Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush has condemned criticism of the Queen after a film of her giving a Nazi salute was revealed.
During a Board plenary on Sunday, Mr Arkush also spoke of the Royal Family's warm relations with the Jewish community.
To strong applause from the hundreds of deputies, he said: "I don't think any criticism of a seven-year-old child would be remotely appropriate and I don't intend to make any.
"It's really important for us not to judge this event with hindsight. Obviously the Nazi salute now carries horrible memories and bitterness for us, but I do not think for one moment that it would be appropriate for me to suggest that the full horror of Nazi Germany was known at that point."
