(JTA) — Ralph Goldman, a former leader of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and a central figure in Israel’s establishment, has died at the age of 100.
Goldman, who served under David Ben-Gurion as Israel’s envoy to the United States, died Tuesday in Jerusalem, where he had lived for several decades.
Goldman first became involved in JDC in 1968 when he became the associate director of its Israel operation. He went on to serve twice as the chief executive of JDC, from 1976 until 1985, and again from 1986 until 1988.
Born on Sept. 1, 1914, in the town of Lechovitz in …read more
Source: JTA
