Dana Kursh Explained

Office:	Consul General of Israel in Bangalore
Termstart:	2017
Termend:	2020
Successor:	Jonathan Zadka
Birth Place:	Merhavia, Israel
Office2:	Deputy Ambassador of Israel to India

Dana Kurdish is the former Consul General of Israel in Bangalore with consular jurisdiction over Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.^[1] She served from August 2017 until 2020.^[2] She had previously served from June 2015 to July 2017 as Deputy Ambassador of Israel to India in New Delhi.^[3]

Kursh was born and raised in Moshav Merhavia. Kursh's grandmother was murdered in the Holocaust.^[4] (One account says her grandmother had a lifelong scar on a forehead after a bullet meant to kill her missed.)^[5] She earned a BA in International Relations from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in Public Policy (the Executive program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

References

1. Web site: Ms. Dana Kursh . Consulate General of Israel in Bengaluru . 26 April 2020.
2. Web site: 2020-07-09. I always felt at home in namma Bengaluru: Outgoing Consul General of Israel. live. 2021-09-16. The New Indian Express. https://web.archive.org/web/20210916215527/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2020/jul/09/i-always-felt-at-home-in-namma-bengaluru-outgoing-consul-general-of-israel-2167201.html . 2021-09-16 .
3. Web site: Israeli Ambassadors to India. live. 2021-09-16. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622145258/https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/India.aspx . 2020-06-22 .
4. News: Consulate's initiative to bring alive Holocaust stories . 26 April 2020 . Deccan Herald . May 3, 2019.
5. News: Karthik . Aknisree . Urban Legend: In remembrance of things lost; the heroes of the holocaust . 26 April 2020 . Deccan Chronicle . May 11, 2019.