Andrea Cohen is the South Manchester Lead on the JRC Management Board. In this capacity, she works collaboratively with COSMOS, Communities of South Manchester Orthodox Synagogues and the Reform synagogue to promote engagement and strengthen community partnerships, fostering cooperation and shared initiatives across the South Manchester congregations. Andrea is Chair...
In Sept 2024, Rabbi Danny Bergson joined the Jewish Representative Council as Community Stakeholder and Engagement Manager. In this newly formed role Danny works alongside CEO Mark Levy ensuring that communal stakeholders are aware of the work being conducted at the JRC and is a port of contact for any...
Ariel Chapman is Executive Director of KeshetUK and is an inclusion and diversity specialist with nearly a decade of experience across multiple sectors. His extensive background includes work on national and international education research projects, such as peace education initiatives in Israel, as well as leadership roles within higher education....
Russell is the former President of the JRC and current Chair of the JRC Education Advisory Group as well as a volunteer for J4S, who provide speakers on Judaism for schools and academies. He is also a member of Bury SACRE, as well as the inaugural Chair of the Africa...
Esty Bruck has been the programme director at The Friendship Circle since its inception in 2008. The Friendship Circle helps people with disabilities make friends and integrate into the Jewish community as well as work to change perceptions towards disability. It also aims to strengthen connection to Jewish life and...
Rabbi Daniel Walker serves as co-chair of the community and interfaith committees of the JRC and has been the Rabbi of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation since 2008. He fulfils a number of other roles with community organisations including serving as Chairman of The Friendship Circle (an organisation that helps...
Raphi Bloom is the Director of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications at The Fed, the largest Jewish social care organisation and charity in Greater Manchester, which supports one in seven Jewish homes across our city region. He is also one of the founders and current co-Chair of North West Friends of...
The British-Israel Chamber of Commerce NW (B-ICC) is a Non-Profit of more than forty years, that aspires to increase Bilateral Trade between the U.K. and Israel, alongside a ‘Soft Advocacy’ approach on behalf of Israel, the only Jewish State, which we think is misunderstood and increasingly, since October the 7th,...
Amanda Bomsztyk MBE joins the JRC leadership team bringing a wealth of experience from being involved with CST for over 30 years; firstly, as a volunteer then for the past 22 years as a member of staff. Amanda is the Northern Regional Director based in Manchester and is responsible for...
Deborah has been involved in youth and community work for over 20 years! She started working at Whitefield Jewish Youth Centre (WJYC) as a teenager and remained involved for many years until she decided to pursue other community interests. Deborah is a graduate of the UJIA Leadership Course and...