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Board launches investigation into 36 deputies following FT letter

All of the signatories are now ‘subject to a complaints procedure’, while a member of the Board’s executive committee has also been suspended

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Dozens of UK-based Israelis have staged a protest against the Netanyahu government in London, mirroring similar demonstrations across Israel (Image: We Democracy)

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United Synagogue leadership challenges Board of Deputies over FT letter criticising Israel

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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

Michael Wegier

By Michael Wegier

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

2 min read

Cardiff gives Rosenberg a president’s welcome

Cardiff gives Rosenberg a president’s welcome

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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

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

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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

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

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

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

Jewish groups welcome new measures to protect shuls from aggressive demonstrations

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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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

2 min read

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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

3 min read

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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)

Ariella Knoble-Gershon

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)

CAA renews attack on Met Commissioner over policing of pro-Palestinian demos

Sir Mark Rowley said the campaign’s calls for banning marches ‘ignore the reality of the law’

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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January 22, 2025 16:48

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (Photo: Getty Images)

Board of Deputies keeps mum on yeshivah regulation controversy

The representative body says it will not be commenting on government’s new education proposals

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

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January 21, 2025 14:18

Charedi protest against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Kemi Badenoch meets with Jewish communal leaders

The Opposition leader emphasised her commitment to ‘tackling antisemitism’, but there was no discussion of the complaint against former MP Sir Alan Duncan

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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January 21, 2025 12:16

L-R: Board of Deputies President Phil Rosenberg, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, Jewish Leadership Council CEO Claudia Mendoza and Community Security Trust CEO Mark Gardner (Image: Board of Deputies).

Board of Deputies thanks Met chief for policing of pro-Palestinian protest at the weekend

Board president Phil Rosenberg told Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley the community owed the force ‘a huge amount of appreciation’

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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January 20, 2025 23:26

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley addresses Board of Deputies on Sunday (Photo: YouTube)

Suella Braverman’s husband leads Jewish Reform members in criticism of Board of Deputies

Rael Braverman, who defected to Reform last month, and more than two dozen Jewish members of the party, wrote a letter to the JC condemining President Phil Rosenberg

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

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January 2, 2025 16:18

Rael Braverman, husband of Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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