This year’s Rabbi Harry Martin Jacobi Memorial Lecture was delivered by his friend and fellow campaigner for the rights of refugees Lord (Alf) Dubs.

Lord Dubs, a child of the Kindertransport, gave an inspiring speech to more 120 people seated in Southgate Progressive Synagogue or watching online.

Speaking from his home, via Zoom, Lord Dubs laid out a powerful case for why the way we treat refugees matters.

Watching in the synagogue were Harry’s children, Rabbis Richard and Margaret Jacobi, along with Bambos Charalambous MP, Mayor of Enfield Cllr Doris Jiagge and Mayor of Barnet Cllr Alison Moore (all pictured above)

Mark Shaw, Chair of Southgate Progressive Synagogue, said: “This event was many months in the planning and it was an honour to hear Lord Alf Dubs talking about his tireless campaigning for refugees, particularly child refugees, over many decades.”

Lord Dubs, after whom the Dubs Amendment to protect the rights of child asylum seekers is named, visited Calais in 2016 with Rabbis Harry, Margaret and Richard Jacobi.

Rabbi Margaret Jacobi said: “This topic would have been very close to Harry’s heart – as he always supported the cause of refugees, drawing on his own experience as a child refugee from Nazi persecution.”