‘Plight of child refugees keeps me up at night’ By Michelle Rosenberg Rosalind Bluestone is sixty-one years young, mother to three and grandmother to five. She is also the founder and CEO of goodsforgood.org.uk, a charity that has sent four million pounds worth of donated goods from the UK community and British industry to refugees […]
Myisrael: one woman’s mission to reconnect UK charitable donors to Israel By Michelle Rosenberg Danni Franks fell in love with Israel at 13. She’s now 43, made Aliyah in 2004 and lives with her six-year-old son Yoni in central Tel Aviv. So it’s fair to say that the love affair for the former JFS pupil […]
Night at the museum By Michelle Rosenberg Joanne Rosenthal laughs when I call her the ‘Indiana Jones of the museum world.’ The curator of exhibitions and projects at London’s Jewish Museum says that one of the best things about her job is that no day is ever the same. “I could be picking up donated […]
Anne Frank Trust’s Gillian Walnes: ‘I thrive on introductions’ Gillian Walnes MBE was a co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust in 1990 and was its executive director for 24 years. She has overseen the staging of more than 200 public exhibitions, and created and planned many successful national campaigns and projects, including national Anne Frank […]
Michelle Rosenberg appointed as JMA women’s editor JMA continues to go from strength to strength. And we are now delighted to announce the appointment of a new dedicated Women’s Editor, Michelle Rosenberg. A writer, women’s historian and former LBC broadcaster, Michelle brings a wealth of media experience to JMA as well as her passion for […]
By Michelle Rosenberg Gillian Walnes MBE is sitting on a panel in Committee Room 15 at the Palace of Westminster. She’s here as a guest of the Project for Democratic Union to discuss antisemitism in Europe on a panel alongside journalist Mehdi Hasan of the Huffington Post and Al-Jazeera (to give his insights from the […]
