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YOM HA’ATZMAUT EDITION APRIL 2009 / 5769
PATRONSSPONSORSwww.uiavic.org.au
62%SOCIAL AND PERIPHERALDEVELOPMENT
ALIYAH, RESCUE ANDABSORPTION
23%JEWISH ZIONISTEDUCATION
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KH-UIA is proud to report the following results for 2008:— Social and Peripheral Development US$95.1M— Aliyah, Rescue and Absorption US$34.6M— Jewish Zionist Education US$22.4M
On Thursday February 19, a miracle happened at Ben-Gurion airport when Keren Hayesod (KH)-UIA welcomed ten olim to Israel from Yemen. The group included a family of nine - the Ben Yisrael Family who had fallen victim to the rise of anti-Semitism in Yemen. The efforts of our donors have ensured that KH-UIA will continue to support and integrate the Ben Yisrael family into Israeli society as they embark on their new life. The rescue and aliyah of the Ben Yisrael family embodies our mission of saving Jewish lives.
RESCUE OFJEWS FROMYEMEN
MESSAGE FROMTHE CHAIRMAN
ESTHER FRENKIEL
As we continue with our 2009 campaign, we are delighted to report that this year’s United Israel Appeal Victorian Campaign opening events attracted almost 3000 guests.
Despite the current global financial crisis, this outstanding support for Israel is most encouraging and augurs well for our current fundraising efforts.
On behalf of everyone at UIA Victoria, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Yom Ha’atzmaut Sameach. We join with Am Israel in hoping for lasting peace in Israel, and remember, now more than ever, “Israel still needs you.”
ESTHER FRENKIELCHAIRMANUIA VICTORIAAPRIL 2009
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MAIN APPEALOVER 1,100 GUESTS ATTENDED THE UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL ANNUAL GALA DINNER HELD ON THURSDAY 12TH MARCH AT CROWN’S PALLADIUM ROOM.
Guest Speakers were The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Alexey Kochetkov and Lieutenant Dimitry Kamshilin of the IDF.
The evening cemented this year’s UIA campaign theme: “Israel Still Needs You.”
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01 JACK SMORGON, THE HON MALCOLM TURNBULL MP. 02 MINA AND ARNOLD WARTSKI. 03 MARK LEIBLER, ALEXEY KOCHETKOV. 04 FAY JOSKE, SIMON AND JULIE KESSEL. 05 MORRIS AND MARY PERELL. 06 SHIRLEY AND SAUL ROZENBES. 07 JASON, HILARY, MARK, DEANNA AND DARREN BLANKFIELD. 08 SANDRA VELIK, ADELE GIVONI, HANNAH COHEN. 09 CAROL AND ALLEN GARB. 10 LISA DE WINTER, DAHLIA TAUBER.
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01 ESTHER FRENKIEL, DAN GILLERMAN. 02 MARC BESEN, JACQUES AND SUSAN RICH. 03 PAULA HANSKY, KAY FINK, BARBRA LANDAU. 04 JACK HANSKY, DAVID SMORGON.
MAJOR DONORSAmbassador Dan Gillerman, the Israeli Ambassador to the UN between 2002 and 2008, recently addressed UIA Major Donors at an event hosted by Paula and Jack Hansky. Mr Gillerman briefed the guests on the implications of the recent elections in Israel and shared many anecdotes arising from his time at the U.N.
He a lso shared h i s under-standings regarding the Iranian threat to world peace. 120 guests attended the event.
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LEFT>RIGHT01 MINNIE SMORGON, AMANDA SMORGON, ANNETTE SMORGON, ELISSA SHARP. 02 MAXIMA FOGELGARN, RUTH SCHEUER. 03 HAYLEY SOUTHWICK, MONIQUE ROSSHANDLER, ALEXEY KOCHETKOV, ESTHER FRENKIEL. 04 DAHLIA HERMAN, SEYMA LEDERMAN. 05 MARIE HIRSH, LEE HIRSH. 06 AMY ELIAU, LEANNA COHEN, TORI KAUSMAN, NICOLE TUGENDHAFT. 07 LILIAN BOLLAG, NICOLE LICHTER, RUTHI BAHAT-AMIR.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
Featured guest speaker were Jessica Quel le r v ia v ideo l ink up, and Dr Gillian Mitchell, the head of the family surveillance clinic for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Our special Israeli guest was Alexey Kochetkov, a violinist and a solider in the IDF who graduated from Nitzana Educational Youth Village.
The morning raised much needed funds for the project Youth Futures w h i c h g i v e s y o u n g s t e r s a t r i s k oppor tun i t ies fo r educat ion and self-improvement.
UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL VICTORIA 2009 WOMEN’S DIVISION MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS SUPER SUNDAY APPEAL
SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 10.30AM-1.30PM BETH WEIZMANN COMMUNITY CENTRE SECOND FLOOR 306 HAWTHORN ROAD CAULFIELD 3162 CATERING PROVIDED PLEASE JOIN US IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE YOUTH FUTURES PROJECT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!! HELP US REACH OUR TARGET FOR 2009 For more information please contact Charlene Miller 9272 5533 or [email protected]
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01 JESSICA ELBERG, INESSA ELBERG. 02 NORA VINSON, LUCY KESTIN. 03 RUTH ALTER, JACK SMORGON.
THE ANNUAL WOMEN’S DIVISION BREAKFAST WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH AT CAROUSEL WITH OVER 500 WOMEN IN ATTENDANCE.
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YOUNG UIAOVER 350 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE YOUNG UIA OPENING ACT AT THE ATLANTIC ON SATURDAY 28 MARCH.
Roving entertainment welcomed the crowd before the Potbelleez performed as the feature act. Guest Speaker was Dany Gliksberg, the founder of Ayalim which is a project supported by Young UIA. The night was a huge success for this division.
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01 BRET T KAYE, BEN F I SHER. 02 FREDA WERDIGER, RISHE GRONER. 03 TALI AND A N T H O N Y F I N K . 0 4 D A N I E L L E D AV I S , ELLIE SMORGON. 05 LISA FARBER, JUSTIN LIBERMAN, WARREN AND NATASHA MYMIN.
YUIA MAJOR DONORS COCKTAILSJustin Liberman and Lisa Farber recently hosted the YUIA Major Donor Appeal Launch Cocktail Party at their home with over 80 people in attendance. Guest speakers were Dimitry Kamshilin and Karnit Goldwasser.
LEFT>RIGHT01 JODIE OKRAGLIK, EMMA BOYAR, NAOMI BERKOVIC, ALIX HARRIS. 02 ROBYN LASAROW, JARROD FREEDMAN. 03 ANNA SHISERSON, DIONNE SHALIT. 04 JARED RALEIGH, JEREMY HOPPE. 05 MARK BENKEL, NATALIE KATZ. 06 GAVIN FRIEDMAN, DANIEL KAHN, AMI GROSSMAN, ROTEM ROTENBERG.
LEFT>RIGHT01 JACKIE AND ERIK HAWORTH, REBECCA SZWARCBARD, BEN STEIN. 02 JONATHAN SCHNAPP, LEV MARGOLIN, RUTH HARRIS. 03 LANA ROSENBAUM, ASHLEE GRUNBERG.
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NEXT UIA “The Opposite of Forgetting: an exhibition of memory and identity” was the theme of Next UIA’s art exhibition held at the Helen Gory Galerie. On Saturday 4th April,
over 120 people gathered for a dessert cocktail party to see Lauren Treiser take home first prize for her mixed media called “Journey Story” and second prize to Ilana Payes for her photographic print on canvass called “One Hundred Pages.” The exhibition was a wonderful acknowledgement of young, emerging Jewish artists within our community.
Karnit Goldwasser, the widow of IDF Soldier Ehud Goldwasser (z”l) who was abducted by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, and IDF Lieutenant Dimitry Kamshilin, a hero of the 2006 Lebanon war, addressed an audience of over 200 people at the community lunch held at the Lincoln of Toorak on Thursday 19th March.
LEFT>RIGHT01 MAGDA STEINER, ALICK AND ROSE ISMAN. 02 BARBARA WOLFSON, BRIONY BERGER, SONYA AND SAVILLE BRANSBY. 03 ROBERT GLUCK, DIMITRY KAMSHILIN, MARY GLUCK, KARNIT GOLDWASSER. 04 JACOB AND SELMA BERSTEIN. 05 ORNA SAMUEL, ANNA MICHOWSKI. 06 BRYNA KRAMERSH, SANDRA KAGAN, ESSIE NESTADT. 07 RITA MIGDAL, HELEN EKSTEIN. 08 SALA AND DAVID FELZEN. 09 ESTHER BARTON, NETA DRUCKLER, HELEN SZER. 10 SARAH LINDELL, DEANNA MALLER, ANNE WOLPER.
YACHAD LABOUR DAY WEEKEND PARTYYachad hosted a party at the George Lane Bar on Sunday 8th March 2009 which was attended by over 150 people. Guests mingled and enjoyed the tunes of DJ Mr Sheen.
BOARDROOM LUNCH “The Gangland War, Underbelly and Freedom of Speech” was the topic of Jeremy Rapke QC’s address to over 50 people at a recent Yachad Boardroom Lunch held at Arnold Bloch Leibler.
PLANNED GIVING COMMUNITY LUNCH
SHIUR with
Rabbi Link
EVERY TUESDAY12.30 PM – 1.30 PM
BETH WEIZMANN1ST FLOOR
CONFERENCE ROOM
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MAZAL TOVTHANK YOU AND MAZAL TOV TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR SMACHOT TOGETHER WITH ISRAEL
89TH BIRTHDAY HANNAH LEWIS
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY ZINA EDELSTEIN
90TH BIRTHDAY EVA LASTER
WHO’S WHO AT UIA UIA VICTORIA EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT UIA AUSTRALIA JACK SMORGON AO
CHAIRMAN ESTHER FRENKIEL
PRESIDENT SHLOMO WERDIGER
CHAIRMAN, KEREN HAYESOD-UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL WORLD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MARK LEIBLER AC
HON LIFE PRESIDENT AND HON LIFE GOVERNOR UIA AUSTRALIA AND UIA VICTORIA SAUL SAME AM
HONORARY LIFE GOVERNOR UIA AUSTRALIA MAX SHNIDER
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS JEFFREY APPEL JULIAN BLACK (TREASURER) DAVID BOYAR (CHAIRMAN YOUNG UIA) HERBERT EPSTEIN HARRY FLICKER EDITH HERMAN MARK KESSEL GEORGE KURAN DR DANNY LAMM (EX OFFICIO) RAFI LAMM JEFF MEYER ROBERT RICHTER IAN SAMUEL NATHAN SHAFIR HAYLEY SOUTHWICK (CO-CHAIR WOMEN’S DIVISION) MONIQUE ROSSHANDLER (CO-CHAIR WOMEN’S DIVISION) VLADIMIR TSIVLIN
UIA PROFESSIONAL STAFF CEO MIRIAM SUSS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHALIACH MEIR BUBER
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER NONNA ALEKSENITSER
DIRECTOR PLANNED GIVING MICKY MORAG
MARKETING MANAGER CARLI BINKO
YOUNG UIA COORDINATOR HEIDI SCHRAGE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY UIA AUSTRALIA EDITH HERMAN
CAMPAIGN SECRETARY JUDY NAGLER
BOOKKEEPER JANE LYUBIC
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ESTELLE WYTWORNIK
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OF WOMEN’S DIVISION AND YACHAD CHARLENE MILLER
RECEPTION ADRIENNE PERCH
EVENT AND APPEAL ADMIN ROY SCHLOSS
P2K COORDINATOR ILANA MAIZELS
Par t ic ipants in the recent Key Workers Mission to Israel gathered at the home of Sharona & Gideon Josefsberg on Sunday 1st March for a re-union brunch. The morning was a great opportunity for everyone to reflect on their wonderful time in Israel and share their experiences. Participants were presented with a family diary and DVD of photos.
UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL FORTHCOMING MISSIONS TO ISRAEL 2008/2009
Family Mission23 December 2008 – 01 January 2009
Key Workers Mission25 December 2008 – 5 January 2009
Yom Ha’atzmaut Mission22 April 2009 – 5 May 2009
Maccabiah Mission6 July 2009 – 14 July 2009
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Key Workers Mission23 December 2009 – 03 January 2010
Family Mission29 December 2009 – 07 January 2010
UIA MISSIONS ARE A TRULY MEANINGFUL AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS.
Our extensive program led by professional tour guides show participants through Israel, seeing the land, learning the history, hearing guest speakers, meeting people who created a moment in the history of the State of Israel. The missions also allow participants meetings with olim and students in Absorption Centres, and in education programs such as Net@.
Children, teenagers and adults – happily join together for 11 nights 12 days to capture this unique, entertaining and educational lifetime opportunity.
UNITED ISRAEL APPEALKEY WORKERS MISSION25 December 2008 – 5 January 2009
INFORMATION SESSION EVENINGParticipants interested in taking part are asked to come along on Tuesday 24 June to the Conference Room, Ground Floor at Beth Weizmann, 306 Hawthorn Road South Caulfield, 7.30pm sharp
Please contact the UIA Office for all enquiries prior to the Information Evening
RSVP’S ESSENTIALPlease call Estelle Wytwornik on 9272 5533 or email [email protected]
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MISSIONS TO ISRAEL
UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL FORTHCOMING MISSIONS TO ISRAEL 2008/2009
June Mission10 June – 19 June 2008
YUIA / Yachdav Mission17 June – 20 June 2008
Family Mission23 December 2008 – 01 January 2009
Dental Mission23 December 2008 – 02 January 2009
Key Workers Mission25 December 2008 – 5 January 2009
Yom Ha’atzmaut Mission22 April 2009 – 5 May 2009
Maccabiah Mission6 July – 14 July 2009
MISSIONS UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL
BOOKED OUT
2009/2010
FORTHCOMING MISSIONSTO ISRAEL
UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL FORTHCOMING MISSIONS TO ISRAEL
Please contact Estelle Wytwornik on 9272 5533 for your Miss ion enquiries.
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UIA Australia has recently appointed Ilana Maizels as National Coordinator for the Arava Australia Partnership (AAP).
I l a n a ’ s r o l e i s t o p rov ide essen t ia l administrative and o r g a n i s a t i o n a l support to the AAP a n d t o f a c i l i t a t e r e c i p r o c a l relationships through various activities. Ilana hopes to expand
relationships between Israeli and Australian Jews, deepen Jewish identity and strengthen interdependent ties between the communities. According to Ilana, “partnership 2000 is about a common dest iny; developing
common goals, initiating and accomplishing these goals
together despi te the geographical distance between Israel and this Diaspora community.
PARTNERSHIP 2000
ALL DIVISIONS ACROSS THE UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL HAVE BEGUN FACE-TO-FACE AND TELEPHONE CANVASSING FOR THE 2009 CAMPAIGN
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED, PLEASE CALL MIRIAM SUSS ON 9272 5533 OR EMAIL [email protected]
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