Board Activity In Response To The Hamas Terror Attacks October - December 2023
The last 8 weeks have been extremely difficult for British Jews. Please see some of the many activities the Board has been engaged in to support our community at this timeÂ
The briefing will include a high level update on the situation in Israel. We will also share information about the collective work of our communal organisations and what you as [...]
In a letter to Board of Deputies Chief Executive Michael Wegier, Archbishop Justin Welby writes to convey his “deepest sense of solidarity… friendship and prayers” to the Board of Deputies [...]
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has written to BBC Director General Tim Davie CBE expressing her disappointment at the BBC’s refusal to use the word terrorist when [...]
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to request an urgent review of BBC editorial guidelines following [...]
More than 4,000 people gathered in London yesterday to pay tribute to the victims of the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks over the weekend. The event, outside Downing Street, was organised [...]
Thank you to the thousands of you who came to the Vigil for Israel this evening. At times like this, coming together to share our grief, to pray, to draw [...]
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has released the following message following the terrorist attacks on Israelis which took place on Saturday. “As you will now no doubt [...]
Yesterday, we awoke during Shabbat and the festival of Simchat Torah to learn that Israelis, including our friends and family, were being wounded, taken hostage, and murdered in Israel. At [...]
The Board of Deputies hosted the Prime Minister during Conservative Party Conference, when he visited the Board’s sukkah on conference grounds. The Prime Minister came to the sukkah on Tuesday [...]
President Marie van der Zyl will be chairing a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference with Theresa Villiers MP for Chipping Norton, Olivia Marks-Woldman Chief Executive of the Holocaust Memorial [...]
The UK Jewish community has been invited to take part in two online networking evenings to examine how families and communities can begin to make changes to combat the climate [...]
An online discussion with actor and playwright Tracy-Ann Oberman, in conversation with Michael Wegier Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies. Tracy-Ann talks about her groundbreaking production of Shakespeare’s The [...]
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