Past Presidents
A notable past President was the Victorian philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore, who in the nineteenth century travelled around the world assisting Jews facing persecution. More recently Greville Janner MP (now Lord Janner) was a President.
- Sir Moses Montefiore (1835–1874)
- David Lindo Alexander (1903-1917)
- Selig Brodetsky (1940 - )
- Lord Barnett Janner (1955–1964)
- Greville Janner, QC (1978–1984)
- Eldred Tabachnik, QC
- Josephine Wagerman (2000-2003), OBE, formerly headmistress of the JFS in the years 1985-1993.
- Henry Grunwald OBE QC (2003–2009)
- Vivian Wineman (2009 - )
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