Vivian Wineman was elected President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews

Board of Deputies of British Jews

The Board of Deputies of British Jews is the main representative body of British Jews. Founded in 1760 as a joint committee of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities in London, it has since become a widely recognised forum for the views of the different sectors of the UK Jewish...

 on 17 May 2009 and made President on June 1, after an election which for the first time in the Board’s 250 year history involved four candidates. In addition he is chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council

Jewish Leadership Council

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 and Vice President of the European Jewish Congress.

European Jewish Congress

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He has expressed a particular interest in inter-faith work

Interfaith dialog

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  and since 2007 has been a Vice Chair of the Inter Faith Network for the UK. Previously he was joint chair of Peace Now and chair of the New Israel Fund

New Israel Fund

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of Great Britain.

Professionally he worked as a commercial lawyer specialising in insolvency work