by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Apr 30, 2020 | Latest
Continuing to support human rights In these unusual times, when our old ways of campaigning are impossible (for obvious public health safety reasons), creativity is needed in order to ensure that we are able to continue to work to promote and protect human rights for...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Apr 17, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, News
COVID-19 and the Alyth Refugee Drop-in Response Cheryl Brodie, co-Coordinator of Alyth drop-in centre The Alyth drop-in for refugees is a small charitable organisation run by volunteers. We provide social Sundays, outings and a choir. Our aim is to reduce social...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Apr 6, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, Promotion, Protecting Human Rights in the UK
By Student Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber The glasses we usually associate with Pesach contain wine. But I think glasses have another connection with it as well. “During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.”...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Mar 17, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, Stop the hostile environment
by Michael Goldin, Coordinator of the Detention Jewish Visitors Group On Sunday 1st March I attended an event to mark the yatrzheit of a friend of mine, Amir Siman-Tov, who died in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in 2016. The event was put together by Jewish...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Mar 12, 2020 | Education, Latest, Resources, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment, Women's Rights
René Cassin’s Haggadah Companion On 12 March 2020, René Cassin held its first Women’s Seder, to celebrate the women of the exodus, their untold stories and the individuals who inspire us today. It called upon the experiences of the women of the Passover...
