| AdminHistory | A federation of around thirty East London Jewish groups, founded in 1915 with the object of federating all Jewish organisations of the United Kingdom not represented at the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in order to give immigrant communities and their leaders a greater say within the Board. Its initial aims were: to defend Jewish interests wherever they were endangered or assailed; to demand political emancipation and religious liberty for Jews wherever they were denied, and to obtain communal and educational autonomy wherever this might prove to be necessary; and to secure for the Jews adequate facilities for immigration into Palestine and for the establishment of Jewish colonies there together with full political rights and such municipal privileges as might be necessary. It was neutral on the issue of Zionism, but did include nine Zionist societies as members. Its first President was Lucien Wolf, but he resigned over the issue of Zionism in 1916 and was replaced by Moses Gaster. It ceased to exist around the 1930s. |