The Anglo-Jewish Association is pleased to announce that judgement was made in our favour in our dispute with the Jerusalem municipality concerning the fate of the Evelina de Rothschild high-school in Jerusalem.

The arbitrator, retired judge Jacob Bezalel, in his decision of 17 June, held that the AJA (represented by Advocate Louis Garb of Jerusalem) was correct in its contention that the municipality had breached its agreements with the Association by allowing the Hartman Institute to establish a school for girls on the premises.

The arbitrator held that the presence of the Hartman School for Girls on the Evelina campus must cease and that the school should only bear the name of Evelina de Rothschild.

Neil Miron, President of the AJA, stated that the Association wished to cooperate with the municipality in order to attempt to restore the Evelina School, bearer of a proud history of 144 years, to its former glory.

Posted: June 19th, 2009 under Press Releases.

7 December 2008

The BBC Radio 4 programme Sunday, Religious News & Current Affairs with Roger Bolton, marked the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The programme featured a report by Trevor Barnes and discussion with Lord Richard Harris, former Anglican Bishop of Oxford, and Massoud Shadjareh, Chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission.

The report referred to the role of Rene Cassin, the representative of the Consultative Council of Jewish Organisations at the United Nations, in drafting the Declaration and features comments from Clemens Nathan, Cassin’s successor and also an Executive Member of the Anglo-Jewish Association.

To download and listen to the report and discussion click here.

(The download is an mp3 file of 9Mb - in some browsers you may need to right click the link and select “Save Target As” before opening it.)

Posted: December 15th, 2008 under Media.

31 March 2008

The Anglo-Jewish Association condemns the University and College Union’s (UCU) decision to consider reactivating a boycott of Israeli academics at the forthcoming conference in Manchester in May.

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Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Press Releases.

1 October 2007

The Anglo-Jewish Association welcomes the University and College Union’s (UCU) decision not to pursue a boycott of Israeli academics.

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Posted: October 1st, 2007 under Press Releases.