JCCV volunteer awards
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has presented awards to its volunteers.
“This year’s awards night for community volunteers was really special”, JCCV president John Searle said today.
“The Jewish community could not function without the support of its volunteers. The depth and breadth of its talent is second to none and the volunteers’ willingness to help is exceptional. The JCCV feels honoured to celebrate their invaluable work”, Searle continued.
“Nonetheless an awards night is by its very nature a very difficult event to put on. There is always a danger that the audience may get bored watching one person after another receiving an award. However our very capable team, Anton Block, Randi Grose and Hilary McMahon, have really got this event down to a fine art.
We commenced with a brief and entertaining DVD featuring the highlights of the very busy past year for the JCCV. This was followed by our guest of honour, George Lekakis, chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, a very good speaker and a great friend of our community. The entertainment was first‐class as well, jazz musicians Jonathan Skovron and Alex Burkoy, the very funny Eddie Tamir and Josh Piterman, an outstanding tenor. These acts were not only talented and varied, but broke up the presentations at just the right intervals.
Of course the highlight of the evening was the speech by Nina Bassat AM, recipient of the General Sir John Monash Award for outstanding service to the Victorian Jewish community. Gracious, inclusive and to the point, Nina’s speech looked both to the past and to the future of our community. And indeed that was the theme of the entire evening.”
Award winners:
Access Inc Michelle Feiglin
Am Echad Boris Oiberman
Australian Jewish Historical Society Horst Eisfelder
Australian Jewish Psychologists Nathan Kotler
Bialik College Genia Janover
Blake Street Hebrew Congregation Shimon Weizman
B’nai B’rith Victoria Inc Sonia Kempler
Brighton Hebrew Congregation Chaim Lavi
Community Security Group Igor Chernyega
Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria David Sherr
Jewish Aid Australia Ric Benjamin
Jewish Care Victoria Inc Reuben Zelwer
Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library “Kadimah” Alex Dafner
Jewish Holocaust Centre Dr Bill Anderson
Kehilat Nitzan Conservative (Masorti) Community Debra Korman
Kosher Meals on Wheels Joe Owzinsky
Leibler Yavneh College David Fisher Anne Ryan
Maccabi Victoria Giselle Berlinski Di Sherman
Magen David Adom Sara Baron
Mount Scopus Memorial College Helen Synman
NCJWA – Victoria Sonja Krawatt
Oz Shalom TV Inc Terry Flander
St Kilda Hebrew Congregation Adrian Bartak
Shalom Association Zalman Plotke
The Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence Judith Rapke
The King David School Sharon Hamilton
Theodor Herzl Social Club Inc Judith Ivanyi Dr Alexander Ivanyi
VAJEX Louise Dyskin Eric Gordon
WIZO Linda Yaffe
Zionist Council of Victoria David Michelson
