G’day Israel
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We don’t yet know which members of the Rudd Government will actually be on the guest list of the AICE G’day Israel festival set to open in Jerusalem on 20 June 2009, but apparently several senior members have expressed interest.
The Australia Israel Cultural Exchange, probably best known here for the AICE Australian Film Festival, is pumping their Israeli presence up a notch or three. To quote the chairman of AICE Albert Dadon, G’day Israel is a culmination of what AICE has achieved to date and will exponentially raise Australia’s cultural profile in Israel.
The 6th annual AICE Australian Film Festival will be an integral part of G’day Israel. The film set to open the film festival is a documentary on the Peres Centre AFL Peace Team that competed in the International Cup last August. The film is called Tackling Peace.
On another tack, the piano prodigy David Helfgott, certainly a major league headliner hardly needing any introduction (just in case google Shine, as in Oscar winning film) will be appearing at the Jerusalem Theatre (20 June) and the Enuv Cultural Centre in Tel Aviv (25 June).
If gourmet dinning is your thing Guillaume will be serving up dinner for 350 Israeli and Australian VIP’s. (No doubt I won’t be there, due to prior obligations towards Big Brother) Guillaume is a French born Australian and a foodie icon in those parts.
G’day Israel will also inaugurate the AICE Leadership Forum a symposium gathering hand picked intellectuals to exchange ideas on the Australian Israeli alliance. I guess you could call it a think tank. There are no resolutions, declarations or conclusions. It’s based on a similar dialogue on the Australian American front.
The G’day Israel festival was formally endorsed by the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, continuing AICE’s ties to official patronage. AICE was launched simultaneously by then foreign ministers Bibi Natanyahu and Alexander Downer.
It’s hoped that G’day Israel will be biennial, with a corresponding festival in the intervening year showcasing all things Israeli in Australia.
The Australia Israel Cultural Exchange, probably best known here for the AICE Australian Film Festival, is pumping their Israeli presence up a notch or three. To quote the chairman of AICE Albert Dadon, G’day Israel is a culmination of what AICE has achieved to date and will exponentially raise Australia’s cultural profile in Israel.
The 6th annual AICE Australian Film Festival will be an integral part of G’day Israel. The film set to open the film festival is a documentary on the Peres Centre AFL Peace Team that competed in the International Cup last August. The film is called Tackling Peace.
On another tack, the piano prodigy David Helfgott, certainly a major league headliner hardly needing any introduction (just in case google Shine, as in Oscar winning film) will be appearing at the Jerusalem Theatre (20 June) and the Enuv Cultural Centre in Tel Aviv (25 June).
If gourmet dinning is your thing Guillaume will be serving up dinner for 350 Israeli and Australian VIP’s. (No doubt I won’t be there, due to prior obligations towards Big Brother) Guillaume is a French born Australian and a foodie icon in those parts.
G’day Israel will also inaugurate the AICE Leadership Forum a symposium gathering hand picked intellectuals to exchange ideas on the Australian Israeli alliance. I guess you could call it a think tank. There are no resolutions, declarations or conclusions. It’s based on a similar dialogue on the Australian American front.
The G’day Israel festival was formally endorsed by the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, continuing AICE’s ties to official patronage. AICE was launched simultaneously by then foreign ministers Bibi Natanyahu and Alexander Downer.
It’s hoped that G’day Israel will be biennial, with a corresponding festival in the intervening year showcasing all things Israeli in Australia.
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