Tributes and statements of respect and admiration are pouring in for Elan Steinberg, the former executive director of the World Jewish Congress who died April 6 of complications from lymphatic cancer. He was 59.
Elan Steinberg, the former executive director of the World Jewish Congress, participated in shaping his world instead of simply living in it, in moving the machine of international politics instead of simply rotating as a cog in it.
Elan Steinberg, the former World Jewish Congress executive vice president who helped lead efforts to obtain restitution for properties stolen during the Holocaust, has died.