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Nov 16, 2018, 11:09 PM

Mitzvah Day helps build a vision of stronger communities

Theresa May Cooking with Mitzvah Day founder Laura Marks (right) and Daniela Pears (left) (Yakir Zur)

As Communities Secretary, a core part of my mission is to ensure that we are building stronger, more integrated communities where people of all backgrounds and beliefs have a stake and pride in the place that they live. But what does this look like in...

Nov 9, 2018, 11:13 AM

From Kristallnacht to Pittsburgh, we must continue confronting hatred

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 28, 2018: Lit candles at a prayer service at the Moscow Jewish Community Centre for the victims of the 27 October 2018 shooting attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, United States. Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS via Jewish News

Eighty years ago, Jewish communities throughout Germany and Nazi-occupied territories faced a night of terror instigated and carried out by the state and its agencies. As the sun rose on the morning of November 10th1938, those who woke in their own homes looked out on...

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James Brokenshire is Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup