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The [[Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council]] (AIJAC) arranges a large number of junkets "fact-finding trips" to [[Israel]] for selected journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics thorugh its '''Rambam Israel Fellowship Program'''<ref>https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/</ref><ref>Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.</ref> There are a number of associated programs doing very similar things, not all of them arranged by AIJAC, for example the [[Australia Israel Leadership Forum]], the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Journalists Mission, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and etc. For practical reasons, these programs are listed here under the heading Rambam Programs.
  
 
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Revision as of 03:35, 19 November 2023

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Membership• Chris Jones
• Michelle Griffin
• Erin Jones
• Brian Carlton

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) arranges a large number of junkets "fact-finding trips" to Israel for selected journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics thorugh its Rambam Israel Fellowship Program[1][2] There are a number of associated programs doing very similar things, not all of them arranged by AIJAC, for example the Australia Israel Leadership Forum, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Journalists Mission, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and etc. For practical reasons, these programs are listed here under the heading Rambam Programs.

Participants

The participants are sent from several programs.

Four Australian journalists participated in the Ramabam Israel Fellowship program[3].

  • Chris Jones, Editor of the Hobart Mercury
  • Michelle Griffin, The Age’s news director
  • Erin Jones, deputy chief of staff of The Advertiser (Adelaide)
  • Brian Carlton, Tasmania Talks host



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References

  1. https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/
  2. Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.
  3. http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html