Board of Deputies

January 23, 2023, 10:50 am

Board president speaks of ‘challenging’ situation for diaspora Jews over Israel

Marie van der Zyl tells the Board's January plenary that she has discussed concerns over the election of far-right government in Israel on two occasions this month with President Isaac Herzog

By Lee Harpin

Online antiques dealer Gregory Ebbs is a contestant on TV show The Apprentice

January 17, 2023, 4:58 pm

The Apprentice TV show contestant sorry for selling Nazi war items online

Gregory Ebbs apologetic after Jewish groups say he sold a German army officer's pre-war dagger showing a carved swastika

By Jewish News Reporter

January 17, 2023, 12:33 pm

Brewing up a mitzvah – interfaith initiative to beat January blues

Mitzvah Day's 'Brew Monday' encourages communities to meet over a cuppa for mental health support.

By Michelle Rosenberg

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court Justices arrive for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023 . Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

January 12, 2023, 9:16 am

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Democracy or democrazy?

Israeli ministers are getting ever closer to ending the Supreme Court’s power to keep them in check. Undemocratic? You be the judge...

By Voice of the Jewish News

Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy, 81, with Chief Rabbi Mirvis and Rabbi Joseph Dweck
((C) Blake Ezra Photography)

January 5, 2023, 12:16 pm

OPINION: The civilised tolerance of my dear old friend Rabbi Levy will be sadly missed

Former President of the Board of Deputies Vivian Wineman reflects on the passing of a community giant and personal friend who represented the very best of Sephardi values.

By Vivian Wineman

Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial, an issue that has also divided the Jewish community.

January 4, 2023, 4:37 pm

OPINION: Our challenges lay beyond the Jewish community rather than within

The chairman of the National Jewish Assembly argues that communal divisions show Jewish Britain at its best, not worst.

By Gary Mond

January 3, 2023, 1:15 pm

OPINION: Vibrant, yes, but all is not well in the community

Can our community make 2023 the year it accommodates the unaffiliated masses? Alex Brummer assesses the potential pitfalls facing British Jewry.

By Alex Brummer

2M4R51J Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 20th Dec, 2022. commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General HOSSEIN SALAMI (2L) and Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, ESMAIL QAANI (2R) attend in a ceremony for commemorating death anniversary of an IRGC's Quds force commander in Tehran, December 20, 2022. (Credit Image: © Rouzbeh Fouladi via ZUMA Press Wire)

January 3, 2023, 10:04 am

UK to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

According to reports, the UK will follow the US, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain in branding the influential IRGC as a terrorist entity

By Jewish News Reporter

Rapper Kanye West, pictured holding a rally in South Carolina in July 2020 (Photo: Reuters/Randall Hill)

December 30, 2022, 10:33 pm

Newly-knighted Chief Rabbi’s concerns over antisemitism from celebrities

Newly-honoured Ephraim Mirvis and Board of Deputies Marie van der Zyl speak out after hateful comments from Wiley and Kanye West

By JN Reporter

December 29, 2022, 12:56 pm

‘The BBC does a lot of good work’ says Board of Deputies chief

Marie van der Zyl says her organisation is in discussions with the director general as she stresses importance of restoring relations.

By Michelle Rosenberg

Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence lights the candles at the Board's parliamentary reception

December 20, 2022, 11:49 am

Jenrick praises ‘brilliant’ work of Jewish MP Hodge at Board Chanukah reception

Conservative minister makes poignant tribute to Dame Margaret Hodge at parliamentary reception in Westminster

By Lee Harpin

IDF soldiers run towards potential situation in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 2022

December 16, 2022, 1:19 pm

OPINION: Equality before the law in the West Bank is shockingly absent

Former Board of Deputies president Vivian Wineman reflects on the two-tier court system he witnessed during a recent visit to Area C in the disputed territories.

By Vivian Wineman

December 9, 2022, 12:43 pm

Sadiq Khan recommits to ‘tackling antisemitism’ in talks with Jewish leaders

The private meeting focused on "cohesion, interfaith relations, policing, mental health and issues facing Jewish students on campus".

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 7, 2022, 11:09 am

OPINION: Sizer verdict will ensure stronger bonds between the Church and British Jews

Marie van der Zyl thanks the Church of England for its inquiry and the strength of its judgement on retired minister Stephen Sizer

By Marie van der Zyl

(r to l) Michael Wegier, CEO Board of Deputies; Rabbi Yossi Jacobs;
Rev Dr Richard Sudworth, Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury & National Inter Religious Affairs Adviser for the Church of England.

December 7, 2022, 10:46 am

Board of Deputies and Lambeth Palace explore ways to deepen community ties

Jewish and Christian advisers focus on communal relationships in inter-faith meeting of minds.

By Michelle Rosenberg

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