Leadership
In October 2009, Daniel Sokatch became the new CEO of the New Israel Fund, after working as the executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the San Francisco Jewish Federation. Rachel Liel, formerly director of Shatil, became Israel Executive Director on 1 November 2009. Brian Lurie, former Executive Director of the San Francisco Federation and executive vice-president of the UJA, chairs NIF's board, following the term of Naomi Chazan, former Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset. The board consists of 23 community leaders, activists, academics and philanthropists from the U.S., Israel and the U.K.
Other board members include Ambassador Martin Indyk, law professor Peter Edelman, economist Franklin Fisher, and Israeli attorney Talia Sasson. International Council members include acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz, Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover, former Deputy Attorney General Judith Karp, former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg, Michael Walzer, Rabbi David Saperstein, and Hebrew University law professor Ruth Gavison.
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