At a brief meeting in the Council offices Honorary officers, Dr Sydney Baigel and office staff met Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis who will shortly be inaugurated to the post of Chief Rabbi. R Mirvis praised the work of the Council and expressed a desire to be introduced to the community at...

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The President of the Jewish Representative Council, Frank Baigel, recently paid a courtesy call to the newly-elected Mayor of Bury accompanied by Rabbi Tony Walker, Jacky Buchsbaum, Linda Jacobs and Malcolm Solomons. They told the Mayor about the Jewish Community, its history and religion as well as the active role...

Photos from the visit of July 30th to the Mayor of Salford Cllr Alan Clague and the Lady Mayoress. Frank Baigel, Filis Rosenberg and Barbara Goldstone represented the Rep Council.

The President of the Jewish Representative Council, Frank Baigel, recently paid a courtesy call to the newly elected Mayor of Rochdale accompanied by David and Patricia Astbury, Winston Senior and Susan Daniels. They told the Mayor about the Jewish Community, its history and religion as well as the active role the...

The round of mayoral visits is upon us again. TRAFFORD OLDHAM            

JPR announces the launch this week of a major national survey of Jewish opinion, in order to generate data to support the policy needs of Jewish charities working across the community. The National Jewish Community Survey (NJCS) will be the first survey of its kind for over a decade, and...

Organisations, institutions and religious communities were well represented at the Civic Ceremony held on Sunday May 19th 2013 in the Grand Hall at Manchester Town Hall in the presence of Naeem ul Hassan, Manchester’s new Lord Mayor. Greetings from the 3 main faiths were delivered to the Lord Mayor by...

Guest speaker was Alex Brummer who spoke on a wide range of issues including the structure of the Board if Deputies, European antisemitism and the economy. The Honorary Officers were agreed for a second term unopposed. Dayan Berger was present to deliver the opening prayer.          ...

At the Annual general Meeting of 12th May 2013 Dr Sydney Baigel was presented with the following citation and his favourite whisky celebrating his 85th birthday and a lifetime dedicated to communal service. Former JRC Presidents Barbara Goldstone, David Arnold, Louis Rapaport and Lucille Cohen paid tribute