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Karen Newman (l) and Sheila Gewolb (r)
January 22, 2026, 5:17 pm
Possible all-female election for vacant Board of Deputies Vice Presidential position
Two candidates have declared so far, with two others rumoured to be considering standing
By Daniel Sugarman
Board of Deputies president candidates Michael Ziff, Amanda Bowman, Phil Rosenberg and Sheila Gewolb with (centre) United Synagogue president Michael Goldstein (photo: Richard Verber)
April 11, 2024, 10:53 am
Gloves are off as Board presidential candidate claims leadership ‘invisible’ since 7/10
Speaking at the latest Board president election hustings Sheila Gewolb claimed 'leadership has been invisible since the Hamas attack in defending and protecting our community'
By Lee Harpin
Sahar Al-Faifi (Screenshot from YouTube video promoting her candidacy for the Welsh Assembly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCDPP9YG94&feature=youtu.be )
June 30, 2020, 5:10 pm
Board urges Welsh party to exclude member over controversial social media posts
Communal leaders urge Plaid Cymru's leader to permanently kick out Sahar Al-Faifi over reportedly posting conspiracy theories online
By Jewish News Reporter
Dr. Sheila Gewolb
February 17, 2020, 10:10 am
Suspended Israel survey stirs controversy at Board of Deputies meeting
The Board's vice-president Sheila Gewolb told deputies she had stopped observers from sitting in on meetings after draft questions were 'leaked'
By Mathilde Frot
Uyghur people in a livestock market, Kashgar, China. (Wikimedia/ChiralJon_)
November 26, 2019, 3:13 pm
British Jews ‘will not turn a blind eye’ to plight of Muslim Uighurs in China
Communal condemnation comes after a massive trove of classified government documents showed up to a million people incarcerated
Vandalised headstones at Jewish cemetery in Randers, Denmark
November 12, 2019, 12:50 pm
On Kristallnacht anniversary, 80 graves desecrated at 200-year-old cemetery
British Jews stand in solidarity with their Danish counterparts after the vandalism, saying it is another example of 'worrying and dangerous growth of antisemitism' in Europe
Photo: Left to right: Murad Gassanly, Sheila Gewolb, UK ambassador James Sharp, Ido Ben-Shaul, Marius Bischoff
September 24, 2019, 12:22 pm
OPINION: There are few better places in the world to be a Jew than Azerbaijan
After visiting the Caucasus country, Board of Deputies vice-president Sheila Gewolb reflects on the peaceful coexistence in the country between Jews and Muslims
By Sheila Gewolb
Andrew Murrison
July 31, 2019, 4:57 pm
UK will keep applying sanctions to Hamas and PFLP post-Brexit
Jewish leaders welcome government minister's promise that Britain will maintain pressure on Palestinian terror groups after the exit from the EU
By Jewish News Reporter
November 29, 2018, 4:03 pm
UK Jewish leaders welcome EU’s full membership of IHRA group
European Union joins body which formulated the new international working definition of Jew-hate
Dr. Sheila Gewolb
September 28, 2018, 1:50 pm
No-confidence bid against Board VP for criticising Nation State Law
Efforts underway to gather signatures against Sheila Gewolb, following her remarks about Israel's legislation passed over the summer
Dr. Sheila Gewolb
July 24, 2018, 11:29 am
Petition urges Board VP to quit over ‘nation state bill’ criticism
Hundreds call on Sheila Gewolb to stand down after she expressed 'concern' about Israel's controversial legislation
Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in the Israeli Knesset
July 20, 2018, 11:43 am
Israel’s Nation State bill criticised by Board of Deputies as ‘regressive’
British Jewry's representative body issues 'concern' that the law may 'lead to doing down others', in unusual intervention into Israeli politics
Marie van der Zyl is under fire for failing to condemn the Netanyahu-far right tie-up
May 24, 2018, 10:07 am
New Board of Deputies president announces divisional heads for term
Marie van der Zyl appoints senior vice-president Sheila Gewolb to chair the international division, while Edwin Shuker will oversee Communities and Education
L-R: Edwin Shuker, Marie van der Zyl, Stephen Pollard, Sheila Gewolb and Simon Hochhauser
May 9, 2018, 11:38 am
Board presidential candidates point to experience during JW3 hustings
Four hopefuls vying for the top job at the community's representative body offered their vision of the next three years with them in the presidential chair
By Jenni Frazer
Four Board hopefuls: Simon Hochhauser, Marie van der Zyl, Sheila Gewolb and Edwin Shuker
May 3, 2018, 4:46 pm
Board Of Deputies elections: Four presidential candidates set out their stalls
Sheila Gewolb, Simon Hochhauser, Marie van der Zyl, and Edwin Shuker lay down their ambitions if elected next week
By Sheila Gewolb, Simon Hochhauser, Marie van der Zyl and Edwin Shuker
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