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The [[Academic Friends of Israel]] is a pressure group formed in 2002 to 'fight the academic boycott of Israel'. It works closely with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and the [[Union for Jewish students]]. <ref>[[Media:Academic Friends for Israel.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.academics-for-israel.org/index.php?page=about us> created 19 March 2010</ref> It was incorporated as a limited company in November 2004.
 
The [[Academic Friends of Israel]] is a pressure group formed in 2002 to 'fight the academic boycott of Israel'. It works closely with the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and the [[Union for Jewish students]]. <ref>[[Media:Academic Friends for Israel.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.academics-for-israel.org/index.php?page=about us> created 19 March 2010</ref> It was incorporated as a limited company in November 2004.
  
As of 19 March 2010 the group was directed by [[Ronnie Fraser]] and its Patron was the Chief Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]].
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==Principals==
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[[Ronnie Fraser]] - President
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Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]] - Head Patron
  
 
==Advisory Board==
 
==Advisory Board==

Revision as of 12:35, 13 August 2010

The Academic Friends of Israel is a pressure group formed in 2002 to 'fight the academic boycott of Israel'. It works closely with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Union for Jewish students. [1] It was incorporated as a limited company in November 2004.

Principals

Ronnie Fraser - President Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - Head Patron

Advisory Board

Dr Manfred Gerstenfeld - Chairman of the Board of Fellows, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Henry Grunwald Q.C. - President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Amir Lev
John D A Levy - Director of the Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East
Andrew R. Marks, M.D. - Columbia University, USA
Dr Robin Stamler
Professor Leslie Wagner CBE
Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham[2]

Notes