About us
The Board of Deputies Department of Public Affairs and Communications is responsible for all media relations, advertising, op-ed articles and radio commentaries, as well as films and other initiatives.
For more info please email Mark Frazer in the Public Affairs department - mark.frazer@bod.org.uk
Historical Background
The London Committee of Deputies of British Jews, which is now known as the Board of Deputies of British Jews, was established in 1760 when seven Deputies were appointed by the elders of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregations to form a standing committee to pay homage to George III on his accession to the throne.
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6 Bloomsbury Square
Number 6 Bloomsbury Square was built in 1744, possibly by JI Devall in the Earl of Southampton’s ‘green square of Bloomsbury’, during the extensive development of the Bloomsbury area.
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Structure
The Board is constituted of Deputies elected by synagogue congregations and communal organisations. In 1835 twenty-two delegates were elected from four synagogues; by the 1980s some five hundred delegates were elected to represent some two hundred and fifty synagogues and a smaller number of secular institutions.
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Roles & Responsibility
The Board of Deputies is unique in being the only democratically elected and national representative body of the British Jewish Community, whose welfare it exists to protect and promote.