Marie van der Zyl, the President of the Board of Deputies, has made overtures to the Jewish Leadership Council about a closer working relationship between the two organisations, the JC has learned.
The two bodies began talks seven years ago to explore possible unification between them but two years later the plan had effectively been shelved.
Mrs van der Zyl’s predecessor, Jonathan Arkush, shortly before stepping down in 2018, revealed that discussions to revive the idea had been taking place but were at “an early stage”.
According to a communal source, she has since written to the JLC to make the case for greater collaboration.
