He served in the position from January 1, 2011 to December 9, 2024, as part of an impending restructuring of Jewish agencies in Canada that resulted in the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canada-Israel Committee and other bodies dissolving on July 1, 2011 with their functions being assumed by CIJA.
[2] Fogel served as the first National Director of Community Services at Canadian Jewish Congress and as Executive Director of the Atlantic Jewish Council until 1988 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Canada-Israel Committee.
[2] He is a registered consultant to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Commons of Canada, and has been a member of the Round-Table on Global Security under the Department of National Defence.
[2] The parliamentary newspaper The Hill Times listed Fogel as one of the 100 most influential figures in Canada's political sector.
Embassy Magazine also included Fogel on its list of the 50 most important people influencing Canadian foreign policy.