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Rabbi David Mason at the Refugee Shabbat launch. Photo Credit: Jennie van den Boogaard for HIAS.
March 17, 2026, 11:03 am
Jewish leaders and MPs unite to launch record UK Refugee Shabbat
More than 50 MPs, rabbis and community leaders gather as 66 organisations join the UK’s largest Refugee Shabbat
By Annabel Sinclair
Shabbat candles
March 13, 2026, 1:08 pm
Refugee Shabbat in a hardening Britain
As rhetoric on refugees grows harsher, Refugee Shabbat urges Britain to remember the Jewish duty to welcome the stranger
By Judith Flacks-Leigh
Shofar on top of a prayer book
September 30, 2025, 3:41 pm
OPINION: Yom Kippur is no time to let the far right hijack Jewish fears
Rabbi David Mason of HIAS+JCORE urges Jews to resist far-right attempts to exploit rising antisemitism for political gain
By Rabbi David Mason
Anti-Refugee Protest in the UK
August 27, 2025, 3:45 pm
OPINION: Enough is enough – Jews must confront Britain’s anti-refugee hate
As the far right targets asylum seekers, our community must speak out – our history demands nothing less
By Rabbi David Mason
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August 22, 2025, 9:32 am
OPINION: Jewish asylum seekers are coming to our shores too
Rabbi Alex Goldberg describes how "the 'migrant crisis' is not about numbers, but about people" - one of whom is Miriam, a young Jewish refugee
By Rabbi Alexander Goldberg
Rabbi David Mason, Director of HIAS+JCORE
August 13, 2025, 12:36 pm
Jewish refugee group joins 200 organisations in call to end anti-refugee hostility
HIAS+JCORE warns “politicians must step up” after weekend protests outside asylum seeker accommodation
By Annabel Sinclair
Protesters in support refugees in Westminster
August 6, 2025, 10:27 am
OPINION: Our Jewish duty to welcome the stranger has never become more urgent
As HIAS+JCORE's new community engagement manager, Yael Peleg calls for a bold Jewish movement for refugees
By Yael Peleg
Lord Alf Dubs delivers closing remarks at the 2025 Lord Dubs Awards, hosted by HIAS+JCORE at Westminster Synagogue.
July 17, 2025, 2:06 pm
Tears, testimony and triumph at Jewish refugee charity’s Lord Dubs Awards
HIAS+JCORE marked two years of impact with moving speeches, a new leadership award, and tributes to refugee champions
By Annabel Sinclair
Refugees seeking asylum. https://www.politicshome.com/
July 11, 2025, 4:10 pm
Jewish refugee group says asylum deal offers hope but warns core values under threat
UK’s leading Jewish refugee charity welcomes new UK-France scheme but urges wider reform
By Annabel Sinclair
Copies of Tastes of Home, a new poetry and recipe book written by graduates of the Future Leaders programme, on display at the “Voices of Home” showcase. Photo Credit: Sule Ceyda Karakus
June 20, 2025, 8:33 pm
‘We exist’: Refugees honoured at Jewish-backed leadership event
Future Leaders showcase launches poetry and recipe book celebrating asylum seekers’ stories and survival
By Annabel Sinclair
Refugees seeking asylum. https://www.politicshome.com/
April 28, 2025, 7:55 pm
‘Community is a superpower’: Jewish communities urged to champion refugee support
The ‘Strangers to Neighbours’ conference at JW3 heard how asylum drop-ins, mentoring and advocacy are reshaping Jewish refugee action
By Annabel Sinclair
Southport violence
August 7, 2024, 12:02 pm
Jewish communities offer solidarity to Muslim counterparts
Chief rabbi and other faith leaders call for constructive dialogue on immigration
By Jenni Frazer
Refugees seeking asylum. https://www.politicshome.com/
March 22, 2024, 5:21 pm
OPINION: It’s time to reform Britain’s dysfunctional asylum system
There is a desperate need for new ideas on how to create a system that works effectively and enjoys public consent, writes Baroness Rabbi Julia Neuberger
By Julia Neuberger
Lord Alf Dubs. Credit: Jillian Edelstein
June 8, 2023, 11:11 am
Opinion: Immigration bill’s blanket deportation policy has chilling parallels with the Second World War
If the British Government in 1938 had the same attitudes that Home Secretary Suella Braverman expresses today, then Kindertransport refugee Lord Alf Dubs wouldn't be here to speak to Sam Kahn
By Sam Kahn
Rabbi David Mason alongside faith leaders, protesting the bill
February 28, 2022, 1:35 pm
49 rabbis urge Boris Johnson u-turn on Bill ‘punishing’ asylum seekers
Jewish leaders join over 1,000 Christian, Muslim and other religious leaders including former archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams in signing strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister
By Lee Harpin
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