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Joe Lobenstein MBE〔Unprecedented Fourth Reelection of Hackney Mayor Lobenstein http://www.chareidi.org/archives5760/behar/alobnste.htm〕 (1926 or 1927 – 28 June 2015) was a spokesman for the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (Kedassia)〔(Shechita UK launched )〕 and a former Conservative politician in London. In 2014 Joe Lobenstein celebrated his 87th birthday.〔Councillor Lobenstein elected Mayor of Hackney for third time in a row http://web.archive.org/web/20060727075319/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/pressrelease/prmay99/pr184.htm〕 He was formerly the vice-president of the Orthodox Hebrew Congregation〔(Terror in London: Blacks, Asians and Jews on attack alert ), The Independent, May 2, 1999 by Hilary Clarke and Rezayk Laskar〕 and chairman of their external affairs committee.〔(Outrage over mixed-sex hospital wards ), The Jewish Chronicle, 18 January 2008, by Candice Krieger〕 He was the Mayor of Hackney Borough Council four times in a row.〔 He was for many years the only non-Labour party councillor in Hackney.〔(Councillor Lobenstein elected Mayor of Hackney for third time in a row ), Hackney Borough Council, 13/5/99〕 He was the leader of the Conservative group of Councillors until 1997.〔(Mayor elected for the second time ), Hackney Borough Council〕 In 2012 Joe Lobenstein was appointed as President of the Stamford Hill Shomrim, a Jewish volunteer Neighbourhood Patrol Group.〔Stamford Hill Shomrim - About http://www.londonshomrim.com/about-us.html〕 Lobenstein was awarded with an MBE honour in 1980 for his outstanding political and social activities in the London Borough of Hackney. He and his family fled from Hanover and the Nazis in 1939. In addition to the many public offices he held, he also managed an electrical wholesale business, started in a back room of a house in Fairholt Road in 1949 and now based in the old Metal Box premises in Grosvenor Way, Clapton. He and his wife Bella (who is Swiss) have eight children and many grandchildren.〔 He entered local politics in 1962 as a member of the former Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington and became a councillor for the London Borough of Hackney in 1968. Mr Lobenstein has served in many capacities, as an alderman from 1971 to 1974 and as chair of the Planning and Highways Committee from 1969 to 1971. He may be best remembered by local people for coining the phrase 'Mr and Mrs Hackney', which became a catch phrase in debates in the council chamber and the local papers.〔 Lobenstein, served as a Councillor in Hackney for more than thirty years, he is a notable member of the Jewish community. In 1997, he was awarded Freedom of the Borough in honour of his eminent service to the Council and the borough.〔 Lobenstein died in London at the age of 88 on 28 June 2015 (11 Tamuz 5775).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Lobenstein MBE: Diane Abbott leads tributes to Orthodox Jewish community stalwart, dead at 88 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shomrim N.E. London on Twitter )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Lobenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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