John+D+Levy

John D A Levy – Director
Born September 1947 Educated Hasmonean Grammar School 1959-66 Bedford College, London University 1966-69 Honours degree in Sociology 1969-70 Spent one year as a professional social worker in the London Borough of Lambeth. November 1970 Joined the Zionist Federation, London, as Information Officer. November 1972- Jun 1975 Director of the ZF Israel Information Office and National Co-ordinator of the Anglo-Israel Friendship Leagues. September 1976 As a freelance, invited DJ and entertainer Jimmy Savile to Israel; and assisted the Israel Embassy in the anti-boycott campaign. since September 1976 Director, [|Friends of Israel Educational Foundation], a foundation established to generate wider public knowledge of Israel's hopes, problems and achievements, and concurrently since August 1987 Director, [|Academic Study Group] – a foundation established to forge research collaborations between British and Israeli university-based experts; and since August 1989 Honorary Co-ordinator of the UK Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. John is the son of Rev. Dr. Isaac Levy. John’s twin concerns are the promotion of an informed and analytic understanding of Israel and the Middle East; and the forging of collaborative ties between academics and other experts in the UK and their professional counterparts in Israel. John will be speaking on Wednesday 4th November in a presentation entitled "Israel and the Arab World"