NCSJ- Harold Paul Luks

He was a member of the Board of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, and of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington. He has written about the emigration of Jews from Arab states to Israel and helped to prepare Clark Clifford’s account of why President Truman recognized Israel. In February 2001, he participated in the Israel leadership mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

An international trade specialist, Harold concentrates on U.S. trade policy and regulation involving export controls, customs, preferences for developing countries, and U.S. trade and economic relations with Israel. Harold was with the Washington, DC, law firm of Arnold & Porter for 16 years. Subsequently, he joined the firm of Feith & Zell and in January 2002 co-founded Poliner & Luks, LLP, a firm specializing in international trade matters located in Washington, DC.

Harold was previously a staff member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (currently named the International Relations Committee) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and served as an advisor to the National Academy of Sciences on international competition in advanced technology and on U.S. export controls. Harold has published widely on these subjects.

Harold has served as a member of the President’s Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration ("PECSEA"), the senior advisory committee to the U.S. Government on export controls. Earlier in his career, Harold was a Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce and Legislative Assistant to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff.

Harold and his wife, Debra, have three children ranging in age from ten to 21, and they live in North Bethesda, MD.

Harold Luks meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem

... meeting Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in Kyiv

... testifying on Jackson-Vanik before Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives

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... meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov

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... with NCSJ Executive Director Mark Levin and the Honorable Benjamin Gilman (D-NY), then Chairman of the House International Relations Committee

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... greeting Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky

... with (l.-r.) Sharon Samber of Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Shalom Lipner of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's foreign policy staff

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... with Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY)