JCORE Executive Director Edie Friedman wrote in the Jewish Chronicle last week to stress that we need to be careful that the way we communicate does not risk reinforcing divisions (rather than commonality) within and between our community and the wider society. Read the full article here. [opens a page on the JC website]

When Amir was younger, his dream was to come to the UK to complete his studies in university. He wanted to come here legally to study and to live. Amir is a 17 year old Syrian refugee who is living in London. In some regards he is living his dream, but it didn’t come about the way he expected. Before the war he lived a normal life in the centre of Aleppo. He left in 2015 when the entire city was a key battleground forces, rebels and jihadists. The war was unavoidable, even as

Karim came to the UK on his own from Afghanistan when he was 16. He was put straight into Foster Care, but then had to leave as the Home Office did not think he was a child. Karim did not know what to do, whether to study, or how to seek work. Karim was on his alone and did not have anyone to support him. We need to start treating refugees fairly inside and outside of the UK. Indefinite detention must be outlawed, and children should be protected instead of being treated as c

"We at JCORE, like everyone else, are shocked by the attacks at Finsbury park mosque. Yesterday, to honour the life of Jo Cox, I attended a More in Common Event for the Great Get Together at JW3. Seeing this project between Muslim and Jewish teenagers showed what can be done to heal some of the many wounds in our society. On so many different levels we have to think through long and short term strategy to repair the damage done by recent appalling acts, and in so doing, we mu