Erich Reich

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Sir Erich Reich is a trustee of Manna, a British charity that provides funds to Meir Panim, an Israel-based charity which provides aid to poor Israelis.[1] As well as operating within Israel proper the charity also operates in the occupied West Bank. The organisation manages employment centres for Haredi Jews.[2] These centers are known as 'Mafteach Centers' and are funded by the Israeli state and the Tevet Employment Initiative of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.[2] There is one such center in the West Bank settlement Beitar Illit and plans to establish another in the settlement in Modi'in Illit.[2] [3]

Reich is an Austrian-born entrepreneur based in London. Reich’s parents were murdered in the Nazi holocaust. He arrived in England as part of the Kindertransport later immigrating to Israel in 1948.[4]

Notes

  1. Charity Commission Website Charity Framework. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Meir Panim Website Meir Panim Relief Centers in Israel pg. 13. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  3. B'Tselem Website Settlements. Accessed 10 July 2015.
  4. BBC News Website Kindertransport refugee Erich Reich gets knighthood. Accessed 25 August 2015.