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NATIONAL QUADRENNIAL CONFERENCE    17 – 20 JUNE 2007

 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia Limited

 “Towards Harmony and Progress – Women Lead the Way”

All sessions are held at Council House  111 Queen Street, Woollahra
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 Sunday 17 June 2007
 7:00 pm                            OPENING DINNER
Guest of Honour: His Excellency Mr. Naftali Tamir
Ambassador of Israel to Australia
“Women lead the Way” -   PRU GOWARD MP
 Recipient of “NCJWA Woman of Achievement Award 2007”

Greetings from:  Leah Aharonov
President, International Council of Jewish Women

Monday 18 June 2007
9:00
9:20 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:00 
10:20–11:50
NCJWA BUSINESS SESSION
 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TREASURER’S REPORT
NCJWA ISRAEL PROJECTS AND EVENTS

‘NCJWA’S relationship and interaction with the State of Israel’  

Reports by project chairs of Ilan, Haifa Rape Crisis Centre, Ethiopian Women's Scholarships.
Fed JNF CEO Rob Schneider.

12:00–12:50      INTRODUCTION OF FANNY READING SCHOLARS & NCJWA SECTION SCHOLARS

‘Is NCJWA satisfying the needs of its communities?’ - Scholar’s Project

2:00 – 5:00        ‘SO YOU WANT TO BE EMPOWERED?’  - Workshop
Lisa Rubinstein – Managing Director, The institute for Human Potential

7:30–10:00        MODERN MEDICAL INTERVENTION IN WOMEN’S HEALTH  -  its significance within Australian law and Jewish ethics           

Prof. Keryn Phelps - Moderator
Dr Devora Lieberman -  Fertility Specialist Sydney IVF Clinic
Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence - Chief Rabbi, Great Synagogue                                         Pauline Rose  R.N. – Director Complementary Ecological Medicine
Lyria Bennett Moses -  Legal/Medical technology

Tuesday 19 June 2007
 9:00                    ANTISEMITISM / RACISM

“Islamic Relations – From negative to positive”
 Vic Alhadeff -  CEO NSW Jewish Board of Deputies

10:20 – 12:10   CHALLENGES AHEAD IN (POST) MULTICULTURAL
AUSTRALIA

Women working together across cultures and faiths
Rachael Kohn:        Moderator
Voula Messimeri     Chairperson FECCA
Silma Ihram              Islamic Education Consultant
Donna Odegaard    Coordinator CDEP, Training, Indigenous broadcast
                                    Media & Arts Program, NT
Di Hirsh                     NCJWA Interfaith/Interculture Chair                       

1:30 – 3.00   THE JEWISH WOMAN – STATUS RIGHTS AND EDUCATION
‘Baby Naming in Biblical Time - Formula and Ceremony’
Yael Avrahami   
‘A Biblical Woman’ - Peta Jones Pellach 
‘The Jewish Woman – Status Rights and Education’
Leah Aharonov  -  President, ICJW

3:30 – 4:45    JEWISH WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD
The story of Emigration and Resettlement
As told by Jewish women now resident in Australia
Rimma Sverdlin  from Russia
Dalit Tendler Dar from Israel
Bernice Bachmayer from South Africa

Wednesday 20 June 2007
 9:00               BUSINESS SESSION: NCJWA WORK IN PROGRESS
New Initiatives Highlighted

12:00            Lunch NCJWA, picnic in the park, Jeannette Tsoulos: walk through Woollahra’s Jewish and local history

WORKSHOPPING – “NCJWA Leading the Way”
Di Englander, Moderator

7:00             GALA CLOSING DINNER
GUEST OF HONOUR : BARRY O’FARRELL MP
NSW Leader of the Opposition

Induction of new NCJWA National President, Rysia Rosen OAM
by ICJW President Leah Aharonov

For information on bookings for conference, sessions and dinners
Tel:   NCJWA NSW 02-9363 0257  or    NCJWA  02-9363 2511
Email : admin@ncjwnsw.org         ncjwnat@bigpond.net.au