by admin | Jul 24, 2026 | Asylum and Detention, Latest
Jewish communities around the world carry in our hearts a millennia-long history of fleeing persecution and seeking safety. At Pesach Seder tables, we recount the ancient Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. In schools, we teach the horrors of the Holocaust, hoping that...
by admin | Sep 20, 2023 | Protecting Human Rights in the UK
The European Convention on Human Rights – let’s stay signed in As we celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights coming into force (on 3rd September 1953), we find ourselves arguing to keep the UK signed in. In recent months, some...
by admin | May 5, 2023 | Latest, Reach Out for your Rights, Tackling Hate Crime
René Cassin intern Alfie Futerman writes about our new resource A Jewish Guide to Human Rights Activism Rabbi Hillel was a prominent Jewish Babylonian scholar. He was once challenged by a frustrated student to summarise the Torah, what Jewish people call the Old...
by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Latest
Access our full briefing here As a Jewish community, we understand from experience that people seeking safety in the UK deserve dignity and compassion, not suspicion, punishment, and cruelty. Yet this is what people who seek sanctuary on our shores are faced with in...
by admin | Dec 16, 2022 | Asylum and Detention, Latest, Press releases and statements, Recent Submissions, Stop the hostile environment
We have submitted evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, reasserting our “grave concerns about the state of asylum seekers rights today.” Read it in full HERE. Our submission covered four key areas: “First, the complete lack...
