Celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary at this special event!

You are invited to a celebration of Israel’s 70th anniversary, and to help raise money to support bringing the Jewish people home.

The Israel70 project is a joint effort by many of New Zealand’s pro-Israel groups, including representatives of the Pacific Islands and the Jewish community.

The first part of the project is fundraising, for those seeking sponsorship of aliyah. The cost of sponsoring one olim including their paperwork, packing, transportation, flight to Israel, and the full first year integration programme is approximately $5500 NZD. Individuals and groups are committing to sponsor all or part of this cost. All donations go directly to aliyah via Keren Hayesod.

Secondly, the showcase event on Sunday October 7th will begin with a formal  powhiri at 5:15pm. Guests will then be invited to join the Israel70 organising committee and the visiting dignitaries for a cocktail function featuring an exhibition of Israeli technology and innovation.

Following the cocktail function, guests will be asked to take their seats in the Cole Theatre for the showcase event that includes performances and addresses from dignitaries.

The evening will conclude with a short but very special auction of several magnificent items brought all the way from Israel especially for the occasion.

Where:  Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre
When: Sunday 5.15pm, 7 October 2018.
Admission:  $130, no door sales.

Tickets available from https://bit.ly/2zGUlYB.

Dress code: Formal

Israel supporters should attend this lecture, if only, to ask searching questions of the speaker…

This lecture explores two grass-roots leadership projects that promote non-violent resistance as a means of achieving civil rights in Palestine/Israel: the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS) and the One State Solution. As alternatives to the politics of exclusion and militant ethnic nationalism, these civil society actions have gained increasing global support, and are shifting meanings and locations of foreign policy and international intervention. Through an analysis of their historic origins, this lecture reflects on how these two movements are challenging power and may shape the future of the region.

Wednesday, 1 August 2018 6.00 pm-7.30 pm

Lecture Theatre: OGHLecTh/102-G36

Old Government House

Princes Street The University of Auckland

Dr Nicholas Rowe

About the speaker: Nicholas Rowe is an Associate Professor in Dance Studies at the University of Auckland and an Associate Investigator in the Arts Equal Project, Academy of Finland. Prior to joining the University of Auckland, Nicholas lived in Ramallah in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 2000-2008, working with arts education programmes in refugee camps throughout the West Bank, Gaza Strip and South Lebanon. His books include Art, During Siege: Performing Arts Workshops in Traumatised Communities, Raising Dust: A Cultural History of Dance in Palestine, Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the Southern Mediterranean, Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the South China Sea and the edited volume Moving Oceans: Celebrating Dance in the South Pacific. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Nicholas holds a PhD from London Contemporary Dance School, University of Kent at Canterbury.

But they became separated.

What would happen to everyone?  Would they be discovered?  Would she ever see her parents again?

You are invited to hear Vivianne’s harrowing story of how she survived the war and built a new life in its aftermath.

Although Vivianne has never written a book, copies of the powerful memoir of Holocaust survivor, Max Eisen, “By Chance Alone” will be available for purchase. Cash or cheque only.  $30 per copy.

“[An] extraordinary memoir.” (Edmonton Journal)

“An astounding narrative . . . a timely examination of the human capacity for cruelty, ignorance, and depravity. It is also a message of hope, a cri de coeur, and a reminder that small acts of kindness can have an immeasurable impact on another person’s life.” (Quill & Quire)

“Max Eisen’s important, timely memoir reminds us that horror does not happen overnight and that no one is immune to it. By Chance Alone is a testimony to the human experience of needless, senseless suffering. May we learn from it.” (Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran)

“By Chance Alone is a story of great pathos, and told with directness and simplicity, of the sufferings and grief and fear of one boy in a terrible time and a terrible place.” (Rex Murphy)

Such were the overwhelming odds stacked against him, Max Eisen should not have survived. Chance, some good people, and not a little luck all played their part, but his dogged determination to overcome the lethal physical and mental onslaught is truly remarkable.” (Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation)

Max Eisen reveals, with clarity and honesty, his personal resilience and determination to survive against impossible odds, and bear witness to the horrors of Auschwitz. His humanity and generosity shine through in this powerful and page-turning memoir.” (Barbara J. Falk, PhD, MSL Associate Professor, Department of Defence Studies Canadian Forces College/Royal Military College of Canada Barbara Falk, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College/Royal Military Colleg)

“A gripping, harrowing read, chock-a-block with pulse-quickening detail.” (Canadian Jewish News)

This event is a collaboration between NZFOI and the Zionist Federation of New Zealand.