Alan Claude Robin Goldsmid Montefiore (29 December 1926 – 29 October 2024) was a British philosopher and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
Montefiore received an Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk at the Czech Republic Ambassador's residence in London in November 2019.
The third theme concerns an apparent tension between Judaism’s claim to being both a religion of universal import and yet that of a historically very particular people.
The final theme is Montefiore’s personal perspective as being identified as a Jew and whether or not the possession of a Jewish identity is to be understood as carrying with it the acceptance of any particular obligations as to how to order one’s life.
The Foundation was recognized for its work by Václav Havel and, in 2019, Montefiore himself was awarded the Czech Ambassador’s Honorary Jan Masaryk Silver Medal.