Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Journey inside The Sydney Jewish Museum

We hope you all received the email invitation to this very exciting event on 5 March. You are welcome to invite friends who are not parents/grandparents at the School, but please note, bookings are essential. 

This event is only for adults. Our students visit the Museum in Year 6 and Year 10, as part of Jewish Studies.

Please see invitation for more information and here is the link to book:  www.tinyurl.com/Museum2018

Belated Mazal Tov 

Many of our extended Emanuel community are members of the various Maccabi sporting clubs, and what a wonderful way to encourage our children, parents and grandparents to participate in team and individual sports alongside other Jewish people. 

Last December, Maccabi NSW held its Hall of Fame Gala Dinner event, an event that only occurs every 5 years. Since the inaugural event in 1999, the Maccabi NSW Hall of Fame has inducted 21 people, each having contributed to Australian and/or Jewish sport as an athlete or administrator.  At this latest one, 6 more people were inducted, 3 of whom are members of our Emanuel Community, namely grandparent Brian Schwartz AM – for his contribution on the FFA Board for 10 years and a lifetime of involvement with Maccabi including Maccabiah team senior management; past parent Phil Filler, long-time Maccabi player and administrator, serving at the State level and in Maccabiah senior management teams as well as having been President of the Hakoah Club and overseeing the move to White City; and past parent and still an active supporter of the School through the Wolanski Family Specialist Learning Centre, Phill Wolanski AM, who served on the FFA Board for a decade and for his long-time dedication and contribution to Maccabi and Hakoah FC.

Lauren Ehrlich

Speaking about Maccabi, did you know that the newly elected President of NSW Maccabi, Lauren Ehrlich, sister-in-law of Emanuel parents Simon and Rebecca Ehrlich, was the Art teacher here at Emanuel School in its very early days?  Lauren who, in 1986 as Head of Art at the time, instigated and physically worked on the refurbishment of the old Nun’s laundry which was then transformed into the Lynette Phillips Art Block. This building underwent major works more recently, opening at the start of last year as our very special Year K classrooms and play space.

If you have some news you would like to share with us, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au