Claudia Winkleman, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Manfred Goldberg among Jewish recipients of King’s birthday honours

From well-known actresses to rock stars, unsung heroes, charity leaders, broadcasters, devoted educators and Holocaust survivors - numerous prominent members of the British Jewish community have been recognised by the King for their outstanding contributions, service and achievements.

Among the names on King Charles’ Birthday Honours List are the much-admired Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, broadcaster Claudia Winkleman, actress Tracy-Ann Oberman, and Dave Rich of the Community Security Trust.

Stage and screen actress Tracy Ann-Oberman has been awarded an MBE for services to Holocaust education and combating antisemitism, while broadcaster and Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman has also been awarded an MBE for her work in broadcasting.

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Oberman said she was “honoured” to be awarded an MBE: “This recognition is deeply meaningful and I’m grateful to all who have supported this journey”

Her recent production of The Merchant of Venice 1936 is “driven by a commitment to Holocaust education and challenging antisemitism through storytelling,” she said.

Manfred Goldberg, 95, a survivor of several concentration camps who has gone on to become one of the most recognised and prolific Holocaust educators in the country, was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust remembrance and education.

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Karen Pollock CBE, chief executive of the Holocaust Education Trust, said the charity is “especially thrilled” to see their “dear friend” Manfred bestowed with the honour. “His tireless efforts have had a profound and lasting impact, inspiring countless young people and deepening understanding of the Holocaust across the country,” she said.

The Community Security Trust’s (CST) head of policy Dave Rich has received an MBE for services in tackling antisemitism. He said he was “deeply honoured and absolutely thrilled” to be recognised, and that it is “a privilege” to have worked for the CST for over 30 years. “The period since October 7 has been particularly challenging for everyone at CST and for the Jewish community as a whole, and this honour also reflects the unstinting and invaluable efforts of all CST staff, volunteers and trustees,” he said.

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Professor Sir Simon Charles Wessely, Regius Professor of psychiatry and the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, has been honoured with a Knight Grand Cross (GBE) for his work in the field of mental health. Wessely’s father was one of the Jewish child refugees from Czechoslovakia rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton.

Lesley Schatzberger, clarinettist and founder of children's support charity Jessie’s Fund, has been awarded an OBE. Schatzberger’s family were Jewish refugees from Austria, and her father was brought to England on the Kindertransport.

Paul Anticoni, CEO of World Jewish Relief (WJR), has been given an OBE for services to vulnerable people.

Maurice Helfgott, chair of WJR, said Paul leads the international aid and outreach charity with “immense professionalism, as well as with kindness, humour and humility.”

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Elsewhere, singer songwriter Graham Gouldman, best known as the only constant member of rock band 10cc since its formation in 1972, is awarded an MBE. Gouldman, who would go on to pen hits for major rock groups like the Yardbirds, was born to a Jewish family in Lancashire.

Montague Cowen, volunteer at the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX), was awarded an MBE for services to the Jewish community in Giffnock, Glasgow.

Doris Frieda Levinson, founder and editor of Sussex Jewish News received a BEM for services to interfaith charities and to the Jewish community in Sussex.

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Adam Dawson, who became chair of mental health charity Jami in 2019, was awarded an MBE for services to charitable fundraising and to the Jewish community.

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Dr Paula Cowan has received an MBE for her contributions to Holocaust education, and Holocaust educator Paul Salver received a BEM for services to Holocaust Education and Genocide Awareness.

Paul Flaum, chief executive officer of Bourne Leisure, received an OBE for “services to the Hospitality, Travel and Leisure Industries, to Holocaust Education and to Charity.”

Richard Bruce Manning, chair of UJIA Leeds, has been awarded a BEM for services to the City of Leeds and to the Jewish community.

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Horace Boston, registered manager of Jewish Care’s residential home Selig Court, has been awarded a BEM for services to older people, while Hilary Halter, care home volunteer at Jewish Care’s Betty and Asher Loftus Centre, has been given an MBE for services to vulnerable people.