President of the @BoardofDeputies 🇬🇧. Deputy @BParkShul. Politics & PR consultant. Media commentator, interfaith activist & former Camden councillor.
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Humbled and honoured to have been elected the 49th president of the @BoardofDeputies - the youngest in its 264-year history.
Thanks so much to all those who voted for me today, my amazing team, and to all who have supported me on this journey.
The hard work begins now.
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Last week, ADL and the J7 Task Force traveled to the UK and Ireland for the annual J7 summit, amid rising antisemitism and growing threats to Jewish communities. With 2025 marking the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks against diaspora Jews in over 30 years, the need for action is urgent. It cannot wait.
Throughout the week, we heard directly from Jewish communities about the challenges they face and brought their concerns to government officials and institutional leaders, including the UK's Foreign Secretary, Ireland's Taoiseach, government ministers, BBC leadership and members of Parliament.
Our message was clear. World leaders must recognize antisemitism as a growing and imminent threat to Jewish communities and our shared democratic values, and take concrete action. That means strengthening security for Jewish institutions, enforcing hate crime laws, confronting antisemitism in the media and online and holding leaders accountable.
Justice needs to be done, needs to be seen to be done, & needs to be seen to be done quickly.
Thanks to Lord Chancellor @AlexJJNorris & Ministers @sarahsackman, @AlexDaviesJones @CMcKinnellMP & @JakeBenRichards for your partnership in ensuring protection for Jewish communities.
Yesterday, the JLC was pleased to bring Jewish communal organisations together for meetings at the Ministry of Justice.
We held a productive discussion with Lord Chancellor @AlexJJNorris and Ministers @sarahsackman, @AlexDaviesJones and @CMcKinnellMP on securing swift and effective prosecutions for antisemitic crimes, protecting Jewish women from abuse and strengthening deradicalisation in prisons.
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“We welcome Sir Ed and the Liberal Democrat Party’s unequivocal position regarding their unwillingness to work with the Green Party nationally. We await confirmation on the Party’s local council arrangements with the Green Party over the coming days.”
The Board of Deputies and @JLC_uk’s response to @EdwardJDavey and the @LibDems.
"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for siblings to dwell together in unity!" (Psalm 133)
Thank you to @catholicEW for hosting today’s Ecumenical and Jewish gathering with Cardinal Koovakad, Prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
Zack Polanski remains all over the place. Having failed to muster any leadership over the Green Party’s racist vote on Zionism, he now presides over a party whose own policy he admits even he will disagree with until at least 2028. This is not a tenable situation.
Let us remember that, as of now, the Green Party's platform erases Jewish identity and experience, calls for Israel's elimination, and tells the vast majority of Jews, who overwhelmingly believe in the right of Israel to exist, that they are not welcome in the party.
‘I’m not sorry at all’ says Polanski youtube.com/watch?v=BKC9mSBF…
Zack Polanski remains all over the place. Having failed to muster any leadership over the Green Party’s racist vote on Zionism, he now presides over a party whose own policy he admits even he will disagree with until at least 2028. This is not a tenable situation.
Let us remember that, as of now, the Green Party's platform erases Jewish identity and experience, calls for Israel's elimination, and tells the vast majority of Jews, who overwhelmingly believe in the right of Israel to exist, that they are not welcome in the party.
‘I’m not sorry at all’ says Polanski youtube.com/watch?v=BKC9mSBF…
Thank you @mhclg Secretary of State @AngelaRayner for meeting the @ADL’s J7, as @BoardofDeputies hosted the group in London. 🇬🇧
As we confront the international rise of antisemitism, our global coalition will work together to turn iron determination into concrete action.
Antisemitism is shamefully rising across the globe, and it's going to take all of us to tackle it.
Yesterday I met leaders from the J7 to discuss this unique hatred targeting Jewish communities and to learn from each other's experiences and approaches.
By listening, learning and sharing what works, we can strengthen our response to antisemitism and help ensure Jewish people in our communities can live safely and confidently.
As part of the @boardofdeputies hosting the @ADL’s J7 in London, we visited @EnglandFootball at @wembleystadium to discuss how to drive antisemitism & prejudice out of the beautiful game.
The BoD’s own Three Lions were delighted to be part of this special Pride.
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No Jew should be targeted for being Jewish. Using Israel as a pretext to attack Jews is antisemitism, plain and simple.
I joined @PhilR_R on @BBCNews to discuss the threats facing Jewish communities worldwide and the J7 Task Force’s work to confront them.
Board of Deputies President @PhilR_R and @ADL CEO @JGreenblattADL spoke to @BBCNews today about the challenges facing Jews worldwide and the work of the J7 Task Force Against Antisemitism, whose annual summit takes place in London this week.
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The thoughts of the Jewish community are with his Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, and the Catholic community of faith both in the UK and across the world, who are praying for his speedy recovery.
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Board of Deputies President @PhilR_R and @ADL CEO @JGreenblattADL spoke to @BBCNews today about the challenges facing Jews worldwide and the work of the J7 Task Force Against Antisemitism, whose annual summit takes place in London this week.
Last week, I had the delight of visiting the wonderful Cambridge Jewish community, sharing @BoardofDeputies work to promote #LessOyMoreJoy.
Thanks to @Woolf_Institute for hosting and sharing the incredible interfaith and cohesion work that you do!
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Following her announcement of a public inquiry into the Heaton Park attack, President @PhilR_R and communal colleagues met with Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood and Public Security Minister @DanJarvisMBE to talk about next steps in the fight against antisemitism and extremism.
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This evening marked the final event of the Board of Deputies’ Cable Street 90 programming.
An inspiring evening with award-winning actor and writer Tracy-Ann Oberman MBE, acclaimed novelist and broadcaster Howard Jacobson, theatre director Brigid Larmour, and writer and host Sir Trevor Phillips OBE, exploring The Merchant of Cable Street and reflecting on the enduring legacy of the Battle of Cable Street.
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🗣️ "I don't want Palestinians killed, I don't want Israelis killed. This should bring us together."
Board of Deputies of British Jews President, Phil Rosenberg, tells @skysarahjane "algorithms promote outrage and extreme views".
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"He's not a leader he's a bystander."
Board of Deputies of British Jews President, Phil Rosenberg, tells @skysarahjane that Zack Polanski is "riding a tiger" regarding his response to the Green Party vote on 'Zionism is racism'.
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President @PhilR_R spoke today at the 7 October Commemoration in London
“On this somber anniversary, we mourn for those killed. Our hearts are with their families and with those injured or impacted by the worst atrocity for the jewish people since the holocaust”.
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Earlier this morning, officers made arrests at a spontaneous protest outside the Board of Deputies in Camden.
Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred, involving allegedly shouting or chanting slogans calling for intifada. They remain in police custody.
The protest in Camden has now ended.
