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Apr 11, 2021, 12:35 PM

‘They provide kosher expeditions, Prince Philip told the Queen’

JLGB Members and Volunteers Salute Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Horse Guards Parade at the AJEX Parade 2004, with former AJEX and JLGB President Edmund de Rothschild (John Rifkin)

In 2006, not that long after I started as JLGB Chief Executive, I received an invitation in the post to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, but this wasn’t to be your average Garden Party, this was a much-anticipated star-studded event to celebrate the 50th...

Mar 31, 2021, 6:03 PM

One last virtual event – but perhaps the most important of all

Memorial candles (Jewish News)

Last year’s virtual Yom HaShoah UK Commemoration was the first of the many virtual communal events to take place during the COVID-19 pandemic, and would set the scene for all others that followed. In a strange juxtaposition, at a time of understandable anxiety and heartbreak...

Sep 20, 2019, 2:48 PM

It is thrilling to watch our community evolve

JLGB chief executive Neil Martin speaking at the launch of Evolve (JLGB on Facebook via Jewish News)

With a backdrop of doom, gloom and uncertainty enveloping society, it’s no wonder a recent survey found that, for the first time in generations, many parents are worried about their children’s future. Yet in stark contrast, last night’s JLGB celebration of youth volunteering should reassure...

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Neil is Chief Executive of JLGB and Yom HaShoah UK chair