{"id":25106,"date":"2014-11-14T05:15:05","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/?p=25106"},"modified":"2014-11-14T05:15:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T04:15:05","slug":"the-jerusalem-open-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/20141114\/the-jerusalem-open-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jerusalem Open 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Was your institution invited to debate at WUDC Malaysia but not able to attend because you&#8217;re an Israeli institution? Were you ranked 7th on your institution&#8217;s list, just missing the cut? Is a \u20ac380 registration fee to high for your club to cover?&#8221; For debaters who have to answer one of these questions with &#8220;yes&#8221; but don&#8217;t want to stay home, the Jerusalem Open might be the solution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25110\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/temple-mount-jerusalem-israel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25110\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25110 \" alt=\"temple-mount-jerusalem-israel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/temple-mount-jerusalem-israel-400x299.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/temple-mount-jerusalem-israel-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/temple-mount-jerusalem-israel.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debaters who are not able to participate at this year&#8217;s WUDC can visit Jerusalem instead.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The idea of hosting a tournament simultaniously to the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) in Malaysia has a serious backround. Malaysia does not recognise Israel&#8217;s right to exist, which makes it very difficult and dangerous for Israeli debaters to attend this year&#8217;s WUDC.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers already published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tjh0zKzyT6Q&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a trailer<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-pJIuF0T2Xc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a video announcing the Chief Adjudicators (CAs)<\/strong><\/a> of the Jerusalem Open:<\/p>\n<p>The CA-Team will consist of <strong>Doug Cochran<\/strong> (CA at WUDC 2013, Deputy CA at European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) 2009), <strong>Omer Nevo<\/strong> (DCA at EUDC 2013, ESL Winner at EUDC 2011 and WUDC 2012), <strong>Eitan Har-Oz<\/strong> (Open semi-final judge at EUDC 2014, CA of Israel Freshers&#8217; 2015), <strong>Hayah Eichler<\/strong> (ESL semi-final judge at EUDC 2011, CA of English Open 2011) and <strong>Yair Har-Oz<\/strong> (CA of Tech Open 2014, CA of Sci-Fi IV 2014).<\/p>\n<p>It will be a two day tournament held in British Parliamentary Style with five preliminary rounds and a break to the semi-finals. The tournament will start on January 1 after a &#8220;pre-tournament, non-break-night party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Information in a nutshell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When?<\/strong> January 1-2, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where?<\/strong> Jerusalem, Israel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration fee?<\/strong> tba.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CAs? <\/strong>Doug Cochran, Omer Nevo, Eitan Har-Oz, Hayah Eichler, Yair Har-Oz.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accomodation?<\/strong> Crash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1xrMsEq1mo0KUy2zEUyXG3I7Z33KlYJvBOk_MChR3wu8\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\">registration for teams <\/a><\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1hViUadVBxYuDAlRR7dWM5tTl5SxjlnONR4-FEKpmVXc\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>for adjudicators<\/strong><\/a> is already open. Questions can be directed to <strong><a href=\"javascript:DeCryptX('3w1i2g0j0e3u2w0s1b0l2g0m3r1q1f2p0@3j1n2c0i3o0.3f0o3p')\">thejerusalemopen [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a><\/strong>, posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/715505378541871\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>the facebook group<\/strong><\/a> or asked via Twitter directly @jerusalemopen or using #tjo15.<\/p>\n<p><em>ama\/hug<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Was your institution invited to debate at WUDC Malaysia but not able to attend because you&#8217;re an Israeli institution? Were you ranked 7th on your institution&#8217;s list, just missing the cut? 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