Shimon Koffler Fogel is the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), formerly the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy. He assumed the position on January 1, 2011 as part of an impending restructuring of Jewish agencies in Canada that resulted in the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canada-Israel Committee and other bodies dissolving on July 1, 2011 with their functions being assumed by CIJA. Prior to becoming CEO of CIJA, Fogel was CEO of the Canada-Israel Committee[1] from 1988 until 2010.
Fogel is a graduate of Clark University’s School of Government and International Relations where he was awarded a Jonas Clark Scholarship. He pursued graduate and doctoral studies at McGill University.[2]
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Fogel served as the first National Director of Community Services at Canadian Jewish Congress and as Executive Director of the Atlantic Jewish Council until 1988 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Canada-Israel Committee.[2]
The parliamentary newspaper The Hill Times listed Fogel as one of the 100 most influential figures in Canada's political sector. Embassy Magazine also included Fogel on its list of the 50 most important people influencing Canadian foreign policy.[3]
^"CIC exec named to lead restructured agency", Canadian Jewish News, December 23, 2010
^ abc"National Jewish Professional Leadership of CIJA" September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Congress Contact, January 2004
^ ab"Q&A: Shimon Fogel, president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs", Kathryn Blaze-Carlson, National Post, August 31, 2011. "Q&A: Shimon Fogel, president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs | National Post". Archived from the original on July 11, 2013.
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