President Carter has appointed Alfred Moses, a Washington lawyer who is chairman designate of the American Jewish Committee’s executive committee, as his new liaison with the American Jewish community, the White House has announced.
Moses, vice president for the past three years of the AJ Committee and a member of it for 15 years, will serve as an unpaid consultant to the President and continue his law practice. He is a trial lawyer and partner in the firm of Covington and Burling.
While filling the vacancy caused by the departure two months ago of Edward Sanders, who returned to Los Angeles where he has resumed his law practice, Moses will not, as Sanders did, also serve as a consultant to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance or receive a salary. His office will be in the White House. This position is his first experience in a federal civilian capacity.
Moses, who is 50 years old and a native of Baltimore, will consult with the President, Vance and other officials regarding matters of concern and interest to Jews but he will not take part in negotiations. In this connection, he will begin his services with the discussions here tomorrow and Wednesday between Carter and Premier Menachem Begin of Israel.
For the past 20 years, Moses has been a member of the Kosher Israel Synagogue, an old Orthodox congregation in Georgetown, and also for 10 years of the Conservative Congregation Tifereth Israel in Washington. Moses was graduated from Dormouth in 1951 with a Bachelor’s Degree in international relations. While serving as a Lieutenant in naval intelligence during the Korean War, he studied at Georgetown Law School where he was graduated in 1956.
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