Board of Deputies

By Michael Wegier

The Board works on trust and misrepresenting our community damages us all

Airing our grievances in public undermines the strength of our community

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April 17, 2025 19:29

Demonstrators light up smoke flares and hold up signs during an anti-government protest calling for action (Image: Getty)

Cardiff gives Rosenberg a president’s welcome

The Board of Deputies President is visiting all four UK nations during his first year in post

By Daniel Ben-David

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April 16, 2025 14:06

Cardiff gives Rosenberg a president’s welcome

Board of Deputies calls on BBC to move ‘firmer, further and faster’ over coverage ‘bias’

The Board also urged the corporation to improve its ‘treatment of Jewish staff and contractors’

By Jacob Jaffa

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April 12, 2025 13:14

The Board of Deputies has urged the BBC to go further in tackling allegations of bias in its Middle East coverage (Image: Getty)

‘I have no fear anymore’: the growth of Jewish grassroots in the wake of Oct 7

Ever since Hamas’ massacre, Jewish protest groups have made their voices heard across the UK, but are they divided or united?

By Imogen Garfinkel

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April 10, 2025 11:55

Hundreds mourn the Bibas family in a mock ‘funeral’ outside Parliament following the return of the bodies of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir on February 20

Jewish groups welcome new measures to protect shuls from aggressive demonstrations

Yvette Cooper made the announcement at CST’s annual dinner last night

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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March 27, 2025 11:51

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (Image: Blake Ezra Photography 2024/CST)

Board meets BBC to issue demands for reforms to coverage of Israel

The Board has given the BBC until Pesach to address community concerns

By Jane Prinsley

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March 21, 2025 12:31

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: A member of the Jewish community holds a poster outside BBC Broadcasting House to demonstrate against the BBC's ongoing refusal to label Hamas as terrorists, on October 16, 2023 in London, England. The National Jewish Assembly is protesting at the BBC's refusal to label Hamas as terrorists and comes after the militant group's recent attacks on Israel. Hamas was prescribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK in March 2021 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Board of Deputies call for IRGC and PFLP proscription in meeting with Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper said the government would 'redouble efforts to tackle antisemitism'

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 27, 2025 11:59

(left to right) Paul Harris, Andrew Gilbert, Yvette Cooper, Phil Rosenberg, Victoria Lisek (Image: Board of Deputies).

Former JNF UK trustee overturns Charity Commission ban in ‘landmark’ case

The Commission had sought to disqualify Gary Mond over allegedly ‘anti-Muslim’ social media posts

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 10, 2025 13:52

Former JNF UK trustee Gary Mond has overturned a Charity Commission disqualification order against him (Image: JNA)

By Ariella Knoble-Gershon

‘Israelis stop and thank us for campaigning for the hostages’

The Board of Deputies has been holding a weekly vigil opposite Downing Street for over a year

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February 6, 2025 10:35

A weekly vigil for the hostages opposite Downing Street, organised by the Board of Deputies (Photo: Amanda Rose/@amandarosephoto)

Swiss cottage protestors remove hostage ribbons claiming they ‘represent Jewish supremacy’

Amendment to policing bill marks a ‘return to Shabbat worship in peace'

Communal row continues as 25 rabbis publish new letter against war in Gaza