A man who has campaigned for better relations between faiths in Bradford has been awarded an MBE for services to the Interfaith Community in West Yorkshire.

Richard Stroud, aged 73, of Shadwell in Leeds, is the fourth generation of his family to be involved with Bradford Synagogue after his great grandfather Joseph Strauss became the founding rabbi in 1873.

The MBE award recognises the work he has done in that time with highlights including interfaith forums which work to resolve conflict, protect and enhance working and living in harmony; using the success of these to help save the only Jewish synagogue in Bradford; and to influence discussions with faith and political leaders getting the international definition of anti-Semitism to be accepted by political parties, local councils and other organisations.

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