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Karma Feinstein-Cohen

Member of the Board of Governors
The Jewish Agency for Israel

Karma is the Executive Director of World Magshimey-Herut and World Herut, which she founded in 1999. Since then, she has worked tirelessly to advance the movements’ goals—both worldwide and in Israel. Long committed to the ideology of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, she previously served in various leadership positions within Betar for over eleven years. After serving as the Education Coordinator for Betar Israel and as the Regional Coordinator for the Settlement Region, Ms. Feinstein-Cohen became Head of the Overseas Department for World Betar Executive and then Treasurer in 1994. Through the WZO, she headed up the “Manof” program, run by the department of “youth and halutz” in the WZO and worked as a short-term Shlicha in 1996 and 1997. She also operated as the co-chair for the council of World Zionist youth movements in 1998-2000.

Ms. Feinstein-Cohen moved to Israel from New Jersey with her family when she was 11. After serving in the Israeli army she received her B.A. in political economics from Tel Aviv University and is currently working on her Masters degree in the same field. She now lives in Shaarey Tikva with her husband and two children.

Ms. Feinstein-Cohen is a member of presidium of the Zionist General Council of the WZO and has been a Jewish Agency committee member since 2002. Since October 2016 she serves as a Board Member.