Latest news from the Board of Deputies http://www.bod.org.uk The Board of Deputies of British Jews is shocked and appalled by the terrorist attack against the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. This attack reminds us that Israel, in her struggle for peace and security, must continually endure the threat of violence by those who wish to see nothing but bloodshed. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=327 Tue, 14 Feb 12 09:41:00 +0200 Leaders of the British Jewish Community met with the Prime Minister, David Cameron on Monday (16th January 2012) in a working meeting that has been described as very positive and highly constructive. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=320 Wed, 18 Jan 12 17:23:40 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=302 Fri, 30 Dec 11 10:42:58 +0200 Deputies will have heard recent misleading reports about the situation regarding Shechita in the Netherlands which, while very encouraging, is not as clear cut as it has been portrayed. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=298 Wed, 21 Dec 11 11:12:15 +0200 Following complaints made by the Board and the JLC, Paul Flynn MP has released this apology for the remarks that he made at a recent House of Commons Public Administration Committee Meeting. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=287 Wed, 7 Dec 11 15:56:24 +0200 This week the Palestinian Mission to the UK removed articles by Gilad Atzmon from its website following complaints by the Board. Much of the other content on the website gave cause for concern and the Board was pleased to hear today that the ASA has upheld a complaint brought by several members of the community. The full article in the Guardian newspaper can be read here. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=284 Wed, 7 Dec 11 12:43:33 +0200 Labour MP Paul Flynn has recently made several public comments and statements, in which he calls into question Matthew Gould's suitability for the role of UK Ambassador to Israel given his Jewish background. Mr Flynn has continued by questioning the suitability of British Jews for certain public positions because of the risk that, in Flynn's words, they may "go native". These comments, made in a House of Commons Public Administration Committee Meeting, were then repeated again, in person, to the Jewish Chronicle. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=277 Thu, 1 Dec 11 11:59:14 +0200 The Board was shocked this week to discover that Gilad Atzmon is to appear at an Arts Council sponsored event in Bradford. The event bills itself as a \"festival of political song\" and includes a workshop entitled \"Songs to counter the Zionist Bullies\". Atzmon is a man who fuels antisemitism and questions the Holocaust; by hosting him the event clearly lays itself open to the charge of supporting and promoting his unsavoury views. The Board of Deputies has written to the Arts Council expressing our concerns and calling on them to prevent Atzmon from appearing. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=270 Mon, 21 Nov 11 11:05:05 +0200 Mr Vivian Wineman, President of the Board of Deputies, has become the 2011 recipient of the Samaritan Medal for Peace, Humanitarian and Academic Achievements. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=266 Thu, 17 Nov 11 14:58:49 +0200 The Board of Deputies is delighted to introduce Sara Leviten as its new Education Policy and Projects Manager. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=264 Thu, 17 Nov 11 13:51:18 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews is disappointed that, just a day after Israel was subjected to a weekend of rocket attacks from Gaza, UNESCO deemed fit to admit the Palestinian Authority as a new member. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=251 Tue, 1 Nov 11 10:38:36 +0200 Gilad Shalit\'s momentous release today will go down in the annals of Israeli and Jewish history as a day of contrasting sentiment. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=246 Tue, 18 Oct 11 11:17:32 +0200 It is fitting that on the eve of Sukkot, the Jewish festival of rejoicing, we celebrate news of the imminent release of Gilad Shalit. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=239 Wed, 12 Oct 11 13:40:45 +0200 The Board and the JLC have written to both the Prime Minister David Cameron and the Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander restating the Jewish community\'s opposition to a Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence. We believe that the only route to achieve a lasting peace is via negotiations. The Board is concerned and disappointed at the statement issued by the Opposition this week endorsing the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN. The letter to the Prime Minister can be found here. The letter to the Shadow Foreign Secretary can be found here. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=222 Thu, 22 Sep 11 15:01:42 +0200 Yesterday the Board\'s Chief Executive and Director of Public Affairs attended a meeting of European Jewish communal professionals in Brussels. The issue of the Palestinian unilateral bid for statehood was considered and the meeting received briefings from the Israeli Ambassador to the EU, from an adviser to Cathy Ashton, the EU\'s High Representative on Foreign Affairs and from the political adviser to EU President Barroso. Delegates also met with the Ambassador to the EU from Poland, which currently holds the rotating EU Presidency. The broad consensus among European Governments and the EU is that the only way to achieve a lasting peace is through direct negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, and the Board of Deputies and its European counterparts endorse that view and express grave concerns over the implications for a resumption of negotiations of a unilateral bid for statehood. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=213 Wed, 21 Sep 11 12:10:54 +0200 On the 13th September, the Board together with the JLC sent a letter to Brendan Barber, General Secretary of TUC, to raise the community's concerns in advance of the vote on a TUC motion that will call for a review of relations with Histradut (a Union that fights for the rights of all workers in Israel, regardless of their backgrounds). http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=208 Wed, 14 Sep 11 17:30:25 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns the violent attack on the Israel embassy in Cairo by those who seek to undermine the precious diplomatic relationship between the Egyptian and Israeli governments that has maintained peace between the two states for over 30 Years. ‪‪ ‪‪At the same time we commend the intervention of the Egyptian Commandos which prevented a tragedy. ‫ We also appreciate the words of the Egyptian Information Minister who condemned the attack on the Israeli Embassy and many other Arab and world leaders who joined him in this condemnation. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=199 Tue, 13 Sep 11 16:38:27 +0200 As we have done so consistently in the past, the Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns unreservedly the EDL, their ideology and their actions. It is clear for all to see that the EDL are solely intent on causing divisions and mistrust between different groups in British society. When they wave Israeli flags at a rally or demonstration, they do so only to goad the Muslim community and to stir communal tensions. This, and everything that the EDL stands for, is utterly abhorrent. Equally sickening were the scenes of demonstrators attacking America and celebrating 9/11. All right thinking people should be repulsed by extremism from any quarter. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=201 Tue, 13 Sep 11 11:01:56 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=197 Fri, 2 Sep 11 13:43:59 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=196 Tue, 30 Aug 11 15:07:36 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=195 Fri, 26 Aug 11 13:20:53 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews has watched with great sadness and dismay the continued rocket attacks against communities in Southern Israel, including those launched after a supposed cease fire was declared by Hamas on Sunday night. These attacks, designed to inflict as many civilian casualties as possible, come just days after eight Israelis were killed, and over thirty wounded, by coordinated terrorist attacks near the resort city of Eilat. The Board of Deputies supports Israel's legitimate right to defend herself and her citizens. We call upon the international community, including the British Government, to do likewise. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=194 Mon, 22 Aug 11 19:19:27 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=193 Thu, 18 Aug 11 17:03:57 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=190 Thu, 18 Aug 11 16:14:08 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=192 Thu, 18 Aug 11 16:12:47 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=191 Thu, 18 Aug 11 16:11:45 +0200 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=181 Thu, 18 Aug 11 16:09:18 +0200 On Tuesday 5 July, the Board of Deputies hosted a Summer Banquet for over five-hundred guests, to mark the conclusion of its 250th anniversary celebrations. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=176 Thu, 18 Aug 11 16:08:17 +0200 A study trip to promote active on the ground learning about some of the key issues affecting the Arab minority in Israel http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=83 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:50:15 +0200 Statement by Board President, Vivian Wineman: \"The Board welcomes the partial admission by the BBC that its coverage of the appalling incident at Itamar was unbalanced...\" http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=81 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:49:30 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews was dismayed to learn that a new proposal to label kosher meat has been tabled in the European parliament. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=82 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:48:40 +0200 At the end of March, two amendments were proposed for inclusion into a Regulation to be debated in the European Parliament in July. One would have required Shechted meat to be labelled as 'Killed according to the Shechita method,' and another which would have required the label 'from slaughter without stunning.' http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=158 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:48:16 +0200 Statement on the decision of the United States government not to participate in the Commemoration of the Durban World Conference Against Racism. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=166 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:48:00 +0200 Ben Gurion University (BGU) President Professor Rivka Carmi, who chairs the Committee of Presidents of Israeli Universities, met with leading women from the British medical profession at a breakfast briefing arranged by Professor David Katz and Eleanor Platt QC under the auspices of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=175 Thu, 18 Aug 11 15:47:07 +0200 Following the adoption of policies which undermine the Universities and Colleges Union's claims to oppose antisemitism, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles MP, has issued a strong rebuke to the Union in an article in the Jewish Chronicle. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=172 Mon, 18 Jul 11 10:03:09 +0200 The Board's Senior Vice President met the new President of the Methodist Conference in the first week of his taking office, as the two communities look to build new and stronger relations. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=174 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:27:47 +0200 Henry Grunwald QC, chairman of Shechita UK said: \"It is a sad day for religious freedom in Europe when legislation is passed based on flawed, unsubstantiated science, merely to appease an ill-informed animal welfare lobby. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=173 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:27:47 +0200 The detention and planned removal of Sheikh Raed Salah from the UK is a very clear indication of the Government's commitment to fighting extremism. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=171 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:18:50 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns the cynical attempt by the Syrian Government to draw attention away from its brutal quelling of internal dissent by sending civilians into one of the most militarily sensitive and dangerous borders in the world. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=167 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:18:50 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews looks forward to welcoming the new Israeli Ambassador, Daniel Taub, to the UK. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=169 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:18:50 +0200 25 June 2011 marks five years since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas from within sovereign Israel. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=170 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:18:50 +0200 Jewish communal leaders met today with Foreign Secretary William Hague to discuss the developing situation in the Middle East and the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=168 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:18:50 +0200 Statement issued by Fair Play Campaign Group. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=165 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 On Wednesday night the Board hosted a reception for Sir Sigmund Sternberg, who was celebrating a milestone 90th birthday. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=164 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mr Arieh Handler z\"l. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=163 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews deplores the fact that the National Union of Students (NUS) sees fit to pass a motion which pre-judges issues, such as future borders and the Palestinian right of return, that should be the subject of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=162 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns the excessive and unprovoked violence against the State of Israel, on the anniversary of Israel\'s Independence Day. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=161 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews welcomes the conviction of John Demjanjuk. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=160 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 Today marks Israel's 63rd Independence Day and provides a chance to celebrate the achievements of the State as well an opportunity to reflect on the challenges she has overcome. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=159 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:11:31 +0200 Today marks Yom Hazikaron, the day when Israelis and Jews around the world remember the 25,000 people, including 2,500 victims of terror attacks, who have died in pursuit of peace and security for the Jewish State. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=157 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:01:08 +0200 On behalf of the Jewish community of the United Kingdom, the Board of Deputies of British Jews sends congratulations and every good wish to Prince William and Kate Middleton on the joyous occasion of their marriage. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=156 Sun, 17 Jul 11 14:00:47 +0200 The Board of Deputies has responded to the recent Op-Ed by Judge Richard Goldstone in the Washington Post. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=80 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 The Board of Deputies has received a response to its letter to Channel 4 regarding the recently aired programme The Promise. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=79 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 The Board of Deputies condemns the deliberate attack on a bus in southern Israel resulting in the critical injury of a 16 year old student. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=85 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 The Board is supporting the Fifth Son Project, to raise awareness of the continued imprisonment of Gilad Shalit. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=86 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 The Board of Deputies is pleased to lend its whole-hearted support to the Kick It Out Campaign, which aims to highlight and eradicate antisemitism and antisemitic chanting from football stadia across the UK. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=87 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews was shocked and saddened to learn about the despicable arson attack against the Synagogue of Corfu in Greece. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=88 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 March 2011 was the inaugural "Celebrating RE" month in England and Wales. The month was a great opportunity to showcase Religious Education at its very best by publicising the value and importance of RE for every child and young person. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=84 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:54 +0200 This week the Board of Deputies wrote to Channel 4 to raise our concerns regarding 'The Promise', a drama series set in modern day Israel and mandate Palestine. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=68 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 Vivian Wineman, President of the Board of Deputies and Henry Grunwald, Chairman of Shechita UK, met with the Dutch Deputy Ambassador to the UK to discuss legislation that would see Shechita outlawed in the Netherlands. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=69 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews notes the decision of the UK Government to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Delegation to the level of a Mission despite the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to return to direct negotiations with Israel. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=70 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 As the full and devastating effect of Friday\'s earthquake reveals itself, we join the Japanese people in mourning the terrible losses suffered. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=71 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 Meeting in Paris with counterparts from CRIF yesterday (13 March), the Board of Deputies of British Jews joined them in expressing abhorrence at the brutal murders of a family of five, including young children, by terrorists who escaped the scene. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=72 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has responded to the Board's complaint over the misleading nature of the Travel Palestine Advertisement that appeared in the National Geographic Traveller Magazine. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=73 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Board of Deputies deplores the terrorist atrocity committed in Jerusalem this afternoon. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=74 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Board of Deputies, CST and UJS welcome the condemnation by the School of Oriental and African Studies regarding Monday's deplorable violent attack and antisemitic abuse directed against someone manning a pro-Israel stall. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=75 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 CST and the Board of Deputies of British Jews Call for Closure of Facebook "Intifada" Site. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=76 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Board of Deputies is shocked and appalled at Gerald Kaufman\'s comments yesterday in the House of Commons. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=78 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 The Board of Deputies and Shechita UK have issued a briefing on the latest challenges to shechita. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=77 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:44 +0200 Representatives of the Board this morning met with the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament, Martin Callanan. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=65 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:34 +0200 The Board of Deputies hosted a breakfast with Ismail Khaldi, Policy Advisor on Arab Affairs to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and the most senior Muslim in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=63 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:34 +0200 The Board yesterday met with the Lithuanian Ambassador to the UK, Dr Oskaras Jusys, following recent meetings with the Polish and Russian Embassies. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=64 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:34 +0200 On Sunday 20th February the Board of Deputies unanimously adopted a resolution to become a Fairtrade organisation, and begin the switch to the use of Fairtrade products. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=66 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:34 +0200 Board President Vivian Wineman, Vice President Jerry Lewis and Chief Executive Jon Benjamin were joined by Deputies and other staff members today to leaflet the public about the continuing plight of Gilad Shalit. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=67 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:34 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews finds it deeply disturbing that, at this crucial period in the Middle East peace process, Israel's very existence is being denied by an advertisement in an international publication. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=56 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 On 7 January, a conversation took place between representatives of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Methodist Church. Discussion focused on the way forward for relations between the two communities in 2011 and beyond. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=57 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 The Board of Deputies watches with horror as floodwaters bring death and destruction to Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=58 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 The Board of Deputies of British Jews sends its sincere condolences to the President of Israel, Shimon Peres and to his family on the passing of his dear wife Sonia Peres. May they be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=59 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 The Board is delighted today to join the Jewish Social Action Forum in launching the first of four years of a national, cross communal campaign on the environment. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=60 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 The Polish Government is committed to fighting antisemitism, is one of Israel's key European allies, and is dedicated to increasing its support for Polish-Jewish dialogue. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=61 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 The Board of Deputies has expressed its horror at the terrible attack on a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria on New Year's Day. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=55 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:23 +0200 In an exceptional demonstration of unity and solidarity, 56 major organisations from across the Jewish community and beyond have signed up a pledge concerning the General Election http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=62 Thu, 5 May 11 09:37:00 +0200 An impressive array of Diplomatic Representatives from around the world gathered to toast the Board of Deputies on the occasion of its 250th milestone anniversary. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=44 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:43 +0200 The President of the Board of Deputies, Vivian Wineman led a delegation to the European Parliament in Brussels for high level meetings with MEPs and civil servants. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=45 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:33 +0200 The Board of Deputies has joined representatives of the Muslim and Christian communities in expressing their solidarity with Iraqi Christians, following the sickening attack on the Church of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=46 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:33 +0200 At the start of a week marking the highlight of the Board\'s 250th Anniversary celebrations, it is a privilege to announce that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received a Board of Deputies delegation at Windsor Castle earlier today. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=47 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:33 +0200 Efforts to safeguard Shechita received a welcome boost with news that an agreement had been reached in NZ to protect the continued shechita of poultry and an interim agreement had been negotiated to protect the kosher killing of lamb. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=49 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:33 +0200 With a growing number of high profile court cases involving workplace discrimination against people of faith, the Board organised a meeting of young professionals to discuss the challenges that face them in the workplace. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=48 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:33 +0200 Together with the people of Israel, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish community of the United Kingdom mourn the immense national tragedy created by the Carmel forest fires. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=50 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:22 +0200 The Board, along with Shechita UK, cautiously welcomes the outcome of Tuesday's meeting of the European Union's Council of Ministers, where a new draft of the food information regulation was agreed without the inclusion of the controversial amendment #205 http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=51 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:22 +0200 The Polish Chief Rabbi was in attendance as the Polish Embassy in London hosted its first-ever Klezmer Concert. The concert was jointly organised by the Board of Deputies and the Federation of Poles in Great Britain. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=53 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:22 +0200 The Board of Deputies welcomes the condemnation by the Prime Minister and President of the State of Israel of those Israeli Rabbis who have called for a move to forbid Jewish Israelis from renting or selling properties to Arabs. http://www.bod.org.uk/live/content.php?Item_ID=52 Thu, 5 May 11 09:36:22 +0200