Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai has joined the growing list of candidates to head the Jewish Agency. The list currently comprises eight candidates.
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The 74-year-old Shai previously served as deputy Knesset speaker and is a former IDF spokesperson.
Other candidates vying for the chairmanship position include former Blue and White MKs Omer Yankelevich and Michal Cotler-Wunsh; Head of the Museum of the Jewish People Irina Nevzlin, who is married to Likud MK Yuli Edelstein; Head of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education Professor Yaffa Zilbershats; and Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum; former Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon; former Likud MK Uzi Dayan; and former Ambassador to the US Michael Oren.
