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Zionist General Council Session XXXVII/5 מושב הוועד הפועל הציוני הל״ז מושב הוועד הפועל הציוני הל״ז/Zionist General Council Session XXXVII/5 5 ל' תשרי - ב' חשוון תש"ף october 2019 31 - 29 WZO Representative in the UK – WZO Representative in FRANCE - MOSHE Cohen Izchak Sonnenschein Major and Significant Activities/Events of the Past Year Yom Ha'Atzmaut Major and Significant Activities/Events of the Past Year The event was held on May 8, 2019 at Casino de Paris, a joint endeavor of the WZO, the CRIF, the FOSF, and KKL-JNF. WZO Representation drops anchor in the UK The event attracted 2,000 attendees, young and old; community leaders were The WZO's Representation in the United Kingdom became operational in among the participants. The event opened with welcome speeches by WZO 2018. The first year was devoted to forming connections and establishing Representative Moshe Cohen and the partner organization presidents, and an presence, with the WZO Representative, Izchak Sonnenschein, working to artistic program. Attendees were treated to an enjoyable singalong. introduce the WZO departments' activities and content to the local public and to the UK Jewish and Israeli community. In 2019 the WZO laid down roots by dedicating a new WZO office via an impressive ceremony attended Jerusalem Day The event was held on June 2, 2019 at Salon Hoche, a joint endeavor by representatives of all of the UK's Jewish and Zionist organizations. of the WZO, KKL-JNF, and the FOSF. Welcome speeches were delivered The Chief Rabbi of the UK affixed and made the blessing on the by the WZO Representative in France and by the organization mezuzah, and the Israeli embassy, along with WZO Chair Avraham representatives. The event was attended by 500 people, including all Duvedevani (Duvduv) brought a birkat habayit (blessing for the community dignitaries. Dinner was served during the event, which residence) plaque. An office manager joined the staff; the office is featured performances by Israeli singers. now occupied and active throughout the week. L'Chaim Lecture Series The national holidays – Douze Points This lecture series is in memory of the late Haim Cohen, who served as WZO UK gave major backing to the many events held throughout Co-Head of the Department of Diaspora Activities and KKL-JNF shaliach the United Kingdom. Yom HaZikaron was marked with state in France and Belgium. Bimonthly lectures are delivered on a variety memorial events in English and Hebrew, in addition to memorial events across the country. Yom Ha'Atzmaut was of topics, by Israeli speakers. In cooperation with the Department of celebrated with events for the many different local and Israeli populations; the Zionist Federation, the Jewish Diaspora Activities, the series opened with a talk by television commentator Ehud Yaari, who spoke about strategy Agency, HaBayit HaYisraeli, and the Israeli Embassy joined forces with the WZO on major events featuring Israeli in the Middle East. Some 300 people attended the event. artists, and a Eurovision-themed event at Middlesex University London. After the national holidays, WZO UK proceeded to join forces with the BBC and the Israeli Embassy for Eurovision parties while the competition was underway in Israel. The motto of that intensive month was "Zionist awareness has reemerged in London!" Hebrew ulpan events Information evening and lecture for students in the physicians' ulpan Zionist lectures throughout the UK The event centered around a lecture by Dr. Mickey Gideon, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Soroka Medical Zionist communities, students, and Hebrew ulpan pupils in the United Center, who came alone on aliyah from Iran as a boy. The event was attended by students in the healthcare Kingdom have benefited from a bevy of speakers on topics whose common professionals' ulpan, and we were honored by the presence of Marina Rozenberg Koritny, Head of the Aliyah theme is promoting aliyah, Zionism, and Israel. Actress/dramatist Hadar Promotion Department, and Ouriel Gottlieb, Head of the Jewish Agency delegation in France. Galron opened the series of events, followed by Gil Troy and Olam HaTzionut, Yigal Ravid, Dana International, Eldad Beck, and, recently, High-tech evening in Paris Gil Hovav, who linked Israeli hummus with his family history from Eliezer As part of a program encouraging engineers, high-tech and tech professionals to Ben-Yehuda to the present day. The speakers represent an array of immigrate to Israel, we held a first-ever meeting on high-tech in Israel. Making use initiatives implemented by the Aliyah Promotion Department, Ofek of the opportunity provided by the VivaTech conference that opened on May 16, Israeli, Limmud UK, and WZO UK. The WZO Representation is working 2019, we organized an evening devoted entirely to the Israeli tech world. The topics to meet current high demand, both quantitatively and geographically, covered included: cultural differences between France and Israel, the great demand by intensifying speaker activity and expanding to Ireland, Scotland, for engineers in Israel and the reasons for this, work conditions, salaries, and fields in and all parts of the United Kingdom. high demand. The panel members were all Israelis who had immigrated from France – startup founders who came for the VivaTech conference and were happy to participate in the event. And, of course, Olivier Herz, President of Ulpans, schools, and Hebrew the Polytechnique Graduates organization, who contributed his experience and connections and helped make the The Hebrew language is once again becoming a focus of Zionist event a success. It should be noted that everyone came on a volunteer basis! Mark Dovev, Director of the Aliyah activity in the UK, by way of aliyah promotion and Zionist activity. The WZO Representation has embraced Promotion Department, opened the evening with a welcome speech to the participants and the panel members. Hebrew as an issue that connects all of the Zionist missions undertaken by the Representation on behalf of the WZO administration and departments. The Hebrew ulpans are flourishing, and there are now 33 in operation. End-of-school-year events in Paris and Marseilles Five teacher emissaries are working in the Jewish schools on behalf of the Department of Education, and many The two events drew 450 participants: pupils, teachers, community presidents, representatives of the community different Hebrew-promotion activities are being carried out in the schools, for pupils and their parents. Hebrew and the Israeli organizations (the Jewish Agency, Keren Hayesod, KKL-JNF, MASA, the youth movements, and booths are being set up at the many events produced by the Representation, with publicity material and various more). The events were highly festive and featured artistic programs, report card presentations to the pupils, class brands inviting the many attendees to study Hebrew and consider aliyah. performances, singing and dancing. 27 תויגי ההיתדרות הויותית התולמית 26 תויגי ההיתדרות הויותית התולמית WZO Representative in Argentina – WZO Representative in North America – Shraga Wilk Dr. Esther Serok Dr. Esther Serok ended her term as WZO Representative in North America at the end of August 2019. The farewell gathering held in her honor drew some 60 representatives of Major and Significant Activities/Events of the Past Year numerous organizations with whom the shlichut under Esther had collaborated. Speakers included: WZO Chair Avraham Duvdevani, Consul General of Israel in New York Dani Dayan, Tour of Entre Rios the President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, In early March a tour of Entre Rios took place on the initiative of the organization of Entre Rios communities – Ellen Hershkin, American Zionist Movement Executive Director Herbert Block, and Adereth El Rabbi Gideon Shloush. 8 communities in the province that originated with Baron Hirsch Rothschild's settlement enterprise, including We are grateful to Esther for her shlichut and extend best wishes to her successor, Simcha Leibovich. Pictured – Beit Gualeguaycu, Concepción del Uruguay, Concordia, San Salvador, Villa Clara, Villa Dominguez, Villa Goi, and Ha'am trip by the Department for Diaspora Activities to Ottawa, Canada, with Esther's participation. the province capital Paraná. Except for Paraná, these communities are home, in total, to a few dozen Jews. Unfortunately, most are by now not halachically Jewish, but are Jewish in their souls and in their desire to hold onto the last bit of tradition that remains, and to preserve their Jewishness and their identification with Israel. Major and Significant Activities/Events of the Past Year The tour was upsetting and made me aware of a complicated situation, but without giving me a sense of what to do or how to help. In most of these places there's an awareness that it's all disappearing; all they ask is to "help 120 Years of Zionism exhibition comes to Florida, May 2019 them prolong the dying process" – a hard thing to hear. I'd like to emphasize that the problem isn't economic; it's In honor of Israel's 71st Independence Day, the WZO joined with KKL-JNF and the Israeli primarily spiritual/ideological. When I returned to Buenos Aires, I recommended that all parties with anything to Consulate in Florida to produce the 120 Years of Zionism exhibition and incorporate it say on the issue meet to formulate a long-term strategic plan and create out-of-the-box solutions for coping with into official Consulate festivities, KKL-JNF Yom Ha'Atzmaut events, and Miami Jewish this situation (or not). community events. The exhibition was produced by KKL-JNF and will serve as an educational activity for local schools and education systems, in partnership with the WZO. On Yom Ha'Atzmaut the exhibition was displayed at Events marking the national holidays the Consulate's official reception, to which 1,000 people were invited: consuls and Jewish/non-Jewish organization The month of the national holidays was full of activity.
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