Yesterday, our Chief Executive met with Baroness Scott, the Minister of Faith and Communities at the Department for Levelling Up & Communities. We discussed her recent engagement with faith communities across Greater Manchester along with the necessity for culturally sensitive faith based provision.
Our Chief Executive spoke with Lord Mann and Tracy-Ann Oberman to thank them for their incredible work in tackling antisemitism. This took place ahead of an ‘In Conversation’ event focusing on their family histories in combatting fascism and extremism at Holbeck Moor and Cable Street. Tracy has been starring in...
The JRC Education Advisory Group (EAG) held an excellent meeting with Lord John Mann, the Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism. He congratulated the EAG on its work in teaching about Jewish life and practice, the Holocaust and antisemitism. However, there are many areas of the country in which only a...
Our Chair, Mark Adlestone represented the JRC and read an extract from Isaiah at an interdominational service hosted by the Mayor of Trafford. He was joined by members from other faith communities, alongside Sir Graham Brady MP, Cllr Tom Ross and the High Sheriff and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.
Our Chief Executive joined the Lord Mayor of Manchester and the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester, along with faith and community leaders from across Manchester for the raising of the Commonwealth flag above the Town Hall. This was to celebrate Commonwealth Day, which was initiated by the late HM Queen...
Our Chief Executive was privileged to join faith leaders from across Greater Manchester for a meeting with the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. The Archbishop and everyone present discussed the importance of friendship, respect and tolerance with a focus on what unites rather than divides us.
We joined the Police and Crime Commissioner, Kate Green on a recent visit to The HelpLine. The HelpLine is a confidential and anonymous helpline supporting individuals from the Jewish community facing challenges. They provide invaluable work in caring for those who are vulnerable and in distress. It was a fantastic...
We had the pleasure of joining Hatzola as they welcomed the Chief Constable of GMP, Stephen Watson. He was informed of their incredible response times and high standard of care delivered to all patients. He viewed the training facilities and looked at their state of the art fleet of ambulances....
Our Chief Executive, Marc Levy joined the Deputy Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner, Kate Green for a catch-up meeting with Amanda Bomsztyk at CST. We discussed the recently released incident report figures measures taken by CST to protect our community and their work with partners to educate on the...
It was wonderful to be at a packed Whitefield Shul in order to celebrate the induction of Rabbi Ephraim Guttentag. The community were joined by the Chief Rabbi and Metro Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, alongside faith leaders from across the city. Mazel tov to everyone connected with Whitefield...