AGM took place on Sunday 8th May with guest speaker Luciana Berger MP. This was the first election to the new structure of the Council. Officers elected: OFFICERS President    Sharon Bannister Chair    Jonny Wineberg Vice-Chair Public Relations    Jacky Buchsbaum … Continue reading →

The 2016 Community Sherman Lecture will look at Jewish-Muslim Relations in the UK: History, Experience, Context and will be given by Dr Yulia Egorova. Dr Egorova is Reader in Anthropology at Durham University. She received her PhD in 2003 from … Continue reading →