JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE - Lord Janner of Braunstone




Lord Janner of Braunstone QC Vice President IFYC Greville Janner was created a life peer in 1997 after twenty-seven years as Labour Member of Parliament for Leicester North West (1970-74) and Leicester West (1974-97). He was chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Employment (1994-96), vice chairman of the British Israel Parliamentary Group, of the British India Parliamentary Group and of the British Egypt Parliamentary Group and founder and secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Crimes Group. He is, or was, vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, founder and president of the Commonwealth Jewish Council and the Inter Parliamentary Council Against Antisemitism and chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust. He was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (1978-1984). He has been a key international figure in efforts to seek compensation and restitution for Holocaust victims, and was instrumental in arranging the 1997 London conference on Nazi Looted Gold. Lord Janner was educated at St Paul's School, London (Foundation Scholar); Bishop's College School, Canada; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Exhibitioner); Harvard Law School, USA (Fulbright and Smith-Mundt Scholar); Middle Temple (Harmsworth Scholar) and has received several hounorary degrees. He was president of the Cambridge Union, chairman of the Cambridge University Labour Club and president of the Trinity Hall Athletic Club. During National Service he spent two years as a war crimes investigator in the British Army of the Rhine. He is a barrister and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1971. He is founder and president of JSB Group Ltd (legal and presentational skills training) and was director of Ladbroke plc (1986-1995). Lord Janner is the author of over sixty books mainly on employment and industrial relations law, presentational skills and public speaking. Titles include Janner's Complete Speechmaker and One Hand Alone Cannot Clap. He is a Member of the National Union of Journalists and honorary member of the National Union of Mineworkers. He was born in Cardiff in 1928, married to Myra Sheink, from Australia, who died in 1996 and he has three children and six grandchildren. His hobbies are swimming, languages (speaks nine) and magic (member of The Magic Circle and International Brotherhood of Magicians). back to top last modified: 20 April 2004		About JMI Links About JMI homepage How to get involved People at JMI Director Geraldine Auerbach MBE Contact JMI Past JMI projects and events Projects and Grants Jewish Music Performances Jewish Music Courses


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