The Rep. Council is pleased to announce that Mayer Hersh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to Holocaust Education.

On Shabbos 21st July at Whitefield Hebrew Congregation I was honoured to witness a very special event; Mayer Hersh was given an aliyah and later a kiddush in his honour. Earlier that week Mayer had received his honorary doctorate, a DEd from Edge Hill University. A fitting tribute to his...