Here’s a thought experiment. Hang with it for a second, because it will help explain why some moderate Jews fear for the future of western democracy. So, here goes: What if a Democrat stood for election as president of the United States after presiding over the DNC and being minority leader of congress for three…
(JTA) — Leaders of British and French Jews issued divergent statements about the controversy over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. In London, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, recently condemned the decision of the Israeli government not to implement a plan to expand separate spaces for mixed prayer at the Western Wall. The…
A Yachad tour overlooking the South Hebron Hills at the southern tip of the West Bank / Yachad In a historic move on Sunday, the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) voted overwhelmingly to admit Yachad into the umbrella organization. Yachad was set up in 2011 to build support within the British Jewish community…
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has sold its central London headquarters for nearly $10 million. The board will remain in the building, in the Bloomsbury neighborhood, until early next year, the London Jewish Chronicle reported. It will relocate to the London Borough of Camden, where other Jewish and general communal organizations are sited….
South Africa’s most prominent Jewish organization is gearing up to help with the country’s upcoming national elections. More than 100 observers will be stationed at voting stations across the country on Wednesday as part of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ Make Us Count team. “The observers will be checking the opening of the…
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