GOVERNING BOARD WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS Ashkelon, 24 September 2008 PARTICIPANTS DELEGATE Leah Aharonov - Israel Representative, Affiliated Organisations Cobi Benatoff - Italy Chair, WJC Policy Council Serge Berdugo - Morocco Small Communities, Europe - 2 Irwin E. Blank - USA Representative, USA - 3 Yaakov D. Bleich - Ukraine Delegate Matthew Bronfman - USA Chair, WJC Governing Board Alexander Bronstein - Russia WJC Vice-President Reuven Bulka - Canada Representative, Canada - 1 Chaim Chesler - Israel Chair, Commission on the FSU Mikhail Chlenov - Russia Regional Director, Euro-Asia Moty Cristal - Israel Representative, Affiliated Organisations Roger Cukierman - France WJC Vice-President Serge Cwajgenbaum - France Regional Director, Europe Jeffrey Daube - Israel Representative, USA - 2 Matityahu Droblas - Israel Representative, Israel - 1 Aba Dunner - United Kingdom Representative, Affiliated Organisations Betty Ehrenberg - USA Representative, USA - 4 Eduardo S. Elsztain - Argentina WJC Treasurer Claudio Epelman - Argentina Regional Director, Latin America Oded Eran - Israel Regional Director, Israel Bernie Farber - Canada Representative, Canada - 2 Péter Feldmájer - Hungary Representative, Hungary Shai Franklin - USA Regional Director, North America Saúl Gilvich - Uruguay Representative, Small Communities, Latin America - 1 Helena Glaser - Israel WJC Vice-President Carmen Godeanu - Israel Youth Delegate - 4 Robert M. Goot - Australia Representative, Australia Meyer Habib - France Representative, France - 2 Lior Herman - United Kingdom Youth Delegate - 1 Shai Hermesh - Israel Regional Chair, Israel Ariel Isaak - Argentina Representative, Argentina - 1 Zalli Jaffe - Israel Representative, USA - 1 Moshe Kantor - Russia Regional Chair, Europe David Kimche - Israel Chair, Israel Council on Foreign Relations Adam H. Koffler - USA Chair, WJDC Ronald S. Lauder - USA WJC President Sidney Lazarus - South Africa Representative, South Africa Yehiel Leket - Israel WJC Vice-President Leonid Levin - Belarus Representative, Belarus Claudio Lottenberg - Brazil Representative, Brazil - 2 Sumati Luvsandendev - Mongolia Representative, Small Communities, Euro-Asia - 2 Alexander Machkevitch - Kazakhstan Regional Chair, Euro-Asia John Malkinson - Belgium Director, Operations Isabella Nespoli - Belgium Director, Policy Council Yariv Nornberg - Israel Youth Delegate - 3 Silvyo Ovadya - Turkey Small Communities, Europe - 1 Mordechai Palzur - Israel Chair, WJC Institute Richard Prasquier - France Representative, France - 1 Chaim Reiss - USA Director, Finance and Administartion Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 7 Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 2 Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 3 Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 6 Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 5 Representative - Israel Representative, Israel - 4 Peleg Reshef - Israel Director, Future Generations Activities Ariel Rodal - Israel Youth Delegate - 2 Moshe Ronen - Canada WJC Vice-President Alex Rutman - Latvia Small Communities, Europe - 3 Michael Schneider - USA WJC Secretary General Mikhail Scoblionok - Russia Representative, Russia - 1 Tamar Shchory - Israel Representative, Affiliated Organisations Boris Shpigel - Russia Representative, Russia - 2 Henry Sobel - Brazil Representative, Small Communities, Latin America - 2 Luiz Sérgio Steinecke - Brazil Representative, Brazil - 1 Maram Stern - Belgium Honorary WJC Vice-President Kalman Sultanik - USA WJC Vice President Albert Talegawkar - India Representative, Small Communities, Euro-Asia - 3 Jack Terpins - Brazil Regional Chair, Latin America Daniel Turk - Japan Representative, Small Communities, Euro-Asia - 1 Laurence Weinbaum - Israel Director, WJC Institute Sara Winkowski - Uruguay WJC Vice-President Josef Zissels - Ukraine Delegate OBSERVER Mordechai Arbell - Israel Observer Menachem Ariav - Israel Observer Iéte Arruda Salomé - Brazil Observer Yaakov Ashery - Israel Observer Asher Aud - Israel Observer Shalom Avisrur - Israel Observer Tami Barak - Israel Observer Victoria Benatoff - Italy Observer Yonatan Ben-Dor - Kazakhstan Observer Yoav Blum - Israel Observer Erzsébet Botka - Hungary Observer Eli Bronstein - Israel Observer Sandra Cahn - USA Observer Matvey Chlenov - Russia Observer Chmelnitsky - Brazil Observer Henry S. Chmelnitsky - Brazil Observer Chanan Cohen - Israel Observer Ira Dashevsky - Israel Observer Arie Fainstein - Israel Observer Igor Fedorov - Russia Observer Lior Gabay - Israel Observer Viktor Gaft - Russia Observer Leonid Gandelmann - Russia Observer David Godovsky - Israel Observer Boris Gorelik - Russia Observer Emmanuil Grinshpun - Moldova Observer Shmuel Hadas - Israel Observer Amir Halevi - Israel Observer Shmuel Halpert - Israel Observer Herbert Juli - USA Observer Asaf Kaniel - Israel Observer Tatiana Karasova - Russia Observer Faina Kirschenbaum - Israel Observer Gregory Kotler - Israel Observer Alex Kreindlin - Israel Observer Bernhard Lazarus - Israel Observer Moshe Leshem - Israel Observer Léo Levitan - Brazil Observer Leon Lipsicas - Israel Observer David Maimon - Israel Observer Yakov Margi - Israel Observer Svetlana Nimkov - Russia Observer Fedor Ossinin - Kazakhstan Observer Zvi Ramot - Israel Observer Yuri Raskin - Russia Observer Liat Ravner - Israel Observer Larisa Ryabchenko - Russia Observer Steve Schneier - Israel Observer Mark Shabad - Russia Observer Efi Shtenzler - Israel Observer Yoav Sivan - Israel Observer Amanda Sobel - Brazil Observer Roman Spektor - Russia Observer Simone Steinecke Prist - Brazil Observer Yitzchak Stiglitz - Israel Observer Ida Sztamfater - Brazil Observer Pavel Tsourkov - Russia Observer Avi Widerman - Israel Observer Einat Wilf - Israel Observer Ygal Zahor - Israel Observer Aharon Zaritzky - Israel Observer Rina Zaslavsky - Israel Observer Yuri Zelvensky - Russia Observer STAFF Avi Barouh - Bulgaria Staff Hana Kimchi - Israel Staff Hella Moritz - USA Staff Natasha Schmidt - Russia Staff Yvette Shumacher - Israel Staff Updated: 19 September 2008.