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Celebrating CIJR’s 20th Anniversary
&
60 Years of Israel’s Independence
1948-2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Cocktails 6:00 p.m
Dinner 7:00 p.m.

RSVP (514) 486-5544
alan@isranet.org
Before Aug.9, 2008
Minimum Contribution
$500 per person
Black Tie Optional
Valet Parking

 

Honoring:

LION OF JUDAH HONOREES

Alan Baker

Alan Baker, Israel's Ambassador to Canada (2004-present), is a former Legal Advisor of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has, since 1974, been involved in Middle East Peace Process negotiations, and the drafting of Peace Treaties and other Agreements between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinians. Amb. Baker was Israel's representative to the International Criminal Court; more recently, he headed the Israeli legal team preparing Israel's Written Statement to the International Court of Justice, concerning Israel's security fence.
Amb. Baker and his wife Dalia have three sons.

Isi Leibler & Naomi Leibler

Isi Leibler chairs the Israel Diaspora Committee of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. His publication The Israel-Diaspora Identity Crisis: A Looming Disaster has been read and debated throughout the Jewish world. Mr. Leibler's previous posts include head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Chairman of the Governing Board and Senior Vice President of World Jewish Congress. Isi writes prolifically and is a weekly columnist for the Jerusalem Post. Naomi Leibler is World President of Emunah.
Naomi and Isi live in Jerusalem, as do three of their children and their families.

GOLDEN MAGEN DAVID HONOREE
Outstanding Person of the Year

Theo Caldwell

Theo Caldwell, President of Caldwell Asset Management, Inc., is an investment advisor in the United States and Canada. His firm has operations around the globe.
His current affairs columns appear regularly in the National Post and the Toronto Sun, and several outlets throughout North America, often covering foreign policy and in defence of Israel. He discusses current events with Arlene Byron on AM640 every Saturday afternoon. Theo stood for Parliament in 2000 and has been involved in many political campaigns in Canada US.
Theo's philanthropic and community efforts are primarily directed toward children's causes, people with disabilities, AIDS in Africa, and canine rescue charities. He was Co-Chair (2006) of the Pink Bedroom Party for Breast Cancer Research.
Theo holds an M.Sc. in Public Policy and Management from the University of London, UK, and is the author of two award-winning plays and four screenplays. His first of five historical fantasy novels on Irish mythology, Finn the Half-Great, will be published with Tundra Books (McClelland & Stewart, Random House) in 2009.

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