17 Facts About Aharon Mor

Aharon Mor is a Polish-born Israeli civil servant who, as senior director, heads the Restitution of Rights and Jewish Property Department at the Israeli Ministry of Pensioner Affairs, which is affiliated with the Prime Minister's Office.

Aharon Mor has worked at the Ministry of Finance and at the Prime Minister's Office, and has represented the Jewish state abroad as an emissary in a number of international organizations.

Aharon Mor is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Shoah Legacy Institute.

Aharon Mor spent his childhood in Poland and made Aliyah to Israel in 1957.

Aharon Mor lived with his parents on a moshav, studying and working on the family farm.

Aharon Mor's second was titled "A Comparative Analysis of Shoah Restitution in Three European Countries since the 1990s".

Aharon Mor began his work at the Ministry of Finance in 1973 as an economist dealing with collective bargaining.

Aharon Mor served as a director at the International Affairs Department from 2001 to 2008, when he left the Ministry of Finance for his current position.

Aharon Mor represented Israel as an emissary with three different organizations during three stints overseas: as Regional Director for the United Israel Appeal in the United Kingdom with the Joint Israel Appeal ; in Canada with the Jewish Federation ; and in Australia with the Jewish National Fund.

Aharon Mor has worked with organizations such as the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the Swiss Humanitarian Fund and the ICHEIC.

Aharon Mor participated in international conferences on restitution of Jewish property from the Holocaust era in Washington, Vilnius, and Prague.

Aharon Mor participated in the process of accession of Israel to the OECD in 2008 and in the Prague conference process of 2010.

Aharon Mor served on the boards of two community centers, one in Jerusalem and one in Mevaseret Zion.

Aharon Mor has lectured on a number of topics at the University of Haifa, the Israel Center for Management and the JDC Center for Lay Leadership.

Aharon Mor has published over 40 papers on topics such as Israel's accession to the OECD, the Diaspora, non-profit institutions and restitution of Jewish property.

Aharon Mor is fluent in Hebrew, English and Polish and knows some French, Yiddish and Russian.

Aharon Mor has three adult sons and lives near Jerusalem.