Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of The Israel Project, announced last week that she plans to leave the organization she and two other women founded 10 years ago. During that decade, the Washington-based Israel Project has grown from an organization with no staff, based originally at Mizrahi’s former public relations firm, to one that now has 75 employees, including former journalists, and an office in Jerusalem. Its mission is to garner fairer and more positive coverage of Israel through outreach to the press, policymakers and members of the public.

Israel (Izzy) Tapoohi became president and CEO of State of Israel Bonds
Oct. 31 after many years as a top executive of several of Israel’s major companies.
Tapoohi, 65, was born in Israel and raised in Melbourne, Australia, where he served as chairman of the local aliyah organization. He moved back to Israel with his family in 1979. Among the Israeli companies he spearheaded were Africa-Israel Investments and Bezeq, Israel’s telecommunications provider and largest corporation. He and his wife have four children and five grandchildren.