Governor aided in Israel by two lookalikes http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/03/by_noah_bierman_6.html

 Who’s the bald guy standing next to Governor Deval Patrick in all the pictures and videos from Israel?There are two of them actually, a pair of key handlers for the governor’s maiden voyage to the Holy Land.Shai Bazak is the 43-year-old consul general of Israel in charge of New England. He’s often whispering into Patrick’s ear — coaching him on the background of the people he’s about to meet, pulling him aside for a quick history lesson, or directing him to a good cup of coffee.Bazak is veteran of the Israeli government. He’s served as a spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu when he led the opposition party, as well as during his first term as prime minister from 1994 through 1998. (Before that, he was a sharpshooter and commander in special units of the army.)The other bald guy is Alex Goldstein, 26, who was Patrick's campaign spokesman and became his gubernatorial press secretary at the beginning of his second term in January. Goldstein grew up in Newton and attended Brandeis, the only secular Jewish institution in the United States.