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The Dream House opens in Haifa
May 28, 2009 by J-Wire Staff
Wizo Australia has opened a new boarding school compound in Haifa for underprivileged children.
The House of Dreams
Australia’s Ambassador to Israel, James Larsen, told the 300 people who attended the dedication ceremony of the new building for the Ahuzat Yeladi boarding school that it represented “part of the Australian story in Israel.”
The school itself was built in 1939, immediately caring for children orphaned when the Patria, a ship loaded with Jewish refugees, sank off Haifa with the loss of 260 lives.
The new compound will be home for Israeli children from underprivileged backgrounds including those who have suffered physical and mental abuse.
Jo Gostin, President of Wizo Australia said: “Our dream has come alive.”
Shalit movie a success
February 28, 2009 by admin
On Thursday morning February 19, the Australian Friends of The Hebrew University (Vic Div) together with Hagshama, JNF, WIZO and the ZCV hosted a special screening of the 50 minute documentary “Gilad Shalit – 2 years in captivity”.
This extremely poignant film featured Gilad’s mother, Aviva Shalit in a rare public appearance since her son’s kidnapping on June 25, 2006. Beginning on the day of the kidnapping it followed a sequence of events ensuing from the kidnapping and the Shalit family’s efforts to help free Gilad, all the while showing a window into Gilad and his family; a regular Israeli family who have known more than their share of grief as a result of war.
As viewers we were drawn into the complex maze of moral and political issues that make up a possible negotiation with Hamas terrorists for Gilad’s freedom.
Panelists Jennifer Huppert MLC; AUJS Shaliach Tal Dror; Clinical psychologist Dr Hadas Sella and Habonim Shlicha Shibolet Shofet-Edelman presented fascinating insights according to their various perspectives.
Panelists (l-r): Jennifer Huppert,
Tal Dror, Hadas Sella and
Shibolet Shofet-Edelman
