Bumper Edition No.46
Sept. 2005 – Jan. 2006
Australian Oleh runs for Knesset!
Important Note: Neither the ZFA nor its staff, nor this magazine's editorial staff publicly support or endorse any political party whatsoever. This note has been placed due to the candidate's being an Australian Oleh, and not due to his political identification.
Ma’ariv, February 22, 2005
“…meet Guy Spigelman, the most outstanding – and nicest – new property in Israeli politics…”
Guy Spigelman, an Australian Oleh in Israel since 1994, is running for the Knesset on the Labor party list. His success will see the first Australian Oleh as a Knesset member. Guy is working to bring some of the positive aspects of Australian politics to Israel. He is the initiator of Hofshi Lilmod (www.hofshi-lilmod.org.il), a program to bring the successful Australian HECS system for university funding to Israel and plans to open an “electorate office” where voters can gain direct access to him.
Guy's campaign staff are looking for volunteers to assist prior to and on the day of the Labor party primaries – January 17th. Fellow Australian Oleh, Benjy Rutland is coordinating the volunteers and would love to hear from people willing to give time to help Guy place highly on the Labor party list.
Guy
explains, “In Israel you don’t run for a
constituency, district or electorate. You run for a place on
a party list. To gain a high enough position on the list so
that I can represent you and the issues that are important
to you in Knesset, I will need to get more votes than other
candidates. That’s why I am asking for your support.”
”We need volunteers to assist at campaign events, help make
phone calls and specifically with the Labor Primaries
(January 17). Even if you can only help out for a few hours,
that would be a big help.”
For information on Guy’s campaign visit
www.guy4knesset.org.il (in Hebrew) If you are ready to
become a supporter or for more information (in English)
please contact Benjamin Rutland on
0543 039 553 or email
b.rutland@gmail.com.
Guy’s CV
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Aged 33, married to Naomi with three daughters under the age of 6
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Made Aliyah from Australia in 1994
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Career: VP Asia Pacific at XMPie, a start-up software company
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Captain (reserves) IDF Spokesperson’s Unit
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Founder and chair of I-tech, the Labor Party high-tech forum
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Editor of ”Revival” the English news magazine of the Labor Party
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Board member of Merchavim, the Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship
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Former Mazkir of Habonim Dror in Australia
Guy Spigelman 054-6850801 or guy@i-tech.org.il
Guy was featured in the I Come From the Land DownUnder segment - Edition No.46 – Check it Out! – Ed.