board of deputies of british jews annual report 1966

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THE
LONDON
COMMITTEE
OF
DEPUTIES
OF THE BRITISH JEWS (Founded in 1760)
generally known as the
BOARD OF
OF
DEPUTIES
BRITISH
JEWS
ANNUAL REPORT
1966
WOBURN HOUSE, UPPER WOBURN PLACE, LONDON, W.C.l
THE SWieWCAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
BI a u s t e i ‫ ח‬L i b r a r y
CONTENTS
List of Officers of the Board
...
List of Past Presidents
...
List of Congregations and Institutions represented on the Board
Committees
Annual Report—
Administration
...
Executive Committee
Mr. A. G. Brotman—Appreciation
Aliens Committee
Education and Youth Committee
Erets Israel Committee
Finance Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee ...
Jewish Defence Committee ...
......
Law, Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee ...
Shechita Committee ...
Accounts
...
1966
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
President:
S. TEFF
Vice-Presidents:
REUBEN LIEBERMAN
COUN. SAMUEL DAVIES, O.B.E., J.P.
Treasurer:
HARRY
LANDY
Auditors:
JOHN DIAMOND & C o .
Secretary:
J. MARKS (October
A . G . BROTMAN/ABRAHAM
1966)
All communications should be addressed to:
T H E SECRETARY,
BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS,
Woburn House,
Upper Woburn Place,
London, W.C.l.
Telephone: EUSton 3952-4
Telegraphic Address: Deputies, London, W.C.I.
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PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE
1760
1766
1778
1789
1801
1802-1812
1812
1817-1829
1829-1835
1835-1838
1838 (Oct.-Nov.)
1838-1840
1840 (May-July)
1840-1841
1841-1846
1846 (March-Aug.)
1846-1855
1855 (Apr.-Dec.)
1855-1857
1857 (Feb.-Sept.)
1857-1862
BOARD
BENJAMIN MENDES DA COSTA
JOSEPH SALVADOR
JOSEPH SALVADOR
MOSES ISAAC LEVY
NAPHTALY BAZEIVY
(No record)
RAPHAEL BRENDON
MOSES LINDO
MOSES MOCATTA
MOSES MONTEFIORE
DAVID SALOMONS
I. Q .
(later
SIR DAVID SALOMONS)
HENRIQUES
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE
HANANEL DE CASTRO (pro
tem.)
DAVID SALOMONS
ISAAC FOLIGNO
ISAAC FOLIGNO
1862-1868
JOSEPH MAYER MONTEFIORE (pro
1868 (June-Nov.)
1868-1871
1871-1874
1874-1880
1880-1895
1895-1903
1903-1917
1917-1922
1922-1925 (Nov.)
1925-1926 (Jan.)
1926-1933
1933-1939
1940-1949
1949-1955
1955-1964
1964 (June)
JOSEPH MAYER MONTEFIORE (pro
tem.)
tem.)
JOSEPH MAYER MONTEFIORE
ARTHUR COHEN, Q . C . , M . P .
SIR JOSEPH SEBAG-MONTEFIORE
DAVID LINDO ALEXANDER, K . C .
SIR STUART
M.
SAMUEL,
Bart.
HENRY S . Q . HENRIQUES, K . C .
LORD ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S .
(acting)
O . E . D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D . L . , J.P.
(later SIR OSMOND E . D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID,
NEVILLE J. LASKI, Q . C .
PROFESSOR SELIG BRODETSKY
DR. A . COHEN
SIR BARNETT JANNER, M . P .
ALD. A . MOSS, J.P.
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Bart.)
LIST OF CONSTITUENT BODIES REPRESENTED
ON THE BOARD
(Corrected to April 1967)
HONORARY
MEMBER
NEVILLE J . LASKI, Q . C .
LONDON SYNAGOGUES
AGUDATH A C H I M — A b r a h a m Kramer.
AHAVATH SHALOM—A. Fishberg, Julius Jung.
ALIE STREET—Harold Miller, Alfred Wolkovitch.
BARKING & BECONTREE—C. M. Seager.
BARNETT & DISTRICT—Joseph Spektoroy.
BAYSWATER—H. A r o n .
Dove, L. Rosner.
BRIXTON—Simon Clyne.
BRONDESBURY—H. E. Freedman, Abraham Jackson.
CANNING TOWN—Jack Leach.
CANNON STREET R O A D — D . H. Marks, Basil H. Mann.
CATFORD & BROMLEY—Harry Goldman.
BETHNAL GREEN GREAT—Max
CENTRAL—S. I . D i a m o n d .
CHELSEA—M. G o l d b e r g .
CHISWICK & DISTRICT—H.
Beckerman.
CLAPTON—B. Masloff, W. Rabson, R. Stern.
COCKFOSTERS & N. SOUTHGATE—Norman Israel.
COMMERCIAL ROAD GREAT — L. Elgrod, J. Laitner, Dr. S . Levenberg,
V. Charing, N. Rabinowitz, B. Yarrow, Aubrey Rose.
CONGREGATION OF JACOB—L. Bakstansky, Dr. M. Godfrey, I. Lixenberg.
CRICKLEWOOD—Samuel P f e f f e r .
CROYDON & DISTRICT—R. M . Millett, G. Cantor.
DALSTON (FEDERATION)—D. J. Chanan, N. Morrisj J.
DALSTON ( U N I T E D ) — D a v i d Weitzman, Q.C., M.P.
DOLLIS H I L L — E . H . Segal.
EALING & ACTON—R. S. C. Lawton, S. Sabel.
EAST HAM & MANOR PARK—H. Gordon.
EAST LONDON—Dr. M. Frohlich, P. Weiner.
EAST LONDON AMALGAMATED — S. Karlinski, M.
Reid.
Morris, G. Ronson,
S. Senker, H. Singer.
EDGWARE ADATH—M. Bornstein.
EDGWARE (UNITED)—S. Goldberg.
EDGWARE & DISTRICT REFORM—H. A . Butchins, A . R . Levermore.
EDMONTON & TOTTENHAM—A. S. Zimmerman.
EZRAS CHAIM, AIN YACOB & POLTAVA—J. Samuels, H. Freeman.
FIELDGATE STREET—B. Besser, L. Gayer, B. Sandelson, J. Singer, J.
Dr. S. J. Roth, S. W. Gold.
FINCHLEY CENTRAL—A. J. Stoller.
FINCHLEY LIBERAL—Joel Levine.
FINCHLEY (UNITED)—Cllr. Frank Davis.
FINSBURY PARK—E. Milner.
GOLDERS GREEN BETH HAMEDRASH—P. F. Kahn, J. Sachs.
GOLDERS GREEN (UNITED)—S. Mitzman.
GREAT (DUKES PLACE)—Dr. Israel Feldman.
GREAT GARDEN STREET—H. Fineman, A. Herzka, M. Kasler,
M. Mildiner.
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Halevy,
J. Lederman,
HACKNEY—S. Y e n t i s .
HAMBRO'—R. Nossek.
HAMMERSMITH & W . KENSINGTON—H. Bayes.
HAMPSTEAD ADATH ISRAEL—A. M . B e r .
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB—V. Harris, Harry Landy.
HAMPSTEAD ( U N I T E D ) — D e s m o n d B. Hirshfield.
HARROW & DISTRICT—M. Corney.
HENDON ADATH YISROEL—Dr. J. Braude‫ ״‬M . Schwartz.
HENDON (UNITED)—S. Fox, V. S. Hockley.
HIGHAMS PARK & CHINGFORD—Dr. H . Blair, S . Romer.
HIGHGATE—(Vacant).
BOUNSLOW & DISTRICT—L. Sheuer.
ILFORD DISTRICT—Dr. S. R. L. Stanton.
ILFORD FEDERATION—J. Ragol-Levy, S. Synett.
KENTON—Charles Harris.
KINGSBURY—G. S . Stalbow.
KINGSTON & SURBITON—R. Weinberg.
LEYTONSTONE & WANSTEAB—M. Kent.
LIBERAL JEWISH—John N . Coates, D; Michael Cross.
MARBLE A R C H — D . Clore, Louis J. Mintz.
MIDDLESEX NEW—Charles Beber.
MILE END & Bow—I. Pomm.
MILL H I L L — H . Walters.
MONTAGUE ROAD BETH HAMEDRASH—Dr. J. Zeitlin.
MUSWELL H I L L — H . Koor, M. H. Morris,
N E W LIBERAL—Dr. G . W . T a u s z .
N E W — A . Crossick.
NEW LONDON—Dr. I. Gordon, H. L. V. Stone.
N E W WEST E N D — M . G. Lewin. L. M. Myers.
NORTH FINCHLEY & WOODSIDE PARK—M. Tiefenbrunner.
NORTH LONDON PROGRESSIVE—H. Lush, Paul Steiner.
NORTH-WEST LONDON—J. Clarke.
NORTH-WESTERN REFORM—C. Blausten, H. Lefridge, S. Rainsbury, D. L,
Radges, M. Ziege.
NORTH-WEST SPHARDISH—L. Last.
NORTH WOLD ROAD—Jack Morrison, J.P.
OHEL ISRAEL SKOLER—A. Pruwer.
OHEL S H E M — M . Levy, A . Mann.
PALMERS GREEN & SOUTHGATE—Aid. Mrs. Ruth Winston-Fox, J.P.
PUTNEY & WIMBLEDON—Alfred Harris.
QUEEN'S ROAD—F. I . Finesilver.
RICHMOND—J. Sedler.
ROMFORD & DISTRICT—A. Ashley.
ST. GEORGE'S SETTLEMENT—A. Diamond, J.P., G. Gage, B. Moss.
ST. JOHN'S W O O D — D . Caplan, G. A. Horner.
SANDY'S ROW—J. Esterman.
SHEPHERDS B U S H — D r . S . Jacob, Montague Kelvin.
SHOMREI HADATH—R. Issacharoff.
SINAI—Maurice Caplin.
SOUTH-EAST LONDON—A. N. Goodman.
SOUTHGATE & DISTRICT LIBERAL—Maurice Whycer.
SOUTHGATE: & DISTRICT REFORM—M. Waring.
SOUTH HAPSTEAD—I. Lasky.
SOUTH LONDON LIBERAL—M. S . Rich, P . Taylor.
SOUTH TOTTENHAM—H. Abrahams.
SOUTH-WEST ESSEX REFORM—H. Kroll, O . B . E .
SOUTH-WEST LONDON—H. Halperin.
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G. Da Gosta, P. S. Gourgey, Lionel L. Loewe,
Anthony A. Sebag-Montefiore, Eric J. N. Nabarro, Gerald Spier.
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE (HOLLAND PARK)—D. Nissim, Dr. Edward Shaoul.
SPITALFIELDS GREAT—Dr. B. Homa, Harry Shine.
STAMFORD HILL BETH HAMEDRASH—Michael Goldman, Ariah Chentow.
STANMORE & CANONS PARK—Harold Goodman.
STEPNEY ORTHODOX & MILE END & Bow FEDERATED—Jacob Davies.
STOKE NEWINGTON—H. Greenstein.
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE—S.
STREATHAM—C. R o s e n .
SUTTON & DISTRICT—Dr. J. Newmark.
TEESDALE STREET—Dr. S . A. Miller.
TOTTENHAM—Lt.-Col. M . S a c k .
UNITED WORKMEN'S—Donald Silk, Sidney Shipton.
UPTON PARK—Joseph Kaufman.
WALFORD R O A D — M . Sachar.
WALTHAMSTOW & LEYTON—N. Gompton, I. J. Miller.
WANSTEAD & WOODFORD—A. Mincer.
WEMBLEY—Miss B . J. B a r w e l l .
WEMBLEY & DISTRICT LIBERAL—A. Gellman.
WEST END GREAT—A. Cohen, G . L. Lyons, J. Zaiden.
WESTERN—D. D . Gee, A . Morris, D . F . Sharpe, C . V . Sharpe.
WEST HACKNEY—Israel Schoob.
WEST H A M — M i s s E. S. Barnett.
WEST LONDON—Herbert Baron, J. D. Birn, Percy Cohen, C.B.E.,
Dudley, L. T. S. Littman, Lord Nathan.
WILLESDEN—N. Kesztenbaum, Mark Kosky.
WIMBLEDON & DISTRICT REFORM—E. R , T . Shaerf.
WOOLWICH & DISTRICT—W. Goodman, C . H . Sefton.
YAVNEH—C. S. Lederman.
YESHURUN, EDGWARE—A. B. Olivestone, B. Weller.
John
PROVINCIAL SYNAGOGUES
BELFAST—Dr. M. I. Robinson, Dr. J. Saperia.
BIRMINGHAM
HEBREW—I. Baum, David
N E W — M . M . Berner.
Zissman.
BLACKPOOL—M. Gordon, Martin Kagan.
BOURNEMOUTH—Harry Ellis, Jack Gordon.
BRADFORD
HEBREW—Merton N i s s e .
REFORM—R. O. Leavor.
BRIGHTON & HOVE
HEBREW—R. L i e b e r m a n , B .
Oberman.
LIBERAL—Dr. Abraham Sless.
NEW—Morris Rosen.
BRISTOL—Bernard S p i e l m a n .
CAMBRIDGE—N. P . M e t t .
CARDIFF—H. I s a a c s , M . J. C o h e n .
CHATHAM—A. H a l p e r n .
COVENTRY—A. S i m m o n s .
DARLINGTON—H. R a c h k i n d .
DERBY—Sydney Levy.
EDINBURGH—Cllr. H . O p p e n h e i m , J . P .
GLASGOW
GARNETHILL—L. Blass.
GIFFNOCK & NEWLANDS—M. Felstein,
LANGSIDE—Louis P e n n .
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H.
N.
Norton, S. J. Rubin, I. Sclar.
NEW—Isaac Schonberg.
GRIMSBY—E. G o l d .
HARROGATE—S. H . B u r t o n .
HOVE—Dr. H. Sless, S. Teff.
HULL
OLD—Jack Lennard.
WESTERN—L. Barnett, L. Harris.
LEEDS
BETH HAMEDRASH—I. Fass, Harry Lewis, J. Rivlin.
CHASSIDISCHE—I. M. Harris, A. I. Richtiger.
LOUIS STREET—M. Freeman, Dr. M. Vites.
PSALMS OF DAVID & TALMUD—B. Bard, M. Wineberg,
Victor Mishcon,
UNITED—Sidney Ellis, David Graham, John Graham, Sir Barnett Janner,
M.P., Dr. Lionel Kopelowitz, J .P., Neville Labovitch, Barnett Weinrib.
LEICESTER—M. H o r o v i t z , B .
LIVERPOOL
ALLERTON—J. D . Plitnick.
Lebens.
CHILDWALL—M. Caplan, S. Polak, B. Urding.
FAIRFIELD—A. Davidson.
GREENBANK—L. Bieber, M. Glassman, B. Nagley.
NUSACH A R I — N . Silverbeck.
OLD—J. P . Jacobs, Dr. I . J. Lipkin.
ULLET ROAD—J. Newman.
LUTON—Anthony Corton.
MANCHESTER
BETH ISRAEL—Leslie Jack.
BETH JACOB—Jack Ross.
CENTRAL—J. C a s k e t .
CHEETHAM—Aid. Leslie M. Lever, M.P.
CONG, OF BRITISH JEWS—E. D . Bello.
Garson.
GREAT—David Wilkins, B. H. Wynick.
HEATON PARK—L. David.
HIGHER BROUGHTON—Cllr. S. Davies, O.B.E., J.P., I . Sandler,.
HIGHER CRUMPSALL—S. Glicher, J . P . , J. M. Hyman, Dr. J. Libman.
HIGHER PRESTWICH—Cecil Ellison.
HIGHTOWN CENTRAL—Marcus Shloimovitz.
HOLY L A W — A i d . Michael M. Fidler, J.P., Aid. S. C. Hamburger, J.P.,
M. H. Libbert.
KAHAL CHASSIDIM—H. Goldblum.
LOWER BROUGHTON—Dr. L . Kirsch.
CONG, OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE J E W S — S . S .
NORTH—K. M a r k s .
NORTH SALFORD & BETH HAMEDRASH—B. Rappaport.
PRESTWICH—N. Berkeley, A . Clayton, F . Markson, J.P.
SALE & DISTRICT—Major P . M. D . Sions.
SHAARE ZEDEK—Marco Salem.
SOUTH BROUGHTON—S. Epstein, I. Spack.
SOUTH—L. Freedman, David Malvin.
TELZER & K O V N O — D . Lever.
UNITED & BETH HAMEDRASH HAGODOL—Rev. C. J. Heilpern.
WHITEFIELD—Cllr. L . D o n n , J.P.
WITHINGTON SPANISH & PORTUGUESE—J. Akerib, C. Hassan.
YESHURUN (CHEADLE)—Mark Cohen, Jack Barsh.
MARGATE—H. A n i s h .
MERTHYR T Y D F I L — D r . Ronald A . Bloom.
MIDDLESBROUGH—B. M . Marks.
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NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE
JESMOND—Lady Janner, J.P.
OLD—Harold V. Marks, Louis Myers.
NEWPORT (MON.)—C. Jacklyn.
NORWICH—D, M y e r .
NOTTINGHAM—J. L e v i n , S. Saunders.
OXFORD—Paul Brodetsky.
PLYMOUTH—S. Marks.
PONTYPRIDD—A. Super.
PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA—R. Sotnick, A . R .
PRESTON—S. L e w i s .
READING—Dr. O. M . Arie.
ST. ALBANS—J. J. Black.
ST. ANNES—C. Feather.
Wollrauch.
SHEFFIELD—L. Blaskey, J. Cohen, J.P., A. Krausz.
SOUTHAMPTON—J. Habel.
SOUTHEND & WESTCLIFF—D. Baum, I, Freedman.
SOUTHPORT—B. K a y , L . Potash.
SOUTH SHIELDS—S. Peterson.
STOKE-ON-TRENT—R. Myers.
STOCKPORT—G. L e i g h .
SUNDERLAND
BETH HAMEDRASH—M. A . Cohen.
HEBREW—Lt. C o l . M . C o h e n , T . D .
SWANSEA—J. S . Kurshion.
TORQUAY & PAIGNTON—S. W . Fredman.
WALLASEY—M. C o h e n .
WELWYN GARDEN CITY—W. M. Lash.
WEST HARTLEPOOL—A. N . Levinson.
WHITLEY BAY—(Vacant).
WOLVERHAMPTON—Dr. M i c h a e l Bott.
COMMONWEALTH CONGREGATIONS
ADEN—Lt.-Col. Marcus Lipton, M.P.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE—Greville Janner.
PERTH—Victor Lucas.
CYPRUS—G. M . Berdy.
GIBRALTAR—J. H . H o r e s h .
KENYA—H. L . D a n n h a u s e r .
NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND—W. E. Wolff.
WELLINGTON—H. S a m u e l s , O.B.E.
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INSTITUTIONS
ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH Y O U T H — M i c h a e l Harris.
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN—Col. G . J.
Bean, Q.C.,
Hyman Diamond, Henry Morris, Harry Myers, Major H. Samek.
FEDERATION OF SYNAGOGUES—E. Chanan, J. Gayer, I. E. Gilbey, M. Lederman, S. Rurka, H. Steinhart.
GLASGOW JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL—(One vacancy).
GRAND ORDER OF ISAEL AND SHIELD OF D A V I D — S . Cohen, J. Slutsky,
L. L. Tobin.
GRAND ORDER SONS OF JACOB—Ch. Rubens, Alfred Weinberg.
INTER-UNIVERSITY JEWISH FEDERATION—Michael Hunter, Alan Gold, Leslie
Wagner.
LEAGUE OF JEWISH W O M E N — M r s . Vera Braynis, Mrs. Doris Moss.
LEEDS JEWISH INSTITUTE—Cllr. B. Lyons, J.P.
LEEDS JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL—Isaac Bartfield.
LONDON JEWISH GRADUATES
Victor Stone.
MANASSEH BEN ISRAEL FRIENDLY SOCIETY—Aid. Mrs. Mary Marock.
MANCHESTER & SALFORD JEWS, COUNCIL OF—J. M . Levy.
MIZRACHI FEDERATION—A. Bornstein, A . Handler, B. Mindel.
OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION—John Dight.
OLD BOYS' C L U B S — F r a n k A. Renton.
ORDER OF ANCIENT MACCABEES—A. Berniger.
POALE AGUDAT ISRAEL—Bernard Kahn.
REFORM SYNAGOGUES OF GT. BRITAIN—K. Heilbron, (one vacancy).
TRADES ADVISORY COUNCIL—H. Pinner.
UNION OF JEWISH W O M E N — M r s . Alfred Rubens.
UNION OF MACCABI ASSOCIATIONS—Montague I. Samuels.
UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS—B. M . Cymerman, M .
Freudenberger, H. J. Lobenstein.
UNITED JEWISH FRIENDLY SOCIETIES — Aid. Samuel Fisher, J.P., J. S.
Weyman.
UNITED SYNAGOGUE—M. A. Amias, S . Boxer, Janus Cohen, M. W . Domb,
L. Domb, I. Finestein, H. Gaventa, H. Gerstler, A. Gould, S. Klein,
S. S. Levin, F. M. Landau.
WORKERS' CIRCLE FRIENDLY SOCIETY—Jack Pearce.
COMMITTEES
The figure after the name of a Committee indicates the number of
meetings held from July 1966 to June 1967 (inclusive). The figure after the
name of a member, the number of his attendances. The Honorary Officers
are ex-officio members of all committees.
*Indicates that the member was elected to the Committee to fill a vacancy.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
S.
TEFF
(11)
(Chairman) (11)
L . BAKSTANSKY ( 1 1 )
A . BORNSTEIN (7)
DR. J. BRAUDE (10)
PERCY COHEN, C . B . E . (11)
CLLR. S . DAVIES, O . B . E . , J.P. (2)
H . DIAMOND (11)
JOHN DIGHT (8)
ALD. MICHAEL M . FIDLER, J.P. (3)
D R . BERNARD HOMA (0)
LADY JANNER, J . P . (7)
JULIUS JUNG (6)
HARRY LANDY ( 1 0 )
NEVILLE LASKI, Q . C . (3)
D R . S . LEVENBERG (6)
REUBEN LIEBERMAN ( 1 1 )
ERIC J. N . NABARRO (8)
LORD NATHAN (1)
ALIENS COMMITTEE
(4)
(Chairman)
(4)
JULIUS JUNG
B . BARD ( 2 )
CLLR. S. DAVIES, O . B . E . , J.P. (0)
ALD. S. FISHER, J.P. (0)
L . GAYER (0)
DR. M . FROHLICH (1)
P . S . GOURGEY (3)
HARRY LANDY (1)
REUBEN LIEBERMAN
I. J. MILLER (2)
M . SCHWARTZ (2)
H . STEINHART ( 0 )
S . T E F F (0)
DR. J. ZEITLIN (3)
SIDNEY GRANT (2)
(6)
(0)
EDUCATION AND YOUTH COMMITTEE (4)
LADY JANNER, J.P. (Chairman) (4)
M . A . AMIAS (3)
M I S S B. J. BARWELL (3)
D R . J. BRAUDE (3)
E . CHANAN (1)
JANUS COHEN (1)
ALFRED DIAMOND, J.P. (3)
MICHAEL HUNTER (2)
GREVILLE JANNER (2)
ERETS
HENRY KOOR (2)
HARRY LANDY (3)
REUBEN LIEBERMAN (0)
E . MILNER (2)
BARRY MINDEL (2)
MONTAGUE SAMUELS (0)
A . B . OLIVESTONE (3)
S . TEFF (0)
ALD. MRS. R . WINSTON-FOX, J.P. (2)
ISRAEL COMMITTEE
D R . S. LEVENBERG
A . BORNSTEIN (8)
L . DOMB (9)
A . FISHBERG ( 1 0 )
J. HALEVY (4)
HARRY LANDY (9)
(13)
(Chairman) (12)
HAROLD MILLER ( 1 0 )
B . MINDEL ( 1 0 )
A . I. RICHTIGER (9)
A . SEBAG-MONTEFIORE (7)
D R . S . R . L . STANTON (1)
S . TEFF (7)
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FINANCE COMMITTEE (6)
(Chairman)
HARRY LANDY
S . RAINSBURY (4)
S . RURKA (1)
L T . COL. M . SACK (4)
BASIL M . SANDELSON (5)
MAJOR P . D . M . SIONS (0)
P . STEINER, J . P . (1)
S . TEFF ( 1 )
M . BER (2)
D . CAPLAN (5)
DAVID CLORE (0)
CLLR. S . DAVIES, O . B . E . , J . P . ( 0 )
ALFRED DIAMOND, J . P . (2)
LOUIS DOMB ( 5 )
DESMOND B . HIRSHFIELD (0)
A . KRAMER (1)
FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
A . BORNSTEIN ( 1 2 )
P . COHEN, C . B . E . ( 1 7 )
ALD. M . M . FIDLER, J.P. (1)
J . HALEVY ( 1 0 )
LADY JANNER, J.P. ( 1 3 )
J. JUNG ( 1 3 )
D R . L . KOPELOWITZ, J.P. ( 3 )
F . M . LANDAU ( 1 1 )
HARRY LANDY ( 1 3 )
(6)
(Chairman)
(17)
(15)
NEVILLE J. LASKI, Q . C . (5)
D R . S . LEVENBERG ( 1 2 )
L . LEVER, M . P . (4)
M . LIPTON, M . P . (0)
J. MORRISON, J.P. (8)
E . J. N . NABARRO ( 1 4 )
H . SAMUELS, O . B . E . (4)
S. TEFF (16)
D . WEITZMAN, M . P . (0)
JEWISH DEFENCE COMMITTEE (10)
JOHN DIGHT
M , A . AMIAS (J)
M I S S B . J. BARWELL (4)
A . CROSSICK (6)
CLLR. F . DAVIS (3)
SIDNEY ELLIS (6)
M R S . O . EPSTEIN (1)
S . W . GOLD ( 5 )
H . HALPERIN (9)
M . HARRIS (2)
HARRY LANDY (0)
REV. I . LIVINGSTONE (8)
E . LOWENSTEIN (7)
(Chairman)
(5)
F . MARKSON, J.P. (1)
D R . S . A . MILLER (1)
HENRY MORRIS (1)
L . MYERS (2)
HARRY MYERS (4)
H . PINNER (1)
F . RENTON (8)
A . SEBAG-MONTEFIORE (3)
MAJOR C . H . SEFTON (0)
MAJOR P . D . M . SIONS (0)
G . S . STALBOW (7)
CLLR. A . SUPER (7)
S . TEFF (1)
W . S . WILDER (0)
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LAW,
PARLIAMENTARY AND
COMMITTEE
HYMAN DIAMOND
D R . J . BRAUDE (6)
JANUS COHEN (5)
JOHN DIGHT ( 1 )
ALD. M . M . FIDLER, J.P. ( 0 )
A . FISHBERG (1)
H . GERSTLER (3)
S . W . GOLD (3)
DAVID GRAHAM (6)
LESLIE JACK (0)
GREVILLE JANNER (2)
SHECHITA
CHARITIES
COMMITTEE
(6)
(Chairman)
(2)
(2)
RABBI D R . E . MUNK (1)
ERIC J. N . NABARRO ( 2 )
A . B . OLIVESTONE (2)
N . RABINOWITZ (0)
RABBI S . D . SASSOON ( 0 )
S. TEFF (1)
DR. J. ZEITLIN ( 1 )
JACK BRENNER (2)
REGISTRATION
LORD NATHAN
R . N . CARVALHO
M . COOPER
A . DIAMOND, J . P .
H . O . JOSEPH
JULIUS JUNG
(Chairman)
PURPOSES
F . M . LANDAU (3)
HARRY LANDY (3)
NEVILLE J. LASKI, Q . C . (0)
M . LEDERMAN (3)
D R . S . ROTH ( 2 )
DONALD SILK ( 2 )
ARTHUR SUPER (3)
S . TEFF (0)
ALD. M R S . R . WINSTON-FOX, J . P . ( I )
DR. BERNARD HOMA
D R . RONALD BLOOM (0)
S . BOXER (1)
A . FISHMAN (2)
HARRY GAVENTA (0)
D R . L . KOPELOWITZ, J.P. ( 2 )
HARRY LANDY (0)
MORRIS LEDERMAN ( 1 )
REUBEN LIEBERMAN ( I )
GENERAL
(6)
COMMITTEE
(Chairman)
D R . LIONEL KOPELOWITZ, J . P .
VICTOR LUCAS
LESLIE B . PRINCE
CHARLES RUBENS
TRUSTEES
Great Yarmouth Disused Cemetery—LORD COHEN,
Penzance Disused Cemetery—A. S . DIAMOND
Canterbury Disused Cemetery—A. S . DIAMOND
Sheerness Disused Cemetery—A. S . DIAMOND
Bancroft Road Disused Cemetery—A. S . DIAMOND
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A . S. DIAMOND
BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS
Annual Report, 1966
ADMINISTRATION
SECRETARYSHIP
Mr. A. G. Brotman, Secretary of tiie Board, retired in October.
An appreciation from Mr. S. Teff is attached to this Report. His
successor was Mr. Abraham J. Marks. Mr. N. Levy, Clerk to the
Board, was designated Administrative Secretary.
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD
In December 1966 the composition of the Board was as follows
(comparative figures for the end of the session 1961/4 are given in
brackets): —
131 (126) London Synagogues represented by 219 (201) Deputies
99 (104) Provincial Congregations
148 (152)
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25) 2 6 )
Institutions
264 (263)
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433 (417)
Two London Synagogues ceased to exist as separate entities
and amalgamated with two other Synagogues, viz., Vine Court Synagogue with the Fieldgate Street Synagogue, and the Jubilee Street
Synagogue with the Commercial Road Great Synagogue. In each
case the amalgamated units were allowed to continue to be represented till the end of the Session by the same Deputies as formerly
represented the individual Synagogues.
One London Synagogue was allowed an additional Deputy and
the New London Synagogue obtained representation for the first
time.
In the provinces, the Chester and the Stockport Congregations
ceased to function and to be represented, but two Congregations in
the Manchester area, the Higher Prestwich and the Yeshurun
(Cheadle) obtained representation for the first time.
The Inter-University Jewish Federation was given permission
to be represented by a third Deputy.
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CONSTITUTION:
Special Meetings of the Board were held, on the same days as
the Ordinary Meetings, when a number of alterations to the Constitution and Bye-Laws were adopted. The revised Constitution was
to take effect for the new Session of the Board in 1967.
CERTIFICATION OF MARRIAGES
SECRETARIES
The President, in the exercise of his Statutory duties, continued
to certify the appointments of new Secretaries (for Marriages) of
Synagogues—in all cases during the year these were changes and
no First Secretary (for Marriages) was certified.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations and good wishes were extended to the following
Deputies:
Mr. Sidney Hamburger, J.P., on receiving the M.B.E.
Mr. A. G. Brotman, the Secretary of the Board, Messrs. S.
Glicher, M. W. Domb, Frank Renton, W. Rabson, on their
70th birthday, Mr. A. I. Richtiger on his 75th birthday.
Mr. A. J. Stoller and Mrs. Stoller on their 50th Wedding
Anniversary.
Mr. B. B. Lieberman (a former Treasurer and Vice-President
of the Board) and Mrs. Lieberman, were congratulated and
good wishes extended to them on their Golden wedding.
Mr. Ben Gurion and Mr. Hyman Weinberg, M.B.E. (a former
Deputy) were congratulated on their 80th birthdays.
Lord Sieff of Brampton was congratulated on his elevation to
the Peerage.
The Board congratulated Sir Barnett Janner, Col. Marcus Lipton, Mr. Leslie Lever and Mr. David Weitzman, Q.C., on their
successful return to Parliament during the General Election.
CONDOLENCES
During the year, the Board suffered loss by the death of the
following Deputies:
Messrs. Harry Chalfen (Willesden) and members of Committees,
Saul Goldblatt, M.B.E. (Highgate) also a member of Committees, M. Finkel (East Ham & Manor Park), Maurice Davies
(Finchley U.S.), Ernest Harris (Glasgow Garnethill), S. Newman (Leeds Psalms of David), M. Rebuck (Tottenham), E. G.
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Markus (Whitley Bay), I. Spack (Manchester South Broughton),
Rabbi Dr. J. Litvin (Jubilee Street).
Former Deputies on whose death votes of condolence were recorded were:
Mrs. Rebecca Sieff, O.B.E., Councillor M. Blitz, Edward Iwi,
H. Hooberman, Victor Freed, Rev. Ephraim Levine.
Condolences were also expressed on the deaths of the following
communal workers and personalities:
Commander M. Bright, Ivor Greenberg, a former Editor of the
Jewish Chronicle, Mrs. Vera Weizman (widow of the late Dr.
Chaim Weitzman).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE JEWISH VICTIMS OF
THE N A Z I S
Forty lay and religious organisations were invited to submit proposals for a Permanent Memorial in Britain. In October fourteen
of the organisations sent representatives to a meeting with the Exccutive Committee to discuss suggested schemes. The President was
delegated to discuss the possibility of incorporating the project with
the Hillel Foundation Expansion Scheme.
VALIDITY OF JEWISH MARRIAGES
The controversies on the validity of certain kinds of marriages,
which had provoked pronouncements and discussion which might
adversely affect communal unity was considered. In July the President arranged a meeting of religious leaders representing the Chief
Rabbinate in Commission, the Sephardi Community, die Reform
Synagogue of Gt. Britain and the Union of Liberal Synagogues to
discuss possibilities of co-operation in matters of common Jewish
interest, "with a view to preserving the integrity of the community".
The Chief Rabbi designate, Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits, was informed
of the outcome of this meeting and expressed his approval of the
calling of the meeting.
RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMITTEE
The first meeting of this newly-constituted sub-Committee took
place in January. The Committee is of an advisory and consultative
character, and B.B.C. and the Independent Television Authority
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producers have sought the Committee's advice at various times regarding planned programmes.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH STUDIES ON CONTEMPORARY
ANGLO-JEWRY
The Statistical and Demographic Research Unit, established
In 1965 under the direction of the Special Committee, reported on
its activities and progress in June and in December. Research projects undertaken by the Unit were a survey of "Synagogue Marriages in Gt. Britain, 1901-65", which was carried out in order to
indicate communal trends; and a study of Jewish deaths in Gt.
Britain for the period 1960-65, undertaken so as to provide an
estimate of the size of the Jewish population.
Preliminary findings of the study of marriages were presented
in December. These showed a drastic decline, since 1950, in the
number of marriages solemnised in synagogues.
SECRETARYSHIP
In October Mr. Abraham J. Marks succeeded Mr. A. G. Brot‫׳‬
man on the latter's retirement. The President paid tribute to the
distinguished services rendered by Mr. Brotman to the Board and
the community over a period of 35 years. An appreciation of Mr.
Brotman from the President, Mr. Solomon Teff, is included in the
Report.
CO-OPTION OF M R . A . G . BROTMAN
On the retirement of Mr. Brotman, the Committee unanimously
recorded its deep appreciation of all his distinguished services, and
invited him to become a co-opted member.
MR. A. G. BROTMAN
Appreciation by Mr. Solomon Teff
Mr. A. G. Brotman first joined the Board in 1932 after some
years as Lecturer and Education Adviser to the Jewish community
in Baghdad. He founded the Shamash Secondary School in Baghdad and became its first headmaster.
Including two years as Assistant Secretary to the Board before
becoming Secretary in 1934, he served the Board for 35 years. He
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served under six Presidents : Sir Osmond d'Avigdor Goldsmid, Mr.
Neville Laski, Q.C., Prof. Selig Brodetsky, Dr. A. Cohen, Sir Barnett
Janner, M.P., and myself.
In 1932 the Hitler danger loomed over Europe and engaged
Mr. Brotman's active attention. He accompanied Sir Osmond
d5Avigdor Goldsmid to a meeting in Paris, at which German Jewish
representatives voiced their fears that mass emigration of Jews from
Germany might become necessary.
The following year Mr. Laski became President, and with Mr.
Leonard Montefiore they and Mr. Brotman concentrated on antiNazi work.
Mr. Brotman helped to arrange the International Conference
in London, which created the Central British Fund for Relief and
Rehabilitation (C.B.F.) and, on the arrival from Germany of Dr.
Alfred Wiener, who brought with him a wealth of information and
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background material on the Nazi menace, he helped in the establishment of the 1Wiener Library5.
In 1934, when Mosley and his fascists manifested themselves,
Mr. Brotman initiated the setting up of a new Department of the
Board, which is now the Jewish Defence Committee, and which
co-ordinated with the Central Jewish Lecture Committee, set up
during the rise of Hitler.
Mr. Brotman was also the first secretary of the T.A.C. which
functioned under the auspices and guidance of the Board.
Mr. Brotman, as Secretary of the Board, and in addition to
the work carried out by the Board, was a leading and active member
of many organisations dedicated to the protection and relief of Jews
abroad, and those who came to England as emigrants. They included
the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad; the Association of Jewish
Refugees from Germany, O.R.T., later on the United Restitution
Office, the Jewish Trust Corporation and many other worthy causes,
as well as taking an active role in the foundation of the Chief Rabbi's
Committee for Jewish War Orphans and the Council of Christians
and Jews.
In 1946 he carried out a Survey for U.N.R.R.A. of all Jewish
displaced persons camps in the British Zone of Germany and his
recommendations were for the most part adopted.
He attended the San Francisco Conference in 1945, where the
Charter of U.N.O. was formulated, and it was then that the Coordinating Board of Jewish Organisations, to provide N.G.O. representation at United Nations Agencies in consultative status, was
created, with the grouping of three organisations in South Africa,
U.S.A. and the Board as the British constituent, thus continuing
the positive work he had begun in 1934 having been previously an
Observer at the League of Nations.
He helped to organise two Jewish 'Commonwealth Conferences'
under the auspices of the Board, which had participants from as
far afield as Australia, India and Aden.
He was joint Secretary with Mr. Bakstansky of the British
Section of the Jewish Agency.
The many organisations, which had the benefit of his active
participation include C.O.J.O., the Claims Conference, the J.R.S.O.,
the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the international
Offices of U.R.O.
Mr. Brotman arranged the Conference in 1962 on 'Jewish Life
in Modern Britain' one of the results being the establishment of
the Board's Research Unit, and he was also instrumental in setting
up the Board's Charitable Trust, the Radio and Television Committee, and other sub-Committees.
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Mr. Brotman possesses a unique knowledge of Jewish life in
Britain and the Jewish communities in Europe and Overseas, gained
from his experience in his manifold tasks and interests as Secretary
of the Board. This experience coupled with his innate wisdom and
tact, and the high standard of devotion to duty always set by him,
particularly in years of great difficulty and stress, indeed merit the
deep gratitude of the whole Community.
ALIENS
COMMITTEE
ADEN
With the worsening of the situation in Aden, the Committee
endeavoured to hasten the migration of all Aden Jews to this country for whom Work Vouchers had been obtained. Grave concern
was felt for the safety of the others, who had expressed their intention to go to Israel, and they were advised to leave as soon as
possible. The Aden Jewish Community Council was asked to take
steps to ensure the safety of the Sifre Torah in their Synagogues
and to remove for safe keeping as many as possible to Israel or
England.
INDIVIDUAL C A S E S
An appeal to the Home Office was made on behalf of Iraqi and
Libyan Jewish refugees who had been denied passports by their
Governments. It was felt that those living in this country should
be granted permission to remain indefinitely without the need for
annual extensions of visas to be recorded in their Identity Books.
Assistance and advice was also given to a number of other aliens
coming from Hungary and Czechoslovakia, etc.
HOME OFFICE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION APPEALS
The Board was informed by the Home Office that the Home
Secretary had appointed a Committee—
"to consider whether any, and if so what, rights of appeal or
other remedies should be available to aliens and to Commonwealth citizens who are required to leave the country."
The Home Office Committee was looking not merely for expressions of opinions for or against a right of appeal, but also for
suggestions on what form any system of appeals should take and
how to deal with the practical problems that arise, e.g., in regard
to the detention of appellants.
The Committee submitted the following suggestions to the
Home Office Committee for sympathetic consideration.
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(1) Hie Immigration Officers at the various ports refuse occasionally to permit an alien to land without disclosing to him the
reason for their action. According to the law, they may have the
right to refuse an alien to land, but are obliged to give reasons
unless they are those of security or the health of the alien.
It is, therefore, suggested that a reminder be sent by the Home
Office to every Immigration Officer of his duty to indicate to the
alien why he is refused to land.
Another suggestion is that the law be altered to permit him
to appeal against the adverse decision of the Immigration Officer
and that the alien be informed of his right to appeal. He might be
supplied with the necessary form at once on which to lodge his
appeal. A Jewish appellant could be housed in the Jews' Temporary
Shelter pending the result of the appeal.
(2) Every alien who has been residing in this country for a
minimum period of two years and against whom a deportation order
has been issued, has the right to appeal against such order to the
Chief Magistrate.
It is now suggested that this right of appeal be extended to
every alien irrespective of the period he had been living in this
country before the deportation order against him had been issued.
(3) There are a few countries which decline to issue passports
or even travelling documents and/or extend their validity to their
own citizens, merely because they are Jews. Living in these
countries for the Jews is far from pleasant.
In the event of a Jew succeeding to leave such a country, he usually does so with a passport valid only for a few
months and most unlikely to be renewed by any Consul of his country abroad, or he leaves without a passport altogether. The number
of cases under this heading is very small indeed. For reasons of
pure humanity these people should be granted automatically political
asylum in any country they wish to reside and not be treated
like hunted animals running from frontier to frontier and being
everywhere refused permission to land.
It is now suggested that aliens in this category, provided nothing is known against them and provided further that they are in
possession of ample means to maintain themselves and/or to transact business in this country, be allowed to land here; particularly
should this be the case when they have relatives here or business
contacts with British firms of repute. Such a humanitarian decision
would be in harmony with the best traditions of this country.
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(4) A small number of aliens have been residing here for some
years and find enormous difficulty in getting new passports or travelling documents from their Government or Consulates in this country.
All requests for such documentation, although made by registered
letter or letters sent by recorded delivery, are completely ignored,
and personal calls at die Consulates or Embassies have the same
negative result
It is readily understood that no one can expect H.M. Government to contact any such Embassies or Consulates in favour of a
non-British subject. On the other hand, these poor aliens, whilst
warmly appreciating the kindness of the Home Secretary in permitting them to reside in this country, are unable to travel abroad for
any reason, however urgent. Once out of the country, they would
not be able to return nor land in any other country, having no documents of any kind.
It is, therefore, respectfully suggested that in cases where such
an alien can submit proof that he has in vain repeatedly applied to
his Embassy or Consulate for the renewal of his passport or a travelling document, the Home Office be authorised to grant him a travelling document for specific purposes.
On November 20th, a deputation from the Board, consisting
of Mr. Reuben Lieberman (Senior Vice-President), Mr. Hyman
Diamond (Chairman of the Law, Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee), Mr. Julius Jung (Chairman of the Aliens Committee) and Mr. Nat Levy (Administrative Secretary), met the Home
Office Committee, and a full discussion took place in elaboration of
the various points in the Memorandum. The representatives felt that
the interview had been valuable.
EDUCATION AND YOUTH COMMITTEE
WORLD COUNCIL OF JEWISH EDUCATION
The Board received an invitation to send a professional educator as a delegate to a meeting of the enlarged presidium of the
Council which was to be held in Geneva in July. Mr. Levi Gertner,
one of the Board's two representatives on this Council, attended
the meeting and subsequently reported that 42 delegates from ten
countries had attended under the Chairmanship of Rabbi H.
Lookstein. The following proposals were agreed upon: —
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1. Establishment of close connections between all Jewish educational agencies.
2. The Executive Director should help to co-ordinate the various
bodies in member countries engaged in Jewish education and,
where none existed, to try to initiate them. The Director
would also try to co-ordinate the work of educational bodies
operating on a national or global scale so as to eliminate duplication of effort and expenditure.
3. The Council considers itself as a central global educational body
which will not initiate activities but co-ordinate them.
4. The Council will extend assistance for both religious and secular Jewish education.
Other projects would include research on the state of Jewish
education throughout the world; establishing a control clearing house
where teaching material would be available; and the consideration
of the problems of teacher training.
Dr. A. Eisenberg, an eminent U.S.A. educationalist, was
appointed Executive Director. It was hoped to obtain £60,000 from
the Memorial Foundation for the current year's budget.
EXAMINATIONS
The G.C.E. Examinations at Ordinary and Advanced Levels
in June 1967, both for London and Oxford Universities, were
arranged for a period which covered the two days of Shavuot. In
response to the Board's representations, the relevant authorities made
alternative arrangements for Jewish candidates.
Suitable arrangements were also made with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants for Jewish candidates taking papers set for
a Friday in December to begin earlier in the day than other candidates so as to finish by 3 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.
Many other requests were also received for advice and assistance
by candidates wishing to avoid sitting for examinations on Sabbath
and Holy Days. In one instance, through the intervention of the
Board, candidates for an oral examination set for a Saturday were
enabled to sit at another centre on a different day.
Thanks are due to the various examination bodies for their
co-operation.
EDUCATION
BILL
The committee expressed the hope that the Government's Education Bill would become law, since its terms would be advantageous
to denominational schools, including Jewish schools, in facilitating
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the extension of existing buildings and the establishment of new
schools.
JEWISH YOUTH ORGANISATIONS SECRETARIES' COMMITTEE
This Committee co-operated fully in making the preparatory
arrangements and organisation of the programme of activities for
the highly successful Festival of European Jewish Youth which was
held in April at Bedford College, London. More than 200 young
people from Europe and Israel, as well as 50 from youth bodies in
this country participated.
Two members of the Committee attended the conference on
Soviet Jewry convened by the Board's Foreign Affairs Committee.
Arrangements were made for a Jewish Youth leaders tour of
Israel.
On the basis of a memorandum submitted the committee dis*‫־‬
cussed steps which might be taken to encourage young Jews, as
they grew older, to continue taking part in communal work.
TANGIER JEWISH
SCHOOLS
Two half-yearly grants of £175 each were made from the Morocco Relief Fund to the school. Despite local difficulties, progress
was maintained in the teaching of English.
Grants from the Morocco Relief Fund of £200 each were also
made to the Etz Chaim Organisation towards the cost of re-equipping its various boarding schools in North Africa, and to ORT, for
workshop training in North Africa.
ERETS ISRAEL COMMITTEE
SECURITY OF ISRAEL
As in 1965, the Board found it necessary to draw the attention
of Her Majesty's Government and the public to the threat to Israel's
security resulting from the Middle East arms •race. The following
resolution was adopted in February:
"The Board of Deputies of British Jews expresses its anxiety
about the increasing supply of arms to the Middle East. It
believes that the re-arming of the Arab States both by the
Soviet Union and the Western Powers is a threat to the stability
of the region and the security of the State of Israel.
"The Board urges Her Majesty's Government to initiate talks
with •the other great Powers and the States directly concerned
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in order to seek agreement on balanced and' controlled disarmament for the area, and hopes that the Prime Minister will
have an opportunity to raise this subject during his forthcoming
visit to Moscow.
"The Board considers that in the light of the arms race in the
Middle East, Israel is entitled to maximum support in her
policy of self-defence against possible attacks and threats of
war."
The Committee noted that between January and April, the
Arab terrorist organisation, El Fattah, launched several attacks—
five in April alone—the majority by infiltration from Jordan. As
a result, Israel on April. 29 took military action against two Jordanian villages from which some of the raids had been mounted. Front
January 1965 to December 1966, 69 acts of sabotage had been
reported, primarily instigated and organised by Syria, but many
coming from Jordan. That Jordan was becoming the saboteurs*
favourite launching pad was evident from the fact that in the last
six months of the year, no less than 14 terrorist groups came from
there. The Hebron area accounted for nine attacks. In retaliation,
on November 13, the Jordanian village of Samu became the target
of Israeli defence units.
UNITED
NATIONS
The Committee noted with regret that whereas a U.N. Security
Council resolution on Israel's complaint against Syria, in connection
with outrages on Israel territory, was vetoed by Russia, a resolution
censuring Israel for retaliating was adopted by the Council. For
many years the United Nations had failed to take effective action
against breaches of the Armistice Agreement, and had ignored Arab
threats to annihilate Israel. In these circumstances, and faced with
the Arab States* claim to be in a "state of war", Israel had no
alternative but to exercise her right under the U.N. Charter to protect her borders and the lives of her citizens.
ANGLO-ISRAEL
RELATIONS
The Committee urged that the British authorities take positive
steps to remove any impression that the Arab boycott was being
condoned. Dr. S. Levenberg, the Committee's Chairman, stated in
May that the policy of the previous Government, carried out by
the Board-of Trade, of submitting to pressure was being continued.
Representations were constantly being made to have this situation
changed, it being pointed out that it was contrary to the interests
of the international community.
A guarantee of freedom of passage through the gulf of Elath,
before die departure of British troops from Aden, scheduled for
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1968, would be of the greatest importance for peace in the Middle
East according to the Committee's report for March.
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THE U.S.S.R.
The Committee was concerned at the intensified pro-Arab
policy of the U.S.S.R. In a communique issued after a visit by
the Syrian Premier to Moscow, the Soviet Prime Minister associated
himself with a bitter attack on Zionism. Promises of military aid
to Syria were followed by the arrival in that country of Soviet armament experts. The U.S.S.R. was also negotiating an arms supply
to Iraq. In addition, Mr. Kosygin made his first official visit to the
United Arab Republic.
In spite of Israel's efforts to improve relations with the U.S.S.R.,
and the Israel Foreign Minister's visit to Warsaw, the Soviet authorities accompanied their overtures to the Arab States with a violent
press campaign against Israel and the cancellation of various cultural
visits, including a tour by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which
had been arranged.
GENERAL
The President, Mr. S. Teff, represented the Board at the official
opening of the new Knesset building in Jerusalem, on August 30th,
and reported to the Committee on the proceedings. Together with
other representatives of Jewish communities throughout the world,
he had been warmly welcomed.
The creation of this magnificent building had been made possible by donations from the late Mr. James de Rothchild and other
members of the Rothschild family.
The Board Meeting on April 24th was adjourned, and a Special
Meeting was held to commemorate the 18th Anniversary of the
establishment of the State of Israel. Dr. S. Levenberg, Chairman of
the Committee, and Mr. M. Sharon, the Press Attache of the Israel
Embassy, addressed the Special Meeting.
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
ACCOUNTS
The Board's audited accounts for the half-year ending April
28th and the year ending October 28th, and of the various Funds
administered by the Board, were circulated to Deputies together
with the Treasurer's explanatory notes. Details will be found at
the end of this Annual Report.
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FINANCES OF THE BOARD
The Committee regularly examined monthly statements of
receipts and payments, comparing the figures with the same months
of the previous year and totals for a complete year. These statements
enabled the Committee to keep careful watch on the trends of the
income and expenditure of the Board.
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION SCHEME
As in previous years a statistical schedule of voluntary contributions was circulated to Deputies. This showed the amounts rereceived from Synagogues, the contribution per member, and the
total which could be raised on the basis of 10/‫ ־‬per annum per
member. The full potential contribution—the target which should
be aimed at—and the difference between this and die actual amount
received were made clear. More than 70 Synagogues made no contribution at all during the year. On the other hand, a number of
Deputies took steps to promote the scheme in their own constituencies. This helped to increase the total amount received to £13,776
as compared with £13,402 in 1965.
GRANTS TO OTHER BODIES
The following grants were made from the Board's General
Account:
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women
£300
$1,000
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
World Conference of Jewish Organisations
$1,000
The Inter-University Jewish Federation
£100
Leeds Jewish Representative Council
£1,000
Mersey side Representative Council
£150
Council of Manchester & Salford Jews
£750
Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Meeting
£100
Jewish Book Council
£5
Sabbath Observance Employment Bureau
£5
The U.K. Committee for U.N.I.C.E.F
£10
The following grants were made from the Board of Deputies
Charitable Trust Account:
Council of Christians and Jews
£300
The Wiener Library
£250
World Coyncil for Jewish Education
$1,000
Jews' College
£100
The Association of Jewish Libraries
£20
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EXPENDITURE OF OTHER COMMITTEES
All requests for expenditure by other Committees of the Board
were submitted to the Committee for approval. These items were
mainly concerned with travel expenses for United Nations meetings
and conferences of Jewish organisations held abroad.
INVESTMENTS
The Investments Sub-Committee continued to meet from time
to time to consider changes, and new investments, of shares held by
the Board and its subsidiary funds.
FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
ADEN
Careful watch on all developments affecting the Aden Jewish
community was maintained by die Board, and close contact with
the Authorities was maintained in dealing with their problems.
AUSTRIA
P
Austrian courts have been notorious when trying persons accused
of crimes against humanity, committed under the Nazi regime, for
either acquitting the accused or imposing minimal sentences on
conviction. The acquittal of Franz Novak, a chief assistant of Adolf
Eichmann, in a re-trial, aroused particular protest. The Board
adopted the following resolution at its October meeting:
"The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the representative
body of the Anglo-Jewish Community, is deeply disturbed that
Franz Novak, an intimate collaborator with Adolf Eichmann
in the despatch to extermination camps of hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews, should have been acquitted by an
Austrian court. The Board has on several occasions in the past
had to draw attention to the acquittal by Austrian courts of
former Nazis accused of mass murder and other crimes against
humanity.
"It calls on the Austrian authorities to take immediate and
determined steps to ensure that those responsible for atrocious
crimes under the Nazis should be brought to justice, and to
prevent the spread of Neo-Nazism."
On November 7, a Board delegation called on the Austrian
Ambassador. It pointed out that these acquittals appeared to reflect
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Austrian indifference to crimes against humanity and acts of genocide. Expressing sympathy with the delegation's view, the Ambassador stated that the President of Austria and the Cardinal of Austria had publicly declared their distress at the acquittals and the
need to change the mentality which had brought them about. New
measures, especially in the educational system, were being taken
to create a climate of tolerance and understanding, and to inform
the younger generation of the pernicious influence of racialist
tendencies.
The Ambassador undertook to convey to the appropriate Austrian authorities suggestions made by the delegation for helping to
remedy the situation, including proposals for intensified investigation
and modified legal procedure for trying Nazi crimes against
humanity.
The Chairman kept in contact with the Austrian Ambassador
on matters of Jewish concern.
COMMEMORATION OF THE JEWISH MARTYRS OF NAZISM AND THE
WARSAW GHETTO AND OTHER UPRISINGS
As in previous years, the Board co-operated with the Polish
Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Association, the British Section of the
World Jewish Congress, AJEX, and the Memorial Committee in ‫ י‬a
meeting to commemorate the Jewish martyrs of Nazism and the
Warsaw Ghetto and other uprisings. The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward
Boyle, Bart., M.P., was guest speaker.
CONFERENCE OF JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY
(CLAIMS CONFERENCE)
Developments had shown that the Conference had been overoptimistic in regarding the 'Schlussgesetz' as finalising all problems,
Dr. Nahum Goldmann stated at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Conference of Material Claims against Germany, held
in Geneva in July. It was, he said, the duty of the Conference to
watch the progress of indemnification policy. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
reported that the estimated income for 1966 was approximately
$1,500,000, and expenditure about $1,000,000.
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE
The task of the Foundation would be to act as the central body
for considering questions relating to Jewish culture and Jewish survival, Dr. Nahum Goldmann told the organisation's Board of Trustees when they met in Geneva on July 13th. Priorities included
the training of teachers for Jewish Schools and the founding of
institutes to collect and publish knowledge of the Jewish inheritance.
Funds available for 1966-67 were estimated at just over $1,000,000.
Grants recommended totalled $958,000.
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The Board was represented at the meetings of the Claims Conference and of the Foundation by Sir Barnett Janner, M.P., and
Mr. A. G. Brotman.
WORLD CONFERENCE OF JEWISH ORGANISATIONS
(C.OJ.O.)
Recent developments in Israel, events affecting Argentine Jewry
and anti-semitic manifestations in Europe, the U.S.A. and other
countries were among subjects discussed at a meeting of C.O.J.O.
held in Geneva on July 9 to 11. Reports were also presented on
current trends in the field of Human Rights at the United Nations,
and developments since the Declaration of the Ecumenical Council.
; The position of Soviet Jewry and the effect of concern expressed
by Communists abroad, as well as the need to maintain public pressure, were also discussed. A memorandum on Jewish defence activities in Britain was circulated as a C.OJ.O. document.
The meeting appointed a sub-committee, of which Mr. A. G.
Brotman was one of the five members, for the consideration of draft
by-laws and procedure. It was decided that Mr. Maurice Ashkanasy,
Q.C., of Australia, should circulate a revised draft to members of
the sub-committee. This document, together with comments by the
five members, would be submitted to all member-organisations for
their consideration prior to next year's main C.O.J.O. meeting.
The following Officers were elected for the coming year: Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, Chairman (W.J.C.); Dr. William Wexler, CoChairman (B'nai B'rith); and a nominee of the Board of Deputies
as Vice-Chairman. The President of the Board, Mr. S. Teff, was
nominated at the October Board Meeting.
GERMANY
General
An increase in extreme right-wing activities in Federal Germany
prompted the Board to address a letter to the Federal Ambassador
in May expressing concern, and requesting that all possible measures
be taken to counter this dangerous tendency. German official sources
recorded an increase in anti-Semitic or Nazi incidents from 171 in
1964 to 521 in 1965. The neo-Nazis secured election victories in
Hesse and, in November, the Board adopted the following resolution:
"1.—The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the representative
body of the Jewish community, is shocked by the recent political
developments in Federal Germany which clearly demonstrate
the persistence there of the evil ideology of Nazism and give
rise to serious apprehension in the minds of all who remember
the crimes which the Nazi regime committed against humanity.
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"2.—The Board strongly protests at the licence permitted to
the neo-Nazi 'National Democratic Party5, which includes in
its leadership a large proportion of former Nazis and is allowed
to organise, carry on activities and spread propaganda on the
Nazi model.
"3.—The Board has on numerous occasions warned the German
authorities of the dangers for civilisation, freedom and world
peace of their failure through lack of education and otherwise
to eradicate the spirit of Nazism, and of the effect that this
failure must have on German attempts to atone for the past and
to rehabilitate the name of Germany among civilised nations.
"4.—The Board issues a solemn appeal to all responsible and
democratically minded persons in Germany and other countries
to do all possible to ensure that the necessary legislative and
other steps are taken immediately in Federal Germany to ban
all Nazi type activities, parties and publications, again threatening civiliation, and thereby stop the resurgence of Nazism."
Compensation and Restitution
Despite world-wide protests and opposition by the Federal
Social Democratic Party, the Bundestag adopted the Budget Balancing Bill which would defer payments to certain categories of Nazi
victims.
UNITED NATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CO-ORDINATING BOARD
OF JEWISH ORGANISATIONS ( C . B . J . O . )
Human Rights Commission
C.B.J.O. submitted two memoranda to the Human Rights Commission which opened in New York in March. One urged the need
for including an article specifically condemning anti-semitism in the
draft Declaration and Convention on the Elimination of Religious
Intolerance. The second advocated the adoption of an international
Convention to deal with war crimes and crimes against humanity,
and to establish, as a principle of international law, that no period
of limitation should apply to such crimes. The Commission agreed
to include — for the first time — a specific condemnation of antisemitism in a draft U.N. Convention.
Meeting of C.B.J.O.
At a meeting in Geneva in July of representatives of the three
member organisations of C.B.J.O., Dr. William A. Wexler, the
Chairman, summarised C.B.J.O. activities of the past two years. Sir
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Barnett Janner, M.P., described the position with regard to the
Convention on Genocide and Mr. A. G. Brotman reported on the
Race Relations Act, for the principles of which the Board had pressed
for many years. It was agreed to participate as fully as possible in
Human Rights Year activities, to increase pressure on Governments
to ratify conventions on Human Rights, and to support the establishment of a High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Dr. T. Schneider represented the South African Board.
Mr. C. D. Rappaport reported on the Triennial Conference of
Non-Governmental Organisations (N.G.O.s) and on the current session of E.C.O.S.O.C. C.B.J.O. had been elected as one of the ten
member organisations of the Bureaux of N.G.O.s.
Economic and Social Council (E.C.O.S.O.C.)
Among the decisions taken by the Economic and Social Council
at its meeting in Geneva from July 5 to August 5 were the following:
1. To request the Human Rights Commission to complete the draft
convention on religious intolerance at its 1967 Session.
2. To request the U.N. Secretary-General to prepare a draft Convention on War Crimes.
3. To confirm the establishment of a working group to study the
creation of the post of a High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In a factual statement on Soviet Jewry, the Israel observer, Mr.
D. Marmor, pointed out that while a few disabilities had been modified, the changes were "far from offering a solution of the problem
in all its magnitude . . . ,‫י‬
Human Rights Year 1968
The U.K. Committee for Human Rights Year 1968 was formally established in November with the Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank as
Chairman. The Board is one of the member organisations, and Sir
Barnett Janner, M.P., an individual member. Mr. C. D. Rappaport,
as Honorary Secretary of the Working Group on Human Rights
of S.C.E.S.W.U.N., was elected to the Executive Committee, as was
Mrs. A. Rubens.
U.S.S.R.
The serious position of Soviet Jewry continued unabated. On
January 30th, a private meeting of the Committee and representatives of 11 other organisations, called to discuss the question of
Russian Jewry, issued the following statement:
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"The meeting noted with concern the denial to the Jewish
community of facilities accorded to other groups within the
Soviet Union and the plight of those Jews in the U.S.S.R. who
were not enabled to be reunited with their families in Israel or
elsewhere.
"The meeting considered proposals and discussed steps for further action to ameliorate the position in the light of present
circumstances and of possible developments in the future."
Mr. S. Teff, President of the Board was in the Chair. Dayan
M. Lew represented the Chief Rabbinate in Commission and the
Rev. Abraham Levy, the Haham. The organisations represented
were: Agudas Israel, Anglo-Jewish Association, AJEX, B'nai Brith,
Jewish Youth Organisations Secretaries5 Committee, League of Jewish Women, Mizrachi, World Jewish Congress, World Sephardi
Federation, World Union for Progressive Judaism and the Zionist
Federation.
Growing concern in this country found expression not only in
specifically Jewish circles but both in Parliament and the Press. By
October, nearly 200 M.P.s of all parties had signed the following
House of Commons motion which was sponsored by the Chairman
with five other Members of all parties:
"That this House notes with concern the continuing difficulties
confronting Jews in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to use its good offices
to secure for them the basic human rights afforded to other
Soviet citizens."
Even the British Communist Party took the exceptional step,
at the end of May, of issuing an appeal to the U.S.S.R. authorities
to avoid what it described as "impermissible crudities" which could
be exploited by anti-semites.
The "Times", on June 27th, published a letter on the plight
of Soviet Jewry from intellectuals and other personalities. In June,
the Board distributed an 18-page pamphlet entitled "Fate and
Future of Soviet Jewry", specially written for the Board by Mr.
Joel Cang, formerly Special Correspondent of the "Times" for Soviet
and East European Affairs. On the student front, the Inter-University
Jewish Federation organised a petition on Soviet Jewry signed by
over 5,000 British students, which was presented on May 8th at the
Soviet Embassy in an impressive demonstration. Although the petition was rejected, student representatives were received at the Embassy by Soviet officials who, for some two hours, discussed with
them the position of the Russian Jewish community.
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Soviet reaction to reasoned criticism abroad indicated a certain
degree of sensitivity. Soviet representatives took the opportunity
at public meetings, and in the press to endeavour to explain the
official attitude to Soviet Jewry, but such explanations invariably
ignored the fundamental problem of maintaining the existence of
the Jews as a religious and cultural community.
On December 3, Premier Kosygin, replying to a question on
reunification of families, at a Paris press conference said: "If some
families want to meet or to leave the Soviet Union, the road is open
to them and there is no such problem" (according to the version
published in the "Soviet News").
In the light of prevailing circumstances, the Committee agreed
in December to convene a special meeting on Soviet Jewry and,
as on the previous occasions, representatives of bodies especially
concerned were to be invited.
On December 9th, the Board issued the following appeal to the
Soviet authorities:
"This week Jews throughout the world celebrate 'Chanuchah'
—Festival of Freedom—recalling the historic struggle of the
Maccabees for religious and cultural self-expression. The Festival coincides with the anniversary tomorrow (December 10th)
of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"The Board of Deputies of British Jews calls on all people of
good will, Jewish and non-Jewish, who strive for the protection
and development of Human Rights, to appeal to the Soviet
authorities to accord to Jews in the U.S.S.R. the necessary facilities to live their lives as a religious and cultural community
in freedom and dignity, and to expedite the reunion with their
relatives abroad of Soviet Jewish families, torn apart by Nazi
persecution and war.'5
Mr. Aron Vergelis, editor of "Sovietish Heimland" visited Britain in December. Background information on his record as an
apologist for Soviet policy on the question of the Jewish Community
of the U.S.S.R. had been studied by the Committee. The Chairman
explained that the Board had not received Mr. Vergelis because he
did not come as an accredited representative of Soviet Jewry.
The Chairman kept in constant touch with Ministers dealing
with Russian Affairs.
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JEWISH DEFENCE COMMITTEE
ANTISEMITIC ACTIVITIES
The many serious attacks on Synagogues of the preceding year
showed a marked reduction in 1966. A synagogue in the Home
Counties was the target for two attempts of arson, and there were
several incidents of window-breaking and slogan daubing, but these
incidents did not require the special precautionary measure that had
been inaugurated by the Board during 1965.
In February, six members of Colin Jordan's National Socialist
Movement were convicted on charges of arson at the Clapton and
Ilford Synagogues in July 1965, and received prison sentences ranging from six months to five years. Mr. Justice Phillimore in passing
sentence said: "I do not doubt that in doing this you have been
led into it by the indoctrination you have received in this pernicious
movement. I am quite satisfied that those in charge of the movement
inculcate not merely hatred of the Jews and coloured people, but
active steps against them . . . You young men have either been
members of or participated in the meetings of the National Socialist
Movement. Some of you no doubt believe its doctrines, which, as
I understand, are those of Hitler and the Nazi Party . . . It is my
duty to make an example of you in the hope that those who share
in these beliefs and those who belong to the movement will think
twice before they follow your example."
Four other members of the movement appeared at the Old
Bailey in April, where they pleaded guilty to having taken part in
arson attacks on several synagogues in 1965, including the Brondesbury Synagogue which was almost destroyed. The men expressed
penitence and claimed that they had been used and influenced by
Mrs. Jordan. A nominal sentence led to their immediate release.
The Board issued a statement which said, inter alia:
"The extreme leniency shown to the four culprits in this case
has caused astonishment not only to all members of the Jewish
community but to the public at large, and this has been reflected
in the press and elsewhere. The Board of Deputies is unable
to understand why activities of such a serious nature should
have been treated so lightly, and fears that this leniency may
serve to encourage others to emulate these crimes."
Mrs. Jordan's alleged complicity led to Questions in the House
of Commons during April and May, to which the Home Secretary
replied that the police were continuing their enquiries into these
matters and the Director of Public Prosecutions was considering
whether further criminal proceedings in respect of them should be
instituted, but Mrs. Jordan was then outside the jurisdiction of the
courts of this country. She received a prison sentence in a French
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court later in the year for the distribution of Nazi literature in
France.
As reported in 1965, there was in December a vicious attack
on Yeshiva bachurim in Stoke Newington. Sentences of three
months and six months at a detention centre were imposed at the
Old Bailey on seven juveniles. Two other juveniles were placed on
probation, and a tenth was sent to a detention centre for three years
after having pleaded guilty to stabbing one of the bachurim and
another Jew. There was no evidence of any association with, or
influence by, fascist parties.
There were other reports of attacks on young Jewish people
in various parts of London, which were followed up as appropriate.
RACE RELATIONS ACT
Following the coming into force of the Race Relations Act in
December 1965, there was a marked lessening in the offensive contents of the publications of various racialist groups.
Certain features of the Act, however, appeared to impede its
full intention. According to the Act, an offence is committed if
written matter of a threatening, offensive or insulting nature is published and distributed with intent to stir up hatred against any section
of the public in Great Britain distinguished by colour, race or ethnic
or national origins, and if the words contained are likely to stir up
hatred against any section on the grounds of colour, race or ethnic
or national origins.
However, the definition of publication and distribution is confined to publication or distribution "to the public at large or to
any section of the public not consisting exclusively of members of
an association of which the person publishing or distributing is a
member".
Racialist groups were quick to take advantage of this "let-out"
and formed book clubs, ostensibly for the exclusive use of their
members who were thereby in a position to be legally supplied with
racialist literature. This circumvention of Section 6 of the Act has
been referred to in both Houses of Parliament.
Mr. Maurice Orbach, M.P., introduced a Bill in December to
amend the Race Relations Act by extending the original clauses on
discrimination to include housing, employment, insurance and credit
facilities. Procedural difficulties prevented the inclusion of amendments to the incitement clause, but if the Bill had received a Second
Reading, appropriate clauses would have been introduced by Mr.
Orbach during the Committee Stage. The Government spokesman
in reply to Members' criticisms during the debate, said that the
Government had not closed its mind to the possibility of amending
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the Act but more factual information was needed, and that the matter
would be reviewed in the light of expected reports from the Race
Relations Board and from Political and Economic Planning in the
Spring of 1967. Mr. Orbach, on this understanding, withdrew his
Bill.
A similar Bill was introduced in the Upper House by Lord
Brockway, which was designed to penalise "the promotion of contempt" as well as the incitement of hatred, and which removed the
immunity of those associations which engage in literature distribution. Lord Brockway's Bill was defeated.
The first conviction under Section 6 of the Act, against a youth
at Middlesex Quarter Session for fixing a sticker with the words
"Blacks not wanted here" to the front door of the residence of a
Member of Parliament, was quashed by the Court of Appeal on
the grounds that "distribution" within the meaning of the Act had
not taken place.
Towards the end of the year, proceedings under Section 6
were commenced against the leader of the National Socialist Movement, Colin Jordan, and an associate, Peter Pollard, in respect of
the distribution of National Socialist literature in Plymouth. Some
of the leaflets had been affixed to the Plymouth Synagogue. Jordan
and Pollard were committed for trial at Devon Assizes.
EXTREMIST ORGANISATIONS
The most important development in the activities of racialist
organisations lay in the merger of the British National Party and
the League of Empire Loyalists as "The National Front".
The British National Party, until its merger with the League
of Empire Loyalists, was chiefly engaged in the distribution of
literature calling for banning of coloured immigration and was particularly active in the General Election and in various municipal
elections (see below).
The activities of the Greater Britain Movement were confined
to distribution of its periodical "Spearhead" and this, as was the
case with other fascist publications, showed a marked contrast to the
type of material which had appeared prior to the passing of the
Race Relations Act.
Sir Oswald Mosley and Union Movement made a number
of attempts to hire municipal premises for indoor meetings, but in
all cases the relevant authorities declined to grant them such use.
Mosley's journal "The National European" did not appear after
the middle of the year but was replaced by a fortnightly broadsheet
"Action" (the same title as his publication of the early 1960‫׳‬s and
of pre-war days).
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There were few activities of the National Socialist Movement,
except for the publication of one particular issue of the "National
Socialist'5, which contained a number of offensive references to Jews
but which was not generally available, distribution being confined
under the terms of the Race Relations Act to members of the socalled Phoenix Book Club.
GENERAL ELECTION
During the General Election the Committee and AJEX maintained close contact with Defence workers throughout the country,
and especially in the seven constituencies where there were fascist
candidates. The only case of manifestations of antisemitism was
in a South London constituency where the offices of both the Labour
and the Conservative Parties were defaced with anti-Jewish stickers
issued by the National Socialist Movement.
There were four Union Movement candidates in the Handsworth Division of Birmingham, Jeffrey Hamm, the Movement's
General Secretary, received 1337 votes (4.1% of the total) against
Labour and Conservative candidates; Dennis Harmston, in Islington, S.W., polled 816 votes (3.3%) against Labour, Conservative,
Independent and Communist candidates. In the Ardwick Division
of Manchester, in a three-cornered fight, Frank Hamley polled 796
votes (2.9%). Mosley himself, standing in Shoreditch and Finsbury,
polled 4.6% of the total—1,126 votes against Labour and Conservative candidates.
There were three British National Party candidates. G. Rowe
in Deptford polled 1,906 (7.1%), Roy Stanley in Smethwick polled
508 (1.5%), and John Bean standing for the second time in Southall
polled 7.3% with a vote of 2,768. This showed a numerical fall
of 700 and a percentage fall of 1.8 compared to his vote at the
1964 General Election.
Candidates of the smaller racialist groups or independent candidates with pronounced racialist tendency polled a minimal number
of votes and in all cases their deposits were forfeited.
There were fewer fascist candidates in the municipal elections
than in previous years and candidates of both Union Movement and
the British National Party in all cases but one were at the bottom
of the poll.
Towns in which there were such candidates included Birmingham, Bristol, Canterbury, Leeds, Sheffield and Watford, with three
by-elections in Harrow.
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METROPOLITAN AREA COMMITTEE
The Committee met four times during the year and reviewed
the Defence situation in the London area. A number of local Committees, which had lain dormant for some time, were more active
during the year, in particular those based on Ilford, Edgware, Brent
and Harrow, and in a large area covering the Boroughs of Barnet
(formerly Hendon and Finchley) and Camden. Committees in East
London, North London and South of the River continued with
their regular meetings, and with close co-operation with the main
Committee.
Several minor incidents in various parts of the Metropolitan
area received appropriate action by the Officers of District
Committees.
PROVINCIAL LIAISON
COMMITTEE
Defence Committees in the main provincial centres kept in close
touch with the main Committee, co-operating on matters of general
concern and also undertook special tasks. The Public Relations
Committee of the Council of Manchester and Salford Jews was
particularly active in connection with Union Movement's repeated
applications for the hire of Wilmslow Hall.
The Newcastle Public Relations Committee made representations to the Directors of Tyne Tees Television, following the appearance of Colin Jordan on a late-night programme, when he was asked
to comment on the neo-Nazi successes in the German Land Election.
CENTRAL JEWISH LECTURE COMMITTEE
During the year 790 lectures were given: 346 dealt with religious and historical subjects, which included Judaism, the Synagogue,
and Jewish Festivals, Jewish Family Life, the Anglo-Jewish Community and its history. 286 were concerned with inter-group relations, and included the Jew and his Neighbour, the Jew in the
World of Today, Problems of Prejudice and Antisemitism. 158
lectures were given on Israel Today, Welfare and Social Work in
Israel, and Israel and the Arab World. The talks were given to
religious, cultural, social and political adult organisations, youth
groups, and educational institutions from primary schools to Colleges
of Education.
Speakers in London and in the provinces, in carrying out the
Committee's objective, made a significant contribution towards intergroup understanding in many parts of the United Kingdom. The
audiences ranged in size from small groups to gatherings of several
hundreds and were located in varied areas from large cities and
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towns to rural districts. Speakers assisted many Christians and nonJews to obtain a real appreciation of Judaism, Jewish life and intergroup relations. The Committee is much helped by the excellent
co-operation it receives from speakers in London and the provinces
and from the many organisations, national, regional and local, who
publicise its programme.
Over 1700 copies, more than half of the 2nd edition, of the
booklet "Learning to live with our Neighbours" were distributed,
and many copies of this booklet were ordered by colleges, schools
and educational organisations.
A Speakers' Training Course was organised by the Secretary
who acted as its tutor. Specimen talks were given by the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman and a member of the Committee. As a result of the
course, the speakers' panel was increased.
At a reception for speakers, the President of the Board paid
tribute to them for their valuable services in improving relationships
between Christians and Jews, and Sir Ronald Gould, the General
Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, gave an impressive
address on "An International Look on Education".
The Secretary participated in a conference on Race Relations
and Adult Education under the auspices of the University of Oxford,
Extra-Mural Department. He spoke the commentary on his film
strip the "Synagogue" to the Catholic College of the White Fathers,
at a meeting of the World Congress of Faiths, and gave a specially
prepared commentary on it to pupils of a Church of England Junior
school, which had also organised a miniature exhibition of pictures
from the film strip and of Israeli posters. A commentary on the
American film strip "The Anatomy of Nazism" was given by the
Secretary to a Kent Catholic College of Education, to senior pupils
at a Luton secondary school and to a London meeting of Christian,
Moslem and Hindu students. He was consulted about a television
series of programmes for schools and colleges on race relations.
The Secretary contributed notes to a discussion in an educational journal on "Shylock in Historical Context". As a result he
was invited by a headmaster of a secondary school to give pupils
studying the "Merchant of Venice" at "O" "level of the G.C.E. the
historical background of this play.
The Committee's programme was widely publicised in reference
works of many national organisations including the British Council
of Churches' Education Department, the National Union of Teachers, the Christian Education Movement and the Council for Education in World Citizenship As a result, in 1966 the Committee received over 2000 requests for written and visual material on Judaism,
Jewish life, Israel, inter-group relations and problems of prejudice,
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from adult and youth organisations, schools and colleges in many
parts of the country. Pupils taking the C.S.E. and G.C.E, examinations also requested the Committee's material for their studies.
Publications were provided for a course on race and inter-group
relations for potential R.A.F. Officers.
A Lecturer in religious education at a College of Education,
in thanking the Committee for the help given to students, wrote:
"It is my hope that my students, from their study of the Bible, will
gain a love and respect for all that is great in Judaism and that they
will apply this in die wider field of human relationships when they
become teachers."
GENERAL
There were a number of debates at meetings of the Board during the year concerning the activities of other organisations, outside
the ambit of the Board and of AJEX, which claimed to be engaged
in Defence activities, which resulted in February in the Committee
unanimously carrying a vote of confidence in its Chairman, Mr. John
Dight, for the retention of the Committee's policy.
Following the circularisation among members of the Board of
a booklet entitled "With a Strong Hand", published by the Jewish
Aid Committee of Britain, which contained several misleading and
tendentious allegations about the Committee's policy, the Committee
was obliged to issue its own document countering the arguments
contained in the booklet. The Board at its May meeting fully endorsed the policy of the Jewish Defence Committee.
The Committee, as in previous years, paid special attention to
any offensive references to Jews in newspapers, magazines, and in
other publications. With the creation of the Board's Radio and Television Committee offensive references to Jews in those media were
referred to the new Committee.
Th Committee is once more pleased to place on record its
appreciation of the work undertaken by its Observer-Correspondents
in smaller communities, at Universities and Colleges. Fascist speakers at universities and colleges were less in evidence than in previous
years, but Colin Jordan had an audience of over 600 when he
addressed the Union of Southampton University in October.
A special close contact was maintained between the Committee
and the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women (AJEX),
information on all important matters being passed to AJEX and
discussed with their appropriate Officers.
Close co-operation similarly continued with the Trades Advisory
Council, the Council of Christians and Jews, and with anti-defamation organisations in English-speaking countries abroad.
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LAW, PARLIAMENTARY & GENERAL PURPOSES
COMMITTEE
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD
The Board held special meetings in January and June to consider changes in the Constitution and Bye-Laws. A number of
amendments recommended by the Committee were adopted and
various other suggestions submitted by Deputies which had not been
accepted by the Committee were also considered by the Board.
BILLS IN PARLIAMENT
The Committee took note of the following Bills in which the
Jewish community had a particular interest: Slaughter of Poultry
Bill, Education Bill, Race Relations Act (1965) Amendment Bill and
Racial and Religious Discrimination Bill (House of Lords). The
Committee was active in support of the policy of the Shechita
Committee, adopted by the Board in November 1965, that the
authority for the licensing of Shochetim vested in the Rabbinical
Commission by the 1933 Slaughter of Animals Act should be extended to the slaughter of poultry.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES AND
MARRIAGE L A W S
The General Register Office invited the Board to submit recommendations as to what revision of the existing laws might be needed
to meet modern requirements. After other Jewish bodies concerned
were consulted, it was agreed that existing arrangements were adequate and the Registrar-General was informed accordingly.
DEATH CERTIFICATE DIFFICULTIES
The Board's attention was drawn to difficulties encountered by
Jews in obtaining death certificates promptly so as to enable burials
to be carried out as soon after death as possible. Delays occurred
because of coroners' enquiries, and Registrars being unavailable at
week-ends and Bank Holidays. The Committee agreed to call a
meeting of burial society secretaries to discuss the matter, and urge
agreement on means of avoiding intrusion into the privacy of the
officers concerned.
GENERAL
The Chester Hebrew Congregation, which formed the basis of
the Federation of North Wales and Cheshire small Jewish Communities, ceased to exist and to be represented on the Board.
The Jubilee Street Synagogue amalgamated with the Commercial Road Synagogue, and the new unit continued to be represented
41
to the end of the session by the same Deputies as previously represented the separate Synagogues.
DISUSED
CEMETERIES
The disused cemetery at King's Lynn was visited and found
to be maintained in good order by the Local Authorities. The cemetery is now a small isolated plot amid a reconstruction scheme for
Council flats, but the cemetery is to remain undisturbed. The Council is considering ways in which the walls of this old cemetery can
be improved so as to harmonise with the surrounding scheme.
The condition of the disused cemetery in Falmouth was reported
as unsatisfactory. The Board has been in touch with the Local
Authorities to arrange its more adequate maintenance.
The Board continued to make payments for the maintenance
and care of a number of other disused Jewish cemeteries throughout the country.
SHECHITA COMMITTEE
ATTACKS ON SHECHITA
Reports and correspondence extending over several weeks
appeared in local newspapers following an attack on Shechita made
by a member of the Markets and Fairs Committee of Birmingham
Council. This Committee adopted a Resolution condemning Shechita, called for its prohibition, and requested Councils throughout
the country to do likewise. Birmingham Council did not endorse
the Committee's action. Letters on the controversy were included
in the B.B.C. Programme "Listening Post" which, however, gave the
Jewish point of view before closing the correspondence/
Animal welfare organisations and individuals continued to attack
Shechita in their propaganda and in the press. The Board's Shechita
literature, with its authoritative and factual presentation of the
subject, was distributed in various quarters.
In response to requests, the Committee supplied information
and advice on Shechita to Overseas communities.
SLAUGHTER OF POULTRY BILL
With the dissolution of Parliament, the Bill lapsed but was reintroduced in the new Parliament, again by a Private Member. The
new Bill provided for the pre-stunning of poultry, but again contained an exemption clause for the Jewish method proposed by the
Board and in the same terms as contained in the Slaughter of
Animals Act.
42
‫ן‬
THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS
ACCOUNTS FOR 1965-6
INCOME
Year to
28.10.65
£
6,543
13,402
708
38
30
1,500
2,331
£24,552
AND
EXPENDITURE
ACCOUNT
FOR T H E YEAR E N D E D
28th OCTOBER,
Half-Year
to April
£
Hall-Year
to October
£
6,658
13,776
977
21
30
1,000
3,325
6,501
532
500
3,333
7,275
445
21
30
500
£22,462
£10,858
£11,604
13,348
5,923
1,000
3,133
155
205
6,479
2,326
500
2,210
93
205
6,869
3,597
500
923
62
£23,764
£11,813
£11,951
£1,302
£955
Year to
October
£
INCOME
Assessments Levied
Voluntary Levy Contributions
Interest and Dividends (less Tax) ...
Donations
Morocco Relief Fund—Administration Expenses
Contribution by the London Office of the Co-ordinating Board of Jewish Organisations
Manchester Appeal—Board's Proportion
Total Income
1966
EXPENDITURE
13,164
5,169
1,000
2,269
249
19
Salaries, Pensions and Superannuation Contributions
General Expenses
Pension Fund Reserve
Grants to other Bodies
Special Defence Expenditure
Loss on Sale of Investment
Arrears of Assessment passed to Suspense
£21,870
£2,682
(Surplus)
Excess of Expenditure over Income for the Year to date
...
£347
THE
BOARD
OF
DEPUTIES
OF
BRITISH
BALANCE SHEET AS A T 28th OCTOBER,
At 28.10.65
£
Sundry Creditors—
Assessments received in Advance
Expenses Accrued
504
57
33,202
10,272
41
£43,515
1966
At 28.10.65
16
488
32,641
JEWS
Income and Expenditure Account—
29,959
Balance at 29th October, 1965 ...
Less: Excess of Expenditure over
2,682 (Surplus)
Income for the Year to date
Laski Prize Fund—
Balance at 29th October,
Add:
Interest Received
£
1
95
552
647
2,488
26,027
16
32,641
4,670
1,302
33,202
31,339
1965
10,272
41
Cash in Hand
Cash at Bank
Investments at cost, per Schedule attached ...
Arrears of Assessment
Sundry Debtors—
Payments in Advance and Amounts Recoverable
£
4
1,666
26,475
40
3,861
32,046
Pension Fund—Investments at Cost per Schedule attached
Youth Organisations Secretaries' Committee—
Cash at Bank
11,648
28
60
Pension Fund
Youth Organisations Secretaries Committee
32,046
11,648
28
£43,722
£43,515
£43,722
We have examined the foregoing Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet with the books and vouchers of the Board. We
have verified the Securities appearing in the Balance Sheet. We report that the above Balace Sheet is, in our opinion, properly drawn up so as
to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of affairs of the Board according to the best of our information and the explanations given to
us and as shown by the books of the Board.
JOHN D I A M O N D & CO.,
London: 25th January, 1967.
Chartered Accountants,
73 Basinghall Street, E.C.2.
THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS
Investments Schedule: 28th October, 1966
At
28.10.65
£
—
1,279
1,232
1,246
4,666
1,496
1,151
—
—
5,103
General Fund
£
£5,000 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 6 | %
Debenture Stock 1985/90
4,983
1,575 Capital and Counties Property Co. Ltd. Ordinary
5/- Shares
1,279
979 (816) Distillers Co. Ltd. Ordinary Shares of 10/1,232
233 Eagle Star Insurance Co. Ltd. Ordinary Shares
of 10/ ‫־‬
1,246
1,350
1,163
Express Dairy Co. Ltd. "A" Ordinary Shares of 5
1,905 I.C.I. Ltd. Ordinary Shares of £1
4,666
1,100 (1,000) Lloyds Bank Ltd. Ordinary Shares of £1
1,496
832 St. Martins Property Corporation Ltd. Ordinary
Shares of 5/‫־‬
1,151
275
1,148
Tube Investments Ltd. Ordinary Shares of £1
1,000 Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. Ordinary
Shares of 5/1,937
1,000 Yorkshire Insurance Co. Ltd. Ordinary Shares
of 5/ ‫־‬
2,403
£5,000 Liverpool Corporation 3i% Redeemable Stock
1965/66
—
18,484 (Market Price—£16,176)
7,543
Deposit Account
(Market Price—£18,286)
£26,027
,22,704
3,771
£26,475
Pension Fund
1,000 (500) City Centre Properties Ltd. Ordinary
1,161
Units of 5/‫ ־‬each
1,000 (515) Great Universal Stores Ltd. "A" Ordinary
388
Shares of 5/‫ ־‬each
1,575 Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Ordinary £1
2,591
Shares
1,500 (667) Marks & Spencer Ltd. Ordinary Shares
1,003
of 5/- each
2,681
5,143
5,129
8,584
3,064
(Market Price £6,700)
Deposit Accounts
(Market Price £8,352)
£10,272
1,914
1,398
2,591
£11,648
45
BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE
TRUST
INCOME A N D EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR E N D E D 28th OCTOBER, 1966
1964/65
£
530 Grants
2,475 Salaries
1,740 Administration Expenses
6,163 Excess of Income over Expenditure for the Year to date
£10,908
£
695
3,953
1,621
2,399
£8,668
1964/65
£
6,794 Donations and Covenanted
881 Deposit Interest
— Dividends Received
6 Book Proceeds
3,227 Income Tax Recovered
£
Subscriptions
6,785
1,683
200
£8,668
£10,908
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 28th OCTOBER, 1966
At 28.10.65
£
5,355
21,900
Liabilities
£
Creditors and Amounts Received in
Advance
Income and Expenditure Account—
15,737
Balance at 29th October, 1965 ...
Add: Excess of Income over Ex6,163
penditure for Year
£27,255
4,359
21,900
2,399
At 28.10.65
£
Assets
Investments at Cost, per Schedule attached ...
Cash at Bank—
1,121
Curent Account
26,134
Deposit Account
£
2,408
2,450
4,858
24,299
£28,658
£28,658
£27,255
Correct in accordance with the books, vouchers and information received.
£
23,800
D I S U S E D CEMETERIES
FUND
RECEIPTS A N D PAYMENTS A C C O U N T FOR T H E YEAR E N D E D 28th OCTOBER, 1966
£
Balance at Bank at 29th October, 1965—
For Nevis Cemetery
...
For General Purposes
Interest (Gross) received on—
25 18 5 2i%
Consols (held by Charity
Commissioners
for
Sheerness
Cemetery)
£521 15 6 3% Metropolitan Water Board
'B' Stock
'A'
Stock
(held by
Charity
Commissioners
for
Canterbury
Cemetery)
'B' Stock (held for Canterbury
Cemetery)
'B' Stock (held for Penzance
Cemetery)
£294 3 10 3}% War Loan (held for Douglas Cemetery)
£244 12 3 3% Funding Stock 1959/69 (held
for Falmouth Cemetery)
Hertfordshire County Re£300 0 0 5i%
deemable Stock 1978/80
s. d.
£
1 16
9
13,0
15 13
7
0
4
5 14
4
10
7
Expenditure on account of Cemeteries—
Falmouth
Sheerness
Penzance
King's Lynn
Great Yarmouth
Douglas
Bath
Balance at Bank at 28th October, 1966—
For Nevis Cemetery—in hand
For General Purposes—overdrawn
7 10
2 19
£
s. d.
26 17
-25 0
s. d.
7 10 0
11 3 0
6 0 0
8 18 10
2 2 0
10 0 0
14 15 0
26 17
(19 14
5
5)
£
s. d.
60
8 10
7
3
0
5 11
6
8
15 15
0
65 15
1
£67 11 10
£67 11 10
THE SHEERNESS CEMETERY (invluded in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account)
£
Interest (Gross) on £25.18.5 2J% Consols
Balance carried forward, being amount due to Disused Cemeteries Fund at 28th October, 1966
176
s d.
13 0
1
0
£176 14
0
£
Balance brought forward being amount due
Cemeteries Fund at 29th October, 1965
Maintenance
to
s d.
Disused
165 11
11 3
0
0
£176 14
0
THE CANTERBURY CEMETERY (included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account)
£
Balance brought forward, being amount due by Disused
Interest (Gross) received on £246.9.8 3% Metropolitan Water
Board 'A' Stock
Interest (Gross) received on £98.19.7 3% Metropolitan
Water Board 'B" Stock
s. d.
54 19
7
s. d.
Balance carried forward, being amount due by Disused Cemeteries Fund at 28th October, 1966
6
7
6
7
7 10
2 19
£65
5
6
4
£65
7
THE PENZANCE CEMETERY (included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account)
£
Interest (Gross) on £190.8.11 3% Metropolitan Water Board
'B' Stock
Balance carried forward, being amount due to Disused
s. d.
5 14
79
4
0
0
£84 14
4
£
Balance brought forward, being amount due to Disused Cemeteries Fund at 29th October, 1965
Maintenance
...
s. d.
78 14
6 0
4
0
£84 14
4
T H E D O U G L A S CEMETERY (included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account)
Balance brought forward, being amount due
Interest (Gross) on £294.3.10 3J% War Loan
by
£
s. d.
1
10
1 4
5 11
Disused
£11
7
3
Maintenance
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Balance carried forward, being amount due by Disused
£ s. d.
10
0 0
1
7
3
£11
7
3
THE
FALMOUTH
Interest (Gross) on £244.12.3 3% Funding Stock
Balance carried forward, being amount due to
CEMETERY
1959/69
Disused
(included in Disused Cemeteries Fund
£ s. d.
7 6 8
112
0
£ 8 18
8
£
Balance brought forward, being amount due
Maintenance
T H E CHARITIES R E G I S T R A T I O N
£ s. d.
758 8 6
86 6 6
14 10 9
Balance at Bank at 29th October, 1965
Registration Fees
Bank Interest
£859
5
Account)
to
1 8
7 10
8
0
£ 8 18
8
COMMITTEE
Administration Expenses ...
9
£ s. d.
52 0 0
807 5 9
£859
T H E MOROCCO RELIEF
s. d.
Disused
5
9
FUND
Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 28th October, 1966
Sale of £5,000 Liverpool Corpn. Red. Stock ...
Interest (Gross) on:
£5,000 Liverpool Corpn. Red. Stock
£5,000 Agricultural Mortgage Corpn. 6#%
Deb. Stock 1985/90
£3,280 Glasgow Corpn. 6% Red. Stock 1973/75
£1,215 I.C.I. Ltd. Ordinary £ 1 Units
1,788 Great Universal Stores Ltd. 'A' Ordinary Stock Units of 5 / ‫־‬
Great Universal Stores—Sale of Share fractions
Bank Interest
£
s. d.
87 10
0
241 5
196 16
181 16
0
0
4
214 18
9
£ s.
427 5
4,894 18
£ s. d.
Purchase of £5,000 Agricultural Mortgage Corpn. 61% Deb.
Stock 1985/90
4,964 14 3
Tangier School—Teacher's Salary for the year ended 31st
August, 1966
350 0
Board of Deputies Administration Expenses ...
30 0
914 13
922 6
1 5
13 13
£6,259
8
0
£6,259
8
0
FOREIGN APPEALS
£ s. d.
99 16 8
4 4 8
Bank Interest
£104
1
FUND
£104
4
T H E JEWS OF JERUSALEM (JACOB N A T H A N
Interest (Gross) on £781.5.10 3% Funding Stock ...
112
23
3 11
8 11
£ s. d.
104 1 4
1
4
FUND)
£ s. d.
135 12 10
£135 12 10
£135 12 10
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE F U N D (Formerly Air Raid Victims* Fund)
Bank Interest
£ s. d.
298 12 2
8 6 3
£306 18
Balance at Bank at 28th October, 1966 ...
£ s. d.
306 18 5
£306 18
5
Correct in accordance with the books, vouchers and information received.
5
FORM OF BEQUEST
/ bequeath to the LONDON
COMMITTEE
OF DEPUTIES OF
THE BRITISH JEWS (generally known
as THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF
BRITISH JEWS) the sum of
£
free of duty to be applied to the general
purposes of the said Board and the
receipt of the Treasurer for the time
being of the said Board shall be a sufficient discharge for the same.

board of deputies of british jews annual report 1966

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