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states. Despite official and popu-
lar anti-Semitism, Jews were
able to live and flourish as Jews.
So now it is easier for them to re-
establish their communal life."
Although enthusiastic about
her work, Ms. Herzl reluctantly
acknowledged that it is often also
difficult and lonely. "I have some
friends in the diplomatic corps
and among the local people, but
I don't have a very active social
life. Fortunately, though, I have
many professional commitments
and just traveling between the
three countries keeps me very
busy."
Yet, for a diplomat, Ms. Her-
zl observed, being unmarried is
often an advantage. "I have only
my own life to disrupt each time
I change positions — no spouse
who has to interrupt his career,
no children who have to adjust to
a new school.
"Of course," she acknowledged,
"there are times I think of mar-
riage and children and not being
on my own. But a career in the
foreign service means new be-
ginnings all the time — meeting
new people, learning the ropes.
And then, when you return
home, you start over again."
Day-to-day life in the Baltic
states is, according to Ms. Herzl,
relatively easy; and almost every-
thing is readily available. How-
ever, being an observant Jew
poses special challenges. "I eat
a lot of fish. When I entertain, I
usually serve smoked salmon
since it's not always clear when
the next schita (ritual slaughter
of animals) will be. There was one
a few months ago, so now I have
over 200 pounds of kosher chick-
en in my freezer. But I guess
Jews have suffered more than
having to survive on smoked
salmon," she said.
Ms. Herzl joined the foreign
service only 13 years ago, after
working as a teacher, a tour guide
and as spokeswoman for former
Israel President Chaim Herzog.
The brief period of time that
she has served makes her senior
appointment as ambassador even
more remarkable. Furthermore,
Ms. Herzl is one of only seven
women who head Israeli missions
(there are 107 such missions
throughout the world), and she
is the youngest of all the mission
heads in the Israeli foreign ser-
vice.
How has being a woman in-
fluenced her career? "I can't say
it's been" hard for me," Ms. Her-
zl responded. "I have been very
fortunate: My first position was
in Washington, D.C., working
with Congress; and now I am
head of a mission." However, she
readily conceded that few women
were taken into the service at the
time she joined, so few have
reached mid-level career posi-
tions. And almost no women are
currently involved in the bilater-
al and multilateral peace talks.