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Trip to Glasgow

Trip to Glasgow

Following on from the success of previous trips we are delighted to invite you to join us for an AJR visit to Glasgow from Sunday 9th May to Wednesday 12th May 2010. We are inviting all members living outside of Scotland, and we hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend. ...read more


Yom Hashoah

Yom Hashoah

As part of the commemoration for Yom Hashoah  this year, we reproduce here an article by Jeffrey Pinnink, Chairman of the Yom Hashoah Forum, that will appear in the April edition of the AJR Journal. ...read more


GSI Newsletter

Click here to read the latest Generations of the Shoah International (GSI) newsletter. ...link


Letter from David Cameron

Letter from David Cameron

Click here to read the letter the AJR has recevied from David Cameron MP, Leader of the Opposition. ...link


Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day

The AJR commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day and the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. ...link


Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain

Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain

The AJR is delighted to announce the publication of a new book by Dr Anthony Grenville, Consultant Editor, AJR Journal. Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain:Their Image in ‘AJR Information’ (Vallentine Mitchell, 2009) is the first history of the refugees who fled to Britain from the German-speaking lands after 1933. ...read more


Theo Marx

Theo Marx

It is with great sadness that the AJR announces the passing of its former Chairman, Theo Marx, at the age of 89.

Theo Marx was a man whose actions spoke far louder than his words: throughout his life he put the needs
of family, community and society before his own. His understated generosity touched the lives of everyone he met as well as those of many who never even knew of his existence. ...read more


Hannah Lessing event

Hannah Lessing event

The AJR, together with the Anglo-Jewish Association and the Austrian Ambassador, Dr Gabriele Matzner-Holzer, were delighted to welcome Hannah Lessing, General Secretary of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria, who spoke at event at the residence of the Austrian Ambassador. ...read more


Ghetto pensions review

Following a court ruling in Germany it is now possible for people whose applications for a ghetto pension were rejected, to have these claims reviewed. The court has ruled that the previous eligibility criteria were too restrictive and that as a result peoples’ claims were unjustly rejected. ...read more