The Jewish Agency's presidential selection committee meeting ended Sunday without a decision on the semi-governmental organization's next director.
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Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid lobbied for his candidate, former parliament member and member of his Yesh Atid party Ruth Calderon – an educator, Talmud scholar and founder of Israel's first secular yeshiva – but without success.
None of the candidates received nine of the 10 votes required to be chosen as the next chairperson of the Jewish Agency.
The selection committee announced that it would restart the nomination process and reopen the list of candidates "until the most suitable person for the position is found."
