2011 UIA Annual General Meeting
2011 has been a very busy year for UIA Victoria as reflected in a successful campaign highlighted at the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 29 November. $22.95 million was remitted to Keren Hayesod from Australia, with 51% ($11.585 million) of these funds remitted by the Victorian campaign. Victorian expenses were kept to 9.4%, meaning that 90.6% of funds raised were remitted to Israel – an achievement which we can all be proud of.
Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Alan Rosenthal was the guest speaker who discussed at length a number of his works and his experiences in producing them, particularly what he observed during the filming of the Eichmann Trials. Rosenthal describes Eichmann’s chilling façade which has been imprinted in his mind and together with Eichmann’s letters written in Prison, Rosenthal went on to produce an award winning film entitled “Eichmann’s Secret Memoirs.” Rosenthal is currently in Australia filming his next documentary.
After 14 years as a lay leader for UIA, with the last 5 as the Victorian Chairman, Esther Frenkiel relinquished her role at the AGM. The Esther Frenkiel UIA Leadership Scholarship has been established. Australian candidates with a vested interest in the work of KH-UIA will be selected to participate on a leadership program in Israel. In doing so, we will create new young leaders to follow in her footsteps.
Mazal tov to the following award recipients; Federal Askan Award – Ian Samuel, Askan Award – Alex Grossman, Lucy Zoubkova, Volunteer Awards- Brian Turner (AMI), Judy Gerzchuk (Women’s Division), Ann Turner (Community), Aron Vinkler (Shalom Association), Kol Nidrei Recognition Award- Highest Percentage of Members who Donated- Or Chadash and Ohel Dvora.
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