Latvia awarded its highest honor to the American Jewish Committee’s executive director.Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga presented David Harris with the Order of the Three
Stars-Commander Class for his “contribution to facilitating
cooperation between the Republic of Latvia and the United States of America,” the group announced in a release Monday.
“David Harris is a true friend of humanity, of the Jewish people and of Latvia,” Vike-Freiberga said during the ceremony at the AJCommittee’s annual dinner last week.
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