A major group of orthodox rabbis is leaving the UK and moving their head office to Munich nearly seven decades after it was founded in London.
The Conference of European Rabbis is to move into new headquarters in Munich this summer with funding from the Bavarian state government.
A CER spokesman said, "Brexit is certainly a major factor, if not the only factor in the move. As CER is in the front line in lobbying and advocacy at the EU institutions, it is much more beneficial to be headquartered inside the Union. The CER’s membership is far broader than the EU but on balance it makes more sense."
The representative body for 1,000 Orthodox rabbis will also open a new Centre for Jewish Life in the Bavarian city, offering comprehensive training to rabbis and rebbetzins across the continent.
