U.K. Board of Deputies rejects criticism from new Jewish group - Haaretz

Last update - 07:40 07/02/2007

U.K. Board of Deputies rejects criticism from new Jewish group

By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

In response to an article in Haaretz on Tuesday about a new organization in Britain, Independent Jewish Voices, the Board of Deputies of British Jews rejected IJV's criticism of the board.

The left-leaning IJV accused the board of failing to reflect opinions that are critical of Israel and said the organization should not have held a solidarity rally in support of Israel during last summer's war in Lebanon.

"As an umbrella body that includes people with a wide range of views, the board tries to reflect this broad feeling of support for the people of Israel without passing comment on every Israeli government policy," the Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies, Jon Benjamin, said.

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"If Brian Klug and the other signatories to IJV chose to engage with the institutions of the Jewish community, rather than shouting from the sidelines, they may find that most Jews disagree with much of what they say."

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1.	British Jews	01:35	\|	sweis Melbourne	07/02/07

2.	British Jews	01:36	\|	sweis Melbourne	07/02/07

3.	It`s amazing	02:32	\|	H50	07/02/07

4.	The IJV is made up of the usual suspects	02:42	\|	Danny -Israeli one	07/02/07

5.	#1,2	03:29	\|	From the Moon	07/02/07

6.	Yes, it is amazing	04:40	\|	Alex	07/02/07

7.	British Jews should go to their homeland	05:48	\|	English	07/02/07

8.	Wasn`t Shylock English?	05:50	\|	England`	07/02/07

9.	Typical Leftist subversion	06:00	\|	Franck	07/02/07

10.	IJV	07:43	\|	jane	07/02/07

11.	to H50	08:12	\|	Vitaliy, Esq.	07/02/07

12.	above	08:14	\|	E. Shermane	07/02/07

13.	IJV is Precisely what the world needs	08:37	\|	Markus	07/02/07

14.	Who rejected who?	09:01	\|	Niv	07/02/07

15.	Man, these Jews are useless	09:03	\|	Clickfool	07/02/07

16.	To 13 Markus- be objective.	10:14	\|	Vital	07/02/07

17.	IJV	11:20	\|	jane	07/02/07

18.	Rejects	11:44	\|	Frank	07/02/07

19.	IJV not wanted as Israel bashers	12:55	\|	Kym	07/02/07

20.	#18, Frank	13:13	\|	Hannah	07/02/07

21.	To Vital #16	13:39	\|	Markus	07/02/07

22.	IJV and members	14:06	\|	john	07/02/07

23.	to #7 English on preserving `ENGLAND`	14:08	\|	fk	07/02/07

24.	Markus	14:12	\|	fk	07/02/07

25.	Not so Jewish Jews	14:20	\|	yetzer	07/02/07

26.	Board of Deputies Is Without Defences	14:47	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	07/02/07

27.	Y. Sullivan, do you imply that Israel is another South Africa, or	15:06	\|	Nadav	07/02/07

28.	Hannah, are you the same person who only yesterday posted that...	15:10	\|	Nadav	07/02/07

29.	THIS IS SILLY	15:41	\|	Ian	07/02/07

30.	British Jews	20:15	\|	Rabbi Allen Kaplan	07/02/07