Frenkiel takes federal UIA helm
Stepping down after serving as UIA president for three years, Lance Rosenberg has formally welcomed new president Esther Frenkiel, formerly its vice-president, to the position.
THE United Israel Appeal (UIA) will kick off 2022 with a new federal president. Stepping down after serving as UIA president for three years, Lance Rosenberg formally welcomed new president Esther Frenkiel, formerly its vice-president, to the position at the annual conference.
“I am delighted to be handing over to Esther who is extremely capable, experienced and will certainly reinforce the ‘One UIA approach’ we both adopted, coordinating and strengthening cooperation between all the states,” said Rosenberg.
Frenkiel, an Order of Australia Medal awardee, has a long association with UIA and a history of voluntary positions for more than 30 years, beginning as a canvasser in the early 1990s.
“Lance leaves this prestigious post with big shoes to fill. I have enjoyed working alongside him, and look forward to continuing his great work,” she said.
Rosenberg’s UIA roles included NSW chairman, NSW president and federal president.
“After a lengthy stint as state and federal president, this is not the end of my association with KH-UIA, but merely the end of another chapter in this journey,” he said.
UIA Australia CEO Yair Miller noted, “Lance has mentored many other lay and professional leaders as they have become involved with the organisation and he is one of the key reasons that UIA Australia is in the strong position in which it finds itself today.”
He added, “I look forward to working with Esther.”
Meanwhile, at the UIA Victoria AGM, its executive director and shaliach Daniel Tuksar reported from Israel that appeal funds have helped 30 children in Israeli towns near Gaza, providing rehabilitation grants for alternative therapies to assist with their PTSD following rocket attacks, and that 96 children were aided to find proper accommodation and education in UIA’s youth villages.
UIA supported almost 2000 olim in their quest for a new, better life in Israel, almost 1000 Israeli youngsters on the social and geographical fringe have been helped through the UIA Youth Futures program and 150 are in the Net@ project. UIA has helped 13 young families and single mothers through its Heartbeats program, helping them during the first years of their children’s lives and 960 MASA participants have participated in the Israel visiting program, he said.
Treasurer Julian Black noted cost reductions of more than 29 per cent over the full 2020 year, and a low expense-to-revenue ratio of under 11 per cent for the current year to October 31.
UIA Victoria president Hayley Southwick paid tribute to UIA stalwart Jack Smorgon’s long-running involvement, including 12 years as UIA Victoria chairman and a further six years as federal president.
Keynote speaker Olga Deutsch, vice-president of watchdog group NGO Monitor, addressed the meeting on her outfit’s fight to curb funding of NGOs with close ties to terrorist organisations.
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