JTA Reports: Larry Greenfield was named national executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington.
JINSA President David Ganz made the announcement Thursday.
Greenfield, 50, a native of the Los Angeles area, has worked in the fields of law, business, philanthropy, politics, Jewish organizational life and academe.
Looking at one of the early challenges in the post, Greenfield said, “I take my appointment as underscoring JINSA advocacy to the rising threats from Iran with sanctions that do not leak or waiver, and in a strong military alliance with our close ally, Israel.”
The announcement comes after a period of turmoil for JINSA, which was founded in 1976 as a nonpartisan and nonsectarian think tank with a motto calling for “Securing America and Strengthening Israel.” Its major emphasis is on the importance of a strong U.S. defense capability and on close military ties between Israel and the United States.
Its positions have come to be seen as closely aligned with the neoconservative movement. It was an outspoken advocate in the last decade for the Iraq war.
