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Sponsor of the Student Israel-Advocacy Program
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.
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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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