Response to Jewish Telegraph article criticising the community and the Rep Council
Any reader of your newspaper last weekend would have been left confused by the fact that you initially ran a column by Adam Cailler, which strongly criticised the Jewish Community and the Jewish Representative Council in particular for failing to support a Manchester City Centre vigil in memory of the...
President’s Speech at Hale Vigil for Pittsburgh
I don’t need to repeat why we are all here today, what has prompted us to gather in such numbers. Out of this evil has come a welcome and positive response by many people around the world. The Jewish Representative Council, along with other Jewish communal organisations have received a...
Solidarity with Pittsburgh #showupforshabbat
From Prestwich Hebrew Congregation “The Shrubberies” American Jews are pledging in the aftermath of Pittsburgh to go to shul on Shabbat, to fill the synagogues as a show of defiance which is exactly what we’re going to do here in the UK – we’re voting with our feet. If this is an...
Message to Pittsburgh
Following the atrocity at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA you can send a personal message via this link: https://www.thejlc.org/pittsburgh
Centenary Appeal Launched
In 2019, The Jewish Representative Council will be celebrating the centenary of serving and representing the community since 1919. We are proud to be part of the great diverse community of Greater Manchester, working alongside others, leading, uniting and promoting community cohesion, particularly in these difficult times. In recognition of...
Letter to Lancashire Council re Animal Stunning
Councillor G Driver CBE Lancashire County Council PO Box 78 County Hall Fishergate Preston PR1 8XJ 16 October 2018 Dear Councillor Driver We are writing to you in relation to your proposal to forbid the serving of meat which has not been pre-stunned within the schools of Lancashire County Council....
Press Statement vis a vis the Comments made by a Salford Councillor in relation to Antisemitism and the Labour Party
Press Statement for Immediate Release JRC-JLC. 04-09-18 Salford City Council represented by Deputy City Mayor, Cllr. John Merry, Cllr. John Ferguson and Cllr. Mike Pevitt met with The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester...
IHRA Press release
5th September 2018 The Jewish Representative Council welcomes the adoption of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism, with all its examples, by the Labour Party. This should have occurred many months ago and is a necessary first step to rebuilding a relationship with the UK Jewish community. We hope that the...
RepPresents Rosh Hashonah 5779/2018
RepPresents Rosh HaShonah 5779 / 2018 Now out! (With Addendum!) Download here REPPRESENTS RH 2018 (FINAL) RepPresents Addendum Rosh Hashanah 2018 (Final)