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Final round of the "Discovering Israel" contest

September 30, 2008
On September 4, the final round and awards ceremony of the "Getting to Know Israel" contest took place in the Auditorium of the School of Communication and Design. The contest was held to mark the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel’s independence. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its embassies in Latin America, organized this contest in each country, targeting university students.
This competition was held in every country on the continent. In Uruguay, 17 contestants participated, representing students from across the national university system. In the first written qualifying round, held at the University of the Republic, 8 finalists were selected. The winner received a one-week trip to Israel as a prize, to be taken in September alongside the winners from the other countries.

The jury for this final round consisted of the Israeli Ambassador to Uruguay, Yoel Barnea; the General Director of ORT Uruguay, Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg; Senator of the Republic and President of the Uruguay-Israel Cultural Institute, Ruperto Long, the writer and President of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Raúl Vallarino, and the President of the World Trade Center Montevideo , Nelson Pilosof.

Andrés Vasilev, a Systems Engineering student at ORT University, was among the three winning finalists.