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45Th Biennial Conference Report 2012 45TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE REPORT 11 November 2012 Melbourne Contents Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Zionist Federation of Australia Executive List 2010-2012 ..................................................................................................... 4 MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ................................................................................................................................ 8 MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION ............................................................................................................. 9 MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL TO AUSTRALIA ......................................................................................... 10 MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE - WZO .................................................................................................... 11 MESSAGE FROM ECAJ PRESIDENT ...................................................................................................................................... 12 MESSAGE FROM UIA PRESIDENT ........................................................................................................................................ 13 REPORTS ZFA PRESIDENT .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 ZFA ISRAEL DIRECTOR ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 ZFA ISRAEL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................... 30 ROSH MISHLACHAT ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 DIRECTOR OF ALIYAH .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 ZFA/WZO/YOUNG ADULT SHLICHA .................................................................................................................................... 36 ZIONIST COUNCIL OF NEW SOUTH WALES ......................................................................................................................... 38 STATE ZIONIST COUNCIL OF QUEENSLAND ........................................................................................................................ 43 STATE ZIONIST COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA................................................................................................................. 47 ZIONIST COUNCIL OF VICTORIA .......................................................................................................................................... 49 STATE ZIONIST COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................................ 52 AMEINU ............................................................................................................................................................................... 53 ARZA .................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 AUJS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 AZYC .................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 FRIENDS OF LIKUD ............................................................................................................................................................... 63 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................................................ 64 MACCABI AUSTRALIA .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 MERCAZ MASORTI .............................................................................................................................................................. 69 MIZRACHI ............................................................................................................................................................................ 70 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN AUSTRALIA ........................................................................................................ 71 UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDIASM ................................................................................................................................... 73 UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL AUSTRALIA .................................................................................................................................... 76 WIZO AUSTRALIA ................................................................................................................................................................ 77 2 | P a g e Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd 45th Biennial Conference Report 2012 Agenda 45th Biennial Conference Sunday 11 November, 2012 Beth Weizmann Community Centre 306 Hawthorn Road, South Caulfield 10.00am Registration 10.30am Welcome and President’s Report Philip Chester, President, ZFA Questions and discussion 11:00am Lest we forget – in remembrance Treasurer’s Report Greg Blashki, Hon Treasurer, ZFA Guest Speaker, David Hazony Does Israel Need Saving? Unconventional Thoughts about the Future of Israel-Diaspora Relations Panel: Perceptions of Israel and the media Australian journalists and commentators Moderator: Dan Goldberg Lunch Guest Speaker: David Hazony What Has Happened to Israeli Politics? A Pre-Election Primer Israel Matters exhibition - presented by young advocates Keynote Address - Yuval Rotem, Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Resolutions Elections 5.15pm Hatikva, close 3 | P a g e Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd 45th Biennial Conference Report 2012 Zionist Federation of Australia Executive List 2010-2012 PRESIDENT Mr Philip Chester IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dr Ron Weiser AM HON. TREASURER Mr Greg Blashki HON. SECRETARY Mr Sam Salcman EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mrs Ginette Searle VICE PRESIDENTS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT / NSW Mr Richard Balkin VICTORIA Mr Sam Tatarka WESTERN AUSTRALIA Mr Jeffrey Lin QUEENSLAND Mr Tony Leverton SOUTH AUSTRALIA Ms Alison Marcus CHAIRPERSONS OF DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION Mr Michael Cohen HASBARA Mr Ian Samuel OAM YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Mr Daniel Goodhardt MEMBERS WITHOUT PORTFOLIO Mr Ron Finkel REPRESENTATIVES NOMINATED BY STATE ZIONIST COUNCILS NEW SOUTH WALES Dr Ron Wiseman Mrs Sharon Wahlhaus VICTORIA Mr Jeff Morrison Mrs Sharene Hambur QUEENSLAND Mr Ari Heber WESTERN AUSTRALIA Mr Jeffrey Lin SOUTH AUSTRALIA Ms Alison Marcus LIFE MEMBERS Mr Nathan Jacobson OBE THEODOR HERZL AWARD Mr Mark Leibler AC Mr Shmuel Rosenkranz 4 | P a g e Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd 45th Biennial Conference Report 2012 PRESIDENTS OF AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS AMEINU Mr Johnny Baker ARZA Mrs Barbara Ford AUJS Mr Daniel Nash AZYC Mr Reuben Bolaffi FRIENDS OF LIKUD Mr Alex Goodman KEREN HAYESOD UIA Mr Jack Smorgon AO KEREN KAYEMETH - JNF OF AUSTRALIA Mr Michael Naphtali AM MACCABI AUSTRALIA INC Mrs Lisa Borowick MERCAZ-MASORTI Mr John Furstenberg MERETZ AUSTRALIA Mr Leon Orbach MIZRACHI ORGANISATION Mr Ian Waller SC NCJWA Mrs Di Hirsh OAM UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM Mr David Robinson WIZO AUSTRALIA Mrs Gilla Liberman REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY ORGANISATIONS AMEINU Mr Johnny Baker ARZA Mrs Barbara Ford AUJS Mr Daniel Nash AZYC Mr Reuben Bolaffi FRIENDS OF LIKUD Mr Alex Goodman KEREN KAYEMETH – JNF OF AUSTRALIA Mr Robert Schneider KEREN HAYESOD – UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL Mr Julian Black Ms Yifat Oron MACCABI AUSTRALIA INC Mrs Lisa Borowick MERCAZ-MASORTI Mr John Furstenberg MERETZ AUSTRALIA Mr Leon Orbach MIZRACHI ORGANISATION Mr Ian Waller SC NCJWA Mrs Di Hirsh OAM UNION OF PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM Mr Steve Denenberg WIZO Mrs Rachel Caplan Mrs Marlis Cohen Mrs Helen Granek (Deputy) 5 | P a g e Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd 45th Biennial Conference Report 2012 SHLICHIM NSW BETAR Mr Yoni Issahary BNEI AKIVA Mr Yonatan Sinclair HABONIM DROR/ALIYAH Mr Assaf Lapid HINENI Mr Hillel Fried NETZER Mr Yuval Nemirovsky YOUNG ADULTS/HAGSHAMA Ms Mirit Frenkel VICTORIA ALIYAH Mr Bezalel Gleiser AUJS Ms Leora Golomb BETAR Mr Yiftach Nenner BNEI AKIVA Mrs Efrat Metzler HABONIM DROR /ROSH MISHLACHAT Mr Eran Berkovich NETZER Ms Lior Argaman WA COMMUNITY/HABONIM DROR Ms Lee Eshel Rubinstein OBSERVERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ZCNSW Ms Lynn Niselow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ZCV Ms Jane Rapke OFFICE MANAGER, SZCQLD Ms Hadas Palvesky EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SZCWA Ms Navit Shchigel HAGSHAMA COORDINATOR , VIC Ms Adva Weinstein HAGSHAMA COORDINATOR , NSW Mr Daniel Levy UIA Victoria Mrs Amit Tzur Tal ZCV Mr Erwin Lamm 6 | P a g e Zionist Federation of Australia Ltd 45th Biennial Conference Report 2012 STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mrs Ginette Searle ISRAEL OFFICE DIRECTOR Mr Yigal Sela EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ms Shayndle Grinblat
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