GA 2003 Leadership Bios

Press Releases:

• United Jewish Communities Honors Jewish Communities with Israel Emergency Campaign Certificate of Excellence (December 16)
• North American Rabbis Receive United Jewish Communities 2003 Rabbinic Awards (December 8)
  
• Jewish Communities are Recipients of United Jewish Communities 2002 Sapir Award for Outstanding Annual Campaigns (December 4)
  
• Netanyahu Addresses Economic and Security Issues at Close of 2003 General Assembly (November 19)
• United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federations of No. America Launch Blue Knot Israel (November 18)
• New Officers Elected At United Jewish Communities Board Meeting At The General Assembly (November 18)
• Thousands March in Solidarity with Israel and Each Other (November 17)
• Sharon Proclaims Unity of Jewish People (November 16)
• GA To Open with Moment of Silence for Victims of Istanbul Bombings (November 15)
• United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federations of North America to Launch Blue Knot Israel (November 6)
• With 70 Sponsors, 400 Volunteers, and 5,000 Participants, 2003 GA Massive Effort (November 6)
• 2003 GA a Virtual Tour of Jewish Issues and Ideas (November 4)
• 2003 GA To Feature First-Ever International Gathering of Partnership 2000 (November 2)
• UJC GA Participants Coming in Full Force (October 30)
• UJC General Assembly Will Inject $13 Million Into Israeli Economy (August 13)
• 3,500 North American Jews To Convene in Jerusalem for 2003 GA (July 29)
• Michael and Susie Gelman Named North American Chairs of UJC General Assembly
• Eli Hurvitz Named Israel Chair of GA 2003

Transcripts:

• Ariel Sharon's Opening Session Speech (Nov. 16)
• Address by Michael Steinhardt at Wednesday morning session (Nov. 19)

Audio Transript

• Rabbi Daniel Gordis: The Jewish Content of Our Lives (requires Real Player)

Photo Galleries:

• Opening Session (Nov. 16)
• Sights from the GA (Nov. 17)
• G.A. '03 Solidarity March through Jerusalem

UJC Resolutions for 2003 General Assembly

Reports from Haaretz.com:

• Steinhardt Proposes New $100M Jewish Education Fund (Nov. 19)
• A Taste of Greenwich Village Comes to Big Orange (Nov. 18)
• Labor MK: Two-State Solution Israel's Only Option (Nov. 17)
• Ariel Sharon: The Jewish People Cannot Be Broken (Nov. 16)

Local GA Coverage:

• "Hineini, We Are Here, Say 4,000 N. American Jews" -- Cleveland Jewish News
• "Trip of a Lifetime" -- Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
• "To Be With Israel Is To Be In Israel" -- Connecticut Jewish Ledger
• "With Flags and Hugs, Delegates at UJC Assembly Show Solidarity" -- JTA
• "GA Delegates See the Israel Beyond the Headlines" -- Israel21c
• "Residents Headed To Israel for Gathering, Solidarity" -- The Louisville Courier-Journal

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