Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations

Adamama (mother earth) – The Urban Farm

Mitch Bernie

Alumnus Mitch Burnie (Class of 2011) is the manager of Australia’s first urban Jewish farm, located at 30 Alma St Paddington. Last year Mitch spent three months in Connecticut at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Centre, a project of Hazon, the Jewish Lab for Sustainability. He then returned to Sydney and set up Adamama with the support of the Shalom Cultural and Educational Centre, where he previously worked as Program Manager for young adults.

The farm reopened to the public at the end of May after COVID-19 lockdown. You and your family can spend  time there as volunteers to help tend and pick the crops. Members of our school community current and past, have spent time at the farm recently including alumni Joel Adler, a classmate of Mitch, and Isabella Satz (Class of 2013), as well as Emanuel parent Lindi Bloch and family, who attended the last working bee. Lindi said: “Thank you for showing us around the beautiful space you have created. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me.”

The next session is on Sunday 28 June 2020. Join up for the working bee from 10.00 am – 12.00 pm or for a bonfire from 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm. Spaces are limited to 20 per session and bookings are essential.

Joel Adler and Isabella Satz picking vegetables at Adamama

Jennifer Udovich, Hebrew Teacher

Whatever happened to the kibbutzim?

Some of you may have seen ABC Compass last Sunday evening and recognised our very own Hebrew teacher, Jennifer Udovich. The program included interviews with a group of passionate Australians and South Africans who moved to Israel in the 1970s to work on Kibbutz, and then later on, made their permanent homes back in Australia.

It’s fun to share

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

Shabbat Shalom