Naftali Shavelson, 24, is a member of the consular staff in New York, working for Consul General Ofir Akunis as director of print and online

Last week, The Jewish Link was pleased to sit down with Consul General Ofir Akunis, who on May 1 took up Israel’s top diplomatic post

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