Post date: Oct 22, 2012 10:58:55 AM
Jerry Guirguis interviews Dean Levitan, Educator from Jewish Aid Australia, live via a phone-hook-up on 96.5FM – Egyptian radio
show [ Monday 22nd October 2012 ] .
6:30pm – our 1st special guest tonight is ;
Jewish Aid Australia [ JAA ]
Dean Levitan
Informal Educator & Nuba Now Campaign Co-ordinator [people from the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan ]
0478 164 484
128A Wattletree Rd, Malvern VIC 3144
03 9500 2206
www.jewishaidaustralia.wordpress.com
Jewish Aid Australia (JAA) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to pursuing social justice for disadvantaged communities in Australia and overseas.
Vision
· Our vision is of an Australian Jewish community active in the pursuit of social justice for all
Mission
· Empowering vulnerable communities in Australia
· Empowering vulnerable communities overseas
· Educating the Jewish community about global issues and the values of Justice, Kindness and repairing the world
What they do;
· Volunteer programs in Australia:
· Volunteer programs overseas:
· Facilitate Education Programs in the Jewish community about social justice issues.
· Launch Emergency Appeals in times of humanitarian disasters.
· $140 000 for the Haiti Earthquake victims in 2010, and $140 000 for victims of the Australian Floods in 2011.
JAA enables people to realise and practice the core Jewish concepts of Justice [Tzedakah ], Kindness [Chessed] and repairing the world [Tikkun Olam ].
Jerry Guirguis
Presenter
96.5FM – Egyptian radio show
+61 400 718 817
CD copy of this interview can be requested by email to: [ JerryGuirguis@bigpond.com ]