Born into war-torn Europe, the daughter of Rabbi Elie Munk was to
witness the most horrific of wars against her faith. As the threat
to Jews grew daily more ominous, Amelie and her family went into
hiding, fleeing from the ever growing threat of the Nazis. Their
story reads like a Jewish Swiss Family Robinson. As they made their
way from their home in Paris, closer to safety in Switzerland, they
encountered many scrapes with mortality. But it was the family's
quiet courage, intrepid humour, rich philosophical optimism which
won them friends in the French resistance who eventually led them
to safety in Switzerland.
The same strength of character was to win the heart of the young
Immanuel Jakobovits. During his career as chief Rabbi of Ireland,
and later chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Lady Jakobovits was
always by his side. Whether it was accompanying him on duties
around the world, meeting royalty, the political elite, or on the
domestic front, she displayed undisputed love and loyalty. The
daughter of a great rabbinic thinker and writer was now wife and
champion of an enigmatic and ascetic man. A man who was to become
an advisor to the Margaret Thatcher Government, chosen neither for
politics nor faith, but his earthier sense of personal and social
responsibility. Outspoken and opinionated, Amelie is an influential
woman in her own right. When Lord Jakobovits was created a Peer of
the Realm by the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, Amelie
Jakobovits became an icon of another kind, a true woman of
substance.
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