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The David Awards 2010:
A Glittering Showpiece
of Alumni Achievement

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By: Ronel Zeff

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On Sunday evening 21 February the glittering, glamorous David Awards 2010 took place at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, under the direction of former Davidian and professional producer Vicky Freidman. The David Awards 2010 were created to acknowledge the contributions of former learners of the Hillel and the King David schools to society. Contenders were nominated and voted for by the general public – close on 3000 votes were received in the online campaign which ran for 3 weeks on www.kdsf.org.

Celebrity presenters took to the stage to announce the winners, while the audience was entertained by former Hillel and King David learners who are now professional performers, namely Adam Davis, Danny K, Steven Leas, Lisa Melman, and Bryan Schimmel. The Top 5 and some of the finalists from 2009’s KD’s Got Talent, (Gabriella Allan, Diana Berkowitz, Jess Dworcan, Jody Kaplan, Lindsey Katz, Aston Silver, Jamey Wolpe) and winner Ryan Peimer, as well as talented former Davidian professional dancers, Camille Bracher and Marise Dusheiko all showcased their talent.

MC Alan Swerdlow entertained the crowd with his witty repartee, and introduced the celebrity presenters, nominees and winners per category.

These were as follows:

1. The Investec Award for a Considerable Contribution in a Career/Profession, presented by Sheryl Koseff, wife of Investec CEO Steven Koseff, and Wendy Kahn, Director of the South African Board of Jewish Deputies

• Prof. Marlene Behrmann-Cohen
• Prof. Celene Bernstein
• Dr. Linda Bloomberg (née Swartzberg)
• Jonathan Fisher
• Dr. Shirli Gilbert
• Adrian Gore
• Dr. Melvyn Greenberg
• Prof. Jeffrey Koseff
• Prof. David Medalie
• Gidon Novick
• Prof. Kenneth Polonsky
• Prof. Max Price
• Dr. Anthony Samir
• Prof. Alan Widgerow

The winner of this category was Adrian Gore, CEO of Discovery Health.

2. The Liberty Life Award for a Remarkable Success Story, presented by Steven Braudo, CEO of Liberty Life, and twin brothers Elliot and Jeffrey Wolf , former headmasters of King David High Schools Linksfield and Victory Park respectively

• Dr. Linda Bloomberg (née Swartzberg)
• Dan Boruchowitz
• Dr. Carolyn Fedler
• Grant Kay
• Brett Levy
• Craig Shapiro, Shai and Tahl Evian, Clinton Cohen

The winner of this category was Brett Levy, joint CEO of Blue Label Telecoms

3. The Eric and Sheila Samson Award for Gemilut Chesed, presented by David Bloch of Macsteel, Bev Cohen of the Union of Jewish Women and Gary Herbert, vice chair of the Chevrah Kadishah

• Dr. Taddy Blecher
• Rabbi Gabi Bookatz
• David Frankel
• Hersch Klaff
• Jodi Rakusin
• Gary Rothstein
• Gary Samowitz
• Stan Seeff
• Michael Sieff
• Rabbi Akiva (Kevin) Tatz

The winners of this category were Dr. Taddy Blecher, founder of CIDA campus, and Stan Seeff, chairman of IUA/UCF

4. The Blue Label Telecoms Award for a Considerable Contribution to Sport, presented by joint CEO’s Brett and Mark Levy and Marlene Bethlehem, former Wimbledon tennis player, and Brian Baloyi, former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper

• Michael Abrahamson
• Darren Blair
• Gary Boruchowitz
• Eda Greenway (née Cohen)
• Prof. Wayne Derman
• Dr. Shane Dorfman
• Dr. Carmel Goodman
• Mark Handelsman
• Jonathan Kaplan
• Stan Matthews
• Aurelle Medalie
• Judd Michel
• Shaun Rubenstein

The winners of this category were Prof. Wayne Derman (renowned sports medicine specialist) and Dr. Shane Dorfman (karate world champion)

5. The Teljoy Award for a Considerable Contribution to Performing Arts, presented by Theo Rutstein, CEO of Teljoy, actress Annabel Linder and producer Richard Loring

• Camille Bracher
• Paul Browde
• Adam Davis
• Marise Dusheiko
• Vicky Friedman
• Lorri Strauss (née Glajchen)
• Alan Glass
• Tali Kodesh
• Danny Koppel (Danny K)
• Elan Lea
• Steven Leas
• Lisa Melman
• Murray Nossel
• Leigh Nudelman
• Mark Samowitz
• Bryan Schimmel
• Larry Shore
• Gina Shmukler
• Sharon Spiegel
• Oshy Tugendhaft

The winners of this category were Bryan Schimmel, pianist and musical director and Danny K, pop artist

6. The House Of Busby Award for a Considerable Contribution to Creative Arts, presented by mark Gordon, CEO of House of Busby, and Dov Fedler, cartoonist to The Star and Natalie Knight of Knight Galleries International

• Ryan Arenson
• Toni Jade Efune
• Lisa Firer
• Roy Friedman
• Lance Gewer
• Loren Kaplan
• Daniel Popper
• Beverley Price

The winner of this category was Lance Gewer, cinematographer Oscar award winning filmof Tsotsi

Fabulous prizes were won

Fabulous prizes were up for grabs for the guests. Congratulations to the lucky prize draw winners:

• Darren Blair, winner of the Whirlpool dishwasher valued at R6 800,

• Bernard Rick, winner of the Jaguar XF 2010 luxury weekend driving experience (this vehicle is valued at R672 000)

• Shaun Rubenstein, winner of the romantic getaway to Namibia, which includes a deluxe suite on the Rovis Rail, two night stay at Impalila Lodge, one night stay at Victoria Falls Hotel, catering by Totally Kosher, transfers courtesy of Wild Horizon and flights courtesy of British Airways, valued at R75 000.

Proceeds raised from the David Awards 2010 will help educate deserving children at the King David schools - thus ensuring that the calibre of excellence at the KD schools continues for many future generations! Proceeds raised will also fund the Outreach Programmes that each KD school has with underprivileged schools in Alexandra and Thembisa.

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