Dana Kursh | |
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Consul General of Israel in Bangalore | |
In office 2017–2020 | |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Zadka |
Deputy Ambassador of Israel to India | |
In office June 2015 –July 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Merhavia,Israel |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA,MA) |
Dana Kurdish is the former Consul General of Israel in Bangalore with consular jurisdiction over Karnataka,Tamil Nadu,Kerala and Puducherry. [1] She served from August 2017 until 2020. [2] She had previously served from June 2015 to July 2017 as Deputy Ambassador of Israel to India in New Delhi. [2] [3]
Kursh was born and raised in Moshav Merhavia. Kursh's grandmother was murdered in the Holocaust. [4] (One account says her grandmother had a lifelong scar on a forehead after a bullet meant to kill her missed.) [5] She earned a BA in International Relations from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a MA in Public Policy (the Executive program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem). [1]
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