Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Jonathan Neumann When the result of the Board of Deputies’ Presidential election was announced, showing that I had lost to the incumbent by only 56% to 44% with more votes than any unsuccessful presidential candidate in the Board’s history, a lot of deputies and communal leaders were stunned by the narrow margin.