This year’s Community Challenge Quiz was once again a great success with 19 teams taking part. Outreach won the Leslie Donn Challenge Cup by just 3 ½ points from Stenecourt and the Holy Law Synagogue were in third place. The random prize was won by South Manchester Synagogue The Quiz...

Photo L-R Rabbi Arnold Saunders Honorary Secretary JRC, Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Susan Cooley, Filis Rosenberg and the Lord Mayor’s Consort Mr Steven Cole. Rabbi Saunders presented the Lord Mayor with the JRC year book and books on Judaism and Israel.

The following proposal was placed before the delegates of the Jewish Representative Council at its monthly meeting held on Sunday, 6th July 2014. A discussion took place and several points were raised. The proposal was agreed as follows: PROPOSAL ON RESPONSE TO THE COMMISSION ON JEWISH YOUTH PROVISION The Representative...

Steven Niman of the North Manchester Cemeteries Trust and Harris Frazer of the Shabbat UK Project addressed the Council on Sunday June 8th.                

The following address was given by Louise Ellman MP at the Rep Council AGM In Parliament I try to be involved in matters to do with the Jewish Community. As an MP I try to support refugees and people seeking asylum and in Liverpool there are a lot of people...

The Annual General Meeting of the Jewish Representative Council took place at the Nicky Alliance Centre on Sunday, 11th May 2014 and was attended by more than 40 delegates.  The Guest Speaker, Louise Ellman, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside, gave an interesting insight on her work in Parliament on...

President Frank Baigel told the different  stories  of the Journeys of Tibor Molnar  [Terry Samuels ]  a  6 yr old  survivor of Belsen and Friedrich Hirschfeld  [Frank Henderson]  a Kinder transport teenager at  the  Holocaust Memorial Day event for  250  school  children in Bolton  Lancs. Text that was read out:...

In a unique ceremony at King David High School to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, students from the school and from the KD (Islamic) Grammar School and Manchester Islamic High School for Girls read stories from the Holocaust and paid tribute to Muslims who had saved Jews during WWII as well...

A ‘Food brings communities together’ event was held at the ‘Cathedral on the Street’ in Manchester on Tuesday 21st January 2014, by The Challenging Hate Forum’ which is chaired by the Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender. The Jewish Representative Council’s table had an array of cakes...