Laurence Saffer is to stand down as Leeds Jewish Representative Council president rather than seek a third and final year at the rep council’s annual meeting in spring.
When elected in March 2016, Mr Saffer vowed “to rebuild our capacity to defend our community against those who may not share our values — and represent us in a positive way to those that do”.
Since then, the 55-year-old immigration judge has presented Leeds Jewry as “vibrant, outgoing, caring, and confident. I have supported our communities in Bradford, York and Harrogate and repeatedly been to all the shuls in our area.”
He has also met counterparts from across Europe and helped to raise “significant funds from outside our community”.
