page_title: Ze'ev Bielski
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Ze'ev Bielski / Biography / Early life
caption_attribution_description: עברית: הסנאטור ברק אובמה בביקור בישראל בשנת 2006, נפגש עם יושב-ראש הסוכנות היהודית זאב בילסקי במשכנות שאננים בירושלים.English: Senator Barack Obama visiting in Israel in 2006, meeting the Chairman of the Jewish Agency Ze'ev Bielski in Jerusalem.
context_page_description: Ze'ev Bielski is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked as a Jewish Agency emissary in South Africa. He is the mayor of Ra'anana. Bielski is a founder of The Israel Forum, whose purpose is to maintain a direct relationship between young Jews from the Diaspora and Israel in the areas of education and economy. He also played in the Israeli national basketball league.
context_section_description: Bielski was born and raised in Jerusalem. Between 1967 and 1970 he served in the IDF, and he reached the level of Major. He got his BA in Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
caption: Chairman of the Jewish Agency Ze'ev Bielski meeting Senator Barack Obama in Jerusalem, 2006
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