July 19, 1999
6 Av 5759
Jerusalem

Arieh Azoulay - Former Mayor of Ashdod - has been appointed Acting Chairman of the Aliyah Committee of JAFI.

Arieh Azoulay, member of the Zionist Executive and Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel, has been appointed Acting Chairman of the Aliyah and Absorption Committee of the Jewish Agency.

Azoulay, who served in recent years as the head of the Jewish Agency delegation in France and Europe, will replace Haim Chessler, who has been appointed Treasurer of the Jewish Agency.

Arieh Azoulay, married and father of three, made aliyah to Israel in 1955 from Morocco. He has an MA in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has held various public positions, among them Chairman of the Directorate of the Association of Community Centers, mayor of Ashdod, and founder and principal of Meikif "G" School in Ashdod.

The Aliyah Department of the Jewish Agency deals with bringing new immigrants to Israel from around the world and assisting in their preliminary absorption in Israel. Each year, the Department brings approximately 60,000 new immigrants to Israel.

For further information contact:

Michael Jankelowitz
Liaison to Foreign Press and Media, JAFI
Tel: 972-2-6202780
Fax: 972-2-6202708
Mobile: 972-51-601706