WHAT DO WE DO...?
PUBLIC IMAGE
• Media and PR management
• First line of response to outside requests for information or opinion
• Public face of the Jewish community internally and externally
INTERFAITH
• Relationships with other minority groups
• Race Equality Advisory Forum
• Leeds Faiths Forum
• Council of Christians and Jews
• Concord
POLITICS
Lobbying:
• Pre-election and ongoing - MPs, MEPs, City Councillors
Local Pressure Groups:
• Education
• Civil liberties
• Human Rights from the Jewish perspective
EDUCATION
BRODETSKY SCHOOL:
• Support for Governors
• Political lobbying for Nursery Education and entry to Allerton High School
ALLERTON HIGH SCHOOL:
• Lobbying Leeds City Council
• Liason with Headteacher
• Ensuring direct entry for Brodetsky pupils
• Ensuring high standards of Jewish education
GENIE'S LAMP (Communal Diary):
• Full information for the community on informal Jewish events
• Produced every month and distributed free of charge
LIMMUD
• Providing administrative support
YEAR BOOK
COMMUNITY
Welfare Services:
• Represented on Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. Leeds Jewish Housing
Association and Donisthorpe Hall
SPEAKERS PANEL:
• Visits non-Jewish groups throughout Yorkshire
• Defence function
We have close links with -
• Board of Deputies of British Jews
• Community Defence (CST)
• Strategic Planning for the future of the community (with UJIA)
• Chessed (lay hospital visiting)
• Trustees of the Leeds Jewish Community Charitable Trust
• Northern Forum - Representative Councils from Birmingham to Glasgow
• Community Development Project - Young Adult project, devised & set up by LJRC, ran successfully for 10 years.
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
THE SYNAGOGUES:
• Promoting understanding and cooperation between them
• Encouraging the development of the Jewish way of life
LEAD DEFENCE AGAINST ANTI-JEWISH ATTACKS:
• On Shechita
• On Brit Milah
BEREAVEMENT:
• Information for the bereaved
• Advice to hospitals on Jewish customs and needs
• Post mortems
KASHRUT:
• Leeds Kashrut Authority
• Kosher foods in hospitals and prisons
CHAPLAINCY:
• Students
• Hospitals
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