[PMX:#] [Cz-L] Rand Fishbein (list member) elected to JewishGen Board

Dear Friends,

One of our members, Dr. Rand Fishbein, recently joined the Board of
Governors of JewishGen. Congratulations, Dr. Fishbein! I wish you
continued success as you bring your skills to one of the leading
organizations of the Jewish genealogy community. Read on for more
details.

Bruce

Subject: Announcement from the JewishGen Board of Governors
From: Karen Franklin <karenfranklin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:53:11 -0500

The JewishGen Board of Governors is pleased to announce the
addition of two members. These individuals, Michael Goldstein and
Dr. Rand Fishbein, add valuable skills to the team.

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Dr. Rand Fishbein

Dr. Rand Fishbein is President of Fishbein Associates, Inc., a
public-policy consulting firm based in Potomac, Maryland. He has
long been a leader in Jewish political life. Among his many
efforts related to Jewish issues and cultural preservation, he
initiated efforts in the U.S. Senate that saved the ancient
Jewish Bassatine Cemetery in Cairo from destruction, and
contributed to the rescue of Ethiopian Jews in 1991 as well as
the rescue of the last 400 Jews in Iraq that same year. Following
a fire that ravaged the ancient archival collection in
Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine, in 2003, Dr. Fishbein successfully
arranged for the U.S. Embassy in Kiev to provide emergency
financial assistance for the salvage and conservation of the
surviving documents.

Prior to entering the private sector, Dr. Fishbein was a
Professional Staff Member (Majority) of the U.S. Senate Defense
Appropriations subcommittee. He also served as a Professional
Staff Member (Majority) on the U.S. Senate Foreign Operations
Appropriations subcommittee responsible for preparing the annual
U.S. foreign assistance budget. Dr. Fishbein was one of two
Foreign Policy/Intelligence Analysts on the 1987 U.S. Senate
Iran-Contra investigating committee and co-authored a portion of
its final report. Later, he served as the Special Assistant for
National Security Affairs to Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI).

According to Fishbein: "JewishGen seeks to accomplish in our
modern age what our great sages, academies and traditions of the
past have sought to do. That is, to build a bridge between
generations that is personal, profound, and enduring. The
survival of the Jewish people is one of the great and ennobling
stories of mankind. Its illumination is both the mission and the
challenge of JewishGen. I am honored and privileged to be asked
to join such a visionary team."

Dr. Fishbein earned his Ph.D., with distinction, in International
Relations/Middle East Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He was
a fellow in Brussels at the North Atlantic Assembly, the
inter-parliamentary forum of NATO, and was awarded a Fulbright
fellowship to St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and
another Fulbright to the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), at the University of London.

Karen S. Franklin
Gary Mokotoff

Co-Chairs, JewishGen Board of Governors
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