hancellor has received from Jewish institutions over the last couple years, including the Heinz Galinski Prize from the Jewish Community of Berlin, the American Jewish Committee's Light Unto the Nations Award and an honorary doctorate from Tel Aviv University. At the Jewish Museum, Merkel spoke a few pleasant words, calling

een announcements from the U.S. and Israel of their=plans to withdraw from the agency over its anti-Israel bias. Simone Rodan=Benzaquen, director of the American Jewish Committee's European o=fices, said Azoulay "is generally regarded as a true professional=and expert in the field of culture and was a very respected igovernmen