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


I voted against censuring JNF - here's why - opinion

My colleagues who met me for the first time were surprised, some shocked, to see me, a chap with an Arab Muslim name, addressing and urging them to oppose the motion to censure JNF

 PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS wave an Israeli flag as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration against Israel in central London last May.

NSO scandal is symptom of rot in Israeli police culture - opinion

Culture is what is really at the heart of the problem with Israel’s police force.

 BORDER POLICE patrol at the Western Wall.

President Herzog, Jewish Agency CEO and Israeli Envoy meet with British Jewish leaders

Dozens of Jewish leaders from across the UK attended the meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, which focused on key issues facing British Jewry today.

  CEO and Director General of The Jewish Agency Amira Ahronoviz, Present of Israel Isaac Herzog, and The Jewish Agency’s Head of Delegation to the UK & Western Europe Irit Barash surrounded by UK Shlichim

Board of Deputies renews calls for Welsh Assembly candidate to step down

Plaid Cymru candidate Sahar Al-Faifi has repeatedly come in for criticism over antisemitic social media posts.

The National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff.

UK Jewish community calls for clamp down on antisemitic MPs

Vice president for the Board, Amanda Bowman, said: 'We view with great concern the past conduct of a number of newly elected members of the House of Commons.'

UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn campaigns on Sunday for the upcoming elections.

The Guardian retracts pro-Corbyn letter over ‘misleading’ description

After critics said all the letter’s signatories were from the British-Jewish community’s left-wing fringes or outside of British Jewry, it was taken down.

Leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn, Shadow Finance Minister John McDonnell and deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson, November 23, 2017

In 2019, U.K. government committed $17m to protect Jewish institutions

“I am sure that this friendship and my support will continue in the years to come,” Prime Minister Theresa May wrote in a letter to the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a news briefing after meeting with EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2019