Board merger talks still on despite JLC row

Merger talks between the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council are due to resume the week after Rosh Hashanah despite the row between them over a new political group.

JLC leaders were furious last month at not being consulted over the Board’s decision to form the secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Jews, set to launch in the autumn.

Board president Vivian Wineman said this week: “We remain committed to looking at the options for the best ways to promote the community’s interests… including the possibility of creating a new organisation with the JLC.”

A JLC source said that “a meeting of the liaison group is scheduled for after Rosh Hashanah — there is nothing to add at this stage”.