Anglo-Jewish Association
# Anglo-Jewish Association

The Anglo-Jewish Association (AJA) is a British organisation. It was formed in 1871 for the 'promotion of social, moral, and intellectual progress among the Jews; and the obtaining of protection for those who may suffer in consequence of being Jews'. Many Anglo-Jewish businessmen, such as Jacob Behrens, were members.

## Former Presidents

* Jacob Waley (1871–1873)
* Baron Henry de Worms (1873–1886)
* Sir Julian Goldsmid (1886–1895)
* Claude Montefiore (1895–1922)
* O.E. d'Avigdor Goldsmid (Sir Osmond E. d'Avigdor Goldsmid) (1922–1926)
* Leonard G. Montefiore (1926–1939)
* Leonard Jacques Stein (1939–1949)
* Ewen E.S. Montagu (1949–)
* Victor Lucas
* Basil Bard (−1983)
* Clemens N. Nathan (1983–1989)
* Frederick Tuckman (1989–1995)

## Other former officers

* David Lindo Alexander
* Lucien Wolf
