The Jewish Labour Movement could not have asked for a more experienced and level-headed political operator to take over the vacant post of the chair than Ivor Caplin.
The circumstances behind previous chair Jeremy Newmark’s departure have inevitably led to a bumpy few months for the JLM.
In parliamentary chair Luciana Berger, the group was lucky enough to have an organiser and speaker who stepped up to the mark, taking centre stage at both the ‘Enough Is Enough’ demonstration and in the Westminster antisemitism debate. But with her busy MP’s schedule, Ms Berger could only do so much extra work.
In Mr Caplin, who runs his own business consultancy from his home town of Brighton and is an advisory member of the Terrence Higgins Trust board, the JLM have secured an individual who will be able to carve out time each week to devote to the organisation.
