We are delighted that Jewish Care Trustee, Adam Dawson MBE has been awarded an MBE for his services to charity fundraising and to the Jewish community, including as a lay leader with Jami, now part of Jewish Care. Manfred Goldberg MBE who is a member of Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre has been awarded his honour for his services to Holocaust education. Volunteer, Hilary Halter MBE has been awarded an MBE for her services supporting older residents at Jewish Care homes through the reminiscence groups she has run for over 25 years. Horace Boston BEM, Senior Housing Manager, Horace Boston has been awarded a BEM for his work supporting older, independent tenants at Jewish Care’s retirement living community for over 10 years.
Jewish Care CEO, Daniel Carmel-Brown, says, “On behalf of Jewish Care, I want to wish a hearty mazel tov to our dedicated Trustee, Adam Dawson MBE, our inspiring Holocaust Survivors’ Centre member and Holocaust educator, Manfred Goldberg MBE, our devoted volunteer, Hilary Halter MBE, and our caring Senior Housing Manager, Horace Boston BEM. It is wonderful to see their dedication, commitment and service recognised in this way.”
Jewish Care Trustee, Adam Dawson MBE has dedicated over 30 years to serving the Jewish community, taking on leadership roles in numerous charities and organisations. His commitment began as Chair of the Union of Jewish Students, followed by serving as Chair of the National Jewish Chaplaincy Board. He went on to co-found the London Jewish Forum, acting as Vice Chair, and has contributed extensively through roles with the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council.
In 2010–2011, after contributing to a Commission for Jewish Education, Adam led a small team collaborating with the Department for Education to establish the country’s first Free School in Mill Hill, London, Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School. He then served nearly a decade as Chair of Governors, helping the school thrive.
Adam joined the Board of Jewish Care in 2019 and became Chair of Jami the following year. In partnership with lay leaders and staff, he has been central to the development of vital mental health services, including a community-wide Child and Young Person’s mental health service, and an expanded adult counselling service. Most recently, in 2024, Adam played a pivotal role in the merger of Jewish Care and Jami, bringing together two major pillars of communal care.
A prolific and passionate fundraiser, Adam has raised significant funds for a wide range of causes, including the Weston Park Teenage Cancer Centre, Barts London, Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School, Jewish Care, and Jami.
Adam says, “I am very excited to receive the award. I have been fortunate to be involved in some amazing charities and work with great colleagues and friends, right back from my UJS office team to the Boards of Jami and Jewish Care. I am really grateful to all the people I’ve worked with and particularly for the support of my wife Debbie and all of my family.”
“I am very excited to receive the award. I have been fortunate to be involved in some amazing charities and work with great colleagues and friends, right back from the days of my UJS office team to the Boards’ of Jami and now, Jewish Care, today. I am really grateful to all the people I’ve worked with and particularly for the support of my wife Debbie and all of my family.”
Manfred Goldberg MBE, who is 95 years-old, has been a treasured member of Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre at the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus in Golders Green, for over three decades and has received the honour for his extraordinary dedication to Holocaust education.
Deported from his home in Germany to the Riga Ghetto in 1941 at the age of 11 year’s old, Manfred survived the ghetto as well as four labour and concentration camps, including Stutthof Concentration Camp. He was liberated, aged 15 and came to the UK in 1946 with his mother, where they were reunited with his father. His brother, Herman, was murdered along with over 80 family members who perished in the Holocaust.
Manfred has dedicated his recent years to Holocaust education, reaching millions of people across the world. He says, “Despite having been in the Nazi concentration camps for four years, I was fortunate that I survived, as did my parents and we were able to rebuild our lives here. I married my wonderful wife, Shary, we have children and now great-grandchildren. Life has been good to me. I have been grateful to this country ever since I arrived.
“I didn’t dream I would ever again experience the antisemitism and Holocaust denial that we are seeing today in the world. Holocaust education is so important to me, and I will continue speaking and sharing my experiences for as long as I can.”
Hilary Halter MBE has been awarded an MBE in recognition of her dedication to volunteering at Jewish Care homes over more than 25 years, running reminiscence groups each week at Jewish Care Stella & Harry Freedman House care home and more recently at Jewish Care Kun Mor and George Kiss Home at The Betty and Asher Loftus Centre care campus in Friern Barnet. Both volunteers and residents get so much out of these stimulating and enjoyable sessions that connect them to memories and to one another. Reminiscence work has been shown to improve wellbeing and cognitive stimulation, particularly for residents living with dementia. Hilary also volunteers at Nightingale Hammerson House, Wohl Campus.
Now approaching her 91st birthday, Hilary reflects on her work: “Volunteering is everything to me, it’s my life. I always say I do it for selfish reasons because I enjoy it so much, and if others enjoy it too, that’s a huge bonus. It’s amazing I can still do it at 91, it really has made such a difference to me, it keeps me active and gives me a sense of fulfilment.”
Upon receiving news of her MBE, Hilary was both shocked and delighted: “I was absolutely staggered, I couldn’t quite believe it. I even ordered a copy of The Times to be delivered on Shabbos just to make sure I was really on the list!
“I feel so happy and am so grateful.”
Horace Boston BEM, Jewish Care’s Senior Housing Manager is dedicated, caring and passionate about supporting each person across Jewish Care’s four Retirement Living resources to live independently in later life and to be part of an active, vibrant Jewish community where they can follow their passions and find new ones. The BEM (British Empire Medal) recognising his outstanding leadership and high-quality, person-centred care.
As Registered Manager at Jewish Care’s Selig Court Retirement Living apartments for the past 11 years, Horace leads Jewish Care’s Retirement Living schemes. At Selig Court, Horace supports 50 tenants, from 66 to 101 years-old, many of whom are Holocaust survivors and refugees who fled Nazi persecution, and some who share their experiences as their legacy. He discovers what motivates them, how best to support their independence, offering culturally specific Jewish activities and holistic wrap around care and supporting care staff and volunteers with equal care and warmth.
He contributes to the wider social care community and was Chair of the Barnet Skills for Care group for Extra Care Housing Schemes.
Horace says, “My initial reaction was, firstly, of shock when I got the letter. I had to read it out several times to make sure that I was seeing correctly.
“I feel immensely honoured and proud on receiving this award, but it as much of an award for Jewish Care as it is for the amazing retirement living team, and especially the Selig Court team who I have had the pleasure of working with over the past 11 years. A key element for me is the fact that it shines a positive light on the work we do and the care we provide to those we support at Jewish Care.”
To find out more, visit jewishcare.org and jamiuk.org