UJIA Yom Ha’atzmaut Business Breakfast

Our Chief Executive attended a fantastic Yom Ha’atzmaut Business Breakfasted hosted by the UJIA. Wonderful speeches were given by Chief Rabbi Mirvis and Israel Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely about the strength and resilience of Israel on her 76th birthday. We were also inspired by the story of heroism and resilience of...

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Yom Hazikaron Tekes

Yom Hazikaron Tekes was extremely powerful as our community came together  to remember the brave soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces who gave their olives in defence of the State of Israel.  As is usual, we also commemorated the victims of terrorism.  This was naturally even more pertinent following the...

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Yom Hashoah: Escape

Congratulations to the Yom Hashoah committee for an outstanding presentation commemorating the six million men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust. The theme this year was ‘Escape.’  Powerful testimony was heard from Holocaust survivor Anne Super who was hidden as a young child.  In addition, Jonathan Freedland spoke about...

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Encampment at the University of Manchester

Alongside Community Security Trust (CST) and the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) we have spoken with the University of Manchester about the encampment established on campus focusing on the conflict in the Middle East. We are grateful to the University for their support and our statement can be seen below.

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Greater Manchester Metro Mayoral 2024 Election Hustings

The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region and the Jewish Leadership Council hosted Hustings ahead of the Greater Manchester Metro Mayoral Election on 2 May. We were joined by: Jake Austin – Liberal Democrat Dan Barker – Reform Andy Burnham – Labour Laura Evans – Conservative Candidates delivered...

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Sir Michael Ellis MP

The JRC has recently been dealing with huge issues affecting our community on a local and national level. Throughout, we have been fortunate to rely on the advice and guidance of Sir Michael Ellis MP and our Chief Executive recently met with Mr Ellis to thank him for his invaluable...

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Manchester Jewish Representative Council Manifesto 2024

Jewish Community Manifesto for Greater Manchester

We are proud to present our Jewish Community Manifesto ahead of 2 May when Greater Manchester will be going to the polls in Metro Mayoral and Council elections. The Manifesto is designed to highlight the immense contributions of our communal organisations whilst also focusing on important achievable policy asks relating...

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Voices of Resilience

We wrote to Home Theatre Manchester and Manchester City of Literature in relation to their ‘Voices of Resilience’ event scheduled to be held on 22 April.  This event has since been cancelled. The event features the work of Atef Abu Saif, the Palestinian Authority Minister of Culture, who has engaged...

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GB News Interview with Nigel Farage

The JRC’s Management Board member, Raphi Bloom appeared on GB News with Nigel Farage tonight to discuss the Manchester Airport Border Control antisemitism case along with the explosion of Jew hatred in the UK since 7 October 2023. Click here to watch the interview

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i24NEWS Interview with Marc Levy

Our Chief Executive, Marc Levy was on i24NEWS English talking about the detention, interrogation and antisemitic treatment of two Israeli brothers – and survivors of the Nova Music Festival terrorist massacre by Hamas – at Manchester Airport earlier this week. Click here to watch the interview (via Facebook)

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