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An armed police officer at the scene of an incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester. PA Photo. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
April 22, 2026, 10:06 am
Hatred cannot win – but we need support and action
If the state treats a coordinated campaign of intimidation as anything less than a national security threat, it is choosing complacency over protection
By Russell Langer
The Reverend Canon Michael Smith, Acting Dean of York, helps light six hundred candles in the shape of the Star of David, in memory of more than 6 million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis in the Second World War, in the Chapter House at York Minster in York, part of York Minster's commemoration for International Holocaust Day.
January 23, 2026, 11:00 am
Holocaust Memorial Day is not only a moment of reflection but a call to action
81 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, British Jews are reminded day after day that hatred towards our community is not confined to the history books
By Russell Langer
UK-Covid-19-Inquiry
February 25, 2025, 10:49 am
OPINION: Unpacking the unique impact of Covid-19 on the Jewish community
The JLC has contributed to the UK’s official national inquiry
By Russell Langer
Mike Freer (centre) at a Mitzvah Day event.
February 6, 2024, 12:30 pm
OPINION: Mike Freer’s decision is a dire warning for our nation
Russell Langer, the JLC's director of public affairs, on what the resignation of the current MP for Finchley and Golders Green at the upcoming general election means for democracy
By Russell Langer
Palestinian Grade 5 class exercise… Colour in a Palestinian flag, dripping with blood, against the backdrop of the Dome of the Rock
February 18, 2021, 3:35 pm
OPINION: Join our push for UK to stop funding hate
Following last week's investigation into UK-funded hate-filled textbooks, Russell Langer and Talia Ingleby say the JLC and Board will continue to keep this issue on the agenda
By Russell Langer and Talia Ingleby
Israel Start-Up Nation team (photo Dario Belingheri/BettiniPhoto©2020)
September 7, 2020, 10:01 am
OPINION: How the Start-Up Nation could represent the Tour for years to come
Russell Langer reflects on the rise of the Israel Start-up Nation team in the world's most famous cycling event
By Russell Langer
Former Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at charity dinner in London in 2018, when she was in office. Photo credit: Peter Nicholls/PA Wire
May 24, 2019, 10:57 am
OPINION: Theresa May and the Jewish community
Following the resignation of the prime minister as leader of the Conservative Party, Russell Langer of the JLC reflects on her relationship with the Jewish community
By Russell Langer
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