Here is a calendar of upcoming events, up and down the country. Some are organized by us, others by like-minded organizations and groups.
It’s that time of the year again folks.
Please submit nominations for Committee members and President one week beforehand, being 5pm Sunday 14 August.
After the formalities are over, we will be showing the movie “The Concert.”
“The Concert” is a 2009 French comedy-drama film by Radu Mihăileanu, starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou.
It is about the redemption of a former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra, known as “The Maestro,” Andrey Simonovich Filipov, who had had his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for defending Jewish musicians and is reduced to working as a mere janitor in the theatre where he once conducted, becoming an alcoholic in the process.
It won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010. It was also nominated for two Magritte Awards in the category of Best Film in Coproduction and Best Editing for Ludo Troch in 2011, and Best Foreign Film at the 68th Golden Globe Awards.
Please bring a plate of finger food. We’d be grateful if you avoided pork or seafood products.
Please join us for a debrief:Mark Jennings and Juliet Moses
have recently returned from anJournalist study group to Israel
9 x 18 hour jam packed days!
Format: A brief review of the highlights of their trip followed by Q+A from the floor
Moderator: Shosh MaaslandWhere: Ray Freedman LibraryWhen: Thursday August 25th 7.30 pmRSVP: gael@keren.co.nz
HE Dr Itzhak Gerberg, Ambassador of Israel to New Zealand
Join us in welcoming the new Ambassador to New Zealand.
2.45-5pm Sunday, 18 September.
For security reasons, please RSVP to NZ Friends of Israel
- What do these celebrations mean to believers today?
- How did Jesus observe these festivals?
- What significance do these holidays have in God’s big redemption plan?
A Jewish Israeli, and a believer in Jesus, Zohar will be presenting a talk on the biblical celebrations of the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Venue: Papanui Baptist 144 Sawyers Arms Road, Christchurch.
Please bring a plate of finger food. We would be grateful if pork and seafood products are avoided.
CHRISTCHURCH: RAPHAEL WEIN AND NAFTALI GROSS
Sunday, October 16, 2 pm
Ethical Dilemmas of Serving in the Israeli Defense Forces: Israel’s war against terrorism.
About the Speakers:
Raphael is a Business Administration Student at Ariel University and is a reservist in the IDF. Naftali is a medical student at the Hebrew University and a volunteer paramedic for Magen David (the equivalent of St John’s Ambulance Service in NZ). Both were combatants in the 2014 Gaza War.
Venue: North City Church 95 Sawyers Arms Road, Christchurch.
Please bring a plate of finger food. We would be grateful if pork and seafood products are avoided.
A collection will be taken to contribute toward travel expenses.
CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY: RAPHAEL WEIN AND NAFTALI GROSS
Tuesday October 25, 12 noon
THE NZ INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INVITES YOU TO WHAT PROMISES TO BE AN ENGAGING AND FASCINATING ADDRESS
Ethical Dilemmas of Serving in the Israeli Defense Forces: Israel’s war against terrorism.
About the Speakers:
Raphael is a Business Administration and Political Science Student at Ariel University and is a reservist in the IDF. Naftali is a medical student at the Hebrew University and a volunteer paramedic for Magen David (the equivalent of St John’s Ambulance Service in NZ) and is also a reservist in the IDF. Both were combatants in the 2014 Gaza War.
Venue: Logie 104, University of Canterbury, Ilam, Christchurch.
A map showing the location of the venue may be obtained by clicking this link.
Admission is free
Feel free to pass this notice on to anyone else you feel may be interested.
You are invited to the Kristallnacht commemoration concert themed “Raising Awareness of Refugees in NZâ€
An evening of rarely heard music performed by members of the NZ School of Music and the NZ Symphony Orchestra, who have
put together an excellent selection of music written in ghettos, concentration camps, and post war. The programme includes the world premier of Richard Fuchs’ Song for Simeon and the NZ premier of Lori Laitman’s Vedem Songs. This concert is about human experience told in music.
Standard $30
Students $20
/Complimentary drink served upon arrival/
Tickets available on Ticketek
<http://holocaustcentre.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=822175715185d15b70739ff5e&id=7fbe431be2&e=9351816e32>.
This event is open to the public and all are welcome. This commemoration is a fundraiser for the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. We hope you are able to join us and bring friends to this commemoration.
For any questions, please contact events@holocaustcentre.org.nz <mailto:events@holocaustcentre.org.nz> or call 04 801 9480.
Programme for the evening:
*Programme hosts – Donald Maurice and Inbal Megiddo
*Herbert Zipper*– Dachaulied
Cantoris with Thomas Nikora
*Mieczyslaw Weinberg*- First movement from Cello Sonata
Lucy Gjisbers and Thomas Nikora
*Lori Laitman*- Four Vedem Songs for mezzo, clarinet and piano
Margaret Medlyn, Debbie Rawson and Jian Liu
*Boris Pigovat*- Strings of Love for viola d’amore, guitar and cello
Archi d’Amore Zelanda: Donald Maurice, Jane Curry and Inbal Megiddo
*Viktor Ullman*- Finale from the Emperor of Atlantis
Shayna Tweed, Margaret Medlyn, Declan Cudd, Roger Wilson and Jian Liu
*INTERVAL*
*Laurence Sherr *- Cello Sonata
Inbal Megiddo and Jian Liu
*Richard Fuchs *- Song for Simeon
James Clayton and Jian Liu
*Gideon Klein*- String Trio
Yury Gezentsvey, Peter Barber and David Chickering
*Our mailing address is:*
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
80 Webb Street
Wellington, 6011
New Zealand
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million Jews, 2 million Gypsies (Roma and Sinti), 15,000 homosexual people and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session.
MYTHS AND MARTYRS TOUR:
Stories from a Christian Journalist in the Middle East
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Johannes Gerloff is a professional journalist, a studied theologian and he is German. With all that carries with it in relation to that nation’s past treatment of the Jewish people – culminating in the Holocaust during the NAZI regime in WWII – it is that much more significant that Johannes and his wife and children have lived in Israel for the past 22 years. Not out of feelings of guilt for the past, but because of a Godly calling, he has dedicated his journalistic skills to providing balanced reporting on issues and events in Israel and the Middle East. He has covered a multitude of significant events in times of relative peace, but he has also put his life at risk reporting in times of conflict and even outright war.
His many and varied contacts among Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians at all levels of society – from shepherds to saints, from common laborers to high level government officials – have given him unique access to the hearts and minds of the people as well as deep insight into the issues they are dealing with.
Besides excellent historical background and insight into the political developments in the Middle East according to International law established between the World Wars and afterward, you will hear real testimony from people on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and amazing stories of things that Johannes has experienced himself during his time in the region.
Your opinion and what you do with it is important! This talk and his book will help that opinion to be one that is well informed.
ITINERARY
Date: 14th February
Time: 7pm
Location: Mt Eden Community Church
Address: 72 View Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland
Topic: TBA
Date: Saturday 18th Feb
Time: 10am
Location: The Cafe, Greenland Christian Centre
Address: 17 Marewa Rd Greenland 1051 Auckland
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Topic: Jewish Settlements – Illegal and main obstacle to peace in the Middle East?
Date: 19th February
Time: 2.30pm
Location: St Lukes Church
Address: 2 Mangati Rd, Bell Block, New Plymouth
Contact: Pastor James Cope Phone 027 757 5037
Topic: Significance of Israel to the Church
Date: 20th February
Time: 7.00pm
Location: St Lukes Church
Address: 2 Mangati Rd, Bell Block, New Plymouth
Contact: Pastor James Cope Phone 027 757 5037
Topic: Significance of Israel to the Church
Date: 22nd February
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Flaxmere Christian Fellowship Church
Address: 220 Flaxmere Avenue
Hastings
Date: 23rd Feb
Time: 7pm
Location: St Pauls Lounge
Address: 35 Grey St Fielding 4702
Topic: Resolution 2334 NZs role and like impact on both Jew and Arab
Date: 24th Feb
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Thompson House
Address: 4 Kent Street Levin
Date: 25th Feb
Time: 4pm
Location: LifePoint
Address: 61 Hopper Street Wellington 6011
Date: Saturday 4th March
Time: 7pm
Location: Grace Vineyard Church-City Campus
Address: 150 Ferry Road Phillipstown 8011
His book, “The Palestinians” will be available for purchase. A koha will be collected during the talk.
MYTHS AND MARTYRS TOUR:
Stories from a Christian Journalist in the Middle East
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Johannes Gerloff is a professional journalist, a studied theologian and he is German. With all that carries with it in relation to that nation’s past treatment of the Jewish people – culminating in the Holocaust during the NAZI regime in WWII – it is that much more significant that Johannes and his wife and children have lived in Israel for the past 22 years. Not out of feelings of guilt for the past, but because of a Godly calling, he has dedicated his journalistic skills to providing balanced reporting on issues and events in Israel and the Middle East. He has covered a multitude of significant events in times of relative peace, but he has also put his life at risk reporting in times of conflict and even outright war.
His many and varied contacts among Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians at all levels of society – from shepherds to saints, from common laborers to high level government officials – have given him unique access to the hearts and minds of the people as well as deep insight into the issues they are dealing with.
Besides excellent historical background and insight into the political developments in the Middle East according to International law established between the World Wars and afterward, you will hear real testimony from people on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and amazing stories of things that Johannes has experienced himself during his time in the region.
Your opinion and what you do with it is important! This talk and his book will help that opinion to be one that is well informed.
ITINERARY
Date: 14th February
Time: 7pm
Location: Mt Eden Community Church
Address: 72 View Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland
Topic: TBA
Date: Saturday 18th Feb
Time: 10am
Location: The Cafe, Greenland Christian Centre
Address: 17 Marewa Rd Greenland 1051 Auckland
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Topic: Jewish Settlements – Illegal and main obstacle to peace in the Middle East?
Date: 19th February
Time: 2.30pm
Location: St Lukes Church
Address: 2 Mangati Rd, Bell Block, New Plymouth
Contact: Pastor James Cope Phone 027 757 5037
Topic: Significance of Israel to the Church
Date: 20th February
Time: 7.00pm
Location: St Lukes Church
Address: 2 Mangati Rd, Bell Block, New Plymouth
Contact: Pastor James Cope Phone 027 757 5037
Topic: Significance of Israel to the Church
Date: 22nd February
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Flaxmere Christian Fellowship Church
Address: 220 Flaxmere Avenue
Hastings
Date: 23rd Feb
Time: 7pm
Location: St Pauls Lounge
Address: 35 Grey St Fielding 4702
Topic: Resolution 2334 NZs role and like impact on both Jew and Arab
Date: 24th Feb
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Thompson House
Address: 4 Kent Street Levin
Date: 25th Feb
Time: 4pm
Location: LifePoint
Address: 61 Hopper Street Wellington 6011
Date: Saturday 4th March
Time: 7pm
Location: Grace Vineyard Church-City Campus
Address: 150 Ferry Road Phillipstown 8011
His book, “The Palestinians” will be available for purchase. A koha will be collected during the talk.