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A former President of the Board of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation,<ref name="Sugarman">{{Cite news |title=David Dangoor: Britain has been good to us and we give back |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/david-dangoor-britain-has-been-good-to-us-and-we-give-back-1.444404|last=Sugarman |first=Daniel |date=15 September 2017 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> David Dangoor is President of ''[[Jewish Renaissance]]'' magazine<ref name="JLC"/> and a Vice-President of the [[Jewish Leadership Council]].<ref name="JLC">{{Cite press release |title=Jewish Leadership Council Appoints New Vice Presidents |date=14 June 2016 |publisher=[[Jewish Leadership Council]] |url=http://www.thejlc.org/jewish_leadership_council_appoints_new_vice_presidents |access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> He is a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Greater London]] and chairs the [[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London]]’s Council on Faith.<ref name="Faith">{{Cite web |url=https://greaterlondonlieutenancy.com/about-us/building-bridges/faith/ |title=Faith |date=30 July 2017 |website=[[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London|Greater London Lieutenancy]]}}</ref>
A former President of the Board of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation,<ref name="Sugarman">{{Cite news |title=David Dangoor: Britain has been good to us and we give back |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/david-dangoor-britain-has-been-good-to-us-and-we-give-back-1.444404|last=Sugarman |first=Daniel |date=15 September 2017 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> David Dangoor is President of ''[[Jewish Renaissance]]'' magazine<ref name="JLC"/> and a Vice-President of the [[Jewish Leadership Council]].<ref name="JLC">{{Cite press release |title=Jewish Leadership Council Appoints New Vice Presidents |date=14 June 2016 |publisher=[[Jewish Leadership Council]] |url=http://www.thejlc.org/jewish_leadership_council_appoints_new_vice_presidents |access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> He is a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Greater London]] and chairs the [[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London]]’s Council on Faith.<ref name="Faith">{{Cite web |url=https://greaterlondonlieutenancy.com/about-us/building-bridges/faith/ |title=Faith |date=30 July 2017 |website=[[Lord Lieutenant of Greater London|Greater London Lieutenancy]]}}</ref>


He was also made a Fellow of the [[British Exploring Society]] <ref name="Fellow of the British Exploring Society{{Cite press release | url=http://www.britishexploring.org/who-we-are/our-people/our-fellows.aspx}}</ref> and also of the [[Royal Albert Hall]] <ref name="Royal Albert Hall.{{Cite press release | url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/support/supporters/}}</ref>
He was also made a Fellow of the [[British Exploring Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishexploring.org/who-we-are/our-people/our-fellows.aspx |title=Fellow of the British Exploring Society |publisher=N/A |format=Web |access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> and also of the [[Royal Albert Hall]] <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/support/supporters/ |title=Royal Albert Hall |publisher=N/A |format=Web|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref>.
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David Dangoor
Born1948
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forPhilanthropy
SpouseJudy (née Emmett)
ChildrenFour (two sons, two daughters)
AwardsHonorary doctorate, Bar-Ilan University, 2017

David Alan Ezra Dangoor DL[1] (born 1948)[2] is a British businessman and philanthropist. A son of Sir Naim Dangoor,[3] he spent his early life in Baghdad as part of Iraq's Jewish community, leaving with his parents and his brothers in the 1960s for the United Kingdom,[4] where he was educated at Carmel College and Imperial College London.[1]

In 2017 Israel's Bar-Ilan University awarded Dangoor an honorary doctorate, citing his "tireless efforts to further education, culture and art throughout the UK and Israel".[5]

He is Exilarch of The Exilarch's Foundation, a charity that has generously initiated, guided and supported many causes, mainly relating to education and health, including Westminster Academy, Imperial College [6], the UK Space Design Competition, The Open University, Age UK, The UK Israel Tech Hub, the Weizmann Institute of Science [7], the Centre for Personalized Medicine at Bar Ilan University [8], Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jewish Book Week and the Centre for Universal Monotheism at Bar Ilan University. A subsidiary of The Exilarch's Foundation is Dangoor Education Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). and tries to use his background and heritage [9] to ensure greater relations between Jews and Arabs [10].

A former President of the Board of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation,[11] David Dangoor is President of Jewish Renaissance magazine[12] and a Vice-President of the Jewish Leadership Council.[12] He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London and chairs the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London’s Council on Faith.[1]

He was also made a Fellow of the British Exploring Society[13] and also of the Royal Albert Hall [14].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Faith". Greater London Lieutenancy. 30 July 2017.
  2. ^ "David Dangoor". Remember Baghdad. 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ Oliver, Charlotte (12 March 2015). "Funding education runs in their family". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "David Dangoor of the Exilarch's Foundation on his Support for the British Schools Exploration Society". Spear's. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Bar-Ilan University Awards Honorary Doctorate to UK Businessman and Philanthropist Dr. David Dangoor" (Press release). Bar-Ilan University. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ "£5m donation gift by Dangoor Education to transform life and work of Imperial" (Press release). Imperial College London. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. ^ "The future of the past, Judy and David Dangoor are ensuring science informs our past" (Press release). Werizmann Magazine VOL. 10. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Israel leading charge toward the next health frontier: Personalized medicine" (Press release). Times of Israel. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Remembering Baghdad" (Press release). JPost. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Israeli outreach to Iraqis can have substantial benefits" (Press release). JPost. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. ^ Sugarman, Daniel (15 September 2017). "David Dangoor: Britain has been good to us and we give back". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Jewish Leadership Council Appoints New Vice Presidents" (Press release). Jewish Leadership Council. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Fellow of the British Exploring Society" (Web). N/A. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Royal Albert Hall" (Web). N/A. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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