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June 28, 2026, 9:15 am
Happy Birthday Mr Brooks, love from Maureen, Leslie, Nigel and…..
Good wishes and sweet memories for Mel as he reaches a century
By Jenni Frazer
Lighting memorial candles at 45 Aid Reunion dinner May 2026 — five survivors from left Arek Hersh, Mala Tribich, Jackie Young, Rachel Levy, Jan Goldberger, and two Second Gen Mark Frydenberg and Judi Roth Gary Perlmutter Photography
May 5, 2026, 1:12 pm
Matt Lucas speaks out on Tube confrontation: ‘I still believe innately in the goodness of people in Britain’
The comedian, together with TV presenter and barrister Rob Rinder, hosted spoke at the 81st anniversary of the 45 Aid Society
By Jenni Frazer
Rob Rinder and Matt Lucas in conversation, Alan Senitt Memorial Trust 2026
March 25, 2026, 4:31 pm
Matt Lucas and Rob Rinder help mark 20th year of Alan Senitt Memorial Trust
300 guests honour much loved and inspirational community leader and his legacy of standing up for others
By Michelle Rosenberg
Matt Lucas was approached in an Underground station
February 16, 2026, 12:05 pm
Jewish comedian Matt Lucas harassed on Underground by ‘free Palestine’ activist
Thomas Abdullah Bourne, who ran the 'whitebritishmuslim' social media account, videoed himself approaching the Jewish comedian at a Tube station
Nigella Lawson speaking at JW3
January 22, 2026, 1:40 pm
Nigella Lawson tipped to become new Great British Bakeoff Judge
The bestselling author and TV presenter would succeed Dame Prue Leith on the popular TV show
By JN Reporter
Credit: Wiener Holocaust Library Twitter
January 20, 2023, 4:02 pm
David Baddiel and Matt Lucas discuss acquiring German citizenship
The event, at Westminster Synagogue, took place under the auspices of the AJR, Wiener Holocaust Library and German Embassy.
By Jenni Frazer
June 17, 2022, 9:16 am
Matt Lucas learns his cousin lived with the Franks and is even named in Anne’s diary
Imagine discovering a member of your family had lived with the Frank family. That was one of many things the comedian discovered on Who Do you Think You Are last night
By Louisa Walters
Elliot Levey as heart-on-his sleeve Herr Schultz pic Marc Brenner
April 6, 2022, 8:52 pm
“I’m the Jew!”
Nominated for an Olivier award for Cabaret, Elliot Levey talks authentic casting, rabbi envy and pineapples
By Brigit Grant
Actor and comedian Bob Saget (Wikipedia/Attribution: Behind The Velvet Rope TV/Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
January 10, 2022, 9:52 am
US comedian Bob Saget dies aged 65
Bake Off host Matt Lucas led tributes in the UK calling the actor and funnyman 'magnificently naughty'
Matt Lucas (Credit: Blake Ezra Photography Ltd)
November 3, 2021, 2:23 pm
Matt Lucas gains German citizenship
Actor and comedian was entitled to become a citizen due to his grandmother who fled the Nazis in 1938.
Eyal Booker with Mala Tribich
July 21, 2021, 4:12 pm
Video project twinning Shoah survivor with celebs wins two awards
March of the Living UK’s ‘Meet the Survivors’ campaign with Frank PR agency received two gongs at the UK Content Awards, sharing testimony of five survivors to thousands of people
By Jewish News Reporter
Yom HaShoah memorial candles from Keir Starmer, Rachel Riley, Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn and comedian Matt Lucas
April 8, 2021, 5:15 pm
Tens of thousands mark Yom HaShoah with Yellow Candles
Keir Starmer, Rachel Riley, Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn and comedian Matt Lucas join people from around the world remembering individuals who perished in the Shoah
Robert Peston, ITV’s political editor, met Lily Ebert, a 97-year-old survivor.
April 8, 2021, 10:02 am
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Matt Lucas and Robert Peston hear Shoah survivor testimony
For Yom HaShoah, March of the Living pairs prominent figures from entertainment, the media and sport with Holocaust survivors in a series of one-to-one interviews
By Josh Salisbury
Mr Men and Little Miss
March 12, 2021, 2:06 pm
Celebrating 50 Years of Mr. Men and Little Miss with Matt Lucas
Comedian and super-fan of the cartoon books will take a nostalgic walk down memory lane for a new Channel 4 show
By Francine Wolfisz
Paul, Matt and Prue.
March 5, 2021, 11:34 am
Prue Leith reveals Matt Lucas taught her how to make his mum’s chicken soup
Ahead of the return of the Great Celebrity Bake Off on Channel 4, the cooking maven spoke about working with the famous Jewish funnyman
By Jewish News
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