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Participants EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS JERUSALEM, 21-23 OCTOBER 2013 PARTICIPANTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ronald S. Lauder - President, World Jewish Congress President, Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece Benjamin Albalas - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Jewish Community of Georgia Guram Batiashvili - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Cobi Benatoff - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Women's International Zionist Organization Tova Ben-Dov - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela David Bittan - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Rabbi Yaakov Bleich - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Chairman, VAAD of Russia Mikhail Chlenov - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France Roger Cukierman - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Renee Dayan-Shabot - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Eduardo Elsztain - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Guiora Esrubilsky - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Boris Fuchsmann - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Andrea Gergely - Member of the Executive, World Jewish Congress Saúl Gilvich - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Central Council of Jews in Germany Dieter Graumann - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary András Heisler - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Lior Herman - Member of the Executive, World Jewish Congress Chairman, World Jewish Congress Israel Shai Hermesh - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Member of the Board, World ORT Emil Kalo - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Russian Jewish Congress Yury Kanner - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Executive Council of Australian Jewry Danny Lamm - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Jewish Confederation of Brazil Claudio Lottenberg - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Chair, World Jewish Congress, American Section Rabbi Joel Meyers - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Ariel Muzicant - Vice President, World Jewish Congress President, Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic Petr Papousek - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Marcos Peckel - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Richard Prasquier - Interfaith Commissioner, World Jewish Congress Moshe Ronen - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Menachem Rosensaft - General Counsel, World Jewish Congress Chella Safra - Treasurer, World Jewish Congress President, Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations Julio Schlosser - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Tamar Shchory - Vice President, World Jewish Congress CEO & Executive Vice President Robert Singer - World Jewish Congress Rodrigo Slelatt - Member of the Executive, World Jewish Congress Co-Chairman, Policy Council Mervyn Smith - World Jewish Congress Associate Executive Vice President Maram Stern - World Jewish Congress Jack Terpins - President, Latin American Jewish Congress President, Board of Deputies of British Jews Vivian Wineman - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Past President, International Council of Jewish Women Sara Winkowski - Vice President, World Jewish Congress Chairman, The Association of Jewish Organizations and Josef Zissels - Communities of Ukraine DIRECTORS Serge Cwajgenbaum - Secretary General, European Jewish Congress Betty Ehrenberg - Executive Director, World Jewish Congress North America Claudio Epelman - Executive Director, Latin American Jewish Congress Sonia Gomes de Mesquita - Chief Program Officer, World Jewish Congress Sam Grundwerg - Director General, World Jewish Congress Israel Raya Kalenova - Executive Vice President, European Jewish Congress John Malkinson - Executive Director, World Jewish Congress Chaim Reiss - Director, Finance & Administration, World Jewish Congress OBSERVERS Yehuda Udi Ben-Ami - Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Victor Eliezer - Secretary General, Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece Péter Feldmájer - Vice President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary Fayina Ioffe - Director, Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Mikhail Pecherskiy - Board Member, Russian Jewish Congress Ran Ronen - Advisor, Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Gerardo Tyszberowicz - Office of Mr. Elzstain Arie Zuckerman - Advisor to the President, European Jewish Congress .
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