Board of Deputies Community Briefing

Jonathan Arkush congratulates new London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Board of Deputies President Jonathan Arkush this week congratulated Sadiq Khan on his election as Mayor of London.

He said: “We congratulate him and very much welcome the fact that his first public engagement will be the Yom HaShoah commemoration and hope that this will set the tone for his mayoralty’s engagement with our community.

«We look forward to working with him in his new role.”

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INTERNATIONAL

Treasurer Stuart MacDonald met Israel Bonds CEO and President, Izzy Tapoohi to discuss grounds for possible co-operation.

Grassroots Consultant on Israel Steven Jaffe was invited to address an Israel-related event at Tilehurst Street Baptist Church in Hitchin. More than 100 attended the concert and educational evening.
 
Steven Jaffe has launched the Shalom Initiative Postcard for Jerusalem campaign. For more information please click here.

A second session of the Jewish People Policy Institute seminar on Jewish identity was held, moderated by Senior Vice President Richard Verber. The findings of the study, which is being conducted in diaspora communities throughout the world, will be collated into a report which will be presented to key policymakers in Israel.

International Relations Officer David Walsh met a diplomat from the US Embassy to discuss co-operation

COMMUNITY

Vice President Sheila Gewolbvisited Catford and Bromley United Synagogue to meet with its minister, David Rome, Chair Joe Burchell, and Senior Warden Gerald Rose. The visit was at the invitation of Deputy Carole Abrahams to showcase its outreach work, which is supported by the London Borough of Lewisham. Sheila was served lunch at the Catford & Bromley Friendship & Social Club where she met many of the dynamic older members of the community including Doreen Curzon, who worked for the Board of Deputies during the Second World War.

President Jonathan Arkush andVice President Marie van der Zylattended Finchley United Synagogue’s Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut event.