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Gordon Brown with Lady Sacks, and delivering the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture this week. Photograph: Yossi Abrams
March 28, 2024, 9:47 pm
Gordon Brown draws on close friendship with Rabbi Sacks in inaugural legacy lecture
Taking the theme Hope, Faith and Charity, the former prime minister uses the teachings of the late Chief Rabbi to put forward the idea that we can create a new age of hope
By Beatrice Sayers
Gordon Brown delivered a message for Masorti Judaism ahead of Rosh Hashanah
September 21, 2022, 1:30 pm
Gordon Brown praises UK’s ‘strong, compassionate, devoted’ Jewish community
The former prime minister remembers the late Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks in a message recorded for Masorti Judaism ahead of Rosh Hashanah
By Jewish News Reporter
Former PM Gordon Brown and David Cesarani
June 9, 2021, 11:49 am
Brown condemns Labour’s ‘moral’ failures over Israel in late historian’s book
Former PM writes foreword to republished work by the late David Cesarani, sounding warning about the need for strong leadership by Keir Starmer to tackle antisemitism
By Lee Harpin
March 17, 2021, 2:12 pm
Gordon Brown honours Lord Sacks’ ‘enduring relevance’ for post-Coronavirus world
Former prime minister speaks at LSJS pre-Pesach event on the challenge of strengthening social justice and civic society featuring Gila Sacks and Stuart Roden
Gordon Brown joined by religious leaders for a meeting about child poverty, during his time as Chancellor. He is pictured with Dr. George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury (L), former Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks and former Archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
November 13, 2020, 9:22 am
GORDON BROWN: Jonathan’s moral leadership inspired a whole generation
FORMER PRIME MINISTER WRITES EXCLUSIVELY FOR JEWISH NEWS on how he sought Rabbi Sacks' advice on everything from antisemitism to the banking crisis.
By Gordon Brown
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
November 10, 2020, 4:38 pm
Chief Rabbi, Gordon Brown and Rob Rinder speak at inquiry for Shoah memorial
Communal leaders and supporters of Holocaust education mount staunch defence of bid to build educational site in Westminster next to the Houses of Parliament
By Tali Fraser
November 21, 2019, 12:39 pm
90 messages for 90 years: Happy birthday Sir Ben Helfgott!
Five prime ministers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Rachel Riley among figures to wish the communal icon and Shoah survivor many happy returns!
Gordon Brown addressing the 17th annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture (Credit: OfficeGSBrown on Twitter)
July 8, 2019, 11:21 am
Gordon Brown says Labour must automatically expel antisemites
Former PM delivers 17th annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture at Hampstead Synagogue, where he says an 'unqualified apology' from Labour is 'only a starting point in rebuilding trust'
By Jenni Frazer
Gordon Brown speaking at JLM's One Day Conference, where he sounded a warning against antisemitism
July 6, 2019, 12:27 pm
Gordon Brown: ‘My party owes the Jewish community an unqualified apology’
Former prime minister calls on the Labour Party to accept tough new measures to tackle antisemitism as part of a dramatic overhaul of UK anti-racism tactics.
By Jenni Frazer
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
June 25, 2019, 4:42 pm
Gordon Brown calls for tougher laws to root out antisemitism on the left
The ex-PM warned that 'intolerance has become a feature of this country' and called for sweeping changes to eradicate Jew-hate
By Mathilde Frot
Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, David Cameron and Sir John Major
May 7, 2019, 9:43 am
Five prime ministers back Westminster Holocaust memorial
Theresa May joined by David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Sir John Major in supporting the proposal to build a Holocaust remembrance project next to parliament
By Jewish News Reporter
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
April 2, 2019, 4:59 pm
‘Hundreds’ join Jewish Labour Movement after Gordon Brown appeal
The former prime minister appeared in a three minute clip, which received nearly one million views, released yesterday
By Jewish News Reporter
Gordon Brown features in Hope Not Hate's video filmed at Liverpool Street Station.
April 1, 2019, 10:32 am
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown joins JLM as affiliate member
Ex-Labour PM bemoans how the party has “let the Jewish community down” as he urges his colleagues to stand in 'solidarity' with Jewish people in joining
By Jewish News Reporter
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
December 16, 2018, 9:05 am
Decisions made by Labour in 2001 blocks Hamas from unfreezing assets from EU
Gaza's terror rulers tried to challenge a technical legality of the way in which the EU adopted its asset freeze, initiated by Jack Straw and Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
September 2, 2018, 5:00 pm
Gordon Brown calls for Labour to immediately and unequivocally adopt IHRA
Former prime minister made plea when speaking at the Jewish Labour Movement conference
By Jewish News Reporter
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