Background on The Friends of Israel Educational Foundation
The Friends of Israel Educational Foundation is a British, charitable foundation established in September 1976.
F.O.I. seeks to promote an understanding of the hopes, achievements and problems of Israel in its Middle East context.
To this end, the Foundation organises a variety of talks and presentations in schools, colleges, Christian centres and community associations around the U.K; many of these lectures are illustrated with slides or videos.
In addition F.O.I. seeks every opportunity to forge working links between specialists and professionals in Britain and their counterparts in Israel. This work is not tainted in the slightest by “special pleading”. Links are built up solely between premier centres of innovation in the U.K. and centres of excellence in Israel.
F.O.I. is governed by a group of eight Trustees:
- David Kaye
- Peter Levy OBE
- Jeremy Manuel OBE
- Hon Adrianne Marks
- Hon Gerard Noel
- Peter Oppenheimer
- Marcus Rebuck
- Michael Sayers
Administered by an Executive Director, John D. A. Levy, who heads a small, energetic team of travelling lecturers; and a group of distinguished patrons including :
- Dame Beryl Bainbridge
- Rt Hon Alan Beith MP
- Steven Berkoff
- Lord Bernstein of Craigwell
- Hon David Bernstein
- Sir Walter Bodmer FRS
- Melvyn Bragg
- The Lord Carlile of Berriew QC
- Sir Trevor Chinn CVO
- Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
- Sidney Corob CBE
- Prof Sir Graeme Davies FRSE
- Rt Hon David Davis MP
- Jonathan Djanogly MP
- Dame Vivien Duffield CBE
- Rt Hon Frank Field MP
- Rt Rev Dr Peter R Forster
- The Rev Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
- Lord Janner of Braunstone QC
- The Lord Kalms
- David I Kaye
- Sir Michael Latham DL
- The Lord Levy
- Clive M Marks OBE
- John Marshall
- The Pears Foundation
- Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG QC MP
- Alan Sillitoe
- Most Rev Peter Smith JCD
- Sir Jocelyn Stevens CVO
- Sir Peter Stothard
- Ed Vaizey MP
- The Lady Vaizey
- Prof Claudio Vita-Finzi
- Minette Walters
- David Woolf
- Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham PC DL
- and “Special Friend” Sir Jimmy Savile Kt OBE KCSG