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NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2008
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, HENRY GRUNWALD QC This past year has seen both significant challenges both locally and around the world. Antisemitic discourse in the media, calls for boycotts against Israel and threats to our security all mean that the Board needs to remain as vigilant as ever. Yet, as we turn the page on 5768 and look to the future, we take pride that the Board has responded to these issues robustly, leading the community’s anti-BNP electoral drive, playing a key role in the memorable Salute to Israel parade, heading a ‘Diamond Delegation’ to Israel for its 60th anniversary, pioneering the ‘Shared Futures’ schools linking programme and launching a new ‘Jewish Way of Life’ CD-ROM. All this is on top of our daily work in the key areas of education, communal affairs, civil society, as well as the international arena. With your essential support we will continue to represent our interests to the highest levels of government and act as the first port of call for those seeking to engage with British Jewry. In this spirit I would like to thank all those who do so much both for their respective communities and for clal yisrael - our people as a whole. Without such generosity of time and effort - the tradition of service to the community - British Jewry would not be able to flourish as it does. On behalf of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, I wish you a Shanah Tova Umetukah – a Happy and Sweet New Year. May the coming year bring peace to us all. |
