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The Team

PATRONS

Our patrons are a group of individuals, all distinguished in their own spheres, who have agreed to lend their support and endorsement to FBFF.

Karen Armstrong

Imam Dr Usama Hasan

Dr Amineh Hoti

Huw Irranca-Davies

Marcus Mumford

Juliet Stevenson

Dr Rowan Williams

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

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The Trustees are a group of FBFF supporters who oversee the management of the charity and guarantee its adherence to the highest legal and ethical standards.

Jess Brandler

David Goldberg

Brian Humphreys

Debbie Nissenbaum

Rabbi Daniel Smith 

STEERING COMMITTEE

The Steering Committee are enthusiastic volunteers who undertake the planning and execution of our promotional and fundraising activities.

Maxine Altman

Elizabeth Arif-Fear

Isabel Kelly

Debbie Nissenbaum

Sonia Sheta

Peter Singer

Published: 14th October, 2019

Updated: 19th October, 2023

Author: Peter Singer

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  • Bereaved Families Forum under attack

    Bereaved Families Forum under attack

    The Bereaved Families Forum is being threatened with tough new restrictions on its activities by Israel’s recently-elected coalition government. The most extreme anti-Palestinian factions in the Cabinet are planning to curtail the organisation’s access to high schools, where bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families have for years been allowed to meet groups of teenagers before they are called up for army service.

  • Judith Elkan’s life celebrated with classical and Middle Eastern music

    Judith Elkan’s life celebrated with classical and Middle Eastern music

    Judith Elkan’s friends and FBFF supporters met at the New North London Synagogue on 19th June for a concert in her memory. The programme, planned to reflect Judith's musical tastes, included works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky as well as Israeli and Arabic songs.

  • Judith Elkan, peacemaker

    Judith Elkan, peacemaker

    Chani Smith, former FBFF Secretary, pays tribute to Judith Elkan who died aged 92 on Thursday 24th February

  • Breaking down walls of fear

    Breaking down walls of fear

    An Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lost a sister, spoke online to hundreds of FBFF supporters about advancing reconciliation between their communities.

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    Make a donation

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  • History of the Forum

    History of the Forum

    The origins of the Bereaved Families Forum.

  • The Team

    Our patrons are a group of individuals, all distinguished in their own spheres, who have agreed to lend their support and endorsement to FBFF. The Trustees are a group of FBFF supporters who oversee the management of the charity and guarantee its adherence to the highest legal and ethical standards. The Steering Committee are enthusiastic volunteers who undertake the planning and execution of our promotional and fundraising activities.

  • The Bereaved Families’ Forum

    The Bereaved Families’ Forum

    The FBFF was set up to support the Bereaved Families Forum (PCFF), a joint Israeli/Palestinian organisation of families who have lost a close family member to the conflict. Instead of seeking revenge, they have chosen the path of reconciliation.

  • Judith Elkan, peacemaker

    Judith Elkan, peacemaker

    Chani Smith, former FBFF Secretary, pays tribute to Judith Elkan who died aged 92 on Thursday 24th February

  • What FBFF does

    What FBFF does

    FBFF is a UK charity that supports the work of the Bereaved Families Forum – sometimes known as the Parents Circle-Families Forum (PCFF). We raise funds to support bridge-building activities between the communities in Israel/Palestine. We also work to promote their activities and spread information about them more widely in the UK.

  • Talking peace in person

    Talking peace in person

    ‘I didn’t think about revenge. If you consider violence you are a victim again. I decided not to be a victim.’ – Bassam Aramin.

  • Bereaved Families Forum under attack

    Bereaved Families Forum under attack

    The Bereaved Families Forum is being threatened with tough new restrictions on its activities by Israel’s recently-elected coalition government. The most extreme anti-Palestinian factions in the Cabinet are planning to curtail the organisation’s access to high schools, where bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families have for years been allowed to meet groups of teenagers before they are called up for army service.

  • Judith Elkan’s life celebrated with classical and Middle Eastern music

    Judith Elkan’s life celebrated with classical and Middle Eastern music

    Judith Elkan’s friends and FBFF supporters met at the New North London Synagogue on 19th June for a concert in her memory. The programme, planned to reflect Judith's musical tastes, included works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky as well as Israeli and Arabic songs.

  • Breaking down walls of fear

    Breaking down walls of fear

    An Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lost a sister, spoke online to hundreds of FBFF supporters about advancing reconciliation between their communities.

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