Elan Steinberg
Elan Steinberg (1952-2012) was an Israeli-born head of World Jewish Congress.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/nyregion/elan-steinberg-dies-at-59-led-world-jewish-congress.html |title=Elan Steinberg Dies at 59; Led World Jewish Congress |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 April 2012 |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2012-apr-11-la-me-elan-steinberg-20120411-story.html |title=Elan Steinberg dies at 59; former head of World Jewish Congress |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=11 April 2012}}
Early life and career
Elan Steinberg was born to a Polish Jewish family in Rishon LeZion, Israel, in 1952. When he was two years old, his family emigrated to the United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/elan-steinberg-world-jewish-congress-leader-dies-at-59/2012/04/11/gIQAGIMWAT_story.html |title=Elan Steinberg, World Jewish Congress leader, dies at 59 |date=2012-04-11 |first=Emily |last=Langer |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}} He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and Brooklyn College. He received a master's degree in political science from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Later, he joined the Graduated Center of the City University of New York as a faculty member.
In 1974, he joined World Jewish Congress. When he left the congress in 2004, he was the executive director.
Steinberg also served as a vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants.
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Category:People from Rishon LeZion