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AJR (Association of Jewish Refugees)
The Thaxted AJR of Thaxted Tree Planting, September 2022. Left to right: Tom Magness (farmer); Aviv Handler (grandson of Arieh Handler); Danny Handler; Alan Philipp (grandson of Oscar Philipp), Verity Steele; George Magness (farmer); Colin Magness (farmer); Debra Barnes (AJR); Mike Levy (historian); Chaya Rivlin (lived on the farm as a young child); Bruce Munro (Thaxted historian). Picture: Adam Stoller.
September 28, 2022, 3:54 pm
‘Moving’ ceremony at site of UK training farm for Jewish refugees making aliyah
Bachad Farm in Essex operated for 18 years from 1944 giving crash courses in agriculture to young Israel-bound Jews
By Jewish News Reporter
The Planting of Tree in Hyde Park of AJR On Jan2022 By Adam Soller Photography
January 31, 2022, 5:08 pm
Chief Rabbi marks Holocaust Memorial Day with AJR tree-planting in Hyde Park
Rabbi Mirvis was joined by representatives from the German and Austrian embassies, at a site near the first public Shoah memorial in the UK
By Sabrina Miller
Local community leaders look on as the Lochside Park tree is planted (AL Photography)
November 10, 2021, 1:22 pm
Jewish refugee group marks 80th anniversary with project planting 80 trees
Oak planted in Lochside Park in Castle Douglas, Scotland, and was sponsored by Flora Selwyn in memory of her parents who helped her escape the Shoah
By Jenni Frazer
Jews being rounded up and deported from Paris in July 1942
July 23, 2020, 2:21 pm
‘Measles saved my mother from Auschwitz’
Alex Galbinski speaks to Debra Barnes about her new novel, which was inspired by her mother’s miraculous Holocaust survival
By Alex Galbinski
Social care
June 12, 2020, 11:55 am
OPINION: We are here for you, we see you – you are valued
Qualified social worker and Team Manager for Jewish Care's Family Carers Team, Lesley Wines, marks Carers Week and reflects on the impact of Covid-19
By Lesley Wines
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