About us
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:
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




















