Harold Finger (left), UIA Australia president, presents Shlomo Werdiger, outgoing UIA Victoria president, with an Askan Award.

Howard, Harper set for UIA Vic

TWO senior Israeli visitors, Alan Hoffmann of the Jewish Agency and Greg Masel of Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal (KH-UIA), were special guests at UIA Victoria’s annual general meeting on December 1.

The event at Central Shule, which farewelled long-time president Shlomo Werdiger and welcomed vice-president Nathan Shafir as his successor, also saw the announcement of former Australian prime minister John Howard and former Canadian PM Stephen Harper as keynote speakers at the UIA gala dinner and women’s division breakfast next March.

Read the article by Peter Kohn in the Australian Jewish News.