http://www.theboard.org.uk Board of Guardians of British Jews : The Voice of all Jews since 1967 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:38:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 To further progress Jewish life in the UK, The Board is delighted to announce that it is working on a new project that seeks to forecast the needs for the Jewish community over the next 100 years. Jewish 100, looks to the year 2108 and then takes a step back to ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=69 Board puts Yiddish on British Speaking Clock Voiced by Larry David and sponsored by Bonn Matzo Company The Board of Guardians of British Jews is delighted to announce the launch of the world’s first Yiddish language speaking clock service voiced by TV star Larry David as the final part of the 350th ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=68 Following recent incidents, The Board of Guardians of British Jews has decided to remove entertainer Sacha Baron Cohen from its honorary executive as well as fining him £9,000 and banning him from visiting any UK synagogue for six months. The decision which was decided by The Board’s Surrey Beth Din takes ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=67 Following his recent conversion to Judaism, the Board is delighted to announce that Mel Gibson is to honour the Board by becoming a vice-president. Mr Gibson, 50, recently celebrated his barmitzvah under the supervision of Rabbi Joe Levine of Hendon in north west London. “We are delighted that Mel has decided to ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=66 Following research by The Board into Britain’s Jewish Goth community, west London’s Brentford Synagogue is to be the first in the country to host weekly Goth services. According to the 2005 poll, 8% of Britain’s Jews between the ages of 13 and 35 identified with Goth culture and music. With 375,000 Jewish ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=65 The Board has expressed its concern to French authorities over the way they have handled its Bird Flu crisis by denying members of the Jewish community chicken soup. Since announcing that 3.12% of its country is infected by Bird Flu, the French government has banned all Jews from consuming chicken soup, ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=64 The Board of Guardians of British Jews has once again called on McDonald’s to stop broadcasting a TV commercial that shows a bagel that contains non-kosher products within it, following a record number of complaints from members of the UK Jewish community. It has also told McDonald’s to take off its ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=63 8 January 2006 - In the Board of Guardians of British Jews semi-annual Honours to the Jewish community, which is part of the Queen’s honours, the Board is delighted to recognise members of the British Jewish community for their contribution to work done by inside and outside the community. Among those ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=62 The Board is delighted to announce that the Queen will declare December 27, National Chanukah day and make it a public holiday for all. The move comes after 18 years of campaigning by the Board for the British government to recognise that Chanukah is a Jewish festival. “Given the Xmas is a ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=61 The Board of Guardians of British Jews is to issue a small claims notice at the Reading Beth Din (Jewish law court) against writers David Baddiel and Ben Elton over outstanding fees they have not paid to the Board. Baddiel and Elton are two of the 1300 people who annually try ... http://www.theboard.org.uk/index.php?p=60