Maurice Ostroff is a founder member of the international Council
of Hasbara Volunteers, better known by its acronym CoHaV, (star in Hebrew), a world-wide umbrella organization of volunteers
active in combating anti-Israel media and political bias and in promoting the positive side of Israel.
He is a past chairman of the Israel South Africa Chamber of
Commerce and is presently an honorary officer of the Chamber.
His articles, commenting on current affairs, are published
in Israel and abroad.
Mr. Ostroff holds a masters degree in industrial engineering,
a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics and a B.Sc. (Engineering) degree in electrical engineering.
He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Administration
and Commerce of South Africa where he was the Group Administrative Director of Morlite Holdings Limited, an industrial conglomerate
listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He is a former chairman of the South African Technion Society, the South African
Stainless Steel Sanitaryware Manufacturers Association and President of the Federation of Sanitaryware and Hardware Merchants
Associations of South Africa, which body elected him as honorary life vice-president.
On immigrating to Israel Mr. Ostroff was appointed managing
director of Orbit Medicenters Limited, the company which initiated and brought to fruition, the Herzliya Medical Center, serving
in that capacity from 1981 to 1985. He was also a member of the team which motivated and created Beth Protea and continues
to serve as a member of the “chevra” He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Technion, Israel Institute
of Technology.
Mr. Ostroff served in the IDF as a volunteer from abroad in
the 1948 War of Independence. He was part of a small team which constructed the very first radar in Israel from bits and pieces
and he subsequently commanded the first mobile radar station.
Now semi retired, he continues to be engaged as a management
and business consultant
