Moshe Rivlin, a former leader of the Jewish National Fund/Keren Keyemeth LeIsrael, died Tuesday at age 79. Rivlin died from a heart attack while visiting his daughters in New York. Rivlin, who lived in Israel, served as world chairman of JNF/KKL from 1976 until he retired in 1997. He was a “visionary who shaped the country” of Israel, said Russell Robinson, CEO of JNF America.
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