Dana Kursh

Dana Kurdish is the Consul General of Israel in Bangalore with consular jurisdiction over Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.[1] She has served since August 2017, after serving two years as Deputy Ambassador of Israel to India in New Delhi.

Kursh was born and raised in Moshav Merhavia. Kursh’s grandmother died in the Holocaust.[2] (One account says her grandmother had a lifelong scar on a forehead after a bullet meant to kill her missed.)[3] 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]

References

  1. "Ms. Dana Kursh". Consulate General of Israel in Bengaluru. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. "Consulate's initiative to bring alive Holocaust stories". Deccan Herald. May 3, 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Karthik, Aknisree (May 11, 2019). "Urban Legend: In remembrance of things lost; the heroes of the holocaust". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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