Jerusalem Foundation - Revision history

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 ====Trustees====
-[[Janet Wolfson de Botton (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Janet Wolfson de Botton]] | Dame [[Vivien Clore Duffield]], CBE | [[Jack Livingstone (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Jack Livingstone]],OBE | [[Lord Moser]] | [[Martin Paisner]] CBE | [[Ninette Perahia (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Ninette Perahia]] | Lady [[Jane Rayne (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Jane Rayne]] | The Hon. [[Robert Rayne]] |  [[Anthony Rosenfelder (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Anthony Rosenfelder]] | [[Mak Sofer (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Mak Sofer]] | [[Lord Weidenfeld]] | [[Lord Woolf]] | [[Michael Ziff (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Michael Ziff]]
+[[Janet Wolfson de Botton (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Janet Wolfson de Botton]] | Dame [[Vivien Clore Duffield]], CBE | [[Jack Livingstone (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Jack Livingstone]],OBE | [[Lord Moser]] | [[Martin Paisner]] CBE | [[Ninette Perahia (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Ninette Perahia]] | Lady [[Jane Rayne (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Jane Rayne]] | The Hon. [[Robert Rayne]] |  [[Anthony Rosenfelder (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Anthony Rosenfelder]] | [[Mark Sofer]] | [[Lord Weidenfeld]] | [[Lord Woolf]] | [[Michael Ziff (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Michael Ziff]]
 =====Former=====
 [[Lord Bernstein]] - former President of the UK Board | Nurit Gordon - former UK Desk Head in Jerusalem | [[Michael Phillips]] - former Excutive | [[Fred Worms]], OBE - former Executive | [[Anthony Bloom]] - former Executive | [[Jane Biran]]- former trustee | [[Ruth Cheshin]] - former trustee | Sir [[Harry Djanogly]], CBE- former trustee | [[David Pannick]], QC - former trustee | [[Lord Stone of Blackheath]]  - former trustee | Sheila Ford - former Administrator| <ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/board_content.aspx?MID=546&CID=555&SID=709&ID=848 UK Board of Directors], accessed 10 Sept 2012</ref>

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 The Jerusalem Foundation gives out the Teddy Kollek Award - named after the founder of the organisation - annually to "those who have demonstrated significant contributions to the city of Jerusalem". Frequently it gives the prize to groups and individuals who have consistently donated to the Jerusalem Foundation.
 *2005 winners included [[Simon Rothschild]] (Switzerland) and [[John C. Whitehead]] (United States), both donors.<ref name="annual2005">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//annual%20reports%20and%20publications/Annual%20Report%202005.pdf Annual Report 2005], Jerusalem Foundation, accessed 17 Sept 2012</ref>
-*2006 winners included Dr. h.c. [[Johannes Gerster]] (Germany) and The Hon. [[Marion Naggar|Marion]] and [[Guy Naggar]] (United Kingdom), both donors.<ref name="annual2006">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//annual%20reports%20and%20publications/Annual%20Report%202006.pdf Annual Report 2006], Jerusalem Foundation, accessed 17 Sept 2012</ref>
+*2006 winners included Dr. h.c. [[Johannes Gerster]] (Germany) and The Hon. [[Marion Naggar|Marion]] and [[Guy Anthony Naggar|Guy Naggar]] (United Kingdom), both donors.<ref name="annual2006">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//annual%20reports%20and%20publications/Annual%20Report%202006.pdf Annual Report 2006], Jerusalem Foundation, accessed 17 Sept 2012</ref>
 *2007 winners included [[Mendel Kaplan]] (South Africa) and The [[Rayne Foundation]] (United Kingdom), both donors.<ref name="annual2007">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//annual%20reports%20and%20publications/Annual%20Report%202007.pdf Annual Report 2007], Jerusalem Foundation, accessed 17 Sept 2012</ref>
 *2008 winners included The [[Sobell Foundation]] (United Kingdom) and the Life Achievement Award went to Lia Van Leer (Israel), both donors.<ref name="annual2008">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//Annual%20Report%202008.pdf Annual Report 2008], Jerusalem Foundation, accessed 11 Sept 2012</ref>
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 ====Leadership====
-[[Peter Halban]], CBE - Chairman of Board of Directors | [[Leslie Paisner]]- Founder (deceased) | [[Lois Sieff (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Lois Sieff]], OBE - Chairman Emeritus | [[Peter Sheldon]] OBE - Treasurer | [[Howard Leigh]] - Executive (appointed chairman January 2016) | [[Guy Naggar]] Executive |
+[[Peter Halban]], CBE - Chairman of Board of Directors | [[Leslie Paisner]]- Founder (deceased) | [[Lois Sieff (trustee, Jerusalem Foundation)|Lois Sieff]], OBE - Chairman Emeritus | [[Peter Sheldon]] OBE - Treasurer | [[Howard Leigh]] - Executive (appointed chairman January 2016) | [[Guy Anthony Naggar|Guy Naggar]] Executive |
 ====Trustees====
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 <td>[[Nir Barkat]] - Jerusalem Mayor and JF Honorary Chairman<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
-<td>[[Guy Naggar]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
+<td>[[Guy Anthony Naggar|Guy Naggar]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
 <td>Dame [[Vivien Duffield]] DBE, through the [[Clore Israel Foundation]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
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 {{Infobox organization
 | name = Jerusalem Foundation
-| founded = 1966
+| logo = Jerusalem Foundation logo 2.jpg
 | registration_id = UK arm: Registered charity 258306 (registered 1969-04-14)
 | headquarters = UK arm: 20 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8HA

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 ! Finding !! Confidence
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-| £7,500 in 2021 to "Homat Shmuel". The Jerusalem municipality says "Har Homa (officially Homat Shmuel)" is a neighbourhood in south-east Jerusalem built from 1997, and Har Homa is on [[Peace Now]]'s settlement list. The accounts do not say what the grant paid for.<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" /><ref name="JM_HARHOMA">Jerusalem Municipality, [https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/en/neighborhoods/har-homa/about/ About the Neighborhood – Har Homa] ''jerusalem.muni.il'', viewed 20 October 2026 (partisan: the Israeli municipality).</ref><ref name="PN_LIST" /> || High – grant to a settlement neighbourhood (purpose not stated)
+| £7,500 in 2021 to "Homat Shmuel". The Jerusalem municipality says "Har Homa (officially Homat Shmuel)" is a neighbourhood in south-east Jerusalem built from 1997, and Har Homa is on [[Peace Now]]'s settlement list. The accounts do not say what the grant paid for.<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" /><ref name="JM_HARHOMA">Jerusalem Municipality, [https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/en/neighborhoods/har-homa/about/ About the Neighborhood – Har Homa] ''jerusalem.muni.il'', viewed 20 October 2026 (Jerusalem Municipality-side: the Israeli municipality).</ref><ref name="PN_LIST" /> || High – grant to a settlement neighbourhood (purpose not stated)
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 | £8,643 in 2021 for "Signs in Jewish Quarter", in the Old City of Jerusalem, which lies east of the 1949 armistice line.<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" /> || High – project in occupied East Jerusalem

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 A search of Hansard for 'Jerusalem Foundation' returned 16 contributions in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity. Written questions could not be searched (the API timed out).<ref name="HANS" />
 == Web archive ==

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 ===Greenwashing===
-One of the JF's strategic aims is 'greening Jerusalem' and a key goal is to 'promote Jerusalem as a national, and perhaps global, model of a Green City'<ref name="greening">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//July%202011%20Green%20proposal.pdf Greening the City of Gold: A Comprehensive Environmental Strategy, p.2], Jerusalem Foundation 18 Sept 2012</ref>, according to its report [http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//July%202011%20Green%20proposal.pdf Greening the City of Gold: A Comprehensive Environmental Strategy]. It seeks to use environmental projects as a means to gloss over legitimate political grievances, stating that it is 'a neutral subject that can be shared by all Jerusalem’s populations, despite ethnic, social and political differences.'<ref name="greening"/> By stressing that the struggle for sustainability is an issue that affects 'all sides equally', the JF attempts to obscure the legal, social, economic and political inequalities faced by Palestinians: 'The Joint Environment, Community and Future program was developed jointly by the Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Community Development. At the center of the program is the understanding that the existing environmental issues and conflicts that exist in the Israeli–Palestinian geographical area influence all sides equally, regardless of political boundaries.'<ref name="greening"/>
+One of the JF's strategic aims is 'greening Jerusalem' and a key goal is to 'promote Jerusalem as a national, and perhaps global, model of a Green City'<ref name="greening">[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//July%202011%20Green%20proposal.pdf Greening the City of Gold: A Comprehensive Environmental Strategy, p.2], Jerusalem Foundation 18 Sept 2012</ref>, according to its report [http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/uploads//July%202011%20Green%20proposal.pdf Greening the City of Gold: A Comprehensive Environmental Strategy]. It seeks to use environmental projects as a means to gloss over legitimate political grievances, stating that it is 'a neutral subject that can be shared by all Jerusalem’s populations, despite ethnic, social and political differences.'<ref name="greening"/> By stressing that the struggle for sustainability is an issue that affects 'all sides equally', the JF attempts to obscure the legal, social, economic and political inequalities faced by Palestinians: 'The Joint Environment, Community and Future program was developed jointly by the [[Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace]] in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Community Development. At the center of the program is the understanding that the existing environmental issues and conflicts that exist in the Israeli–Palestinian geographical area influence all sides equally, regardless of political boundaries.'<ref name="greening"/>
 ====Partnering with the JNF====
-The JF's partner organisations reveal the highly political nature of its environmental work and its instrumentalisation as a means of promoting Israel and shifting the focus away from discrimination against Palestinians. Its work on Community Gardens, for instance, might have been innocuous were it not for the fact that it works closely with the state - the Jerusalem Municipality and the Ministry of Environmental Protection - as well as the [[Joint Distribution Committee]] and the [[Jewish National Fund]]<ref name="greening"/>, the latter notorious for its greenwashing activities.<ref>[http://www.bdsmovement.net/2012/stop-the-jewish-national-fund-greenwashing-8631 Stop the Jewish National Fund Greenwashing], Boycott National Committee, accessed 18 Sept 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.stopthejnf.org/southafrica_campaignnews_JNFatCOP17alert28nov2011.html JNF 'greenwashing' exposed at UN Climate Change Conference], Stop the JNF, accessed 18 Sept 2012</ref>
+The JF's partner organisations reveal the highly political nature of its environmental work and its instrumentalisation as a means of promoting Israel and shifting the focus away from discrimination against Palestinians. Its work on Community Gardens, for instance, might have been innocuous were it not for the fact that it works closely with the state - the [[Jerusalem Municipality]] and the Ministry of Environmental Protection - as well as the [[Joint Distribution Committee]] and the [[Jewish National Fund]]<ref name="greening"/>, the latter notorious for its greenwashing activities.<ref>[http://www.bdsmovement.net/2012/stop-the-jewish-national-fund-greenwashing-8631 Stop the Jewish National Fund Greenwashing], Boycott National Committee, accessed 18 Sept 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.stopthejnf.org/southafrica_campaignnews_JNFatCOP17alert28nov2011.html JNF 'greenwashing' exposed at UN Climate Change Conference], Stop the JNF, accessed 18 Sept 2012</ref>
 ====The other Buffer Zone====
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 == UK charity accounts 2017–2021: grants and activity beyond the Green Line ==
-This section uses the UK charity's filed accounts for the years to 31 December 2017–2021.<ref name="JFUK_AC2017">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2018">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2019">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2020">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2021">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref> The trustee is Jerusalem Foundation Trustees Limited. In 2021 its directors were [[Vivien Duffield|Dame Vivien Duffield]] DBE, Lord Leigh of Hurley, Jack Livingstone OBE, Carolyn Mishon, Guy Naggar, [[Martin David Paisner|Martin Paisner]] CBE, Michael Rosenfeld, Joanne Turner and Shai Doron.<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" /> A Michael Rosenfeld also chairs the [[Rosenfeld Charitable Trust]], a donor to the Foundation; these sources do not show that they are the same person. The accounts say that donations "are forwarded on to The Jerusalem Foundation – Amuta in Israel". The registered objects include "the excavation, repairs, preservation and upkeep of such historic sites and antiquities of Jerusalem".<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" />
+This section uses the UK charity's filed accounts for the years to 31 December 2017–2021.<ref name="JFUK_AC2017">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2018">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2019">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2020">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref><ref name="JFUK_AC2021">[[Charity Commission]], The Jerusalem Foundation (258306): trustee's report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, filed with the Commission ([https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258306/accounts-and-annual-returns register]).</ref> The trustee is [[Jerusalem Foundation Trustees Limited]]. In 2021 its directors were [[Vivien Duffield|Dame Vivien Duffield]] DBE, [[Lord Leigh of Hurley]], Jack Livingstone OBE, Carolyn Mishon, [[Guy Naggar]], [[Martin David Paisner|Martin Paisner]] CBE, Michael Rosenfeld, Joanne Turner and Shai Doron.<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" /> A Michael Rosenfeld also chairs the [[Rosenfeld Charitable Trust]], a donor to the Foundation; these sources do not show that they are the same person. The accounts say that donations "are forwarded on to The Jerusalem Foundation – Amuta in Israel". The registered objects include "the excavation, repairs, preservation and upkeep of such historic sites and antiquities of Jerusalem".<ref name="JFUK_AC2021" />
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 <td>[[Jerusalem Municipality]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
 <td>Ministry of Education - Israel<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
-<td>Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute, Israel)<ref name="annual2005"/><ref name="annual2009"/></td>
+<td>Bituach Leumi ([[National Insurance Institute]], Israel)<ref name="annual2005"/><ref name="annual2009"/></td>
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 <td>[[Novartis]] International<ref name="annual2007"/></td>
 <td>[[UBS]], Jersey<ref name="annual2007"/></td>
-<td>Israel Chemicals Ltd<ref name="annual2007"/></td>
+<td>[[Israel Chemicals Ltd]]<ref name="annual2007"/></td>
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-<td>[[Bnai Brith]] Leo Baeck (London)<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
+<td>[[B'nai B'rith|Bnai Brith]] Leo Baeck (London)<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
 <td>Canadian Christians for Israel<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
-<td>Axel Springer Foundation<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
+<td>[[Axel Springer Foundation]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
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 <td>[[Lewis Family Charitable Trust]]<ref name="annual2005"/></td>
-<td>[[Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation]]<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
+<td>[[Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation|Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation]]<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
 <td>[[Keren Hayesod Canada]]</td>
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-<td>Dame [[Shirley Porter]] - disgraced former leader of Westminster Council<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
+<td>Dame [[Shirley Porter]] - disgraced former leader of [[Westminster Council]]<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
 <td>[[Ruth Cheshin]] - former JF President<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
 <td>[[Lord Weidenfield]] & Lady Weidenfield<ref name="annual2008"/></td>
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 <td>Robert De Rothschild<ref name="annual2010"/></td>
 <td>Kurt Rothschild<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
-<td>Simon Rothschild<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
+<td>[[Simon Rothschild]]<ref name="annual2006"/></td>
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 === Israeli partners ===
 [[The Jerusalem Foundation]] (Israel), plus about 70 named projects (PDF pp.19–20).<ref name="ACC" />
 == Controversies and regulatory action ==