His master’s thesis at Utrecht University was on bias against Israel at the UN and he worked in Geneva for the NGO UN Watch.
“When you talk to people in the community, most don’t know what the Board really does or think it is a talking shop for older Jews, which is a shame,” he said. “The Board is the legitimate representative voice of the community.”
He acknowledges that over the past six years, it has made some progress in being more inclusive. “It is good that the Board has three senior women [the president and two vice-presidents]. We need to keep going and trying to show that the Board is not for a certain group of people but for Jews of all backgrounds.”
Describing himself as “right of centre” politically, he believes his candidacy can help to counteract the “unfair” impression, particularly within the Board, that Jews of his generation are “extremely left-wing”.
But he notes that “the Board and the Tory Party are the only places where I am still viewed as young at 29”.
