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Board of Deputies Community Briefing 14 May 2013For all the latest news on the UK and international Jewish world. Read More
In-coming Public Affairs Director announcedThe Board is delighted to have obtained the services of Philip Rosenberg, an outstanding professional in the community, who brings to his post a considerable intellect, an engaging personality together with massive energy and enthusiasm. Read More
Update on the Complaint made by the Board of Deputies regarding Rev SizerThe Board\'s Complaint regarding Rev Sizer has moved through the initial stages of the Church\'s procedure. The matter is now going through Conciliation. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 8 May 2013For all this weeks domestic and international Jewish news. Read More
Statement about stabbing to death of Israeli father in West BankStatement from our President about the stabbing to death of an Israeli father in the West Bank this morning. Read More
Top Marks for Bnai Brith awards in BusheyWhen Senior Vice-President Laura Marks came to Bushey Golf Club as Bnai Brith Speaker of the Year, she found a packed hall and an appreciative audience, to hear her dissertation, Lady on the Ladder. Read More
Lord Sacks:The Nazis tried to destroy our souls. They failed.This year’s Yom HaShoah national commemoration, organised by Yom HaShoah UK and the Board of Deputies was deeply stirring. Nearly 500 community members heard addresses from Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks and Holocaust survivor, and Deputy for 45 Aid Society, Ben Helfgott at the Hyde Park ceremony. Read More
Address by Deputy to Norwich Clive RoffeClive Roffe, Deputy to Norwich Hebrew Congregation, was instrumental in ensuring that Tuesday\'s historic burial of the skeletons of 17 bodies found in a well in Norwich, in all probability Jewish, finally happened, 800 years after their deaths. The work of Clive, in coordination with the Board staff, and the local church, made the burial possible. Read More
Statement on alleged comments made by Lord AhmedFollowing press reports of alleged comments by Lord Ahmed we have issues a statement in response. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 13 March 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 6 March 2013 Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world Read More
Ed Miliband to address the BoardThe Right Honourable Ed Miliband, the leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, will be addressing Deputies at a Central London venue on Thursday March 7, starting at 6.45pm. It will include a questions and answers session. If you haven’t already booked your place, please email info@bod.org.uk. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 20 February 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 13 February 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board encouraged at Ebac announcementWe applaud the Government for deciding not to go ahead with plans to replace GCSEs with the English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC). Read More
Board reaction to Pope Benedict retirementWe have enjoyed a very good relationship with the Catholic Church both under John Paul II and Pope Benedict. We hope and expect this to continue when Pope Benedict\'s successor is announced. Read More
Statement on KS2 languages consultation report Please read our statement on Government proposed changes to language teaching at Key Stage 2 Read More
Meeting with Liberal Democrat Chief Whip over David WardThe Board met with the Lib Dem Chief Whip today to discuss the community\'s outrage at the continued defiance by David Ward despite his censure. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 6 February 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Joint statement about HizballahBulgarian investigators have confirmed that two individuals with links to Hizballah were involved in the bus suicide bomb, that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver at Burgas airport on 18 July, 2012. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 30 January 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 23 January 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 17 January 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board meets Methodists and Anglicans in the MidlandsThe Board’s interfaith director Rabbi Natan Levy spent the day teaching Anglican and Methodist trainee ministers about Judaism, and its relationship with Christianity. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 9 January 2013Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Community Briefing 3 January 2013This week\'s Community Briefing is the first of 2013 and features news and views from the Board, including our involvement at Limmud over the holidays. Read More
Census reveals shifts in Jewish communityData released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that while the Jewish population of the UK has remained stable over the past ten years, significant changes are taking place at local and regional levels. A joint report issued by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) provides a first look at what the 2011 census data tell us about the Jewish population of England and Wales. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 5 December 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board Limmud line-up 2012It’s dark by 4pm; the heating is gradually cranking up a notch a week; and the ubiquitous early Christmas adverts are filling our TV screens. It can mean only one thing……it’s nearly time for the annual Limmud Conference! Click here to see what sessions the Board will be involved in. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 28 November 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Jews and Christians join for day of dialogue on Middle EastLast week 15 Rabbis and 15 members of the Christian clergy gathered together at St Petersburgh Place Synagogue London for a “Jewish-Christian Day of Dialogue and Discussion on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East”. Organised by the Board of Deputies and the Council of Christians and Jews, the symposium was an opportunity for discussion of how those who care about what many refer to as the Holy Land, but are based in the UK, can contribute to a lasting peace for all people of the region. Read More
Board looks forwardThe Board of Deputies has commissioned Malcolm Wolf of Truepoint an experienced management consultant to run a scoping exercise to consider issues relating to the future development, structure and direction of the Board. This is in light of a changing landscape both inside and outside the community and a need, more than15 years after the last review to conduct a serious self-evaluation. The Board enters this process at the start of the new triennium with the enthusiastic involvement of the whole executive team. Read More
Board meets Communities MinisterLast week, Board of Deputies Senior Vice-President Laura Marks, Chief Executive Jon Benjamin, Public Affairs Officer Marcelle Palmer and a representative from the CST met with Don Foster MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Click here to read more about the meeting. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 21 November 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
President welcomes Gilad Shalit to LondonLast Friday Board President Vivian Wineman and Public Affairs Manager Jamie Slavin attended a reception at the Israeli Ambassador’s residence to thank the Board and other communal organisations for their contribution to the campaign to free Gilad Shalit. The guest of honour was Gilad Shalit himself. Click here to see photos! Read More
Board helps launch Mitzvah Day 2012Last week the Board of Deputies organised the very first event of Mitzvah Day 2012 when Honorary Officers and staff visited Kerem School in North London. President Vivian Wineman, Senior Vice President Laura Marks and several members of the Board’s professional team spent time helping the children with a range of activities. To read more and see some photos from the day, click here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 7 November 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Dialogue dinner between Board and Christian groupOn Monday night the Board of Deputies and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) met for a dinner of dialogue between the two organisations. The Honorary Officers, Chief Executive and Interfaith Consultant of the Board were joined by Trustees of CTBI representing many of the main Christian denominations across the British Isles. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 31 October 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 24 October 2012Read this week’s Community Briefing for the latest news from the Board and the Jewish world. Read More
International community silent as rockets rain down on IsraelOver 70 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza into Israel over the past 24 hours. Yet the voice of the international community is silent in an apparent double standard following international condemnation of Syrian attacks on Turkey only last week. Read More
European Parliament secures cheaper Israeli medicines for EU citizensYesterday evening, following a campaign by the Board of Deputies and partner organisations across Europe, the EU passed an Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance (ACAA) with Israel. The decision by MEPs, by 379 votes to 230, with 41 abstentions, will guarantee that some of the leading drugs in the world, developed and produced by Israel, will now reach European patients quicker and at more affordable prices. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 17 October 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 21 September 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 12 September 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 6 September 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More Read More
Statement on attack against Latrun MonasteryThe Board of Deputies of British Jews echoes the condemnation by the Israeli government of the recent ‘price-tag’ attack on the historic Monastery at Latrun. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 29 August 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 22 August 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 8 August 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
Board of Deputies Community Briefing 1 August 2012For the latest news from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish world, read this week’s Community Briefing here. Read More
UK’s Israel Envoy visits the BoardOn Monday the Board of Deputies was delighted to welcome H.E Ambassador Matthew Gould, British Ambassador to the State of Israel, to the Board for an off the record briefing. Ambassador Gould met the Board’s Honorary Officers, members of its International Division and professional staff. Read More
Round up of the week at the BoardRead a round up of this week at the Board, including a meeting with the German Ambassador, good news regarding sanctions to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons programme and the Board’s reaction to the terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria. Read More
Results of Board Divisional ElectionsOn Sunday 15 July 2012 the Board held its Divisional elections. The Board consists of four Divisions covering each area of the Board’s work - Finance and Organisation, Defence and Group Relations, Community Issues and International. Each Division’s work is informed by a committee consisting of twelve Deputies elected by their peers for a three year term and chaired by one of the Vice Presidents or Treasurer. Read More
Round up of the week at the BoardRead a round-up of the week at the Board, including our reaction to the Church of England’s decision to endorse EAPPI, a notable success at the Claims Conference and news of how you can watch the Board’s Divisional elections from the comfort of your living room. Read More
Round up of the week at the BoardRead a round-up of the week at the Board, including our Vice President defending Brit Milah on Channel 4, an important intervention from the Chief Rabbi in our EAPPI campaign and an op-ed from our Chief Executive in the Jewish News. Read More
Cheaper medicines for all - pass the ACAA!European citizens deserve the best medicines at the most affordable prices. By passing a simple piece of technical legislation, an Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance, the European Parliament will give Europeans better and cheaper access to medicines produced by Israel, amongst the very best in the world. To find out how you can help ensure that the ACAA is passed, read on! Read More
Board saddened by death of Yitzhak ShamirThe Board of Deputies of British Jews notes with sadness the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir at the age of 96. Read More
Round up of the week at the BoardRead a round up of the past week at the Board including a worrying development in Germany, our President being told to get on his bike and the secret Board files which have just been made public! Read More