Israel in the community
Ambassador Taub lectures at AIPAC
12 March 2013
HE Ambassador Daniel Taub spent last week as a guest lecturer at the 2013 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington. Some 13,000 people from around the United States and across the world attended the conference, including a large British delegation that included Members of Parliament and Jewish community leaders. Ambassador Taub gave a number of talks, addressing [...]
Independent Jewish Day School Children visit the Embassy
5 March 2013
Yesterday, a group of children from the Independent Jewish Day School visited the embassy to learn more about the Israeli mission in the UK. Ambassador Daniel Taub explained his function as an Israeli diplomat to the children and described how embassies all over the world are the “eyes, ears and mouth of a country abroad”. [...]
Ambassador Taub is guest of honour at a Hebrew performance by Northampton Academy
1 March 2013
This week, Ambassador Taub was invited by Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North, to hear 18 students from Northampton Academy perform in the State Rooms of the Speaker’s House. The students began with the Hebrew ‘Hashivenu’ song from the book of Lamentations. Ambassador Taub congratulated the choir on their excellent performance and noted the significance of their [...]
Ambassador Taub visits Northern Ireland
22 February 2013
This week Ambassador Taub visited Northern Ireland on a diplomatic tour. During the two day visit, the Ambassador was able to meet with a wide range of people from Northern Ireland, including academics, politicians, church leaders and communal organisations. The trip provided a great opportunity to meet with political leaders in the Northern Ireland Assembly [...]
Ambassador Taub addresses Yom Masorti
19 February 2013
Keynote speaker, Ambassador Taub, addressed the 250 attendees at the Yom Masorti conference, a day of learning and culture for members of all Masorti communities, at the New North London Synagogue. The Ambassador’s talk was entitled ‘Rethinking our paradigms in changing times’ during which he touched upon his experience in negotiation processes before he took questions from [...]
Ambassador Taub visits Leeds and Regents College
15 February 2013
This week, the Ambassador continued his university tours lecturing around the UK. This week he had the opportunity to speak to the staff, students and alumni of Regents College in London, about his experiences working in peace negotiations. Later in the week the Ambassador travelled to the University of Leeds (pictured) where, in addition to [...]
A tale of two schools
11 February 2013
Ambassador Taub continued his programme of visiting schools and universities throughout the country. This week he visited Hasmonean Boys School and Eton College. At Hasmonean School Ambassador Taub spoke to the entire school about the role of Israel in Jewish life today, followed by a lively question and answer session with the 6th form. At [...]
Ambassador Taub honoured at 2013 Grassroot Diplomat Awards for Supporting Young Start-Ups
2 February 2013
Ambassador Daniel Taub was honoured at the 2013 Initiative Award for supporting young start-ups and entrepreneurs through the Bizcamp Tel Aviv competition. The award ceremony took place on Thursday 31 January and was organised by Grassroot Diplomat, an organisation that bridges the gap between civil society, government officials and diplomatic activities. Organised by the city [...]
Ambassador Taub speaks at Holocaust Memorial Day Service at West London Synagogue
29 January 2013
This Sunday 27th January, Ambassador Taub spoke at the Holocaust Memorial Day service at West London Synagogue. This was followed by a performance of the play The Good and The True which tells the inspirational story of Shoah survivors, Hana Pravda and Milos Dobry. More than 400 people attended the events presented by the synagogue’s ERETZ [...]