The founder and longtime head of the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), I.L. Kenen, was honored here this week with a grove planted in his name in the U.S. Independence Forest near Jerusalem. Jewish National Fund chairman Moshe Rivlin and JNF U.S. President Charlotte Jacobson were among the many guests at the ceremony, which marked Kenen’s 80th birthday.
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