BGU & YOU | Spring 2025

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MAY 2024 Remarkable Resilience 4, A Virtual Event In light of the ongoing war,

A4BGU’s annual virtual event was renamed Remarkable Resilience: Leading the Way Forward . Hosted by Israeli news anchor Natasha Raquel Kirtchuk, the program highlighted BGU’s leadership in Israel’s recovery. With over 2,000 registrants, it became A4BGU's largest fundraiser, affirming BGU’s vital role in rebuilding the South and strengthening the resilience of the entire nation.

Andrea Jarach (President, BGU Italia) on the left, with friends protesting in Italy for the release of the October 7 hostages IT

Host Natasha Kirtchuk (right) conducts an interview during Remarkable Resilience filming

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MAY 2024 Screening of Ben-Gurion: Epilogue at MALBA Museum Auditorium in Buenos Aires The film features a unique interview with Israel's former prime minister, conducted by an English journalist and preserved through a fortuitous recovery of separate audio and video recordings.

Amigos Argentinos

L-R: Ariel Berliner (AAAUBG volunteer); Hernán Najenson (president of the Association of Jewish Lawyers of Argentina and Halutz Cohort II); Nava Rubenzadeh (AAAUBG president); Eyal Sela (Israeli ambassador to Argentina); Emilio Perina Konstantinovsky (director of the National General Archive); Guillermo Yanco (vice president of the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum)