From more pics of prague trip 09. Posted by Jeff M Seidel on 12/10/2009 (73 items) Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher 2 |
Trip Participants Yosef bottarro Jillian Penan Alina Markova Steven Wiatroski Romina naparstek Erica Friedman Tal Ben Yehuda Rayna Franco Abigail Lewin Guy Baruch Jason Weiss Jessica Louise Marissa Tons Roni Cohen Joey Kolatch Joey Assouline Jillian Penan Olivia Rusnak Jaclyn Horwitz Alessandra Varisco Franch Margaux Steiner Rayna Franco Gabriella Campfield Erica Rabner Alexandra Kimmel Shira Herzstein Jaclyn Horwitz Rebecca Morgan Joey Kolatch Olivia Rusnak Erica Rabner Alexandra Kimmel Gabriella Campfield Lauren Albert Nicolas Spritzer David Reichert Tamar A. Brill Naomi Berezin Hannah Glinter Jessica Armentrout Hannah Glinter Liliana Farber Paula Wildfeuer Daniel Himmel Michael Marcovich Tali Seidman Deborah Neumann Kelila Freedman Ilana Kruger Briana Jones Lindsay Alexandra Miller Abby Lennon Michael Marcovich Joey Assouline |
George Deek is an Arab-Israeli diplomat. In 2018, Deek was appointed Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan. He is the first Israeli Arab Christian to become an ambassador. Deek grew up in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, in a building where the other tenants included Muslims, Catholics, Jews and a Catholic priest of Jewish ancestry.[2][3] His father, who worked as a tax advisor,[3] was one of the leaders of the Christian community in Jaffa who served as chairman of the Orthodox Association, and was considered a well-known and popular figure in the city until in 2015 a square was inaugurated in his memory in Jaffa in the presence of Mayor Ron Huldai.[4] According to Deek, his grandparents fled to Lebanon for safety when the 1947–1949 Palestine war, having been told that the Jews would slaughter them if they remained in their homes, but expecting to return home once Arab armies defeated the Jews.[3] According to Deek, when the war ended, his grandparents felt that they had been “deceived”, and decided to return illegally to their home in Jaffa rather than remaining in Lebanon as refugees. Since reentering the country was illegal, Deek’s grandfather, an electrician, was arrested and jailed.
