Sunday to Wednesday, 2-6
July 2006, Haifa
PROGRAM
Sunday, July 2, 2006, Dan Carmel Hotel, Haifa
14.00 - Registration
16.00
“Welcoming Get Together” at the Dan Carmel
17.00
–Musical Opening: “Amit Trio” Mitalia Rubin- violin , Barbara Prager- viola ,
Esther Levin- piano.
Greetings: Prof Ada Aharoni, WCJE President
Mr. Jacques Perez, WCJE Director
Mr. Moshe Cahlon, Member of the Knessset
Moderators: Mira Farhi - Jasmin Events,
Itsik Sanua - WCJE
Greetings by Delegates of World Organizations of Jews from
Egypt
Arie Ohana, Sara
Rossano:
Union des Juifs d’Egypteen Israel Israel
Levana Zamir:
Israel-Egypt Friendship Association, Israel
Gilbert Baron:
Goshen, Israel
Mira Farhi
Future generation Delegate – Jasmin Event.
Robert Farhi:
AJOE: Association des Juifs Originaires d’Egypte -
(France)
Yves Fedida:
Nebi Daniel Association –
(France)
Joe Chalom, Andre Cohen, Emile
Gabbay : Nahar Misraim (ASPCJE) – (France)
Vivianne Schinazi-Silver:
AJOE, Montreal - Canada
Elie Politi : Jews from
Egypt, JEB, (Brazil )
Joe
Barda:
Delegate of WCJE, Australia
Sara
Kemp, Ninette Levy: Delegates of AJE, UK
Suzy Vidal,
Delegate of WCJE, Belgium
Presentation by Mira Farhi of Poem : “A Green Week” from the book of Prof. Ada Aharoni
18.30 – Artistic program: “Carmel Choir”, directed by Doudi Zaveeh.
Levana Zamir, WCJE Vice President –
Extracts from the late
Anwar Sadat Speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 20 , 1977
Prof. Ada Aharoni, WCJE President –
Extracts from Itzhak Rabin last speech, at the Public Assembly in Tel-Aviv, on November 4 , 1995
Poets from Egyptian
origin , reading Peace-Poems from their books
Prof. Ada Aharoni, Vivianne Schinazi-Silver, Suzy Vidal,
Blanche Cohen Sachs
Singer, Maya Casabianca,
will present chosen songs from her rich international repertoire.
Elie Kaniel – Piano presentation and singing.
Songs we loved to sing in Egypt.
Monday, July 3, 2006 (Dan Carmel)
09:00
- Opening of Congress. Musical Presentation:
"The Duo: Leonid Rotshtein
and Ina Nerstov" - Chosen Extracts of classical music.
Opening Address by
the President of the Congress Prof. Ada Aharoni
Greetings: Mr.
David Sultan – Former
ambassador of Israel in Egypt.
Mr.
Tarek Heggy - Egyptian Writer
Ambassador Adel El-Adawi – “Cairo Peace” President.
Advocate Mr. Moshe Amar, President of the Jewish Sepharadi Community in Haifa and
the North.
Continuation of
Classical Music Interlude by the Duo.
10:00
– First Session - Collective Memory: Writers’ Presentations.
History,
Culture and Way of Life of Jews of Egypt Reflected in Creative Works
Moderator and Opening:
Prof. Aimee Israel-Pelletier, The University of Texas at
Arlington, USA –
Modern Egyptian-Jewish
Writers, Preserving and Promoting Culture.
Presentation of selected passages by authors and poets:
Paula Jacques, Ada Aharoni, Suzy Vidal, Vivianne Schinasi-Silver,
Blanche Cohen-Sachs, Edmond Jabes
(late), Jacques Hassoun (late).
Final Part of the
Classical Music Interlude by the Duo.
11:30
- Coffee Break
12:00
– Second Session – History and the Culture of Peace of the Jews from
Egypt.
Moderator: Prof. Zaki Kraiem
Levana Zamir, Israel-Egypt Friendship Association
History of
the Jewish Institutions in Egypt
Tomer Levi, Brandeis University, Boston
Jewish Philanthropy in
Alexandria (1840-1914)
Ovadiah Yeroushalmi, WCJE
Delegate
The Jewish Press in Egypt
13:30
– Lunch Break
15:00 – Third Session – Aspects of the Life of the Jewish
Community in Egypt in the twentieth century.
Moderator: Levana Zamir
Prof. Chaim Aharoni, Technion- - The Jews from Egypt, in Prof. Fawzi Deif’s Book :
“The Meaning of Peace in Ada Aharoni’s Poems”
Prof. Gabriel Rosenbaum, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
The Spoken Arabic of the Jews of Egypt
16.00 – Coffee break
16:30 – Workshops of Oral History - Collective and Personal Memory.
Coordinators:
Gilbert Bar-On, Esty Bar-On and Alegra Mizrahi
19:30
– Gala Evening and Dinner - Nof Hotel
( Israelis 150 ¤ )
Moderator : Levana Zamir, Vice President of the
Congress
“Peace Songs” - the “Nofit” choir ensemble, directed by Avi
Ben-Oz,
Greetings: Prof. Ada Aharoni , President of the Congress
Mr. Yona Yahav, Mayor of Haifa,
His Excellency Mr. Assem Ibrahim Mohamed, Ambassador of Egypt to Israel
The duo Hagit Kalish and Yinon – Songs from all times.
Singing and dancing
by participants (Please bring your musical instruments, videos, and cameras).
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Hecht Museum Auditorium, Main Building, Haifa University
9:00
- “Welcoming Get Together”
9:30 - Greeting : Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev,
President of Haifa University
Prof.
Ada Aharoni, President WCJE
Mr. Joe Barda, Delegate WCJE in Australia
10.00 - First Session – The Jews in
Egypt in the Middle Ages and in Ancient History
Moderator:
Prof. Ada Aharoni
Prof. Aviva Doron,
University of
Haifa - «And I know you planted the Divine Presence there as a
visitor »
Egypt in the Poetry of Yehuda Halevy
Dr. Ephraim Lev, University of Haifa -The Cairo Geniza as a main source for the reconstruction of
medical knowledge and practice in Medieval Mediterranean societies
Prof. Nahem Ilan, Lander Institute, Jerusalem
The
study of the Jews of Egypt :
Goals and Achievements
11:30 -
Coffee Break
12:00 - Second Session - The Jews in Egypt in the 20th Century
Moderator: Prof. Aviva Doron, University
of Haifa
Prof. Ada Aharoni -
The Jews from Egypt and
Peace Culture
Dr. Ruth Kimche
- The Zionist Movement in
Egypt, 1918 - 1948
Prof. Michael Laskier, Bar Ilan University - The Third Encounter:
Egyptian Jewry and the Six-Day War
13:30 - Lunch
Break
14:30 - Visit to the Hecht Museum, University of Haifa
15:30 - Third
Session – The
Enhancement of the Understanding Between Israel and Egypt
Moderator: Ms. Levana Zamir:
President Israel-Egypt Friendship Association
Mr. David Sultan, Former Ambassador of Israel in Egypt
Relations
Israel – Egypt: Past, Present
and Future
Prof.
Sasson Somekh – The Israeli Academic Center in Cairo
16.30 - Fourth Session : Cultural
and Literary Aspects of Jewish Life in Egypt
Moderator:
Prof. Ada Aharoni : WCJE President
Dr. Daphne Tsimhoni, Truman Institute and
the Technion- Relations
between Jews and Muslims in Modern Egypt as reflected in the Memoirs of Jews
from Egypt
Mr. Eyal Sagui Bizawi, Jews in the Egyptian Cinema
17.30 - Coffee break
18.00 -
Fifth Session - Particularities
of the languages used by the Jews in Egypt
Moderator: Prof. Aimee Israel-Pelletier, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Prof. Cyril Aslanov, Hebrew University
Jerusalem –
Was there a Specifically Jewish Blend of
French in Pre-Nasserian Egypt?
Dr. Yitzhak Kerem ,University of Thessaloniki
Ladino Culture and Language in 20th Century Egypt
Back to the hotels. FREE EVENING
Wednesday, July 5, 2006, Dan Carmel Hotel
9.00 - First Session - The Jewish Heritage in Egypt - The Nebi Daniel Stream
PART
I
1. Current Status, Moderator: Joe
Barda
Presentation by Alec Nacamuli
Registers, Synagogues, Scrolls,
Cemeteries, Books, Population Overview
Screening of Film –
Illustrated presentation
2. Civil and Religious Registers: Moderator : Roger Bilboul
Presentation by Yves
Fedida
Registers, Historical Background, Status, Importance & Handling
Presentation by
Frederic Abecassis: Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.
Entre Droit
et Pratiques : Comment les Juifs d'Egypte sont devenus étrangers (fin XIXe siècle - 1956)
11.15 - Coffee Break
PART II
11.45 - Sifrei Torah, Artifacts & Books:
1. Moderator: Yves Fedida
Presentation by
M. le Grand Rabbin René-Samuel Sirat-
Préservation & Témoignage - Localisation, Réalité, & Droit
Presentation by
Prof. Sasson Somekh – Tel-Aviv University
The Israeli Academic Center in Cairo and the Jewish Heritage
2. Managing Assets – People,
Synagogues, Cemeteries-
Moderator: Alec Nacamuli
Presentation by Ami Bergman, American
Joint Committee
Past & Present
role and Activities of the American Joint Committee in Egypt
PART
III
12:30 – The Jewish Heritage in Egypt in the
future
Open Round Table Discussion, and Final Nebi Daniel Track Solution
Moderators: Roger
Bilboul, Robert Farhi, Yves Fedida, Joe Barda, Alec Nacamuli, André Cohen
13:30 -
Lunch Break
14:30 – Second Session - The Jews of Egypt in the Diaspora after
Emigration:
France, Australia and South America –
Moderator: Jacques
Perez
Mr.
Andre Cohen, Mr. Joe Chalom and Mr. Emile Gabbay
Activities of “Nahar Misraim” in the Past and in the Present
Racheline
Barda (born Abecassis)-
The Immigration Experience of the Jews of Egypt in Australia
Mr.
Elie Politi
After the “Second Exodus”, rebirth of a Jewish identity in South America
Prof. Sam Pessah - Italian
Jews in Egypt.
16.15 – Coffee break.
16.45 - General Assembly:
Conclusions and Resolutions of the WCJE
Founding of the WCJE
International Board of the Jews from Egypt:
Goals, Program and
Possible Achievements.
18.00 -
Screening of the film: “Mother Faiza – A great Jewish Singer in Egypt”, by Sigalit Banai.
19.30 - Farewell Party:
(In the gardens of Dan Carmel)
Singer, Maya Casabianca, will present chosen songs from her
rich international repertoire.
“Memoirs
from Egypt” by Writers, Poets and Musical talents.
Dancing: Israeli dances, tangos and waltzes we loved to dance in
Egypt.
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Boarding
Buses from the Hotel.
09:00 – Half day tour of Haifa : The Bahai gardens, Louis promenade,
The Visitors’ Center at the Haifa
Technion, The Muh'raka
Scopus, the Druze Villages
of Isfiya and Dalyat El-Carmel ,
Greeting by the Mayor, Mr. Makram Hassoon
13:00 - Lunch (optional) in a Druze restaurant at Dalyat El Carmel, Visit at
the market (the Souk)
End of the WCJE Congress
The
Congress is Sponsored by Yediot Haifa Journal, Radio Haifa and Jasmin events.