by Lucja Jastrzebska | Feb 3, 2026 | Newsletters
As winter arrives, we pause to reflect on the enduring importance of human rights. Across Europe and here in the UK, the principles born from the ashes of war remain our moral compass – guiding us toward a more just and compassionate society. This year, René...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Jan 29, 2026 | Latest
We are looking to strengthen our governance by appointing up to three new trustees to join our Board to support and strengthen our work to promote and protect fundamental human rights, drawing on Jewish teachings, values and Jewish experience. We celebrate:...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Dec 9, 2025 | Latest
Miriam moved into her Jewish Blind & Disabled flat in 2018. She said: “Initially in the early 70s, I had a detached retina and couldn’t really see with that eye anymore. And then in 1991 I was registered partially sighted because I was starting to lose the sight...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Dec 9, 2025 | Blogs, Genocide, Latest
By Baruch Solomon In the early 2000s, British Jewish organisations, activists and synagogues mobilised in response to the genocide in Darfur. Groups such as René Cassin and JCORE (HIAS+JCORE) stood alongside campaigners to protest the slaughter of hundreds of...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Roxana Isaacs What does it mean to be treated as “less than human”? In a recent study of women in UK immigration detention centres, 85% of those surveyed reported feeling this way, denied recognition as equals at the most basic level. Among the report’s many...
