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Worked for 23s The company is the publisher. The Jacob Foundation has held it since November 2020. Bloom’s seat lasted ten months, on the day the Noé vehicle came off the board.

The Jewish News Limited
Type	Private limited company
Headquarters	New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London NW11 0PU
Website	https://www.jewishnews.co.uk

The Jewish News Limited (03302610) publishes the weekly Jewish News and jewishnews.co.uk. It was incorporated on 15 January 1997 as London Jewish News Limited and took its present name on 21 October 2004. The registered office is New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London NW11 0PU, the same address as its owner, The Jacob Foundation. Nature of business: publishing of newspapers (SIC 58130). Status: active.

The paper

The paper dates its founding to 1997. The first director was Gary Louis Stern (appointed 15 January 1997, resigned 4 May 2001). Michael Jeffrey Sinclair was a director from 25 April 2000 to 28 November 2000. The site describes a free weekly, “twice crowned free newspaper of the year,” with a digital list it puts at more than 300,000. Editor Richard Ferrer and news editor Justin Cohen are directors and are described by the paper as co-publishers.

In February 2020 the paper and The Jewish Chronicle announced a merger, subject to finance. In April 2020 both were put into a liquidation process ahead of a combined rescue. A consortium led by Robbie Gibb bought the Chronicle from its liquidators. Jewish News then said it had funds to continue alone.

Ownership

Until 11 November 2020 the person with significant control was Jn News and Media Group, notified 6 April 2016, 75 per cent or more of the shares and votes, correspondence address 5 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1PB. That is a Noé Group address. Noe Group (Corporate Services) Limited ceased as a director the same day.

On 11 November 2020 David Joseph Bloom, Alex Brummer, Justin Cohen, Richard Ferrer and Adam Richard Cannon were appointed directors. Bloom, a Goldacre Ventures and Noé partner, resigned on 30 September 2021. Cannon resigned on 17 November 2025.

The Jacob Foundation (company 01864076; charity 290759) was notified as person with significant control on 24 November 2020: 75 per cent or more of the shares and of the voting rights. Its own trustees’ report says it owns the entire issued share capital and that the paper “inherited this structure in 2020.” The foundation was established in October 1984. A correspondence address used on the company PSC form is Bunkers Dip, Neville Drive, London N2 0QR. The operating address on the charity accounts is New Burlington House. The paper’s site says the foundation’s objects are cohesion inside the Jewish community, cohesion with other communities, and support for Jewish charities, and that the foundation has lent money to keep the paper going.

In February 2025 the paper reported that the foundation had appointed Mike Freer, John Mann and Graham Goodkind as trustees, and named Robert Peston as its first “ambassador.”

Directors

Current

Name	Born	Appointed	Notes
Alex Brummer	May 1949	11 November 2020	Also associated with The Jewish Chronicle and the Daily Mail
Justin Anthony Cohen	December 1980	11 November 2020	News editor; described as co-publisher
Richard Ferrer	September 1970	11 November 2020	Editor; described as co-publisher
Nicole Tara Adelaide Lampert	May 1973	15 March 2021
Rebecca Kate Simon	May 1981	15 March 2021
Paul Keith Summers	May 1978	18 December 2014	Longest-serving current director; nationality filed as English

Selected former

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Gary Louis Stern	Director; secretary	15 January 1997	Director 4 May 2001; secretary 28 November 2000
Matthew Robert Kalman	Director; secretary	15 January 1997	9 July 1997
Michael Jeffrey Sinclair	Director	25 April 2000	28 November 2000
Daniel Jacques Solomon Assor	Director	5 March 2002	15 May 2012
Andrew Margolis	Director	28 November 2000	24 November 2011
Noe Group (Corporate Services) Limited	Director	—	11 November 2020
David Joseph Bloom	Director	11 November 2020	30 September 2021
Adam Richard Cannon	Director	11 November 2020	17 November 2025

Companies House lists 29 officer records and 23 resignations. Early secretaries include Harold Bach, Richard Charles Brenner and Adam Paul Becker.

Accounts

Latest filed accounts are total-exemption full accounts to 31 December 2024, filed 7 November 2025. A charge created on 4 June 2021 was registered on 7 June 2021 (charge 033026100003).

See also

• The Jacob Foundation
• The Jewish Chronicle
• David Joseph Bloom
• Noé Group
• Alex Brummer

Notes

10 sources The Jacob Foundation (company 01864076; charity 290759) - Wii profile please

Worked for 23s The Jacob Foundation is the old Kessler vehicle under a new name. It sold the Chronicle in 2020 and now owns Jewish News outright.

The Jacob Foundation
Type	Charitable company limited by guarantee
Registration ID	290759
Headquarters	New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London NW11 0PU

The Jacob Foundation (charity 290759; company 01864076) is a London charitable company. It was registered on 7 December 1984 as The Kessler Foundation and changed its name in the autumn of 2020. It owns the entire share capital of The Jewish News Limited (03302610). It no longer owns The Jewish Chronicle.

Objects and activity

The objects on the register are general charitable purposes under the law of England and Wales, and to promote and support foundations, institutions, trusts and undertakings “established anywhere in the world exclusively for charitable purposes.” The register says it makes grants to organisations and operates throughout England and in Israel. It is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid. Auditor: Cohen Arnold, New Burlington House. Contact email on the register: rob@oldschoolconsultants.com.

The 2024 trustees’ report says the foundation was set up in 1984, then as The Kessler Foundation, “with the primary role of taking over ownership of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper from its prior owners, the Kessler family,” so that ownership would be transparent and independent of external influence. The same report says Jewish News “inherited this structure in 2020,” and that loans to The Jewish News Limited are treated as within the objects. The paper’s own site says the change of ownership was completed in October 2020 and that the name changed from Kessler to Jacob at about the same time, ending the near-40-year link with the Chronicle and the Kessler family.

The predecessor page on this site lists the Chronicle companies the foundation then controlled: Jewish Chronicle Newspaper Limited (00961929), Jewish Chronicle Limited (00095587) and Jewish Chronicle Trust Limited (00966860). In April 2020 the Chronicle was sold out of liquidation to a consortium led by Robbie Gibb. Alan Jacobs, then chairman, wrote that donations which had kept the paper going would be repaid to the foundation.

People

The Charity Commission lists eight trustees. The 2024 accounts list John Mann as appointed on 7 February 2025 and resigned on 31 October 2025. The public register had not caught up when read for this page. No trustee is recorded as receiving remuneration.

Name	Appointed	Other trusteeships on the register	Notes
Robert Gibber	21 June 2019	None on record	Companies House date of birth October 1962
Alan Jacobs	5 November 2020	UK Friends of Natal; College Farm Trust; British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem	January 1962. Chairman of the Chronicle at the 2020 sale
Fiyaz Mughal	9 March 2021	None on record	September 1971. Filed as Fiyaz Mughal OBE
David Kershaw	31 May 2023	JW3 Trust Limited	February 1954
Andrew Michael Hart	15 December 2023	None on record	August 1966
Michael Freer	7 February 2025	College Farm Trust	May 1960. Former MP for Finchley and Golders Green
Graham Goodkind	7 February 2025	None on record	January 1966
John Mann	7 February 2025	None on record	January 1960. Accounts say resigned 31 October 2025

David Francis Kessler (June 1906), the Chronicle proprietor, was a director until 31 December 1991. Later Kessler directors include Charles Kessler (16 October 2018 to 5 November 2020) and Michael Simon Kessler (1 October 2014 to 1 October 2016). Stephen Ian Pollard, then editor of the Chronicle, was a director from 24 November 2008 to 30 September 2013. Steven Michael Noé was appointed on 5 November 2020, the day Charles Kessler left, and resigned on 31 May 2023. That is the handover from the Kessler board to the board that took Jewish News.

In February 2025 the paper named Robert Peston as the foundation’s first “ambassador,” alongside the Freer, Mann and Goodkind appointments.

Finances

Register totals. The 2020 figure is for a year ended 30 September. Later years end on 31 December. The charity has a trading subsidiary. Ten employees are recorded, one paid between £60,000 and £70,000.

Year ended	Income	Expenditure
30 September 2020	£215,510	£971,710
31 December 2021	£239,060	£48,590
31 December 2022	£246,580	£9,600
31 December 2023	£1,300,000	£1,170,000
31 December 2024	£1,065,728	£1,137,569

Of the 2024 income, the register breaks out donations and legacies £446,310, other trading activities £618,740 and investments £673. Expenditure is classed entirely as charitable activities.

See also

• The Kessler Foundation (UK)
• The Jewish News Limited
• The Jewish Chronicle
• Alan Jacobs
• UK Friends of Natal
• David Joseph Bloom

Notes

6 sources Redo the former director for the Jewish news. Add in all the missing appointments to give a full picture

Worked for 42s Companies House lists 29 officer records and 23 resignations. The three missing from the last table were Lawrence Colin Rennie Stone, L & A Registrars Limited and Noe Group (Corporate Services) Limited. Drop this in place of the directors section.

Officers

Twenty-nine records, six of them current. Same-day formation appointments of L & A Registrars Limited and L & A Secretarial Limited on 15 January 1997 were the incorporation nominees and resigned the same day. Noe Group (Corporate Services) Limited (10609062) was the corporate director from 3 July 2019 until the Jacob Foundation takeover on 11 November 2020.

Current

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Nationality
Alex Brummer	Director	May 1949	11 November 2020	British
Justin Anthony Cohen	Director	December 1980	11 November 2020	British
Richard Ferrer	Director	September 1970	11 November 2020	British
Nicole Tara Adelaide Lampert	Director	May 1973	15 March 2021	British
Rebecca Kate Simon	Director	May 1981	15 March 2021	British
Paul Keith Summers	Director	May 1978	18 December 2014	English

Former

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Resigned
Noe Group (Corporate Services) Limited	Director	—	3 July 2019	11 November 2020
Adam Richard Cannon	Director	October 1973	11 November 2020	17 November 2025
David Joseph Bloom	Director	June 1982	11 November 2020	30 September 2021
Gideon Alexander Hoffman	Director	February 1975	15 May 2012	18 December 2014
Daniel Jacques Solomon Assor	Director	March 1974	5 March 2002	15 May 2012
Andrew Margolis	Director	March 1963	28 November 2000	24 November 2011
Daniel Zeddy Lawrence	Director	February 1970	6 December 2007	1 November 2009
Adam Paul Becker	Director	December 1966	16 June 2004	31 December 2008
Adam Paul Becker	Secretary	—	4 July 2002	31 December 2008
Steven Burns	Director	October 1967	28 November 2000	15 January 2007
Daniel Mark Levitt	Director	February 1968	28 November 2000	31 December 2005
Richard Charles Brenner	Director	November 1967	28 November 2000	4 July 2002
Richard Charles Brenner	Secretary	—	6 August 2001	4 July 2002
Harold Bach	Secretary	—	28 November 2000	6 August 2001
Gary Louis Stern	Director	August 1964	15 January 1997	4 May 2001
Gary Louis Stern	Secretary	—	2 September 1997	28 November 2000
Michael Jeffrey Sinclair	Director	December 1942	25 April 2000	28 November 2000
Paul Quentin Cullum Stacey	Director	September 1948	26 July 1999	28 November 2000
Lawrence Colin Rennie Stone	Director	June 1955	13 July 1997	5 February 1999
Matthew Robert Kalman	Director	February 1961	15 January 1997	9 July 1997
Matthew Robert Kalman	Secretary	—	15 January 1997	9 July 1997
L & A Registrars Limited	Nominee director	—	15 January 1997	15 January 1997
L & A Secretarial Limited	Nominee secretary	—	15 January 1997	15 January 1997

Lawrence Colin Rennie Stone (June 1955) sat from 13 July 1997 to 5 February 1999. The Noé corporate director’s filed address is 30 Market Place, the later Goldacre office, not the 5 Wigmore Street address used on the old person-with-significant-control form.

1 source Have a look at the stub and other material below on Tel Hai and produce an expanded updated wiki profile: Tel Hai Fund Ltd., provides funds to both the Yeshivat Hesder Shiloh in the settlement of Shilo and the Keshet Yehuda, a pre-military yeshiva based in the occupied Golan Heights. It also donates funds to the Maarat Hamachpela Heritage Fund. The Maarat Hamachpela is better known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, located in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron — the scene of the Baruch Goldstein massacre. One of its directors is Eric Graus, the life president of the Likud Herut UK, which is politically aligned with the governing Israeli Likud Party. The webpage of the organisation details its support for settlement activity, Israeli annexation of east Jerusalem and opposition to the principle of dismantling settlements. In the 1970s, Graus was instrumental in the revival of Betar UK, the UK affiliate of Betar, a revisionist Zionist youth movement, closely linked to the Irgun organisation. The latter was a Zionist terrorist organisation that infamously blew up the King David Hotel in 1946 (at that time the British administrative headquarters for Palestine), killing 91 people. Graus has also served as the honorary secretary of the Zionist Federation. He later became British National Council Zionist Co-Chair. Graus is the owner of Graus Antiques dealers. He is also the chairperson of the Menachem Begin Heritage Foundation. Begin was a former leader of the Irgun who later became Israel’s prime minister and the first leader of the Likud to assume that office. In 1982, Graus rejected the possibility of Israeli responsibility for the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon. ----

Tel Hai Fund Limited
Type	Charitable company
Founded	14 December 1973 (incorporated) 11 February 1974 (registered as charity)
Location	Pinner, London, UK
Area served	Israel and United Kingdom
Registration	Charity No. 266913 Company No. 01151421
Key people	Solomon Unsdorfer, Martin Rankoff, Jeremy Graus (current trustees)

Tel Hai Fund Limited (also known as Tel Hai Fund Ltd) is a UK-registered charitable company that raises funds to advance education, religion and physical education in Israel, primarily through grant-making.

Overview

Charity number: 266913 Company number: 01151421 Registered: 11 February 1974 (incorporated 14 December 1973) Status: Active, reporting up to date Address: 7 Murray Crescent, Pinner HA5 3QF Objects: Advance education and religion among adults and young persons, and advance physical education among young persons in the State of Israel.

Activities and Grants

Raises funds for education and religious purposes in Israel. Makes grants to individuals, organisations and other charities supporting children/young people, elderly people, people with disabilities and people of particular ethnic or racial origin. Operates in London and Israel. Known grants include support for Yeshivat Hesder Shilo (a Hesder Yeshiva in Shilo settlement) and Keshet Yehuda.

Funding

Recipient	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total (£)
Ahavat Shalom / Ahavas Shalom								700	1,000	550		8,877		125																	11,252
Amotat Shavei Daron	400																															400
Ashkalon Foundation																													8,028		8,028
Begin Centre Jerusalem										2,864																					2,864
Betar	6,400	6,460	1,600	6,530	5,810	3,200	3,980	2,600	8,000	4,820																					49,400
Beyad Petucha												3,025																12,058		15,083
Brit Orot											4,850																				4,850
Brit Yoseph Yitz																													24,177		24,177
CARE	200																														200
Carmel Ha'ir									16,000 (2008)				16,000
Cat Association																													1,627		1,627
Conrad Morris Charitable Trust				1,500																											1,500
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Israel / Cystic Fibrosis				7,014	5,000	1,000	5,000	3,000	5,000	3,000		7,000	20,000		5,000	3,000	3,000	12,500	9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000								115,514
Direct Aid	3,250 (208)			3,250
DPC Self Defence																														8,500	8,500
Ebenezer Emergency Food (GB)				500 (2008)						500
Eliya									1,500																					1,500
Emunah											500																				500
Etzer Modim														2,000 (2008)						2,000
Etzion Foundation										6,000	1,000																			7,000
Forum Hamidrashot											2,000																			2,000
Friends of Keren B'yavneh / Friends of Keren Beyavneh Charitable Fund		14,000		3,500																										17,500
Gemach Oranit									500																					500
Golan Organisation	500																														500
Gush Etzion / Gush Etzion Foundation			1,000										5,700	1,076																	7,776
Hachzokas Torah																													5,000		5,000
Hen Orn Kol Bi Yakum (Jerusalem)				4,780																											4,780
Ichud Shivat																													9,025	5,715	14,740
IDF Widows																														2,015	2,015
ISEME Project																													5,027		5,027
Israel Community Development Foundation (ICDF)	780	1,500	2,000																											4,280
Israel Media Watch				500																											500
J I A		1,000	1,000	100	500																										2,600
Jabotinsky Institute in Israel	5,448																													5,448
Jerusalem Centre																														4,015	4,015
Jerusalem Heritage Foundation									13,690	4,538																				18,228
Keren Gush Etzio																													10,627		10,627
Kiryat Chinuch										1,020																				1,020
Lemaan Achai												2,000																		2,000
Maccabi Ramat Gan																													5,028		5,028
Machon Reshit													7,900	3,650	500															12,050
Maarat Haracapela Heritage Fund															4,100															4,100
Magen David Adom																														5,500	5,500
Mishmeret									1,586																					1,586
Neve Tzivia														17,877						Noa Orbach											280																			280
Ohr Shlomo							12,960	14,144	8,070																				35,174
Olim Fund											1,500	650																		2,150
Oranit			250								3,525																			3,775
Parmunim												1,000																		1,000
Ponowich									200																					200
Rachel CT										1,000																				1,000
Shilton Betar Jerusalem			3,320							18,814	3,100																			25,234
Shivtei Yisrael																													527		527
The Fund for the Development of the Zionist Idea					2,900	6,820	26,937	22,200																				51,957
The Gertner Charitable Trust					810																										810
The Ramat Modiim Glenwood Jewish Center				5,014																											5,014
This Land Is Mine	1,000		300	500									900	500	1,500															4,700
Ulpan Klita												2,300																		2,300
Ulpan Yeshiva High School for Girls (OFRA) / Ulpana Ofra			3,500			5,000																								8,500
Yeshivat Karnei Shomron		200	400	250	250	300	250			250	775	250	250																		2,925
Zaka									6,304	12,570																			18,874
Zichron Menachem							7,943	6,783	32,560	450																			47,736
Total (£)	13,528	21,460	10,470	17,558	8,150	15,820	57,393	66,942	89,260	68,656	42,150	51,502	72,636	44,853	51,711	55,520	54,107	66,761	87,052	72,905	56,981	82,496	48,834	47,135	33,214	29,046	28,483	21,479	25,980	91,194	56,266	1,057,170

full table

Recipient	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total (£)
Adath																390																390
Ahavat Shalom / Ahavas Shalom								700	1,000	550		8,877	125																			11,252
Aish																1,400																1,400
Alut																								500								500
Amotat Shavei Daron	400																															400
Ashkalon Foundation																														8,028		8,028
Begin Centre Jerusalem										2,864																						2,864
Betar Israel	6,400						2,103	8,047																								16,550
Betar UK	8,600	6,460	1,600	6,530	5,810	3,200	3,980	2,600	8,000	4,820	3,700	3,356	9,075																			67,731
Beyad Petucha												3,025																		12,058		15,083
Brit Orot											4,850																					4,850
Brit Yoseph Yitz																														24,177		24,177
Carmei Ha'ir												8,400	18,000	16,000	17,900	24,100	15,500	29,500	32,500	30,500	33,000	30,000	18,000	5,000	2,000	2,000			3,027			280,327
Cat Association																													1,627		1,627
Conrad Morris Charitable Trust				1,500																											1,500
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Israel / Cystic Fibrosis				7,014	5,000	1,000	5,000	3,000	5,000	3,000		7,000	20,000		5,000	3,000	3,000	12,500	9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000									115,514
Direct Aid										2,000	2,000	1,480	1,500	3,250	900	1,900	1,250	500	1,000	1,000	700	500	500	500	500	500	500					20,880
DPC Self Defence																														8,500	8,500
Ebenexer Emergency Food (GB)														500																	500
Eliya									1,500																						1,500
El Ami																			5,027												5,027
Emunah											500																				500
Etzion Foundation										6,000	1,000																				7,000
Ezer Modiin									3,000	4,500	8,120	5,250	5,000	2,000	1,500	1,500	1,250	500	500	1,000	1,000	500	750	750	250	500	500	500					38,870
Forum Hamidrashot											2,000																				2,000
Friends of Israel													250																	250
Friends of Keren B'yavneh		14,000		3,500																											17,500
Gemach Oranit									500																						500
Golan Organisation	500																															500
Gush Etzion			1,000										5,700	1,076																	7,776
Hachzokas Torah																													5,000		5,000
Hen Orn Kol Bi Yakum (Jerusalem)				4,780																											4,780
Hesder Yeshivah Shiloh															7,591	9,893	10,159	10,027	12,327	12,375	981	26,496	18,584	27,685	14,964	18,004		14,421	16,898			24,478
Jaffa Gate Ministries													636																		636
Jerusalem Centre																														4,015	4,015
Jerusalem Heritage Foundation									13,690	4,538																						18,228
Keren Gush Etzion																													10,627		10,627
Kerem Dickstein									1,500																						1,500
Keshet Yehuda																1,577	14,098	6,334	13,278		500	2,500	1,000	500	500							40,287
Kiryat Chinuch										1,020																						1,020
Laniado Hospital																							1,000								1,000
Lemaan Achai												2,000																			2,000
Maarat Hamachpela Heritage Fund																	1,500	1,000	2,800	1,500	1,000	1,000	1,500	7,200							17,500
Maccabi Ramat Gan																													5,028		5,028
Machon Reshit													7,900	3,650	500																12,050
Magen David Adom																														5,500	5,500
Menachem Begin Heritage																				10,030												10,030
Mevaser Zion Charitable Trust															5,000																5,000
Mishmeret									1,586																						1,586
Mosdot Neveh Tzivia						2,700	2,200	12,068	14,550	14,100	14,500	11,250	12,500	17,877	7,595	11,150	8,600	6,600	10,120	7,000	10,300	12,500	8,500	5,000	15,000	8,042	3,030	7,058	6,055	10,070	6,043	204,510
Ohr Shlomo							12,960	14,144	8,070																	1,944						37,118
Olim Fund											1,500	650																				2,150
Oranit											3,525																				3,525
Parmunim												1,000																			1,000
Ponowich									200																						200
Rachel CT										1,000																					1,000
Shaare Zedek							1,360					200																			1,560
Shilton Betar Jerusalem										18,814	3,100																				21,914
Shivtei Yisrael																													527		527
Terror Victim Families														500																	500
The Fund for the Development of the Zionist Idea						6,820	26,937	22,200																							55,957
This Land Is Mine													900	500	1,500	1,000		300	500	500												5,200
Ulpan Klita												2,300																			2,300
Ulpan Yeshiva High School for Girls (OFRA)						5,000																									5,000
Various															800	545	1,005														2,350
Yeshivat Karnei Shomron						300	250			250	775	250	250																		2,075
Yeshivat Kollel Shomron																					500										500
Yeshivat Shaarey Mevaseret																		10,027												10,027
Zaka									6,304	12,570																				18,874
Zichron Menachem							7,943	6,783	32,560	450																				47,736

Governance

Current Trustees

Name	Appointed	Notes
Solomon Unsdorfer	24 October 2022	Other trusteeships: British Friends of the Land of Israel, The Jewish Book Trust UK
Martin Rankoff	24 October 2022
Jeremy Graus	20 September 2022

References

Worked for 44s The live file still runs through Graus Antiques. Eric Graus died in 2018. His son Jeremy, an Israeli national, is on the board with Martin Rankoff and Solomon Unsdorfer. The two grant drafts in the note do not match, so the figures below follow the fuller table only.

Tel Hai Fund Limited
Type	Charitable company
Registration ID	266913
Headquarters	7 Murray Crescent, Pinner HA5 3QF; correspondence c/o Graus Antiques, Mill Street, London W1S 2AT
Area served	Israel; London

Tel Hai Fund Limited (charity 266913; company 01151421) is a London grant-maker for education, religion and physical education in Israel. It was incorporated on 14 December 1973 and registered on 11 February 1974. The name is the Revisionist memorial at Tel Hai, the 1920 battle in which Joseph Trumpeldor was killed and which Betar took as a slogan. For most of its life the board ran through Eric Graus and Graus Antiques.

Objects

The register objects are to advance education and religion among adults and young persons, and to advance physical education among young persons, in the State of Israel. The charity makes grants to individuals, organisations and other charities. The register lists children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and people of a particular ethnic or racial origin. Area of operation: London and Israel. Contact address on the register: 7 Murray Crescent, Pinner HA5 3QF. Current directors file their correspondence care of Graus Antiques, Mill Street, London W1S 2AT.

Eric Graus

Eric Graus (April 1927) was a director from before 30 June 1991 until 12 March 2018. He died aged 90. The address on his resignation filing was 4 Melvin Hall, Golders Green Road, London NW11 9QB.

Geoffrey Alderman’s obituary in The Jewish Chronicle says Graus was born in Bratislava in 1927, that the family fled to England in 1939, and that he was active in Ze'ev Jabotinsky’s Revisionist movement. In 1947 he was a member of Lehi in Mandate Palestine and formed friendships with Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir. He later dealt in antiques from New Bond Street. In 1970 he established the British Herut movement. In 1972 he brought Begin to London for a first visit. In 1977, after Begin’s election, he relaunched Likud-Herut as a British pressure group for the new government. He was awarded the State of Israel Fighters Medal. Alderman writes that he was also active in the Soviet Jewry campaign, and that he worked to rehabilitate Begin against British Jews who called Begin a terrorist.

The existing page on this fund adds that Graus was life president of Likud Herut UK, honorary secretary of the Zionist Federation, and later British National Council Zionist co-chair; that he revived Betar UK in the 1970s; that he chaired the Menachem Begin Heritage Foundation; and that in 1982 he rejected Israeli responsibility for the massacre at Sabra and Shatila. Those points are not in the Alderman obituary.

His son Jeremy Graus (July 1959), nationality filed as Israeli, country of residence Israel, has been a director since 3 September 2018 and a trustee since 20 September 2022.

Activities and Grants

Raises funds for education and religious purposes in Israel. Makes grants to individuals, organisations and other charities supporting children/young people, elderly people, people with disabilities and people of particular ethnic or racial origin. Operates in London and Israel. Known grants include support for Yeshivat Hesder Shilo (a Hesder Yeshiva in Shilo settlement) and Keshet Yehuda.

Where the money goes

The grant series below is the fuller of the two accounts compilations supplied for this page. An earlier draft in the same note does not match it cell for cell. Empty cells are nil in that compilation. Totals are the row totals supplied, except Hesder Yeshivah Shiloh, whose total cell was blank and is the sum of the cells in that row.

The politically marked recipients are the Hesder yeshiva at Shilo, the pre-military academy at Keshet on the occupied Golan, the Cave of the Patriarchs fund in Hebron, Ofra, Karnei Shomron, Gush Etzion, Betar, and the Begin institutions.

Yeshivat Hesder Shiloh sits in the settlement of Shilo. A Hesder programme combines yeshiva study with service in the Israel Defense Forces. The supplied row runs from 2009 and sums to £224,883. Keshet Yehuda is a pre-military academy (mechina) at Keshet in the Golan, occupied by Israel in 1967. The row sums to £40,287. Maarat Hamachpela Heritage Fund is the fund for the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the site of the 1994 massacre by Baruch Goldstein. The row sums to £17,500. Ulpan Yeshiva High School for Girls (Ofra) received £5,000 in 2000. Yeshivat Karnei Shomron received £2,075 across 2000–07. Gush Etzion and Keren Gush Etzion received £7,776 and £10,627.

Betar UK received £67,731 between 1995 and 2007. Betar Israel received £16,550. The Fund for the Development of the Zionist Idea received £55,957 in 2000–02. Begin Centre Jerusalem received £2,864 in 2004. Menachem Begin Heritage received £10,030 in 2014. This Land Is Mine received £5,200. DPC Self Defence received £8,500 in 2025. Golan Organisation received £500 in 1995.

The largest rows in the same compilation are not settlement funds: Carmei Ha'ir £280,327 (2006–23), Mosdot Neveh Tzivia £204,510 (2000–25) and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Israel £115,514 (1998–2017). Zichron Menachem received £47,736 and Zaka £18,874.

Funding

full table

Recipient	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total (£)
Adath																390																390
Ahavat Shalom / Ahavas Shalom								700	1,000	550		8,877	125																			11,252
Aish																1,400																1,400
Alut																								500								500
Amotat Shavei Daron	400																															400
Ashkalon Foundation																														8,028		8,028
Begin Centre Jerusalem										2,864																						2,864
Betar Israel	6,400						2,103	8,047																								16,550
Betar UK	8,600	6,460	1,600	6,530	5,810	3,200	3,980	2,600	8,000	4,820	3,700	3,356	9,075																			67,731
Beyad Petucha												3,025																		12,058		15,083
Brit Orot											4,850																					4,850
Brit Yoseph Yitz																														24,177		24,177
Carmei Ha'ir												8,400	18,000	16,000	17,900	24,100	15,500	29,500	32,500	30,500	33,000	30,000	18,000	5,000	2,000	2,000			3,027			280,327
Cat Association																													1,627		1,627
Conrad Morris Charitable Trust				1,500																											1,500
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Israel / Cystic Fibrosis				7,014	5,000	1,000	5,000	3,000	5,000	3,000		7,000	20,000		5,000	3,000	3,000	12,500	9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	9,000									115,514
Direct Aid										2,000	2,000	1,480	1,500	3,250	900	1,900	1,250	500	1,000	1,000	700	500	500	500	500	500	500					20,880
DPC Self Defence																														8,500	8,500
Ebenexer Emergency Food (GB)														500																	500
Eliya									1,500																						1,500
El Ami																			5,027												5,027
Emunah											500																				500
Etzion Foundation										6,000	1,000																				7,000
Ezer Modiin									3,000	4,500	8,120	5,250	5,000	2,000	1,500	1,500	1,250	500	500	1,000	1,000	500	750	750	250	500	500	500					38,870
Forum Hamidrashot											2,000																				2,000
Friends of Israel													250																	250
Friends of Keren B'yavneh		14,000		3,500																											17,500
Gemach Oranit									500																						500
Golan Organisation	500																															500
Gush Etzion			1,000										5,700	1,076																	7,776
Hachzokas Torah																													5,000		5,000
Hen Orn Kol Bi Yakum (Jerusalem)				4,780																											4,780
Hesder Yeshivah Shiloh															7,591	9,893	10,159	10,027	12,327	12,375	981	26,496	18,584	27,685	14,964	18,004		14,421	16,898			24,478
Jaffa Gate Ministries													636																		636
Jerusalem Centre																														4,015	4,015
Jerusalem Heritage Foundation									13,690	4,538																						18,228
Keren Gush Etzion																													10,627		10,627
Kerem Dickstein									1,500																						1,500
Keshet Yehuda																1,577	14,098	6,334	13,278		500	2,500	1,000	500	500							40,287
Kiryat Chinuch										1,020																						1,020
Laniado Hospital																							1,000								1,000
Lemaan Achai												2,000																			2,000
Maarat Hamachpela Heritage Fund																	1,500	1,000	2,800	1,500	1,000	1,000	1,500	7,200							17,500
Maccabi Ramat Gan																													5,028		5,028
Machon Reshit													7,900	3,650	500																12,050
Magen David Adom																														5,500	5,500
Menachem Begin Heritage																				10,030												10,030
Mevaser Zion Charitable Trust															5,000																5,000
Mishmeret									1,586																						1,586
Mosdot Neveh Tzivia						2,700	2,200	12,068	14,550	14,100	14,500	11,250	12,500	17,877	7,595	11,150	8,600	6,600	10,120	7,000	10,300	12,500	8,500	5,000	15,000	8,042	3,030	7,058	6,055	10,070	6,043	204,510
Ohr Shlomo							12,960	14,144	8,070																	1,944						37,118
Olim Fund											1,500	650																				2,150
Oranit											3,525																				3,525
Parmunim												1,000																			1,000
Ponowich									200																						200
Rachel CT										1,000																					1,000
Shaare Zedek							1,360					200																			1,560
Shilton Betar Jerusalem										18,814	3,100																				21,914
Shivtei Yisrael																													527		527
Terror Victim Families														500																	500
The Fund for the Development of the Zionist Idea						6,820	26,937	22,200																							55,957
This Land Is Mine													900	500	1,500	1,000		300	500	500												5,200
Ulpan Klita												2,300																			2,300
Ulpan Yeshiva High School for Girls (OFRA)						5,000																									5,000
Various															800	545	1,005														2,350
Yeshivat Karnei Shomron						300	250			250	775	250	250																		2,075
Yeshivat Kollel Shomron																					500										500
Yeshivat Shaarey Mevaseret																		10,027												10,027
Zaka									6,304	12,570																				18,874
Zichron Menachem							7,943	6,783	32,560	450																				47,736

People

The Charity Commission lists three trustees. Companies House lists three directors. Michael Andrew Lewis Lee is a director and is not on the trustee list. Martin Rankoff’s other trusteeship on the register is Ready2Defend Ltd, recently registered. Solomon Unsdorfer is also a trustee of British Friends of the Land of Israel and The Jewish Book Trust UK.

Name	Charity role	Company role	Born	Appointed	Resigned
Jeremy Graus	Trustee, 20 September 2022	Director, 3 September 2018	July 1959	—	Current. Nationality Israeli. Residence Israel
Martin Phillip Rankoff	Trustee, 24 October 2022	Director, 8 February 2016	January 1962	—	Current. Also Ready2Defend Ltd
Solomon Unsdorfer	Trustee, 24 October 2022	Not on the company officer list	—	—	Also British Friends of the Land of Israel and The Jewish Book Trust UK
Michael Andrew Lewis Lee	Not on the trustee list	Director, 5 April 2021	April 1961	—	Current
Eric Graus	—	Director from before 30 June 1991	April 1927	—	Resigned 12 March 2018. Died 2018
Joseph Gellert	—	Director 20 August 2003; secretary from before 30 June 1991	October 1934	—	Resigned both 6 April 2021. Director address filed in Netanya
Malvyn Benjamin	—	Director from before 30 June 1991	November 1936	—	Resigned 14 May 2017

See also

• Eric Graus
• Likud Herut UK
• Betar UK
• Yeshivat Hesder Shiloh
• Keshet Yehuda
• Menachem Begin
• British Friends of the Land of Israel