tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post2906170069809428207..comments2024-03-26T14:09:24.332+00:00Comments on Confronting antisemitism and Israel hatred: Wineman must resign as Chair of Board of Deputies - and the Chief Rabbi also provides comfort for Israel hatersConfronting antisemitism and Israel hatredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194461954508969242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-52082898863788754532014-09-07T20:46:40.918+01:002014-09-07T20:46:40.918+01:00Daniel
Thanks for your information about Vivian W...Daniel<br /><br />Thanks for your information about Vivian Wineman. I have met Mr Wineman a number of times and agree he is a selfless servent of the community. For the record here is what I wrote about Wineman and his colleagues (see <br />http://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/board-of-deputies-proud-to-have-kept.html):<br /><br />"Most of the senior members of the Board of Deputies are, I am sure, selfless people dedicated to the Jewish Community and with a strong affinity to Israel. But they have never understood the real threats being faced by Jews and Zionists in the UK; the core problem is that they are still fighting the last war with their obsession that the main threat to Jews still comes from the 'extreme right'. Fighting the (almost negligible) extreme right - while completely ignoring/downplaying the juggernaut threat from the leftist/Islamist alliance - is politically correct and convenient for the BoD because it fits the same narrative as the entire political and media class. I suspect it also placates the increasing number of elected deputies whose sympathies lie with anti-Zionist leftist groups like Yachad (who have been welcomed into the fold)."<br /><br />What concerns me most about Mr Wineman is that under his leadership the Board has made a number of decisions that are so bad that they have had a negative impact on the Jewish community. In particular I refer to:<br /><br />1. Their decision to team up with Oxfam (at the very time Oxfam was increasing its anti-Israel propaganda and even funding anti-semitic blood libels by Miftah).<br /><br />2. Their decision to help ban Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller from the UK.<br /><br />3. Their decision to collaborate with the MCB in their disgraceful joint statement.<br /><br />Mr Wineman seems to have an incredible blind spot about the Islamic threat (how else to explain his continual kowtowing to Islamist supremacists like the MCB and Baroness Warsi). Also, oblivious to the threat from the extreme left. Indeed after one of his presentations I asked him what the Board was doing about the UAF (at a time when the UAF was involved in violent anti-israel demonstrations) and he said he had never heard of them. Say it all really. Nice many but totally out of his depth.Confronting antisemitism and Israel hatredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194461954508969242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-52507371644465682892014-09-07T16:39:53.422+01:002014-09-07T16:39:53.422+01:00Vivian Wineman is my brother-in-law. To answer so...Vivian Wineman is my brother-in-law. To answer some of the intelligent and incisive criticisms made in these comments: he is not mealy-mouthed; he is not a coward; he has a proper amount of self-respect; and he was elected by due process of the Board, which he has served voluntarily for many years. He is an exceptionally principled man who is selflessly dedicated to the well-being of all UK Jews. I do not agree with him on all matters, but I have grown to have unbounded respect for his commitment, wisdom, common sense and unimpeachable integrity. The Jewish community should count Vivian as one of its chief blessings and cherish him accordingly. Daniel Greenberg.Daniel Greenbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-54931639347134072372014-09-04T00:17:46.471+01:002014-09-04T00:17:46.471+01:00http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/former-board-president...http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/former-board-presidents-call-wineman-resign/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-71854370439308330872014-08-29T19:36:17.036+01:002014-08-29T19:36:17.036+01:00If he had any self respect he would quit now !If he had any self respect he would quit now !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-67434087094606815012014-08-29T19:34:27.311+01:002014-08-29T19:34:27.311+01:00He should resign as of YESTERDAY !He should resign as of YESTERDAY !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-92174754593642291722014-08-29T09:57:36.689+01:002014-08-29T09:57:36.689+01:00They're not my leaders, the mealy-mouthed bunc...They're not my leaders, the mealy-mouthed bunch of cowards!glory.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-74862337215422342372014-08-29T03:08:43.643+01:002014-08-29T03:08:43.643+01:00You say our Leaders, I would like to know who appo...You say our Leaders, I would like to know who appointed them as such, I certainly did not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-3999686785445993822014-08-28T18:21:32.215+01:002014-08-28T18:21:32.215+01:00he should resign but of course he will nothe should resign but of course he will notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com