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PROGRAMM:

Time:
11:30 - 12.00 registration

12:00 - 12.30 Opening
Greetings by:
  • Mr. Uwe Becker, city treasurer and official representative of the city of Frankfurt
  • Mr. Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, chairman of the SPD-party in Hessen
  • Mrs. Lala Süsskind, chairwoman of the Jewish community of Berlin
  • Mr. Serge Cwajgenbaum, General secretary of the European Jewish Congress
Honorary Guest from Israel:
12.20 - 12.30 Keynote speech of patrons – part 1:
  • Greeting by Dr. h.c. Charlotte Knobloch,
    President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (ZR)

12.30 - 13.30 Panel 1
The moderator will ask politicians questions regarding:
Israel, Islamism and Western policy:
  • Jerzy Montag (Member of Parliament (Bündnis 90 / DIE GRÜNEN), chairman of the German-Israeli parliamentary group)
  • Gitta Connemann (Member of Parliament (CDU), vice chairman of the German-Israeli parliamentary group)
  • Volker Beck(Member of Parliament (Bündnis 90 / DIE GRÜNEN), general manager and spokesperson for human rights of the fraction of Die Grünen and member of the German-Israeli parliamentary group)
  • Prof. Gert Weisskirchen (former Member of parliament (SPD, 1999-2009) advisor to the OSZE-chair for fighting Antisemitism)
  • Lothar Klein (member of the CDU, city councilman, former Member of European Parliament, Saxonian friends of Israel)
  • Elmar Brok (MdEP (CDU))
Moderator: Jochen Feilcke (former Member of Parliament, Head of the German Israeli friendship group Berlin-Potsdam)

13.30 - 13.50 Keynote speech of patrons – part 2:

  • Lecture by H.E. Yoram Ben-Zeev
    Ambassador of the State of Israel in Germany

13.50 - 14.00 Interlude


14.00 - 14.15 Arye Sharuz Shalicar reading from his book
»A wet dog is better than a dry Jew«
The story of a German-Iranian who became Israeli


14.15 - 15.15 Panel 2:
Antisemitisms and Anti-Israelisms in daily life

  • Aviva Raz Schechter (Director of the Department for Combating Antisemitism, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • Nathan Gelbart (lawyer and president of Keren Hayesod Germany)
  • Arye Sharuz Shalicar (IDF-spokesperson and author)
  • Gideon Römer-Hildebrecht (founding member of the Union of Jewish Soldier, Lieutenant Colonel in the Bundeswehr)
  • Sebastian Wertmüller (trade union secretary at DGB)
  • Alon Meyer (President of the Jewish soccer club Makkabi in Frankfurt)
Moderator: Sacha Stawski (Chairman of Honestly Concerned e.V. and ILI – I LIKE ISRAEL e.V.)

15.15 - 15.30 Ralph Giordano reading from his book
„Israel, for heaven's sake, Israel“

Alternatively, if Mr. Giordano has not recuperated from his current illness:

Short lecture by Willem Griffioen about the work of the "International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation (IIACF)" in Germany
and a
Short lecture by Christoph Heil about the work of "The Israel Project (TIP)" and about "German public opinion polls in regards to Israel"

15.30 - 17.00 Panel 3:
Israel, Iran, Hamas and Hizbollah & The Middle East in international context
  • Dr. Dieter Graumann (Vice president and designated successor of ZR presidency)
  • Emmanuel Nahshon (Minister of the embassy of the State of Israel in Germany)
  • Dr. Matthias Küntzel (political researcher and author of "The Germans and Iran")
  • Dr. Yaacov Lozowick (Historian and author of "Right to exist")
Moderator: Jörg Rensmann (Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin)

17.00 - 18.00 Short introduction of the organizing associations

Moderators: Anat Rajber (ILI – I LIKE ISRAEL e.V.) and Wilfried Gotter (Sächsische Israelfreunde, Christliches Forum für Israel (CFFI))

18.00 - 18.50 Short statements of personalities and organizations:
„I like Israel because...“

Moderators: Anat Rajber (ILI – I LIKE ISRAEL e.V.) and Wilfried Gotter (Sächsische Israelfreunde, Christliches Forum für Israel (CFFI))

18.50 - 19.00 Announcement of the main winners from the raffle sales

    (1st price: Voucher for 2 roundtrip tickets from Germany-Israel by Air Berlin)

19.00 - 20.00 Guest-star from Israel: EDEN HAHAM

20.00 - 20.10 Israeli dance performance by a group from the youth center Amichai (part of the Frankfurt Jewish community)

20.10 - 20.55 Roman Kuperschmidt and his band
All guests are invited to "Israeli singing and dancing"

20.55 - 21.00 Hatikvah and closing remarks



Ground floor and first floor "Foyer":

During the whole event organizations and institutions will have booths with material and information. There will be raffle sales and an Israeli "Shuk" (bazaar) by Doronia. Old Abraham and En Gedi will also be offering specialized Israeli products at their booths. Catering will be offered all day by the kosher restaurant SOHAR.