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...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Dec 2, 2025 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Stop the hostile environment
by Sue Lukes The government has paused and may restrict refugee family reunions. I read the announcements about it, and my mind turns to a tombstone in Edgwarebury, on the north edge of London. It reads Thomas Lukes 15th November 1928 – 26th...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Nov 25, 2025 | Blogs, Genocide
By Mia Hasenson-Gross On 20 November 1945, the world witnessed a historic event: the opening of the Nuremberg Trials, where leading figures of the Nazi regime were prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace. The trials marked a...
by Lucja Jastrzebska | Nov 21, 2025 | Latest, Press releases and statements, Right to Food
Mitzvah Day invites us to reflect on what it means to act with and for others. Each year, Mitzvah Day reminds us that the Jewish principle of kavod (respect) is more than a value; it is a practice inscribed through dignity and...
