Board of Deputies of British Jews

Britain's Jewish Culture Month aims to move conversation beyond October 7

The month, which wrapped up Tuesday, sought to make clear that British Jewish identity is, and always has been, about far more than conflict. “We’re not defined as a community by pain,” Ma’anit said.

PAUL COLLINS, far left, keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum, delivered an address on Ancient Israel and Judah as part of Britain's Jewish Culture Month, June 11, 2026. The talk had been rescheduled after concerns that ticket-holders had intended to disrupt the event.
Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty as people attend a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026.

CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jewry discusses antisemitism

A demonstration was organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism outside Downing Street in London in October to mark one week since the attack on a synagogue in Manchester. The Jewish community is not taking the onslaught of antisemitism lying down.

Britain's Jewish community pushes back as antisemitism reaches historic levels

ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.

Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message - analysis


Pro-Palestine mob protests 'Haaretz'-run event in London Jewish community center 

Protesters opposed the event despite it featuring many speakers who are critical of Israel.

Anti-Israel protest outside Jewish Community Center in London, 27 October 2024

Chief rabbi, British Jews criticize UK decision to restrict arms sales to Israel

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development's Office's suspension of almost 30 of the around 350 arms licenses to Israel "beggars belief."

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Bournemouth City Council declines motion to de-twin from Netanya

The Palestine Solidarity Movement rallied to support the motion. According to the BCP-based group, the item was "undemocratically" removed from the agenda.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags outside Bute House as Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Scotland's First Minister John Swinney at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain July 7, 2024.

British Jewry congratulates Starmer on Labour election victory

British Jewish organizations thanked Rishi Sunak for the work he had done during his time at No.10 and congratulated Keir Starmer on his new role as prime minister

 BRITISH OPPOSITION Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on, during BBC’s prime ministerial debate, in Nottingham, last week.

'Antisemitism and the 1753 Jew Law Controversy': The roots of UK antisemitism - review

Antisemitism and the 1753 Jew Law Controversy is a most valuable and timely book, especially given the recent demonstration of rampant Jew-hatred by Hamas.

 Portrait of George II by John Shackleton.

UK Jewish org. head: We need legal, social penalties for being antisemitic

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

 Board of Deputies of British Jews President-elect Phil Rosenberg

Israel must strengthen its democracy and escape its dangerous cycle - opinion

Finding a way through the current crisis is a matter of existential urgency which affects the very fabric of Israel and Jewish life.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.

Tory MP uses controversial term connected to antisemitic conspiracies

Miriam Cates made alarming claims about the perils of "cultural Marxism," linking it to the alleged destruction of children's well-being.

Photo of Tory MP Miriam Cates

Board of Deputies of British Jews criticizes WZO over Kotel violence

Women of the Wall are demanding that Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of the World Zionist Organization and acting chairman of the Jewish Agency, take responsibility and apologize for violence that ensued.

 Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, January 2022

Jewish organizations should work together to fight antisemitism - comment

Although it’s great that there are so many organizations that have decided to promote this important and existential cause, the problem is that they are not in sync with each other.

 THEN-JEWISH AGENCY chairman Isaac Herzog addresses a rally in Jerusalem last year in solidarity with Jews around the world, following a wave of antisemitic attacks.