Joel Lion
Joel Lion יואל ליאון | |
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Spokesperson and Consul for Media Affairs | |
Assumed office 15 August 2009 | |
Preceded by | David Saranga |
Joel Lion is an Israeli diplomat serving as the Spokesperson and Consul for Media Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. He assumed this post in August 2009, and has since been responsible for maintaining direct contact with America’s national and local media in the tri-state area. Lion has been described by the Jerusalem Post as 'inventive, moving and spiritual' [1]. Joel Lion joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993[2].
Biography
Joel Lion is the son of Alain Lion and Helene Becher. He was born in 1964 in France and raised in Esch-sur-Alzette in Luxembourg.Mr. Lion is married to Rebeca, and is the father of eight children. Prior to joining the Consulate in New York, he served as Deputy Director for the Western European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, and was responsible for political relations with Germany. Previously,he was Counselor, Head of the Public Affairs Department at Israel’s Embassy in Berlin. He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania at the Israeli Embassy in Riga and was Charge D'Affaires for Slovakia at the Israeli Embassy in Vienna. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joel Lion has worked for the JNF-KKL in Jerusalem, as well as the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Lion served in the Israel Defense Forces and attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in the Artillery Corps.
Special Missions
In 1999, Consul Lion became the first Israeli official to partake in the mission of election monitoring with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the start of the second Intifada in 2001, Mr. Lion operated as Spokesman with the MFA special team in Bethlehem.[3] During operation “Cast Lead”, he worked as director in charge of the MFA Press Center in Sderot.
Education
In addition to his diplomatic career, Joel Lion has an extensive academic background. He earned his B.A. in Political Sciences from Hebrew University in 1988, and received his M.A. in History from the University of Latvia in 1998. He is an Ordinate Orthodox Rabbi by Pirchei Shoshanim In 1995, he completed the International Training Course in Security Policy of the Federal Military Department of Switzerland, in Geneva. He is fluent in Hebrew, English, French, German, Luxemburgish, Yiddish and basic Russian.
Publications
- The Trees Sing, A Sourcebook for Tu Bi-Shevat, selected by Rabbi Moshe Edelman, edited by Joel Lion, published by the Jewish National Fund 1992
- What is really on trial in the Goldstone Report
- Israel is ready for peace, by Joel Lion, Albany Times Union,December 19, 2009
- Hoping for a reconciliation between friends, by Joel Lion, JTA, January 14, 2010
- It takes two to forge a lasting Mideast peace,by Joel Lion, NY Daily News, December 6, 2009
- Lessons Must be Learned from the Holocaust, IsraelPolitik, 04/12/2010
- Israel @ 62 – “If you will it, it is no dream”, by Joel Lion, [http://www.israelpolitik.org/ IsraelPolitik, Apr. 20, 2010]
- Earth Day is every day in Israel. by Joel Lion, [http://www.israelpolitik.org/ IsraelPolitik, Apr. 22, 2010]
- Can Peace Talks Work in Face of PA Incitement?. by Joel Lion, Algemeiner Journal, May 4, 2010
In the news
- YNET: Praise for Israeli mission in Haiti: 'Only ones operating'
- Toronto film fest calls Israeli PR strategy into question
- Pro-Israel Ad Campaign on ‘NYT’ Website? Refutes Gaza War criticisms
- Geste der Versöhnung Berliner Studenten radeln von Sachsenhausen nach Israel
- Der popmusikalische Botschafter
- Israelsk politi holdt konserter i Tyskland
- Lithuanian, Israeli diplomats hold political consultations
- Yuri Foreman: boxing champ and rabbinical scholar
- This Rabbi-To-Be Knows How To Throw A Punch
- »In den nächsten 100 Jahren kein echter Frieden« Israelischer Botschaftsrat Joel Lion schildert seine Sicht des Nahostkonfliktes
- „Ich liebe diese Stadt“
- New York Jews sail 'True Freedom Flotilla' for Gilad Shalit
- Shalom, Latinos!
- Local Latino, Jewish leaders gather to reaffirm bond
- Lieberman woos New York's Russians
References
- ^ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255694840562&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
- ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jrep/access/462004141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+16%2C+1994&author=ERIC+SILVER&pub=The+Jerusalem+Report&edition=&startpage=12&desc=PRESCHOOL+FOR+DIPLOMATS
- ^ All but 13 to Leave Church of the Nativity, FOXNews - May 9, 2002: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52241,00.html