We attended a fantastic reception to celebrate the work of Chai Cancer Care and Jnetics who are raising awareness of the BRCA testing service. We heard excellent speeches highlighting the importance of this work by Vanessa Feltz and representatives from the NHS. We encourage all members of the community to visit...
We held the latest JRC/UJIA Young Leadership session at the Manchester Jewish Museum. Thank you to our panellists; Carmel Berke, Mark Adlestone, Simon Johnson and Bernie Yaffe. They discussed the skills required to be an effective leader, how to implement change and successfully resolve conflicts.
Below is our statement regarding Manchester City Council charity owned Bridgewater Hall hosting antisemitic extremist Sheikh Alfasy. “Despite raising our concerns regarding previous racist and inflammatory comments made by Sheikh Alfasy including calls for violence against Jewish people and social media posts accusing Jews of condoning child rape, the Trustees...
For over 50 years, Chabad-Lubavitch Manchester has organised a menorah lighting in central Manchester. This evening, there was a huge crowd as we marked the fifth night of Chanukah outside Central Library. Our Chief Executive, Marc Levy joined the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Cllr Paul Andrews and Rabbi Daniel Walker...
This is the second year we joined the #atimetosaythankyou initiative and partnered with Rabbi Albie Chait MBE and UHC Leeds. Alongside communities across the UK and in Melbourne, we visited hospitals, hospices, care homes, police and fire stations to say thank you to those emergency services as personnel who are...
Leader of the House of Commons and Metro Mayor of Greater Manchester spoke at the Civic Reception for the Greater Manchester Jewish community. On 19 December, the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region (JRC) and the Jewish Leadership council (JLC) hosted a Civic Reception for the community. The...
Showcasing our incredible communal organisations remains one of our top priorities. We are fortunate to be able to rely upon charities like The Friendship Circle Manchester and The Helpline who run groundbreaking and innovative provisions to care for the vulnerable in our community. It was a pleasure to welcome our...
Our Chief Executive, Marc Levy represented the JRC and joined the Prime Minister, MPs, Lords and leaders from across the Jewish community in Downing Street to celebrate Chanukah. He heard wonderful speeches from the Chief Rabbi and Prime Minister about the importance of combatting antisemitism, the need to urgently secure...
Our Chair, Mark Adlestone OBE is Patron of the Caribbean and African Health Network. He enjoyed the opportunity to address their Strategic Group and discuss the shared challenges experienced by our communities. Later, Mark also spoke to the Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation – Cheadle and Gatley Discussion Group about the evolution...
We value and appreciate our relationship with Bury Council who have always provided outstanding support to the JRC and wider Jewish community. This evening we joined Councillors, Officers and other organisations from the whole of society at a reception to celebrate their partnership work across the Borough. Huge thanks to...