Moshe Rivlin (1925-2004) 
Reproduced with permission from Haaretz.com
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Thu., November 25, 2004 Kislev 12, 5765
JNF mourns loss of `national ranger'
By Amiram Barkat
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505868.html
Moshe Rivlin, who served as chairman of the board of directors of the
Jewish National Fund for 21 years, died on Tuesday in New York. He was
79 years old.
During Rivlin's tenure at the Jewish National Fund, from 1977-1998,
he oversaw several key projects, including the rehabilitation of the Hula
Valley wetlands, drainage in the Jezreel Valley, and preparation of lands
for the establishment of communities during the period of greatly increased
immigration from the former Soviet Union.
Rivlin was also instrumental in the JNF's work to reverse the effects
of desertification and to establish water reservoirs in the Beit She'an
Valley, the Galilee, the Arava and the Negev.
Rivlin's long years with the JNF earned him the nickname, "the national
forest ranger."
Prior to taking up his position at the JNF, after a stint in New York
as Israel's consul-general in the 1950s, Rivlin served as director of
the Jewish Agency's Information Department, and later, from 1961-1977,
he was secretary-general and then director general of the Jewish Agency.
In the 1940s, Rivlin served in the intelligence branch of the Hagannah
pre-State underground.
Rivlin's also served as a member of the board of trustees of Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He was also a board
member at the Yad Ben-Zvi Institute, the Jerusalem Post, and El Al Israel
Airlines.
Rivlin was the scion of a pioneering family that arrived in Palestine
some 200 years ago. His grandfather, Avraham Rivlin, was the first Jewish
child born outside the walls of the Old City, in the Nahalat Shiva quarter,
of which Rivlin's great-grandfather, Yehoshua was a founder.
Rivlin's coffin will be flown to Israel for burial. His funeral will
take place on Tuesday, November 30, at the Har Tamir funeral home in the
capital.
Secretary General, Director General of the Jewish Agency for Israel 1961-1977
World Chairman, Director General, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - The Jewish
National Fund 1977-1998
Read more:
English
KKL - 1980s
http://www.kkl.org.il/kkl100/docs/9.doc
Vision - Water, Water Everywhere (1990s)
http://www.jewishpost.com/jp0203/jpn0310.htm
Hebrew
Obituary, photo
http://www.kkl.org.il/KKL/hebrew/nosim_hamim/rivlin.doc
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