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ISRAEL ANDTHE UK JEWISH COMMUNITY
An Enduring Relationship
Slide2The Agenda
Structure of UK Jewish CommunityRisks facing communityUK Jewry- the realitiesUK Jewry and IsraelIsrael Diaspora Engagement
Slide3Balfour Declaration was addressed to UK Zionist Leaders
Slide4Slide5Slide6270-320k 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
Slide7Communal Infrastructure:The Jewish Leadership Council
Defines central priorities and orchestrates collective actionResponds to risks by leading long term planningPolitical Oversight Group
Slide8Board 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
Slide9Jewish 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
Slide10Jewish
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
Slide11JewishLeadership
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
Slide12JewishLeadership
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
Slide13JewishLeadership
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
Slide14JewishLeadership
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
Slide15Key Risks - PoliticalAssault upon Israel’s
LegitimacyFirst signs of BDS having actual impact
Government Public Spending Cuts – Threats to Faith Provision
Slide16Key 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
Slide17UK 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…
Slide18MythbustingIt 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
Slide19Mythbusting (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.
Slide20Regular, institutionalised engagement with UK political leadership
Slide21The Bilateral Relationship
Slide22A 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
Slide23Chanukah in Trafalgar Square
Slide24Operation Cast Lead - ResponseTrafalgar Square Rally
Slide25Salute to Israel UK
Slide26A viral campaign that played a key role
in London Mayoral Elections
Slide27The 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)
Slide29Connectedness & 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
’
Slide30Connectedness 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
Slide31Connectedness 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
Slide32Connectedness and Peoplehood67% think Israeli politics is
dysfunctional56% think non-Jewish minorities suffer discrimination74% opposed to settlement expansion
Slide33Nature of Relationship
Attitudes to Israel are:committedconcerned conciliatory
These Attitudes Shaped “We Believe”Advocacy blended with Engagement
Slide35The Key Question
Are we one People?
Slide36Deepening 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”
Slide37Amb. Taub in Conversation with UK Jewish Leadership
Slide38Mutual 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
Slide39Mutual 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
Slide40Common 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
Slide41Common 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
Slide42ConclusionsEngage 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