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About Us - Advisory/Advocacy Committee

FOUNDER: Goldi Steiner

CO-CHAIRS: Goldi Steiner & Irving Weisdorf

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: Agnes Imani

 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE - NATIONAL:

 

Alan Baker - Canada

  • Advocate, Ambassador (ret.) - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

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Richard Bass - Canada

  • Author and Educator

 

Michael P. Diamond - Canada

 

Dov Friedberg - Canada

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Donna Holbrook - Canada

  • National Executive ICEJ Canada

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Carrie Katz - Canada

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Barbara Kay - Canada

  • Columnist, National Post and author

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Freya Morrison - Canada​

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Michael Mostyn - Canada

  • CEO-B’nai Brith Canada

 

Dr. David Nussbaum - Canada

  • Adjunct Professor of Psychology - York University

  • Visiting Professor - China University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

 

Aviva Polonsky - Canada

  • President of the Federation of Teachers in Hebrew Schools

  • B.A. (Hon), B.Ed, M.Ed

 

Robert Eli Rubinsetein - Canada

  • Partner, H&R Developments

 

Steve Samuel - Canada

  • MD, FRCSC

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Joseph Shier - Canada

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Andy Winter

  • President of New Horizon Daycare

  • President of Simcha and Beth Meyer Congregation

 

Lawrence W. Zeifman

  • CPA CA, Partner

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE - INTERNATIONAL:

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Dan Illouz - Israel

  • Attorney, Member of the Jerusalem City Council, Israel

 

Mordechai Kedar - Israel

  • Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

 

Rabbi Pesach Lerner - New York

  • Executive VP Emeritus, National Council of Young Israel

 

Matan Peleg - Israel

  • CEO, ImTirtzu.Org

 

Yifa Segal, Esq. - Israel

  • Director of the International Legal Forum

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CILR EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Irving Weisdorf - CILR Co-Chair

Corey Margolese - Co-Chair
Goldi Steiner - Co-Chair
Anita Bromberg
Agnes Imani

Lauren Isaacs

Daniel Koren

Yifat Bear Miller

Aviva Polonsky

Mark Vandermaas

Yehudit Shier Weisberg


Consultants:
Diane Bederman

Lawrence Hart

Gemeiners

Carrie Katz

Dr. David Nussbaum

Yuval Popper

 

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ADVOCACY:

 

Dianne Bederman - Canada

  • Author, and spokesperson on Current Events

 

Donald Carr - Canada

  • Attorney, O.Ont., QC, JD, LHD, TEP, practicing in Toronto as Counsel to Aird & Berlis LLP, was a founding senior partner of the former law firm of Goodman and Carr LLP

  • Among many community involvements is President of Canadians for the Rule of Law and was President of UJWF (Toronto Federation), CHAT, The CJN, The Reading Law Club; Chairman of National Budgeting Conference of Canadian Jewry; Sec, & Hon. Counsel, United Israel Appeal of Canada; National Vice-President of Canadian Jewish Congress; Vice-Chairman Canada Israel Committee; Advisory Board CIJA

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Doris Eckstein - Canada

  • Journalist and Co-Chair Canadian Institute of Jewish Research (CIJR), Toronto

 

Lloyd Duckman - Canada

  • Activist

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Mahra Hart

  • B.A. Jewish studies McGill, M.Ed University of Toronto

  • History teacher at Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) since 1999, including 10 years as Department Head

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Agnes Imani

  • Chief Administrative Officer

 

Lauren Isaacs

  • Toronto Director - Herut Canada 

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Joe and Renannah Gemeiner - Canada

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Margie Smith - Canada

  • Activist

 

Bill Smyth - Canada

  • Professor, McMaster University

 

Mark Vandermaas: - Canada

  • Israel’s Land Rights Trainer

CILR Education Committee Members
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