May

On the morning of Monday May 1st, I boarded an Air France flight from Manchester to Paris, followed by an onward flight from Paris to Warsaw to cover the Conference of European Rabbis. On landing in Warsaw, I went straight to my hotel, where I checked in and went to say hello to Gadi Gronich, Conference CEO and pick up my ID tag. The conference was attended by a long list of prominent rabbis from all over Europe, including Rabbi Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of UK and Rabbi Wolf, Chief Rabbi of Holland. After listening to the rabbis discussing the different aspects of Judaism and decisions on Judaism that they need to work on together, we had an excellent supper. I then met a friend who lives in Warsaw and had a great chat.
The following day there was a tour with the rabbis to the cemetery and to the Warsaw ghetto, after which I met another friend, back at the hotel. On the Tuesday I had lunch with Johnny Daniels, the Founder and Director of From the Depths, a great project for Righteous Among the Nations, Gentiles, looking after those who helped us during the Second World War, and then I flew back to Manchester.
Two weeks later, I was on plane again, this time to Munich to a prize giving to the Prime Minister of Bavaria for work against anti-Semitism. After a Gala evening, I went to sleep and following day made my way to Munich Memorial, on the site of the 1958 Munich Air Crash, to pay my respects. I took flowers and paid my respects at the site where 8 Manchester United players lost their lives - always in our hearts.
A week later, I was off again, this time to Portugal for EJA conference where I joined Jewish leaders talking against anti-Semitism. I met the Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Matheus Nunes on my flight and had a little chat with him which was nice. After a 2 day conference we enjoyed a tour of Porto before returning to Manchester.
That ended May.
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