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An Enduring Relationship The Agenda Structure of UK Jewish Community Risks facing community UK Jewry the realities UK Jewry and Israel Israel Diaspora Engagement Balfour Declaration was addressed to UK Zionist Leaders ID: 804685

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Slide1

ISRAEL ANDTHE UK JEWISH COMMUNITY

An Enduring Relationship

Slide2

The Agenda

Structure of UK Jewish CommunityRisks facing communityUK Jewry- the realitiesUK Jewry and IsraelIsrael Diaspora Engagement

Slide3

Balfour Declaration was addressed to UK Zionist Leaders

Slide4

Slide5

Slide6

270-320k Jews in

UK

5

th

largest Jewish population worldwide

Small

but active communities in

Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland

75

% in Greater London and

environs

Other Key

Centres:

Manchester (30,000)

Leeds (9,000)

Liverpool (3,000

)

Birmingham (2,000) Gateshead (700) Glasgow (5,000) Bournemouth

Slide7

Communal Infrastructure:The Jewish Leadership Council

Defines central priorities and orchestrates collective actionResponds to risks by leading long term planningPolitical Oversight Group

Slide8

Board of

DeputiesCentral Institutions

Jewish

Leadership

Council

Represents individuals

Immediate day to day issues

Driven by elected deputies

Facilitates collective action by major agencies

Big picture/long-term strategic issues

Lead by institutional concerns

Slide9

Jewish Leadership Council

(Political Oversight Group)BODCSTTrade Union

FoIBICOMCFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoI

Holocaust Ed Trust

London Jewish Forum

PCAA

Regional

Rep. Councils

UJS

Zionist Federation

Office G

Janner

Fair Play CG“We Believe”JewishLeadershipCouncilBoard of DeputiesGOVERNMENT,POLITICS,SECURITY,ADVOCACYINTERFAITHUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDANIFWIZO UK

Zionist FederationHadassah Yachad – Likud UK etcGOVERNMENT,POLITICS,SECURITY,ADVOCACY

Slide10

Jewish

LeadershipCouncil

Board of Deputies

GOVERNMENT,

POLITICS,

SECURITY,

ADVOCACY

Jewish Leadership Council

(Political Oversight Group)

BOD

CST

Trade Union

FoIBICOMCFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoIHolocaust Ed TrustLondon Jewish ForumPCAARegional Rep. CouncilsUJSZionist FederationOffice G JannerFair Play CG“We Believe”ISRAELUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDANIFWIZO UKZionist Federation

Hadassah Yachad – Likud UK etc

Slide11

JewishLeadership

CouncilBoard of Deputies

GOVERNMENT,POLITICS,

SECURITY,

ADVOCACY

Jewish Leadership Council

(Political Oversight Group)

BOD

CST

Trade Union

FoI

BICOM

CFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoIHolocaust Ed TrustLondon Jewish ForumPCAARegional Rep. CouncilsUJSZionist FederationOffice G JannerFair Play CG“We Believe”ISRAELUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDANIFWIZO UKZionist FederationHadassah Yachad – Likud UK etcSOCIAL WELFARE

Jewish CareNorwoodCamp SimchaChai Cancer CareJATJAMIJBDJCHAJWAHammerson HouseKisharonNightingaleSAGELDR

Slide12

JewishLeadership

CouncilBoard of Deputies

GOVERNMENT,POLITICS,

SECURITY,

ADVOCACY

Jewish Leadership Council

(Political Oversight Group)

BOD

CST

Trade Union

FoI

BICOM

CFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoIHolocaust Ed TrustLondon Jewish ForumPCAARegional Rep. CouncilsUJSZionist FederationOffice G JannerFair Play CG“We Believe”INTERFAITHCouncil of Christians& JewsJCoreJoseph Foundation3 Faiths ForumCoexistence TrustISRAELUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDA

NIFWIZO UKZionist FederationHadassah Yachad – Likud UK etcSOCIAL WELFAREJewish CareNorwoodCamp SimchaChai Cancer CareJATJAMIJBDJCHAJWAHammerson HouseKisharonNightingaleSAGELDRRELIGIOUS LIFEMasortiLiberalReformSpanish & PortugueseUOHCUnited SynagogueChief RabbinateAdasKedassiaAish, Chabad, JLE, SEED

Slide13

JewishLeadership

CouncilBoard of Deputies

GOVERNMENT,POLITICS,

SECURITY,

ADVOCACY

Jewish Leadership Council

(Political Oversight Group)

BOD

CST

Trade Union

FoI

BICOM

CFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoIHolocaust Ed TrustLondon Jewish ForumPCAARegional Rep. CouncilsUJSZionist FederationOffice G JannerFair Play CG“We Believe”INTERFAITHCouncil of Christians& JewsJCoreJoseph Foundation3 Faiths ForumCoexistence TrustISRAELUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDA

NIFWIZO UKZionist FederationHadassah Yachad – Likud UK etcSOCIAL WELFAREJewish CareNorwoodCamp SimchaChai Cancer CareJATJAMIJBDJCHAJWAHammerson HouseKisharonNightingaleSAGELDRRELIGIOUS LIFEMasortiLiberalReformSpanish & PortugueseUOHCUnited SynagogueChief RabbinateAdasKedassiaAish, Chabad, JLE, SEEDEDUCATION

FormalSchoolsPAJES

Leo Baeck CollegeLJCCLSJSInformal

JCC for LondonJenerationLimmudUJSUJIA

UJIA JAMSYouth movements

Slide14

JewishLeadership

CouncilBoard of Deputies

ARTS, CULTURE& SPORT

JCUK

Jewish Book Week

JCC for London

Jewish Film Festival

Jewish Music Institute

London Jewish

Cultural Centre

Ben Uri

Jewish Museum

Maccabi GBEDUCATIONFormalSchoolsLeo Baeck CollegeLJCCLSJSInformalJCC for LondonJenerationLimmudUJSUJIA UJIA JAMSYouth movementsGOVERNMENT,POLITICS,SECURITY,ADVOCACYJewish Leadership Council(Political Oversight Group)BODCSTTrade Union FoIBICOMCFI, LFI, Lib Dem FoIHolocaust Ed Trust

London Jewish ForumPCAARegional Rep. CouncilsUJSZionist FederationOffice G JannerFair Play CG“We Believe”INTERFAITHCouncil of Christians& JewsJCoreJoseph Foundaton3 Faiths ForumCoexistence TrustISRAELUJIAFriends of….JAFIKKL UKJNFMDANIFWIZO UKZionist FederationHadassah Yachad – Likud UK etcRELIGIOUS LIFEMasortiLiberalReformSpanish & PortugueseUOHC

United SynagogueChief RabbinateAdasKedassia

Aish, Chabad, JLE, SEED

SOCIAL ACTION

JCC for LondonJCore

Mitzvah DayLimmudTzedekRenee Cassin

Fair Trade CampaignUJIAJewish Social Action ForumRene CassinJVNSOCIAL WELFAREJewish CareNorwoodCamp SimchaChai Cancer CareJATJAMIJBDJCHAJWAHammerson HouseKisharonNightingaleSAGELDRSTRATEGICPLANNINGJewish Leadership Council(Jewish Policy Research)WORLD ISSUESBnai Brith

ECJCEJCTzedekWJCWJR

Aegis TrustCREATIVITY & INNOVATION

Carlebach

MinyanJewdasJHubLimmud

Moishe HouseWandering Jews

JEWISH MEDIAJCJewish Media NetworkHamodiaJewish QuarterlyJewish RenaissanceJewish TelegraphJewish TribuneShalom Radio

Slide15

Key Risks - PoliticalAssault upon Israel’s

LegitimacyFirst signs of BDS having actual impact

Government Public Spending Cuts – Threats to Faith Provision

Slide16

Key Risks – Social / Demographic

Religious and Political PolarisationAge Profile (twice as many >75’s as general community)Continually expanding Charedi

birthrate leading to serious poverty and deprivation in Charedi Community

Slide17

UK Jewry – The paradoxDespite demographic and political challenges, UK Jewry continues to thrive when we measure:

ParticipationEducationActivism / InnovationE.g

: 60%+ uptake of Jewish schools (up from 25% in 1982) and still increasing…

Slide18

MythbustingIt is safe to walk the streets of London as a Jew

Campus extremism – position has improved, problems isolated. UJS very strong. Jewish student elected as NUS Vice President in 2012Holocaust

is taught on national curriculum. Government funds two children per school to visit Auschwitz each yearGovernment funded Jewish day schools and social care

Slide19

Mythbusting (2)

TV Messages to nation: Queen = 5 mins at Christmas Archbishop of Canterbury =10 minutes at

New Year Chief Rabbi = 20 minutes at Rosh Hashanah!

Regular

institutionalised

access to Government.

There is *no* actual academic boycott

UK Israel trade at £3.75 billion. Up 34% last year alone.

Slide20

Regular, institutionalised engagement with UK political leadership

Slide21

The Bilateral Relationship

Slide22

A New Approach to the Public ArenaOnly community outside N. America to run a Salute to Israel Parade and Rally for 60

th Anniversary of Israel (50,000 people in London and Manchester)Thousands at Chanukah in Trafalgar Square

Confront issues in public space e.g. Ken Livingstone

Slide23

Chanukah in Trafalgar Square

Slide24

Operation Cast Lead - ResponseTrafalgar Square Rally

Slide25

Salute to Israel UK

Slide26

A viral campaign that played a key role

in London Mayoral Elections

Slide27

The Assault on Israel’s LegitimacyUK

is a hub – but not the only hub.We see this as an attack on UK Jewish identity. Not just a matter of Israel advocacy. We fight it as such

We are not standing on a burning platform, but it could could become one

Slide28

…and our responses to itWe want to recast London into a global hub of fighting

delegitimisationDeveloped a holistic response - centrally coordinated / locally deliveredThere is value in the fight even if we don’t win every time. It is an energising force inside the community Changing architecture to create the right capabilities

eg. swift action in emerging areasRecognised distinctive strengths in some key areas (eg. national politics) and addressing weaknesses in others (eg. Churches/Unions/NGOs)

Slide29

Connectedness & Peoplehood

CHALLENGE: Young

people grappling and wrestling with their relationship with Israel

RESPONSE:

has been to try and create space for that within mainstream ‘big tent

Slide30

Connectedness and Peoplehood82% of UK Jews say Israel plays central or important role in their

identity90% see Israel as their ancestral homeland95% have visited

Israel76% see Israel as relevant to their daily lives

Slide31

Connectedness and Peoplehood87

% agree Jews responsible for ensuring survival of Israel 78% support a two state solution (14% opposed)72% support security fence & saw Op. Cast Lead as self

defence87% see Iran as existential threat to Israel

Slide32

Connectedness and Peoplehood67% think Israeli politics is

dysfunctional56% think non-Jewish minorities suffer discrimination74% opposed to settlement expansion

Slide33

Nature of Relationship

Attitudes to Israel are:committedconcerned conciliatory

Slide34

These Attitudes Shaped “We Believe”Advocacy blended with Engagement

Slide35

The Key Question

Are we one People?

Slide36

Deepening the Connection

A ‘Big Conversation’ which is open, direct and in which our voice is heard and respected“Every ‘hub of delegitimisation’ should also be a hub of the ‘B

ig Conversation’ – this will galvanise Diaspora communities against the wedge the delegitimisers

try to open”

Slide37

Amb. Taub in Conversation with UK Jewish Leadership

Slide38

Mutual Responsibilities - DiasporaTo accept responsibility for survival of the State of Israel

Financial and political support for IsraelTo engender a living connection with Israel Robust and enduring engagement with Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish people Israel must permeate institutional Jewish life

Diaspora communities must accept the primacy of the Israeli position on existential and security matters

Slide39

Mutual Responsibilities - IsraelFacilitate an Israel/Diaspora ‘Big Conversation’ -speaking

among ourselves about ourselves. Engender Big Tent approach Promote the integrity of a people rooted in a

set of values that we first brought to the community of nations

Slide40

Common ResponsibilitiesWork together to

manage tension between desire to defend Israel and the Jewish people, whilst playing a full and active role in the internal Jewish debate about the best way to promote peace

The assault upon Israel’s legitimacy must be seen as a threat both to Israel and Diaspora Jewry, and tackled by both parties as such

Slide41

Common Responsibilities

Both parties must work to promote Hebrew as a language that binds usJewish Vitality – Israel’s presence at the heart of diaspora communities

must be about promoting their own vitality

Slide42

ConclusionsEngage with the genuine complexity of UK Jewry. The hyperbole and headlines that dominate the discourse in Israel about the UK harm our community and the bilateral relationship

UK Jewry has best practice to share ranging from Limmud to our success in countering BDSRebuild ‘Big Tent’ coalitions of support for Israel

Factor this into diplomatic processThe ‘Big Conversation’ with Diaspora JewryFor communities to deliver effective support for Israel the voices of their leaders must be heard within Israel