Phil Rosenberg sails through first stage of Board of Deputies presidency bid
Brondesbury Park Synagogue deputy secures requisite 20 nominations for next stage of election process in just 24 hours
The former public affairs director at the Board of Deputies (BOD) has passed the nominations threshold in in his bid to lead the organisation.
Brondesbury Park Synagogue Deputy Phil Rosenberg received confirmation on Friday that he had received the 20 nominations required to stand for the position at the representative body.
Nominations opened yesterday (15 February) and candidates have three weeks, until 7 March, to collect nominations.
However, Rosenberg’s early progress means that he is on course to enter the final stage of the campaign and appear on the 12 May ballot to succeed current president, Marie van der Zyl, when she reaches the end of her two-term limit.
Rosenberg, who left the Board in 2022 to take up a public relations role, was a Labour Party councillor in Camden from 2014 until 2018.
Today he said: “I wish to thank all those who have nominated me and those who continue to do so. It is fantastic to have reached this milestone so quickly, but my campaign is not complacent and we will fight for every vote.
Our community is facing a myriad of challenges, including rising antisemitism, but together, we have a golden opportunity to unlock the full potential of our 320 Deputies and our community as a whole. Over the coming months, as the contest progresses, we urge Deputies to choose the future and make history”.
If elected, Rosenberg would be the youngest president in the Board’s 264-year history.
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