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Windrush: Lessons Learned
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Lock-down focuses our human rights glasses
By Student Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber The glasses we usually associate with Pesach contain wine. But I think glasses...
Righteous Women – René Cassin’s Women’s Seder
What is your Seder night like? Does your father or grandfather sit at the head of the table and lead the telling of the exodus? Do you remember our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Do you discuss what the four sons have to say?
What about the righteous women?
Remembering Amir Siman-Tov and the cost of the UK’s immigration system
by Michael Goldin, Coordinator of the Detention Jewish Visitors Group On Sunday 1st March I attended an event to mark...
Purim, the Book of Esther and Human Rights
by Moses Seitler, Education and Community Engagement Officer at René Cassin A summary of most Jewish holidays is they...
Huawei and the internment of three million Muslim Uyghurs
by Sheldon Stone The UK government’s decision (28 January 2020) on future of Huawei, as a leading telecommunications...
‘Standing together’ or ‘a race apart’?
Written by Shamus McPhee, Chairperson of RAJPOT (www.rajpot.org.uk) The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 is:...
Intern-al Reflections
Alice Akca reflects on her internship at René Cassin at th end of 2019, and looks outlines her hopes for the organisation in 2020
Marking the anniversary of the UN Convention Against Genocide – 9 December 2019
Today marks 71st anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention against Genocide and World Genocide Day, established...
Make Your Vote a Vote for Human Rights
With just over a week left until polling day, we have been thinking about what the future holds for human rights in...
Modern slavery and homelessness: René Cassin workshop
by Alice Akca, René Cassin Intern “The majority of modern slavery victims in the UK are from the UK.” This...
Where human rights begin – training youth group leaders
On 25 September, René Cassin hosted 30 JLGB volunteers for training on leading human rights education for their groups.