A UK group that promotes equality for LGBT people in the Jewish community has achieved charitable status.
Keshet UK, a major grassroots LGBT forum in the British Jewish community, said the new status would help its fundraising activities.
Co-director Benjamin Ellis said: “Keshet UK is not a political organisation. The work we do is about promoting the inclusion of LGBT people in all areas of Jewish life in the UK.
“Achieving charitable status will not change our agenda – it will enable us to carry on the work we do, which includes training and workshops for people in synagogues, schools and youth movements.
