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Commonwealth Jewish Council celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

'The Queen has shown the way in gracious acceptance of things that change while standing steadfast by the things that should not'

June 2, 2022 07:40
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are met by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984) and President Zail Singh (1916 - 1994) at Palam Airport, New Delhi, during a Commonwealth tour of India, 17th November 1983. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The Commonwealth Jewish Council has paid tribute to the Queen on the eve of her Platinum Jubilee.

The British monarch is also the head of the Commonwealth, which is made up of 54 countries around the world that are home to a whopping 2.5 billion people.

Clive Lawton OBE, CEO of the CJC which represents Jewish communities across the Commonwealth, paid tribute to Her Majesty's role in binding communities across the Commonwealth in her 70 years on the throne.

Mr Lawton said: "All of us at the Commonwealth Jewish Council wish Her Majesty good health and long life on this unique historical occasion. The Jewish communities of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and in Australia, New Zealand, parts of Europe and Canada recognise and appreciate the strange alchemy of the Commonwealth, so much of it nurtured and sustained by the Queen herself, to bring together nearly a third of all the nations of the world in amity and relationship, sharing and aspiring to a set of values, none of which is fully achieved as yet but all of which are readily endorsed.