Rwanda

June 19, 2025, 12:05 pm

Opinion: The government should back this amendment to the Holocaust memorial bill

Lord Verdirame's amendment, that the future learning centre should focus solely on the Holocaust and antisemitism, has been opposed by the government. He urges them to reconsider

By Lord Verdirame

March 26, 2025, 4:07 pm

OPINION: The importance of social impact beyond the Jewish community

In the second of three pieces, Jewish News invites students from the Chief Rabbi's Ben Azzai programme, in partnership with World Jewish Relief, to reflect on their experiences

By Samuel Gorman

Amy Maurer at a Vocational school in Rwanda. Pic. WJR/Ben Azzai

February 19, 2025, 12:24 pm

OPINION: Supporting those beyond our community is central to who we are as Jews

In the first of three pieces, Jewish News invites students from the Chief Rabbi's Ben Azzai programme, in partnership with World Jewish Relief, to reflect on their experiences

By Amy Maurer

May 7, 2024, 11:28 am

OPINION: AI allows us to truly bear witness to the horrors of 7 October

A virtual reality testimony project tells the story of the 2023 atrocity in southern Israel

By Stephen Smith

Migrants being brought on shore by the border force at Dover (Jewish News)

April 23, 2024, 11:47 am

Government rejected calls to avoid Pesach clash for Rwanda Bill vote

Crossbench peer Lord Carlile said he was alarmed the Government ignored 'strong representations' to move the Lords vote away from the first night of Pesach

By Lee Harpin

The group chanted: “Free, free Palestine”; “Sit down, join us”; and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as they protested in the centre of the station.

February 25, 2024, 4:57 pm

Sunak warns of ‘explosion in prejudice and antisemitism’

Prime minister said legitimate protests were being hijacked by extremists in the UK - but failed to address 'Islamist' comments made by MP Lee Anderson

By Lee Harpin

The Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel. Credit: Jotam Confino

January 24, 2024, 10:56 am

OPINION: Standing up for freedom demands more than remembrance

Amidst the violence taking place in Israel and Palestine, we must stand up for the freedom of others, not just our own, writes Laura Marks, chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

By Laura Marks

Ben Azzai trip to Ghana in Dec 2019 (Via Jewish News)

September 27, 2023, 3:09 pm

OPINION: One drought. One landslide. One flood. It happens at any time, without any warning

It is our Jewish imperative to respond to climate change, writes Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as he unveils plans to take Jewish university students to Rwanda.

By Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Dr Lise Mumporeze and Dr Mohammed training at Save A Child's Heart

September 13, 2023, 12:06 am

Israel’s Gift to Africa, the West Bank and Gaza

At Save A Child's Heart they train medical team members and cardiologists from 150 countries to save the lives of their own children

By Brigit Grant

Refugees seeking asylum.
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March 29, 2023, 11:34 am

BBC’s Yalda Hakim thanks Jewish community for refugee support

Yalda Hakim, whose parents fled Afghanistan, addresses guests at event for Jewish asylum and refugee charities HIAS and JCORE

By Adam Decker

March 20, 2023, 9:34 am

Photoshopped Braverman outside Auschwitz image branded ‘utterly disgraceful’

An image of Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughing while in Rwanda to promote her migration deal sparks outrage after being photoshopped onto a photo of the Auschwitz death camp

By Jewish News Reporter

Students on the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET)/UJS Lessons from Auschwitz Universities Project, visiting Auschwitz. Photo credit: Yakir Zur

January 26, 2023, 4:11 pm

OPINION: How to define the future of Holocaust education and commemoration?

Jaya Pathak, a regional ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust, asks: if Nazi crimes cannot prevent future genocides, can we really say that we have seen Auschwitz at all?

By Jaya Pathak

Gary Mond speaks to EJA conference in Budapest

June 21, 2022, 5:06 pm

Debate over Rwanda asylum policy not ‘important to Jews’, insists new communal body

Head of the National Jewish Assembly openly attacks Board of Deputies at a conference in Hungary, claiming debating issues such as Rwanda asylum policy divides the community.

By Lee Harpin

June 19, 2022, 11:50 pm

Board President to press for meeting with Priti Patel over Rwanda asylum policy

Marie Van Der Zyl confirms she will alert the Board's executive of wish to meet Home Secretary after her organisation's position on the issue is criticised at Sunday's plenary

By Lee Harpin

Protesters gathered in support of refugees Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News

June 13, 2022, 12:29 pm

UK and US charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers to join forces

The Jewish Council for Racial Equality in the UK is joining forces with HIAS, connecting two Jewish agencies with long histories of helping those seeking safety in foreign lands.

By Stephen Oryszczuk

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