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Board President holds meeting with Swiss Ambassador
by Press Office posted in Israel and Abroad

Vivian Wineman, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, has met with His Excellency Mr Anton Thalmann, the Swiss Ambassador to the UK, and Mr Urs Schmid, Deputy Head of Mission, to raise the community’s concerns regarding the Swiss Government’s decision to issue visas to members of the terrorist group Hamas. Read More


The Co-Operative’s policy on boycott - an Israeli response
by Guest posted in Israel and Abroad

The Co-op justifies its latest boycotting policies on “broad international consensus”. Here Noru Tsalic, an Israeli living in the UK, puts that concept under the spotlight in a letter to the Co-op’s regional secretary, and asks whether the Co op is acting in a consistent and ethical manner. Read More


Election 2012: Vice Presidential Manifestos
by Press Office posted in Community

On 20 May 2012 the Board will be holding elections to decide its President, three Vice Presidents and Treasurer. Whilst the positions of President and Treasurer are uncontested, there are currently five candidates running for the three VP spots and the contest is generating a great deal of interest in the community. Read More


Israel trumps the recession!
by Guest posted in Israel and Abroad

At last month’s International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington (from which I recently returned) among the star turns was the governor of the Israeli central bank Stanley Fischer. A former deputy managing director of the IMF Fischer, a renowned MIT economist, was treated like a conquering hero by a gathering of policymakers, economists and senior journalists at a lunch convened by the Fund at headquarters a couple of city blocks from the White House. Read More


Benzion Netanyahu
by Press Office posted in Israel and Abroad

The Board of Deputies of British Jews extends deep condolences to the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu on the passing of his beloved father Benzion Netanyahu, who died early Monday morning at the age of 102. Read More