We spent the day in Westminster advocating for our community, speaking with MPs from across the country. Topics of discussion included the current conflict in the Middle East, the urgent need for those held hostage in Gaza to be released, a focus on the concerning levels of antisemitic hate crime...
Thank you to the UJIA for bringing Eli Sharabi (the Israeli hostage freed after 491 days) along with his family to meet our community in Greater Manchester. It was a huge privilege to hear Eli tell his story in conversation with Rachel Riley at Heaton Park Synagogue in front of...
“We are delighted with the news that Government will formally move to proscribe Palestine Action. Greater Manchester and the surrounding regions are familiar with their glorification of terrorism, thuggery and vandalism. Their behaviour has been a longstanding threat to society as we work to ensure the Middle East conflict is...
Understanding our communal infrastructure has been a key component o the JRC and UJIA Leadership Course. This evening, the meeting focused on social care with participants speaking with The Fed’s Mark Cunningham, Manchester Jewish Housing Association’s David Mintz and Esty Bruck of The Friendship Circle Manchester.
Renowned spokesperson and media commentator Jonathan Conricus was in conversation via video link with JRC Chair, Mark Adlestone at an event arranged by Magen David Adom UK at Hale Shul. The discussion explored a wide range of timely and important issues discussing the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran. The...
We continue to be proactive, speaking with MPs from across the region alongside the Community Security Trust (CST) and Antisemitism Policy Trust to discuss the current anxieties facing our community. At a time when we are experiencing record levels of hate crime across all sections of society, we are grateful...
Leadership development remains a key priority for the JRC. Our Young Leadership Course, run in conjunction with UJIA, has been hugely successful. The work ensuring there is a leadership pipeline is of critical importance and we are fortunate to have so many young people willing to take on important roles...
Opinion: Democratic dangers of being too independent with your vote. Chair of the JRC, Mark Adlestone OBE wrote for The Jewish News about how the JRC is navigating the current political landscape: “It has always been said that the primary attribute of the First Past the Post electoral system is...
The JRC and UJIA held the latest excellent session for our Young Leadership Course participants. The discussion focussed on Israel and the Jewish community. Thank you to North West Friends of Israel’s Raphi bloom, UJIA’s Nici Wertheim, UK Lawyers for Israel’s Daniel Berke and Nigel Tobias from the British Israel...
“As Jewish communities across the world were preparing for the festival of Shavuot, we received the devastating news that a march in Colorado to highlight the plight of those held hostage in Gaza was attacked by a terrorist shouting “Free Palestine” and throwing Molotov cocktails. Twelve people were injured leaving...