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Laura Marks and STuart Diamond. Picture: Yakir Zur
June 7, 2022, 2:47 pm
Mitzvah Day appoints new chief executive
Stuart Diamond will become Mitzvah Day chief executive after approaching founder Laura Marks with the idea.
By Simon Rothstein
Indian charoset baked into braided fruit bread and samosas
March 24, 2021, 4:34 pm
Charoset samosa recipe taught as Jewish and Muslim share Pesach food customs
Nisa-Nashim's online get-together included 30 people from across the country learning about different traditions for Passover
By Jewish News Reporter
Screenshot of the women's faith meeting with Colin Bloom
January 24, 2021, 9:29 am
Women’s interfaith group meets with government official ahead of report
Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Jewish members met with the the Faith Engagement Advisor Colin Bloom this week
By Ellie Jacobs
Interfaith volunteers prepare for Borehamwood Mosque Gratitude event
November 5, 2020, 3:22 pm
Month of mitzvahs born out of pandemic
Mitzvah Day has been transformed into a new interfaith initiative to promote acts of kindness in exceptional times
By Jewish News Reporter
L-R at the launch of AJWO: Laura Marks, Ruth Smeeth, Rachel Riley, Tamara Finkelstein and Judy Silkoff
September 24, 2020, 3:28 pm
OPINION: Misogyny is the entry point of hatred
Laura Marks reflects on an important campaign to make misogyny a hate crime in law
By Laura Marks
Nisa Nashim volunteers cleared off antisemitic graffiti in Birmingham (Credit: CST on Twitter via Jewish News)
August 14, 2020, 1:15 pm
OPINION: Personal interactions key to breaking down barriers
After noticing antisemitic graffiti in Birmingham, a Jewish/Muslim women’s network sprung into action to scrub off the hate and bring people together
By Laura Marks
June 23, 2020, 12:34 pm
OPINION: Covering our faces – the new normal?
As society starts to open up again with the easing of lockdown, Laura Marks reflects on the implications of face-coverings being worn, and the barriers they may present for some
By Laura Marks
Sanitising in a synagogue
June 10, 2020, 4:32 pm
OPINION: Coronavirus – a nail in the coffin of equality?
Laura Marks reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on gender roles, with many women forced to juggle work, home-schooling and care of the elderly under lockdown
By Laura Marks
Four hundred people joined actress Maureen Lipman for a virtual cook-along organised by Mitzvah Day. Credit: Yakir Zur
May 13, 2020, 11:55 am
Maureen Lipman shows off her soup-er recipe in virtual cookalong
Hundreds tuned in to watch Coronation Street actress don her apron for Every Mitzvah Matters, an interfaith volunteering scheme organised by Mitzvah Day
By Francine Wolfisz
May 7, 2020, 12:49 pm
Forty Under 40: Our community’s rising stars
From educators and faith leaders to political campaigners and charity volunteers, we identify those who just missed out on the top 40 of those set to shape the future Anglo-Jewry
By Jewish News
Memorial stone in the grounds of Bergen-Belsen (Photo credit: Klaus Tatzler/Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation/PA Wire)
April 16, 2020, 10:41 am
OPINION: 75 years on, how should we commemorate the Holocaust?
Laura Marks says it’s time we take a look at commemoration and how, moving forwards, we need to do it better
By Laura Marks
L-R at the launch of AJWO: Laura Marks, Ruth Smeeth, Rachel Riley, Tamara Finkelstein and Judy Silkoff
March 5, 2020, 2:56 pm
OPINION: Community cries out for gender equality
Following the launch of lliance of Jewish Women and their Organisations', its co-chair reflects on the need to push for equal treatment
By Laura Marks
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!
Queen Elizabeth II greets Housing Secretary James Brokenshire during a reception at Buckingham Palace, London, to celebrate the work of UK faith and belief groups in bringing local communities together. Photo credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
June 26, 2019, 3:20 pm
160 attend interfaith reception with The Queen at Buckingham Palace
Director of the Council of Christians and Jews meets Her Majesty alongside charity and faith leaders
By Jewish News Reporter
Thirty Jewish and Muslim women unite
December 6, 2018, 12:40 pm
Thirty Jewish and Muslim students unite for conference on gender and faith
Organised by Bristol Students Union and Nisa-Nashim - the interfaith event was hailed for bringing people together to discuss difficult ideas
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