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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield is one of the best known names in British conservative history and although not Jewish by religion (a practicing Anglican), was ethnically Jewish and proud of his Jewishness. In the period of Thatcherism, the Conservative Party courted the British Jewish community. The then Chief Rabbi, Immanuel Jakobovits, was a close ally of Margaret Thatcher and some of Thatcher's cabinet members were Jewish, such as Keith Joseph, Malcolm Rifkind and Nigel Lawson. Recently Michael Howard was leader of the Conservative Party.
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