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From Royal Permission to Royal Patronage: A Century of British Jews Standing Tall

by Mike Bluestone, AJEX Honorary President
Just over a week ago in Golders Green, four Hatzola ambulances were deliberately set ablaze in a targeted antisemitic attack. It was an attempt to intimidate the Jewish community through one of its most essential services.

AJEX Joins ‘Hero Legends’ in Battle of Britain Remembrance

​​​​​​​24th August 2025 North Weald. On this day 85 years ago during the Battle of Britain the RAF fighter base and the local village was bombed by German bombers. Among the casualties were 9 teenagers who had just joined the Army. One of them was 19-year-old Pvt Stephen Schuster, Essex Reg, 7th (HD) Bn, who was buried under a Commonwealth War Grave head stone at the Jewish Cemetery Rainham.

The Commandant's shadow

70th Anniversary Of The End Of Fighting In The Korean War

This July 2023 is the 70th anniversary of the armistice for the Korean conflict. This conflict started on 25th June 1950 when North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea. The fighting ended with a ceasefire on 27 July 1953.

“After 100 years I made it!”

On the 16th of May thanks to AJEX and the charity, The Not Forgotten, my mother Miriam Sandler who turned 100 in September 2022, attended the Garden Party held at Buckingham Palace. It was a first for our family and Mum is the first know centurion in our family.

' I was Incredibly Honoured to Attend the Coronation at Westminster Abbey' Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE

I  was incredibly honoured to attend the Coronation at Westminster Abbey on 6 May, a truly historic and momentous occasion.

Attending the Coronation by Robert Voss CBE CStJ HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

I was not the only Jew who spent last shabbat morning in one of the country’s leading churches-but I was possibly the most emotional and proud.

AJEX Remembers 80th Anniversary of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Blog - Chanukah and Seasons Greetings to everyone

Blog - Come Rain or Shine Join us at the AJEX Annual Remembrance Parade

AJEX National Chairman, SSgt Dan Fox