Mrs. Rose L. Halprin, chairman of the Jewish Agency -American Section, today announced the appointment of Robert Keller as director of the Jewish Agency office for the West Coast. He will assume his duties in Los Angeles on August 1. In his new position, Mr. Keller will give particular attention to the work among Jewish youth, the Zionist youth organizations and PATWA office on the West Coast.
Born in Boston, Mr. Keller was educated in the United States, joined the Zionist youth movement at an early age and left in 1948 to settle in Israel. He lived in a kibbutz for a period, then went into industry as director of supplies for “Tah-as” In 1957 he joined the executive staff of the American-Israel Paper Mills in Hadera, Israel. He is associated with the Israel Productivity Institute.
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