Jewish and Muslim students commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
In a unique ceremony at King David High School to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, students from the school and from the KD (Islamic) Grammar School and Manchester Islamic High School for Girls read stories from the Holocaust and paid tribute to Muslims who had saved Jews during WWII as well...
Food brings communities together
A ‘Food brings communities together’ event was held at the ‘Cathedral on the Street’ in Manchester on Tuesday 21st January 2014, by The Challenging Hate Forum’ which is chaired by the Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender. The Jewish Representative Council’s table had an array of cakes...
Stephen Pack addresses Council 12th January 2014
Stephen Pack, the President of the United Synagogue and President of the Chief Rabbinate Trust addressed Council on Sunday. Stephen spoke about the challenges of demographic change, his experience at the inauguration of Chief Rabbi Mirvis when he sat next to the Prince of Wales. He answered questions about women...
President Frank Baigel speaks to Granada news about ‘La Quenelle’
President Frank Baigel was interviewed on Granada television news to comment on footballer Nicolas Anelka’s ‘quenelle’ gesture. The video can be seen here: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2013-12-31/footballers-criticised-for-alleged-offensive-gestures/
