Difference between revisions of "Greville Janner"
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| − | '''Lord Grenville Ewan Janner''' born (11 July 1928) is a Labour peer and an active member of the British Jewish community. | + | '''Lord Grenville Ewan Janner''' born (11 July 1928) is a Labour peer and an active member of the British Jewish community. |
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| + | Janner's website notes that: | ||
| + | He joined the army at 18, serving as the youngest War Crimes Investigator in the British Army of the Rhine and worked at weekends with survivors in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Persons camp.<ref>http://www.grevillejanner.org.uk/community.html</ref> | ||
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| + | Janner is an active Zionist and has campaigned against the AUT boycott on Israel.<ref>http://www.zionismontheweb.org/AUT/peacevigil.htm</ref> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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*[[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], Director 1979 to 1985 | *[[Board of Deputies of British Jews]], Director 1979 to 1985 | ||
*[[Inter Parliamentary Council Against Anti-semitism]], 1982 - present | *[[Inter Parliamentary Council Against Anti-semitism]], 1982 - present | ||
| − | *[[Commonwealth Jewish Council]], | + | *[[Commonwealth Jewish Council]], Founder and president 1982 - present |
*[[British Israel Parliamentary Group]], Vice-Chairman | *[[British Israel Parliamentary Group]], Vice-Chairman | ||
*[[World Jewish Congress]], Vice-President since 1991 | *[[World Jewish Congress]], Vice-President since 1991 | ||
| + | *Founder and President of the [[Inter Parliamentary Council Against Antisemitism]] (1985- ). | ||
| + | *He is Chairman of the [[Holocaust Educational Trust]] and of the [[Lord Forte Charitable Trust]].<ref>http://www.grevillejanner.org.uk/community.html</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
| + | [[Category:Israel Lobby]] | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 28 July 2008
Lord Grenville Ewan Janner born (11 July 1928) is a Labour peer and an active member of the British Jewish community.
Janner's website notes that: He joined the army at 18, serving as the youngest War Crimes Investigator in the British Army of the Rhine and worked at weekends with survivors in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Persons camp.[1]
Janner is an active Zionist and has campaigned against the AUT boycott on Israel.[2]
Affiliations
- Parliamentary Committee for the release of Soviet Jewry, founded in 1971
- Board of Deputies of British Jews, Director 1979 to 1985
- Inter Parliamentary Council Against Anti-semitism, 1982 - present
- Commonwealth Jewish Council, Founder and president 1982 - present
- British Israel Parliamentary Group, Vice-Chairman
- World Jewish Congress, Vice-President since 1991
- Founder and President of the Inter Parliamentary Council Against Antisemitism (1985- ).
- He is Chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust and of the Lord Forte Charitable Trust.[3]
