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all of that into this organization. I can take that same strategy and apply it to a cause that's dear to my heart."
Woogman's arrival marks a new era for the local organization. She takes on a role that was held by Dvori Balshine for 17 years.
Woogman, who had worked with Balshine as a CFHU vol-imteer, said that the chapter already has a very strong . foundation and she hopes her own unique slyle will add to what already exists.
"I think Dvori did a wonderful job of putting the Vancouver chapter of C]raU on the map," said Woogman. "I think people know us, they recognize us and they trust that whatever event gets put on by us will be a well-run, well-produced, well-attended event
There's a well-functioning board, they've recruited good people and everyone wants to be there," she continued. "But I think I will bring in a different flavor and style."
Woogman's professional career with the CHFU chapter has started at a critical time for the university. With Israel having to dedicate more money to military defence in recent years, the vmi-versity has received less government funding than it has in the past. In response, all of the Friends of Hebrew University groups around the Diaspora have begun a four-year fund-raising campaign to keep the university running strong. Woogman said her primary task will be making sure her chapter does whatever it can to contribute.
"I really believe that Hebrew University needs to remain intact as a top-standing research and teaching institution and I hope that through the efforts of our board, volunteers, staff and leadership, that people can come to see the importance of the university in this world," she said. "Knowing and trusting in my gut what this university does and contributes, not only to Israel but the Jewish people and the world, my main drive will be to continue fund-raising."
Woogman said there will be several programs in the next year ' focusing on the campaign.
The next big Vancouver CFHU event is Stretch Yoiir Mind: The Best of Hebrew U, which will be held Sept. 13 and 14. Stretch Your Mind features a series of presentations and sessions led by some of the world-renowned professors from Hebrew University. Opening with a Saturday evening presentation by political science Prof. Meron Medzini, who will talk about Israel after the war in Iraq, the program will continue all day Sunday. Participants will have a variety of sessions from which to choose.
Stretch Your Mind is co-sponsored by CFHU, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver and the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver. For more information, call 604-257-5133 or visit www.cfhu.org. □
Kyle Berger is an award-winning freelance journalist and a graphic designer living in Richmond.
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tering Canada are products of deeply biased and anti-Semitic education systems, in which Israel is absent from ofScial maps and hate propaganda includes the oldhoaxThe Protocols of the Learned Elders ofZion,
"You don't want to seem judgmental about them," Rogow said of these foreign students, but Canada should be aware of the nature of the education systems in some of the coimtries providing students and the impact that could have on the situation here. Though most students are coming with the best of intentions to better themselves through education, Rogow warned that Canada should not be ignorant to the possibility that some political agitators may be coming too.
There's a concern if people are coming not only to get an education, but if they are coming to propagandize," she said. "There's a fear that people are coming not only to [leam at] the university but that they are coming with another purpose."
Despite this, the academic year just completed represented some-
thing of a turning point for Jewish university students in British Columbia. Successfiil outreach programs at both mtgor Vancouver-area campuses attempted to explain the Israeli perspective to erstwhile uncommitted students. Members of Hillel and the campus Israel Advocacy Committee said they were encouraged by the relatively welcoming reception with which they were greeted.
Any fears of increased anti-Israel activism on campuses next term will be met with increased activism on the other side. Pro-Israel activism on Canadian campuses got a big boost this year, when UIA-Federations Canada dedicated more than $1 million to encourage Israel advocacy and leadership initiatives on campus, a program that has already funded a new position of Israel advocacy co-ordinator afGliated with Hillel British Columbia, based at UBC, and similar positions at other Canadian universities. □
Pat Johnson is a native Vancouverite, a journalist and commentator.