All photos taken by Jennifer Beck of Jbeck Photography

	Awards Dinner Co-Chairs and Texas-Israel CoC Board Members Yoram Solomon (left) and Martin Golman (right)
	Texas-Israel CoC Membership Director, Don Weitz, takes off his membership cap to serve as pianist for the Host Reception.
	One of two sheet cakes prepared by Stein’s Bakery to mark the occasion
	At the Host Reception, from left: Yoram Solomon, Dinner Co-Chair; David Litman, Co-Honoree and CEO of ConsumerClub.com, William Krenik, CTO, Wireless Terminals Business Unit, Texas Instruments, and Russell Levine, President and CEO of Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce Inc.
	Chamber Board Member Harry Ploss (left) and Reverend Lennie Allen of Bridges for Peace.
	From left: Allen Richards, Manager of National Leisure Sales; Jonathan Harris, Sales Manager, South Central Region; Kelli McCray, President of the DFW Business Travel Associationand Manager of the Freeman Companies; William Mechler, Sales Manager for AR, MO, OK, and TX. Continental Airlines was the event Underwriter and provided four roundtrip international airline tickets for the raffle drawings.
	From left: Gershon Yaniv, President of IntegriCo Composites, LLC and husband of Chamber Board Member and RDY Consulting President Daphna Yaniv; Mark Ellison, Director of Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Office of the Governor; Monica Yaniv, and husband Zvi Yaniv, who is a Chamber Board Member and President and CEO of Applied Nanotech.
	Dinner Co-Chair Martin Golman introduces special guests, dignitaries, and Chamber officials.
	Honoree David Litman (far right) enjoying dinner with his table guests.
	Chairman Terry Anderson and fiancé Rivka Arad having a good time together.
	The Texas Instruments table with Principal Fellow and Honoree Gene Frantz at far right.
	Jeffrey Koch, Portfolio Manager, Office of Management and Budget, at The White House, receives a Special Award for his contributions to the Chamber.
	Chairman Terry Anderson with Harry Ploss (right), recipient of the 2008 Founder’s Circle Award.
	Jay Rubin, CEO of the Jewish Community Association of Austin, accepts the 2008 Community Supporter of the Year Award.
	Mark Wigder, Counsel at Hunton & Williams, recipient of the 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award.
	Retalix and Eli Spirer, EVP of Operations, get the 2008 Israeli Company of the Year Award.
	Jack Molad accepts the 2nd 2008 Israeli Company of the Year Award on behalf of Performance Systems and its President, CEO, and Founder Ofer Molad.
	ALON USA and Joseph Israel, Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, winner of the 2008 Israeli Pacesetter Award.
	N-trig and President Rick Seger get the 2008 Deal of the Year Award.
	Chamber President and CEO Russell Levine with Matt Blanton, Founder and Managing Partner of STARTech Early Ventures, recipient of the 2008 President’s Award.
	Asher Yarden, Consul General of Israel to the Southwest, addresses the audience.
	Mark Ellison, Director of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, recipient of the Chairman’s Award.
	Dinner Co-Chair Yoram Solomon (left) provided the introduction of Honoree Gene Frantz (right), Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments.
	Jerry White (left), Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU, introduced Honoree David Litman (right), CEO of ConsumerClub.com and Co-Founder of Hotels.com.
	Chamber Board Member Andy Lavigne makes his way to the podium after winning one of the two drawing for 2 roundtrip tickets on Continental. Andy and his wife Marie plan use the tickets to travel to southeast Asia.
	Doug Mangum (right), the newly appointed Vice-Chairman of the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, shakes the hand of Chamber Board Member and Dinner Co-Chair Martin Golman, after Martin’s company Waldman Bros wins the second raffle drawing for 2 roundtrip tickets on Continental. The voucher will go to a yet-to-be determined employee at Waldman Bros.
	Our evening’s Award Recipients