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Institute Officers
Honorary Presidents
Dr. Douglas Goldman (San Francisco).
Mr. Harvey Krueger (New York)*
Founding Committee
Dr. Alexandre Beider Ph.D. (Paris)
Mrs. Claire Bruell (Auckland)
Mrs. Sophie Caplan OAM (Sydney)*
Mr. Stanley M. Diamond MBA (Montreal)
Mr. Alain Farhi (New York)
Prof. Ladislau Gyemant Ph.D. (Cluj)
Dr. Anthony Joseph MD (Birmingham, England)
(Amb.) Dr. Neville Y. Lamdan D.Phil. (Jerusalem)
Prof. Dov Levin Ph.D. (Jerusalem)*
Mr. Gary Mokotoff (Bergenfield NJ)
Dr. Chanan Rapaport, Ph.D. (Jerusalem)*
Dr. Sallyann Sack-Pikus, Ph.D. (Hanover, NH)
Mrs. Mathilde A. Tagger B.Sc., M.L.Sc. (Jerusalem)*.
* deceased
Click on names for further details and photos of the Founders.
Honorary Advisory Board
Chair: Dr. Stuart Eizenstat (former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury)
Members:
Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry; Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa)
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP and former Canadian Minister of Justice)
Baroness Ruth Deech (House of Lords; former Principal, St. Anne’s College, Oxford)
Prof. Alan Dershowitz (Professor of Law, Harvard)
Abraham Foxman (National Director, Anti-Defamation League, USA)
Sir Martin Gilbert (historian and author, Oxford)*
Arthur Kurzweil (author and pioneering Jewish genealogist)
Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau (Chairman, Yad Vashem Council; former Chief Rabbi of Israel)
Senator Joe Lieberman (former US Senator)
Dr. David Marwell (Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NY)
Congressman Henry Waxman (US House of Representatives; Chair Energy and Commerce Committee)
* deceased
General Assembly (Amuta – Israeli non-profit)
Chair: Prof. Daniel Hanoch Wagner (Israel)
Deputy Chair: Dr. Michael Silber (Israel)
Members:
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola (Israel)
Prof. Aaron Demsky (Israel)
Mr. Stanley Diamond (Canada)
Mr. Emanuel (Ami) Elyasaf (Israel)
Mr. Alain Farhi (England/US)
Attorney Rony Golan (Israel)
Dr. Arnon Hershkovitz (Israel)
Dr. Saul Issroff (England)
Dr. Anthony Joseph (England)
Prof. Ruth Kark (Israel)(Amb.) Dr. Neville Lamdan
Mr. Gary Mokotoff (US)
Dr. Chanan Rapaport (Israel)*
Dr. Penny Rubinoff (Canada)
Dr. Sallyann Sack-Pikus (US)
Mr. Samuel Shoshan (US/Israel)*
Prof. Shaul Stampfer (Israel)
Mr. Jean-Pierre Stroweis (Israel)
(Amb.) Mr. Jacob Rosen (Israel)
Academic Director
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Legal Advisor
Adv. Rony Golan, Ll.B. (Ramat Gan)
Accountants
Boaz Cohen & Co. (Certified Accountants, Jerusalem)
Founding Director (2006-2012)
(Amb.) Dr. Neville Lamdan (Jerusalem)