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Left to right: Hannah Janulewicz – Rudi’s granddaughter; Michael Newman, AJR CEO, His Excellency Dr Robert Ondrejcsak, Slovak Ambassador Julia Sherwood, Dr Bea Lewkowicz – Director, AJR Refugee Voices, Jonathan Freedland, Dr Martin Korcok, Director, Holocaust Museum, Sered Pic: Malcolm Miller.
80 years on: the men who escaped Auschwitz to warn the world
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Association of Jewish Refugees and Slovak Republic Embassy honour the courage and bravery of Alfred Wetzler and Rudi Vrba.
Left to right: Hannah Janulewicz – Rudi’s granddaughter; Michael Newman, AJR CEO, His Excellency Dr Robert Ondrejcsak, Slovak Ambassador Julia Sherwood, Dr Bea Lewkowicz – Director, AJR Refugee Voices, Jonathan Freedland, Dr Martin Korcok, Director, Holocaust Museum, Sered Pic: Malcolm Miller.
April 16, 2024, 3:56 pm
80 years on: the men who escaped Auschwitz to warn the world
The Association of Jewish Refugees and Slovak Republic Embassy honour the courage and bravery of Alfred Wetzler and Rudi Vrba.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Michael Gove said in January he was 'minded' to withdraw an offer of funding made to IFN more than six months earlier
October 26, 2023, 12:15 pm
Government defeats attempt to remove Israel ‘carve-out’ from boycott ban
Legislation risked 'playing into the antisemitism' that has increased in the UK, warned Tory former cabinet minister Kit Malthouse
By Jewish News Reporter
Coming to the festival: Ania Buckstein and Dana Ivgy who star in The Other Widow, directed by Ma’ayan Rypp
October 21, 2023, 8:38 pm
‘We can’t be forced inside by terrorists’
With so many Israeli films in the UK Jewish Film Festival, its' Chief Executive is determined it will happen
By Brigit Grant
May 31, 2023, 3:50 pm
A word in your ear about our favourite Jewish podcasts
Candice Krieger pops on her headphones to connect with her favourite Jewish podcasters – some of which are racking up millions of followers
By Candice Krieger
45 AID 2023 Dinner survivors (pictured left to right) Jackie Young, Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer, lit 6 memorial candles to represent the 6 million Jewish lives tragically lost during the Holocaust. Photo John Rifkin
May 16, 2023, 4:56 pm
Holocaust survivors group holds its 78th reunion dinner
Zdenka Husserl, Rachel Levy, Jackie Young, Victor Greenberg, Mala Tribich and Harry Olmer lit six memorial candles at event for 45 Aid Society
By Jenni Frazer
AJR Refugee Voices, Instagram
March 22, 2023, 10:03 am
OPINION: Why does Holocaust testimony matter?
With denial and distortion on the rise, the words of the eye-witnesses have gained even more significance
By Dr Bea Lewkowicz AJR
JW3-2023 Pic: Marc Morris photography
March 1, 2023, 1:40 pm
Chief Rabbi and Archbishop of Canterbury lament ‘vanishing of religion from public square’
Ephraim Mirvis and Justin Welby take the stage for an interfaith conversation at JW3, chaired by Jonathan Freedland.
By Jenni Frazer
Jonathan Freedland signs copies of The Escape Artist, about Rudolf Vrbo
February 6, 2023, 8:41 pm
Jonathan Freedland up for global £30,000 literary award
Guardian journalist and thriller writer shortlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize for The Escape Artist, about Auschwitz escapee Walter Rosenberg, later known as Rudolf Vrba.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament.
December 7, 2022, 10:11 am
OPINION: If you don’t think this is indefensible, what is?
Jewish News editor Richard Ferrer on a Jewish community divided between those prepared to call out racists and those determined to support anything in Israel’s name – including hatred.
By Richard Ferrer
The play Seven Jewish Children
November 21, 2022, 12:14 pm
OPINION: Caryl Churchill’s theatre award withdrawal is delicious karma
Jenni Frazer on the decision to withdraw a lifetime achievement award to the author of the "antisemitic" play Seven Jewish Children.
By Jenni Frazer
The characters join together for a a musical number 'It's the Jews That Did It'
October 12, 2022, 12:08 pm
OPINION: At last, a platform to tell our Jewish story
Jonathan Freedland's Jews. In Their Own Words shines a spotlight on the diversity within Anglo-Jewry, writes Hannah Rose
By Hannah Rose
The characters join together for a a musical number 'It's the Jews That Did It'
October 7, 2022, 4:55 pm
‘A bit like shul on yomtov’: a visit to Jews. In Their Own Words. at the Royal Court
Jonathan Freedland's West End play gives the stage to 12 Jewish voices he interviewed about antisemitism
By Beatrice Sayers
September 29, 2022, 12:06 pm
‘An act of atonement by the Royal Court’: review of Jews. In Their Own Words.
Jonathan Freedland’s piece of documentary theatre – from an idea by Tracy-Ann Oberman – is imaginative and powerful
By Beatrice Sayers
Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006) being interviewed in November 1978 in Central Park, New York, by Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018) for the documentary Shoah (1985).
June 23, 2022, 11:37 am
‘Auschwitz escapee is a hero but also a prophet whose warnings were ignored’
Jonathan Freedland’s new book tells the intriguing tale of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to flee the death camp
By Nicole Lampert
Jonathan Freedland signs copies of The Escape Artist, about Rudolf Vrbo
June 8, 2022, 4:07 pm
Stars and author launch book about Holocaust survivor who was ignored by the world
Journalist Jonathan Freedland's The Escape Artist is a biography of Slovak biochemist Rudolf Vrba, who escaped a concentration camp and tried to alert the world - but was ignored
By Toby Porter
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