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5th Annual
Israeli Film Festival is on Now
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 The 5th Annual Israeli
Film Festival is currently being showcased at the National
Archives Auditorium in Ottawa.
The film Beaufort, which received a
2008 Oscar nomination for 'Best Foreign Film', will be
screened at the National Archives Auditorium at 7:00pm on Thursday, June
5th. Tickets are still available at the door. It should not be
missed.
The award winning films, Noodle, The
Galilee Eskimos, and The Policeman have already been screened to critical
success at the Festival.
Avi Nesher's,
The Secrets, will round out the
Festival the following Thursday at the same location.
Please click here for further information about show times
and directions.
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Israel
Celebrates its 60th Anniversary
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On May 7, 2008, Israel celebrated the 60th anniversary
of its independence at a thrilling celebration at the National
Gallery of Canada.
The event was attended by
10 senior Cabinet Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures, and distinguished
guests.
In a short time, Israel has proved itself to be a
bastion of inventiveness, a place where academia and brilliant minds
flourish, where global problems are debated and resolved and a modern
democracy that we can all be proud of.
One can only wonder what it will be possible to accomplish in the next
60 years.
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Israeli
Band, Common Bond, at Ottawa Jazz
Festival
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The members of the Israeli
ensemble, Common Bond, come from a wide range of musical backgrounds:
from classical music, to rock & jazz, to ethnic; each player
contributes his own style and experience.
Common Bond features a rich, warm
and unique sound.
You are invited to hear Common
Bond preform as part of the Ottawa Jazz
Festival at 10:30pm on June 20, 2008, at the National Arts Centre
Studio
Click on the picture above for
further information.
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Save a
Child's Heart Exhibition in Ottawa
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The Israeli Embassy was happy to bring greater
exposure to the Israeli Organization, Save a Child's Heart, with an
event at the National Press Club in late May.
Save a Child's Heart
continues
to provide hope to children from around the world with otherwise
debilitating heart conditions, through the option of surgery and
training provided to foreign doctors by Israeli medical
professionals.
The event featured a photography
exhibition that vividly captured the incredible work done by
this organization; work that continues to save the lives
of children, worldwide.
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Israel
Participates in the 2008 Canadian Tulip Festival
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As Israel celebrates the 60th anniversary
of its independence this year, the Israeli Embassy in Ottawa was excited to present its
booth at the International Pavilion of the 2008 Tulip Festival.
The Israel booth at the International
Pavilion showcased the things that are best about Israel; its arts and
culture; its keen attention to detail and innovation; the raw
beauty and storied history which makes it
one of the holiest places for all of the world's major religions; and
Israeli wine to delight the palate and compliment the experience
perfectly.
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Israel Pays
Tribute to its Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror
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 On May 7th, Israel marked Yom Hazikaron,
the national day of memorial for fallen soldiers and victims of terror.
This somber day of
remembrance was marked in Ottawa by a lowering of Israeli
flags to half-mast and a moving commemorative
ceremony at the Soloway Jewish Community
Centre.
On this day we remember
the countless people who have given their lives fighting for ideals we
can all believe in, and the tragic deaths that are attributable to
senseless acts of terror.
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Ottawa Marks
Holocaust Memorial Day
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 Yom Hashoah,
or Holocaust Remembrance Day, was marked in two separate ceremonies in
early May of this year: at the Soloway JCC
and the following day on Parliament Hill.
A crowd
of close to 1000 people were addressed by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs
and all of the remaining Federal Political Party
Leaders.
Ambassador Baker reminded us that Holocaust Remembrance is imperative,
lest history repeat itself.
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Remember Israel's
Captive Soldiers
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Shalom,
The Embassy of Israel in Ottawa
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