Board of Representatives

The Board of Representatives (BR) is generally elected every four years by all qualified community members. In the last election almost 9,700 members voted.

The board is made up of 21 representatives. The members are:

Herr AronFrau BardichHerr Ben-SchalomHerr BleibergHerr BrennerHerr DelHerr JafféHerr JoachimHerr JoffeHerr KantorHerr KristalHerr KunzHerr LagodinskyFrau LiebermannFrau MarcusHerr NicklaßHerr PalenkerHerr SchlesingerFrau SingerFrau SuesskindHerr Taehtinen

Among the responsibilities of the Board of Representatives are the elections of the Board of Directors, committee members, and community delegates to the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) as well as to the Central Welfare Agency for German Jews (Zentralwohlfahrtstelle ZWSt). The Board of Representatives is also responsible for approving the budget on a yearly basis, as well as setting procedural guidelines for the community.

The committees support the work of the Board of Representatives by formulating resolutions. The current committees are: finance; steering, legal and personnel; integration; youth and education; culture; religious affairs; welfare.

The office of the Board of Representatives is headed by Sigmount A. Königsberg.

Members

Siegbert Aron – Member of the BR
Welfare Committee, Deputy Chairman

Margarita Bardich – Deputy Board Member
Integration and Culture Department Head
Culture Committee, Deputy Chairman

Ilan Ben-Schalom – Deputy Board Member
Security Department Head
Culture Committee, Chairman

Benno Bleiberg – Executive Member of the BR, Deputy Secretary

Dr. Alexander Brenner – Member of the BR

Dr. Natan Del – Member of the BR
Religious Affairs Committee, Deputy Chairman

Mark Jaffé – Member of the BR

Michael Joachim – Executive Member of the BR, Chairman
School Committee, Chairman

Dr. Gideon Joffe – Member of the BR

Michail Kantor – Member of the BR
Steering, Legal and Personnel Committee
Integration Committee, Deputy Chairman

Grigori Kristal – Board of Directors
Construction, Land and Religious Affairs Department

Eduard Kunz – Executive Member of the BR, Secretary
School Committee, Deputy Chairman

Sergey Lagodinsky – Executive Member of the BR, 2nd Deputy Chairman

Liliana Liebermann – Member of the BR
Welfare Committee, Chairman

Mirjam Marcus – Board Member
School Department Head

Ron Nicklass – Member of the BR
Steering, Legal and Personnel Committee, Chairman
Youth and Education Committee, Deputy Chairman

Dr. Jochen Palenker – Board
Finance Department Head

Tuvia Schlesinger – Executive Member of the BR, 1st Deputy Chairman
Youth and Education Committee, Chairman

Sarah Singer – Member of the BR

Lala Süsskind – Chairman of the Board
Welfare and Integration Department Head

Aharon Risto Tähtinen – Deputy Board Member
Religious Affairs Committee, Chairman
Finance Committee, Deputy Chairman

Address & Contact

Büro der Repräsentantenversammlung

Oranienburger Str. 28-31
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (0 30) 88 02 8-276
Fax: (0 30) 88 02 8-291
Website
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Sigmount A. Königsberg M.A.

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