Jason Isaacs to front appeal for Holocaust education charity

One of the most recognised and prolific Holocaust educators in the country, Goldberg, 95, is a survivor of several forced labour camps and concentration camps, including Stutthof ,and its subcamps Stolp and Burggraben, the Riga Ghetto and a death march.

As part of the appeal, the Isaacs met Goldberg in person to hear first-hand about his experiences during the Holocaust.

Jason Isaacs recording his appeal[Missing Credit]

The actor has been openly reflective about his own Jewish heritage, once describing himself as “profoundly Jewish but not in a religious way”.

Before embarking on a successful showbiz career and starring in such films as The Patriot, White Lotus and The Death of Stalin, Isaacs grew up in the Childwall suburb of Liverpool within a close-knit Jewish community, which his immigrant great-grandparents helped found, and where Isaacs attended cheder.

Since October 7, the 62-year-old actor has frequently been seen in public and on red carpets wearing a yellow hostage pin.

He has leveraged his platform to educate and speak out against antisemitism in the past, and in 2021 he narrated a Holocaust documentary, Out of the Darkness, for Holocaust Learning UK, which was shown in schools around the country. He also provided his voice to Jewish Care’s most recent appeal film at the charity’s annual fundraiser.

HET’s charity appeal will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Sunday August 17 at 7:54am, and again at 9:25pm, and on Thursday August 21 at 3:27pm.