The Jewish Agency for Israel formally installed new officers during its closing session. Sallai Meridor officially took over the chairmanship from newly elected legislator Avraham Burg, and Alex Grass of Harrisburg, Pa., succeeded Charles “Corky” Goodman of Chicago as chairman of the agency’s Board of Governors. On Wednesday, the agency’s 300-member delegate assembly also approved in principle a strategic plan to broaden its work in Jewish identity, Jewish unity and Israel-Diaspora relations, in addition to its traditional role of being responsible for immigration and absorption in Israel.
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