JRC Chief Executive Marc Levy met with the Acting Leader of Manchester City Council, Garry Bridges and Chief Executive Tom Stannard to discuss the concerning issue of antisemitism across our society and the challenges facing the Jewish community. The meeting was also an opportunity to thank Manchester City Council for...
The terrorist attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue was a watershed moment. It made clear that the deadly threat facing Britain’s Jewish community is real. This has been exacerbated further by the appalling stabbing attack in Golders Green, the spate of arsons targeting Jewish communal buildings and the second highest...
It was a pleasure for JRC Chief Executive, Marc Levy to speak alongside Rabbi Danny Bergson, Rabbi Kath Vardi, Rabbi Warren Elf and Susie Gordon, Chief Executive of the Leeds Jewish Representative Council at a Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) seminar in Manchester, bringing together young Christian leaders and...
The JRC has been at the forefront of the UK Jewish community’s response to the national media following the sentencing of Mohammed Bashir and the apology from Greater Manchester Police chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson over the missed opportunities to prevent the planned terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue. Our...
The sentencing of Mohammed Bashir to life imprisonment marks the conclusion of another deeply disturbing terrorist case with links to Greater Manchester. The fact that an individual living in North Manchester, close to the heart of our Jewish community, was being radicalised with the intention of targeting Jewish people is...
We were delighted to welcome the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and newly appointed Secretary of State for Education, The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, to our Strategic Group meeting for a wide-ranging discussion on issues affecting the Jewish community. The conversation covered education and schools, SEND provision, housing,...
“The JRC congratulates Andy Burnham on becoming Prime Minister. Prime Minister Burnham has enjoyed a longstanding and valued relationship with the Jewish community in Greater Manchester. Throughout his public life, he has taken the time to engage meaningfully with our community, listen to our concerns and celebrate the contribution that...
JRC Chief Executive – Marc Levy, Chair – Mark Adlestone OBE and JRC Management Board members Raphi Bloom and Rabbi Dani9el Walker were delighted to take part in a panel discussion on crisis leadership and the lessons learned over the past year at the Dangoor Senior Leadership Programme Alumni event...
JRC Chair, Mark Adlestone and Chief Executive, Marc Levy were delighted to meet with Mark Cubbon, Group Chief Executive of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Kimberley Salmon-Jamieson, Group Chief Nursing Officer at MFT. We were pleased to thank Mark and Kimberley for their longstanding support of the JRC,...
JRC Chair, Mark Adlestone and Vice Chair, Bernie Yaffe were delighted to meet with representatives from Greater Manchester’s Progressive synagogues. It was an excellent and constructive discussion about the future vision for the Progressive Jewish community across our city. It was particularly encouraging to hear how these communities are continuing...