A delegation of Jewish organizational officials traveled to Costa Rica and El Salvador to express appreciation to those nations, the only two to maintain their Israel embassies in Jerusalem. The delegation, which left Tuesday, includes Ronald Lauder and Malcolm Hoenlein, the president and executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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