NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff has resigned from his position after a marathon stint leading the community organisation. After 16 years heading the powerful lobby group, it appears his departure will be another similarly marathon-length affair.
Members received an update late last week from Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger advising that Alhadeff would hand over his full-time duties in the “first half of 2021” and “assume the role of part-time consultant” from there on after. In the meantime, the board will appoint a recruitment panel tasked with finding a successor. An orderly process, obviously. Alhadeff told CBD that the time felt right to move on to new challenges.
“We have just come off the back of an achievement that not many community organisations can boast and that’s legislative reform and the changes made to Section 93Z of the [NSW] Crimes Act … and that was a major achievement for us,” he said, of the changes which toughen rules regarding publicly inciting violence against a person or a group of people.