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August 23, 2023, 2:26 pm

Law banning contact with ‘Zionists’ threatens desperate attempts to save the last synagogue in Mosul

Iraq has banned citizens from engaging with any Israeli or 'Zionist' on pain of death, freezing efforts to reconstruct the historic Jewish building built in 1902

By Michelle Rosenberg

Chief Rabbi Mirvis meeting Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa

March 15, 2023, 1:59 pm

Jewish delegates attend major Muslim conference for first time

Attendees of the Muslim World League’s first European conference included representatives of the Board of Deputies and Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

By Dan Hardoon

Marie van der Zyl congratulates King Charles ahead of his coronation
credit © IJP Event Photos 2023

March 9, 2023, 3:59 pm

Delegation of communal leaders meet King Charles ahead of coronation

The Board of Deputies, along with the Anglo-Jewish Association, are among several dozen institutions and corporations which have the status of Privileged Bodies of the Crown

By Lee Harpin

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is shown around the Crossroads of Civilisation Museum in Abu Dhabi in November 2022. Picture credit: Olive Media

November 14, 2022, 2:50 pm

Chief Rabbi: UAE’s story of tolerance goes against the global grain

Ephraim Mirvis and Board of Deputies' vice-president Edwin Shuker say the Jewish community in Arabia will only grow

By Justin Cohen in the United Arab Emirates

September 29, 2022, 12:06 pm

‘An act of atonement by the Royal Court’: review of Jews. In Their Own Words.

Jonathan Freedland’s piece of documentary theatre – from an idea by Tracy-Ann Oberman – is imaginative and powerful

By Beatrice Sayers

Edwin Shuker at the Rudaw International Conference on the Yazidi Genocide

January 20, 2022, 10:17 am

Iraqi-born businessman Edwin Shuker favourite to replace Board vice president

Philanthropist who previously chaired the communities and education division is believed to have secured the support of more than 50 deputies to succeed Gary Mond

By Justin Cohen

Thafer Fuad Elyahou's death was seen as “an immense blow" to administrating the affairs of the Iraq Jewish community's remaining assets, including cemeteries, shrines, synagogues and legacies. (Edwin Shuker) via JTA

March 21, 2021, 3:56 pm

Iraq’s last Jewish doctor dies of heart failure at 60

Board of Deputies vice president Edwin Shuker paid respects to Thafer Fuad Elyahou for working under the most challenging of conditions' including war and sanctions

By JTA

Protestors against discrimination of Uyghurs

January 19, 2021, 12:12 pm

Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders urge MPs to back Uyghur amendment

Letter signed by vice president of the Board of Deputies along with Catholic, Anglican and Islamic leaders comes ahead of today's crunch vote

Hakham Ezra Dangoor, chief rabbi of Baghdad, pictured with his family in 1910. (Jewish News)

December 2, 2020, 10:02 am

Israel envoy challenges Nakba ‘lies’, as expulsion of Mizrahi Jews remembered

Tzipi Hotovely spoke at event to commemorate refugees from the Middle East, North Africa and Iran which she said has 'been forgotten outside Israel'

By Sandy Rashty

Inspections are largely positive but teaching about characteristics protected in law remains a sticking point

August 4, 2020, 11:56 am

OPINION: Shifting focus of Jewish education from minds to hearts

Edwin Shuker of the Board of Deputies of British Jews reflects on the organisation's new inspection handbook to teach about religion after years of soul searching

By Edwin Shuker

July 22, 2020, 2:15 pm

Community leaders meet minister over child welfare cap concerns

Board of Deputies vice-president said: 'The two-child cap remains a matter of concern for us and we continue to urge the Government to scrap it'

By Jewish News Reporter

Shaun Bailey, right, with Board of Deputies vice president Edwin Shuker and the Jewish Leadership Council's Russell Langer

January 13, 2020, 4:52 pm

‘Identity politics separates people,’ warns Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey

'What we should be talking about is where we're all similar and taking the best from each community,' mayoral candidate says

By Mathilde Frot

Local residents applaud as a convoy of Turkish forces trucks transporting tanks is driven in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis via Jewish News)

October 25, 2019, 11:59 am

OPINION: We must pay Kurds our debt of gratitude

Board of Deputies Iraq-born Vice President, Edwin Shuker, says the Kurdish people should get our support, as they have defended local Jewish communities in their hour of need

By Edwin Shuker

September 11, 2019, 4:33 pm

Government Islamophobia adviser: ‘Jews and Muslims must stand together on hate’

Imam Qari Asim in rallying call for co-operation between communities during panel chaired by Board of Deputies vice president

By Jewish News Reporter

February 26, 2019, 12:25 pm

Orthodox groups welcome opt-out for parents on sex education

Newly-published guidance reveals parents will have a say on whether their child receives Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) as Government looks to shake up the education system

By Jewish News Reporter

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