The American Jewish Congress named a new executive director. Neil Goldstein will take over for Phil Baum, the group’s long-time leader, who recently announced his retirement. Goldstein had been serving for the past year as AJCongress’ director of national affairs, and previously served as Assistant executive director in the mid-1980s.
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