Board of Deputies welcomes three new organisations
Jewish Blind and Disabled, Nottingham Jewish Care and Hadassah UK voted in as members
Jewish Blind and Disabled, Nottingham Jewish Care and Hadassah UK have been voted in as the newest member organisations of the Board of Deputies, with Board president Phil Rosenberg describing surging interest from groups looking to join.
The Board is comprised of more than 300 deputies representing more than 200 different member organisations, the majority of which are synagogues. A significant minority, however, are community or charitable groups, with the three new members falling in the latter category.
Rosenberg said: “The demand to join our organisation and to be a part of the democratic representative organisation of Jews in the UK has never been stronger and there are plenty more applications to be considered. The range of organisations we represent gives us unparalleled legitimacy to speak on behalf of the community.”
The plenary meeting itself took place on the day designated by Israel to recognise the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands and Iran, and was devoted to the subject of Mizrachi Jews; the Board was founded in 1760 by members of what was then known as the Spanish and Portuguese community. Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Senior Rabbi of what is now called the S&P Sephardi community gave one of his final speeches to the community ahead of his imminent aliyah.
Lyn Julius, the co-founder of Harif, the association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa in the UK, addressed the plenary about the expulsion of the Jews from Middle Eastern countries.
She said: “We must teach the history, culture and heritage of Middle East and North African Jews in Jewish schools. The story of these Jews is a vital part of Jewish history. Every Jew needs to think of himself or herself as if he or she came out of Iraq or Libya or Syria and treat this history as his own.”
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