Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni and Community Relations

We hope you all had a relaxing break as we welcome students and staff back for Term 3.

Hannah Beder

Gesher is all about keeping our community connected but as we cannot have any face-to-face events for now, we have a very exciting online Guest Speaker Series planned for this term. Our first event is on 6 August 2020 at 7.30 pm on Zoom.

Alumnus Hannah Beder (Class of 2012) 2020 NSW Young Woman of the Year, will be interviewed by Gesher chair, Natalie Ranki-Goldman on her journey since leaving School and her role in supporting young women in STEM whilst working as a Software Engineer.

To register, please email me at snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au by 4 August 2020.

Artists amongst us

Lia Klugman with her daughter Keyla

I recently attended the opening of an exhibition by a number of local artists including past parent, ceramicist Lia Klugman. Lia has returned to school on numerous occasions since her daughter Keyla finished Year 12 in 2012, to help our students create amazing ceramic pieces including many of the Mezuzot on our classroom doors which were made especially for the dedication of the LINC Building in 2015.

Lia led our Year 5 students to make Mezuzot to take home as part of our Pesach 2018 activities and last year she guided our Year 3 students who made Kos Miriam during Pesach preparations. Lia, along with other Emanuel past parents, Ruth Levine and Nurit Ophir, are part of ART HOP Sydney.  

Friendship Circle (FC) Walk 2020 – 13 September 2020

Many Emanuel families past and present have strong connections to FC, either through their own volunteering efforts and/or they have children with special needs who attend the amazing events organised by FC for children and young adults of Sydney with disabilities. Given these ever-changing times we live in right now and as we ponder what the “new normal” will be like, FC is even more relevant than ever during COVID-19 lockdown and beyond – addressing social isolation with creativity and innovation. FC Walk 2020 is going virtual and they need our support.

In case you missed Ma Nishma at the end of last term, here is our latest Grandparents and Friends newsletter.

If your grandparents did not receive this newsletter either by email or post, it means we do not have their current contact details on our database, so please pass this newsletter on and let us know updated contact details for these grandparents who I am sure would also love to stay connected with our beautiful School, perhaps even more so now whilst they cannot come to visit the campus.

You might also like to see our bi-annual Alumni newsletters in a new format here. 

These newsletters and all past Grandparents & Friends newsletters are available on the School website .

If you have photos and/or news to share, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Shabbat Shalom