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Dorit Golender

Dorit Golender is an Israeli journalist and diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Russia from 2010 to 2015.

born 1949Israel's ambassador to RussiaRadio REKABroadcasting as Shlomit Lidor

Born: 1 April 1949, Vilnius
Occupation: journalist, diplomat
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dorit Golender was born in 1949 in Vilnius

Dorit Golender was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1949. Her parents were Liza and Shlomi Drucker. She moved to Israel with her family in 1967.

She learned Hebrew at Kibbutz Gal Yam. She then studied English and Sovietology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

While still a student, she began working in 1968 as an announcer in the Russian division of the Voice of Israel. On air she was known to listeners as Shlomit Lidor. She is considered one of the founders of Radio REKA, a station for new immigrants set up in 1991, and later served as its director and chief editor.

In October 2010, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman appointed her ambassador to Russia, replacing Anna Azari. She held the post until 2015. Afterward she became Vice President of Community Relations at the Genesis Philanthropy Group.

She is married, has 2 sons and 7 grandchildren.