Ukraine crisis adds pressure to pick Jewish Agency head
"There is fear in the selection committee that if there’s no real chairman during the Ukraine crisis, the Jewish Agency’s reputation will be hurt dramatically," one of the candidates said.
IN JULY, newly-elected Israeli president and outgoing chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog and chairman of the World Zionist Organization Yaakov Hagoel attend a farewell ceremony held in Herzog’s honor at the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. (photo credit: NOAM REVKIN FENTON/FLASH90)ByGIL HOFFMAN, ZVIKA KLEINUpdated:
