Solomon Teff | |
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Preceded by | Abraham Moss |
Succeeded by | Michael Fidler |
President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews | |
In office 1964–1967 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 1979 |
Nationality | British |
Solomon Teff was a solicitor and the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1964 [1] [2] [3] to 1967. [4] [5] He was a member of the Hove Hebrew Congregation in Brighton and Hove. [6]
Teff became acting president of the Board of Deputies upon the death of Abraham Moss [3] [7] and was succeeded by Michael Fidler. [4] In 1964,as head of the Board of Deputies he spoke before the Twenty-Sixth Zionist Congress praising British Jews who migrated to Israel. [8]
Teff died in 1979. [9]
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