Vivian Wineman

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Vivian Wineman (born 14 February 1950) [1] was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the representative body of the Jewish community in Britain, from 2009 to 2015.

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Early life

He was born in London, on 14 February 1950, to Joseph and Devorah Wineman. [1]

Career

Wineman has worked as a commercial lawyer in private practice specialising in insolvency work. [2]

He was elected president of the Board of Deputies on 17 May 2009, and took office on 1 June, [2] after an election which for the first time in the Board's 250-year history involved four candidates.

Prior to that he was the senior vice-president. In addition, he is chairman of the Membership Council of the Jewish Leadership Council. On 7 November 2013, he was elected chairman of the Council of the European Jewish Congress, the representative body of European Jewry, and in March 2013 he was elected vice-president of the World Jewish Congress.

He has shown a particular interest in inter-faith work. [3] In July 2007 he became vice-chair of the Inter Faith Network for the UK, the umbrella body for inter faith organisations and national faith bodies working in the UK and on 1 July 2013 he was elected co-chair. [4] Previously he was joint chair of Peace Now [2] and chair of the New Israel Fund of Great Britain.

Vivian Wineman is currently the trustee of the following registered charities in the United Kingdom: Wineman Charitable Trust, [5] The Rofeh Trust, [6] The Council of Christians and Jews, [7] The Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, [8] Wikimedia UK, [9] and The Next Century Foundation. [10]

Personal life

Wineman lives in London, [11] is married to Naomi Helen Greenberg and has three children. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Wineman, Vivian. Who's Who 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251053. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Rocker, Simon (21 May 2009). "Peace activist Wineman snatches Board presidency in close-run poll". The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. Cooper, Zaki (12 June 2009). "A new leader for Britain's oldest religious minority". The Times . Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. Winograd, Zoe (3 July 2013). "Vivian Wineman elected co-chair of Interfaith Network". The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. "WINEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST - Charity 274241". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. "THE ROFEH TRUST - Charity 1077682". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. "THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS - Charity 238005". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. "THE INSTITUTE FOR POLISH-JEWISH STUDIES - Charity 293643". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. "WIKIMEDIA UK - Charity 1144513". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  10. "THE NEXT CENTURY FOUNDATION - Charity 328704". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  11. "Vivian Wineman WJC Vice-President". World Jewish Congress . Retrieved 28 March 2019.