The appointment of Yaacov Morris as representative of the Treasury of the Jewish Agency for Israel in the United States–succeeding Dr. Isaac Moyal who is leaving New York this weekend to assume the post of Jewish Agency Treasury representative in Paris–was announced last night at a reception at the Jewish Agency offices here bidding farewell to Dr. Moyal and welcoming Mr. Morris.
Mr. Morris, who is on loan from the Israel Foreign Ministry to the Jewish Agency Treasury, is well known in New York where he was Israel Consul from 1957 to 1961. An authority on the problems of Israel’s immigrants, Mr. Morris is also the author of “Masters of the Desert–6,000 Years in the Negev,” which was published in this country in 1961. He is the author of three other books, the last, soon to be published, will deal with the subject of American settlers in Israel.
Dr. Moyal, who has served as the representative of the Jewish Agency Treasury in New York since 1961, had previously served the Jewish Agency as representative of the Economic Department for Europe and North Africa. He is a member of an Israeli family established in Palestine for many generations. Present at the reception, in addition to members of the Israel Consulate and representatives of American and Israeli banking institutions, were three members of the executive of the Jewish Agency-American Section: Mrs. Rose L. Halprin, chairman; Dr. Emanuel Neumann and Dr. Joseph B. Schechtman, the only members of the Executive currently in the United States.
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