AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2023
 AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2023  | |
|---|---|
| Membership | • Sussan Ley • Julian Leeser • Jenny Ware • Hollie Hughes • Dean Shachar • James McGrath • John Lee |
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 every year,[3][4] but only a very few are made public.
- Sussan Ley, deputy leader of the Opposition
- MP Julian Leeser
- Senator Jenny Ware
- Hollie Hughes
- Sussan Ley’s Chief of Staff Dean Shachar
- Senator James McGrath
- John Lee, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
References
- ↑ https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ https://www.jwire.com.au/rambam-participants-report-on-their-experiences/
- ↑ https://www.australianjewishnews.com/impressions-of-israel-2/
