Israel’s ambassador to Moscow was named head of Nativ, which serves as a liaison between Israel and the Russian Jewish community. Zvi Magen succeeds Ya’acov Kedmi, who resigned after attacking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy toward Russian Jewry.
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