Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation – Rabbi David Mason – Jews and Refugees – 7.30pm

Rabbi Mason will be speaking about the Jewish approach to refugees, the work of his Jewish organisation (HIAS+JCORE), which supports and advocates for refugees and asylum seekers, and the approach to refugees in the UK and Scotland. A link to his organisation is here: https://hiasjcore.org.uk/

Rabbi David Mason is the Executive Director of HIAS+JCORE. He previously served as Rabbi of Muswell Hill Synagogue in London for over 14 years, and at Kingston Synagogue in South West London prior to that. Born in Edinburgh, he studied at George Watson’s College before receiving a BSc and MSc in Econometrics from the London School of Economics. He attended yeshivot in Israel for 7 years before joining the Rabbinate. David also has a Masters in Conflict Resolution in Divided Society from King’s College London. He has built up expertise in inter faith work and social cohesion work as well as in strategic leadership, and was a Trustee at the Council of Christians and Jews and EcoJudaism. Rabbi Mason has developed thinking that connects Jewish ideas and scholarship to social responsibility.

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