For location details see also: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/the-university/how-university-works/campuses-locations-transport/maps/arts-1-building.html.
CHRISTCHURCH: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: What we know so far: Part 2
Join us for a highly informative and interactive presentation by acclaimed Professor Yoram Barak on a survey of the available evidence, observations and hypotheses on how Alzheimer’s Disease might be prevented. This is the second in a 2-part series of lectures.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Yoram Barak is an assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel-Aviv University, and director of the Psychogeriatric Department at the Abarbanel Mental Health Center. Trained in medicine and psychiatry at the Sackler School of Medicine, he became an Israel Medical Scientific Council Specialist in Psychiatry in 1993, and was awarded a Masters in Health Administration from Ben-Gurion University of Beer-Sheva, Israel in 2004.
Dr. Barak is also a consultant for the National Multiple Sclerosis Center in Israel and a special consultant on Positive Psychology for the Israel Defense Forces. He was president of the Israeli Association of Old-Age Psychiatry, and is currently on the editorial board of the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and the Open Psychiatry Journal. Research interests include multiple sclerosis, cancer, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive–compulsive disorder, suicide and geriatric psychiatry. He has published extensively in these areas, and is author and co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles.
He is currently on Sabbatical and teaching at the Otago University School of Medicine in Christchurch.
VENUE: Northwood Villa Clubrooms, Northwood Villas Cres, off O’Neill Ave, Northwood, Christchurch
WHEN: 2pm, Sunday, July 3, 2016
ADMISSION: Please bring a plate of finger food, we’d be grateful if you could avoid pork or seafood products.
FEEL FREE TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: What we know so far: Part 1
Join us for a highly informative and interactive presentation by acclaimed Professor Yoram Barak on a survey of the available evidence, observations and hypotheses on how Alzheimer’s Disease might be prevented.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Yoram Barak is an assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel-Aviv University, and director of the Psychogeriatric Department at the Abarbanel Mental Health Center. Trained in medicine and psychiatry at the Sackler School of Medicine, he became an Israel Medical Scientific Council Specialist in Psychiatry in 1993, and was awarded a Masters in Health Administration from Ben-Gurion University of Beer-Sheva, Israel in 2004.
Dr. Barak is also a consultant for the National Multiple Sclerosis Center in Israel and a special consultant on Positive Psychology for the Israel Defense Forces. He was president of the Israeli Association of Old-Age Psychiatry, and is currently on the editorial board of the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and the Open Psychiatry Journal. Research interests include multiple sclerosis, cancer, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive–compulsive disorder, suicide and geriatric psychiatry. He has published extensively in these areas, and is author and co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles.
He is currently on Sabbatical and teaching at the Otago University School of Medicine in Christchurch.
VENUE: Northwood Villa Clubrooms, Northwood Villas Cres, off O’Neill Ave, Northwood, Christchurch
WHEN: 2pm, May 22, 2016
ADMISSION: Please bring a plate of finger food, we’d be grateful if you could avoid pork or seafood products.
FEEL FREE TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Purim: A Timeless Story for all Humanity
A TIMELESS STORY FOR ALL HUMANITY
Sunday 2 pm, 20 March 2016
Northwood Villa Clubrooms, O’Neill Avenue, Northwood, Christchurch.
The story of Queen Esther and how she thwarted Haman’s plan to suppress the Jewish people because they would not acknowledge the supremacy of Babylonian thought and practice is well known, yet the impact it has had on modern history and its lessons for a current generation are often overlooked. This year, the Festival of Purim begins at nightfall on March 23.
Please bring a plate of finger food
CHRISTCHURCH: Behold the Man
BEHOLD THE MAN
Dwight Pryor
Sunday 2 pm, 14 February 2016
Northwood Villa Clubrooms, O’Neill Avenue, Northwood, Christchurch.
Reconnecting Christianity with its Hebrew roots has become a significant activity for NZFOI as it fights Christian Anti-Semitism.
As part of that activity, NZFOI has purchased several sets of the highly regarded introductory bible study course, Behold the Man.
There has been significant interest in the study with many requests for us to screen the first session so that members can gauge its quality for themselves.
You need wait no longer, as we will be screening it at our February meeting in Christchurch.
Please bring a plate of finger food
CHRISTCHURCH: BRITISH JEWS MAKING THE DECISION TO LEAVE BRITAIN: ENCOUNTERING A STRANGE NEW WORLD
Thursday 21 JAN 2016 @7.30PM
Stuart Palmer
Northwood Villa clubrooms
O’Neill Ave
Northwood
Christchurch
2015 marks the first year that Jews from the Western World dominated Israeli Immigration statistics. Is this the beginning of a major change?
What drives a person to uproot themselves from a comfortable existence in Britain and make a new life in the unknown in Israel? What do they find? How well do they get on in Israel?
About the Speaker
Stuart Palmer is a retired Engineer who made aliya from the UK in 1981. He worked for some years as an International Marketing Manager in the North of Israel.
Since retiring, he has become the Director of ICAN (International Citizens Action Network) and is Chairman of CoHaV (Coalition of Hasbara Volunteers) www.cohav.org an umbrella organization of over 100 various advocacy groups around the world.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communications at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for the Haifa University program, “Ambassadors Online”. Stuart has appeared as a commentator on TV and lectures to visiting groups of tourists, army volunteer, officials and others in Israel and offshore.
He is with his wife on holiday in NZ and is the guest of NZ Friends of Israel (NZFOI).
WELLINGTON: BRITISH JEWS MAKING THE DECISION TO LEAVE BRITAIN: ENCOUNTERING A STRANGE NEW WORLD
2015 marks the first year that Jews from the Western World dominated Israeli Immigration statistics. Is this the beginning of a major change?
What drives a person to uproot themselves from a comfortable existence in Britain and make a new life in the unknown in Israel? What do they find? How well do they get on in Israel?
Come & Meet Stuart and Hasja Palmer
Thursday 14 JAN 2016 @7.30PM
LIFEPOINT CHURCH WELLINGTON
Stuart Palmer is a retired Engineer who made aliya from the UK in 1981. He worked for some years as an International Marketing Manager in the North of Israel.
Since retiring, he has become the Director of ICAN (International Citizens Action Network) and is Chairman of CoHaV (Coalition of Hasbara Volunteers) www.cohav.org an umbrella organization of over 100 various advocacy groups around the world.
He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communications at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for the Haifa University program, “Ambassadors Online”. Stuart has appeared as a commentator on TV and lectures to visiting groups of tourists, army volunteer, officials and others in Israel and offshore.
He is with his wife on holiday in NZ and is the guest of NZ Friends of Israel (NZFOI).
Lifepoint Church
61 Hopper St
Mt Cook
Wellington
Koha Admission
RSVP Joanna Moss (NZFOI) by 12 Jan
E: joannamoss12@clear.net.nz
T: (04) 802-5956
M: (022) 154-7865
AUCKLAND: Jewish International Film Festival: Felix and Meira
JIFF is the home of the most comprehensive range of Israeli and Jewish-themed films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual three-week film festival in November or our newly established Holocaust Film Series in March. JIFF is building on the long and proud 24-year history of Jewish film festivals in Australia.
Felix and Meira (2015)
Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, Nicole, 22 years old, is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend Véronique. When Nicole’s older brother shows up with his band to record an album, the girls’ friendship is put to the test. Their vacation takes an unexpected turn, punctuated by a heatwave, Nicole’s growing insomnia and the persistent courtship of a 10-year-old boy.
105 minutes.
Chicago International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Audience Choice Award |
Audience Choice Award Maxime Giroux |
Haifa International Film Festival 2014
| Won Tobias Spencer Award |
Maxime Giroux |
RiverRun International Film Festival 2015
| Won Honorable Mention |
Best Cinematography Sara Mishara |
| Best Actress Hadas Yaron |
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Golden Seashell |
Best Film Maxime Giroux |
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Best North American Independent Film |
Maxime Giroux |
Toronto International Film Festival 2014
| Won Best Canadian Feature Film |
Maxime Giroux |
Warsaw International Film Festival 2014
| Nominated Grand Prix |
Maxime Giroux |
Whistler Film Festival 2014
| Won Best Actor in Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Hadas Yaron |
| Won Best Director of a Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux (Director) |
| Won Best Screenplay for a Borsos Film |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux Alexandre Laferrière |
| Won Borsos Award of Best Canadian Feature |
Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Maxime Giroux |
