Fellowship Programme
Reflection on session 1
By Jade Weiner The 2020 René Cassin-AJA Fellowship Programme began with an exciting and inspiring introductory...
Meet the 2020 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
Meet the 2020 fellows and read their bios here
2020 Fellowship Programme
New deadline for applications: noon, Monday 18 November
Budapest – May 2019
Hungary is a country of poignant contradictions – a case study in the challenges of contemporary human rights. e learned about Jewish life and social action in Budapest, and the trip shone a spotlight on Hungary’s Roma community.
What’s the situation in Hungary and what’s it like for minorities? – Friday 24 May 2019
Our second day in Budapest – a deep dive into modern-day Hungary and the lived experiences of marginalised groups
Jewish life and social action in Hungary – Saturday 25 May 2019
Despite Shabbat being ‘the day of rest’, the third day of our trip to Budapest matched the intensity of the others – high.
The Adomanyitaxi (Charity Taxi) Programme – Sunday 26 May 2019
“We were all entirely overcome by the power of the day” – Fellows visit a Hungarian Roma village
Life in Hungary Under the Nazis
By Jeffrey Newman For me, this was the session when the Fellowship first began to ‘gel’. Partially this is the result...
Fighting Hate Crime and Discrimination: The Jewish Standpoint
Learn about the takeaways from our latest session by one of our Fellows
Reflection on Session Three: Immigration Detention
by Mo Makin The topic of discussion for this session was immigration detention. Immigration always seems to be in the...
Reflections on Session Two Modern Slavery
By Josh Vuglar Am I not a man and a brother? From the story of the oppression of the Jews in Egypt as told in the Book...
Reflections on Session One
By Claudia Hyde The 2019 René Cassin-AJA Fellowship Programme kicked off on 29 January 2019 with the inaugural...
Meet the 2019 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
We are excited to welcome our new Cohort of Fellows, read all about them here.
Campaigning 101 with Barry Sheerman MP
Fellow Lauren Chaplin reflect on the programme's 6th session: Parliamentary Lobbying and Campaigning Seatbelts. Those...
René Cassin AJA Fellows go to Budapest!
The trip offered our Fellows the opportunity to learn about why Hungarian society has embraced nationalism, how its ascendance has affected human rights & its impact on organised civil society.
Day One – Philosophy, history & activism
Lauren Chaplin reflects on Day One, where Fellows met with Professor Gabor Balzas, Aniko Feliz of the Tom Lantos Institute and activist and academic Eszter Susan.
Day Three – Jewish, Roma and LGBTQI intersectionality
Bella Lever is “particularly struck by the interaction and overlap” between the Jewish, LGBTQI and GRT organisations that the Fellows encounter on Day Three.
Day Four – Charity Taxi Project
Sam Alston reflects on the Fellows’ fourth day in Budapest.
Meet the 2018 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
Meet our 2018 Cohort of exceptional Fellows.
Discrimination & hate crime – issues uniting Jews and Gypsies, Roma and Travellers
Fellow Talia Blank reflects on the programme’s fourth session on discrimination and hate crime – “in 2016 – 2017, 80,000 hate crimes were recorded by the Police in England and Wales”…
Asylum, refuge & detention
Samantha Linfield discusses the programme’s third session on indefinite detention, led by the Director of Detention Action.
Modern slavery is insidious
It’s in the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the IT we rely on – Bella Lever reflects on the Fellowship Programme’s second session.
From Magna Carta to the 2010 Equality Act – the opening session of 2018’s Fellowship Programme
Lauren Chaplin discusses session one – introductions and a crash course on human rights with Doughty Street barrister and RightsInfo founder Adam Wagner.
Our 2017 René Cassin Fellows
This year we have six brilliant Fellows examining human rights through a Jewish lens.
Budapest 2017 – Roma fashions shows and inspiring activists
Our 2017 René Cassin Fellows recently returned from a trip to Budapest, where refugees, Roma and sexual minorities are under attack from Hungary’s nationalist government.
Meet the 2015 René Cassin Fellows
Read the biographies of our 2015 Fellows from the UK, USA and Israel.
2015 Budapest Study Tour
In June 2015, we took a party of young professionals from the UK, US and Israel to Budapest to learn about human rights from a Jewish perspective.
2014 René Cassin Fellows
Meet our 2014 Cohort of René Cassin – AJA Fellows.