[3] He was the father of Michael Arad, the designer of the World Trade Center Memorial, and Odelia Sidi.

[5] Endearingly called "Puiu" by his colleagues, Arad she noted, was "open minded and receptive to new ideas".

When thinking of Israel's image abroad, for example, he helped support a "Jerusalem unit", designed to educate the public about the Jewish connection to the city.

After serving as the ambassador to Mexico and to the United States, Arad was named Director-General of the Ministry of Communications, and after retiring Vice President of Hebrew University for International Relations, and founder of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, among being on the board of many other companies.

Arad's "affability, easy temperament, and unfettered accessibility also made him one of the most popular figures in the Jewish world" she said.