Sonia Newell – Development Officer

It is always with great pride that we acknowledge achievements of members of our School Community and as such we wish Mazal Tov to one of our Emanuel grandparents, the Hon Ronald Sackville AO QC who was recently appointed asthe Chair of the $500 million Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

Calle and Ronald Sackville

Ronald and his wife Pam, grandparents of Saachi Owen (Year 12) and her sister Calliope (Calle) in Year 6, moved to Sydney from Melbourne in 1972 when he was appointed Professor of Law (1972 – 1985) and then Dean of the Faculty of Law (1979 – 1981) at the University of New South Wales. During his most distinguished career, Ronald has headed many commissions including Law Reform, became a Queens Counsel and Federal Court Judge, as well as a Judge on the Supreme Court of Appeal. He has also been a judge on the Supreme Court of Fiji. Ronald has held many academic posts, including visiting appointments at McGill University (Montreal),  Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University (New York), Cornell University (New York) and New York University. In the Australia Day Honours of 2009, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for “service to the administration of the Australian judicial system, to the reform of federal and state law, and to legal education”. Wow, what an amazing and impressive Law career and series of achievements over the years.  Kol Hakavod. 

Judy Friedlander

Past parent Judy Friedlander, mother of Dr Jordan Kahn (Class of 2010) and Joshua Kahn (Class of 2014), is a newspaper journalist and academic from The Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney where she is a post – graduate researcher. She is Founder and Director of FoodFaith, a social and environmental not -for-profit and she steers the B&B pollinator highway.  Click here to read all about this amazing venture: https://startsomegood.com/BandBHighway

As we all know, our community is interlinked in so many ways – Judy’s husband Anthony Kahn is also a Director of Foodfaith and was integral in the establishment of OzHarvest and was Chairman of the board for the first 6 years. One of Anthony’s sisters is Ronni Kahn, OzHarvest CEO and Founder (www.ozharvest.org) whilst another sister is Emanuel School Hebrew teacher Jennifer Udovich.

Jewish Changemaker Awards

With less than a week to go, please remember there is no better way to showcase to the Jewish community Australia – wide, our Emanuel students and younger alumni (35 years and under) who volunteer their time with numerous organisations and causes, than by this opportunity to nominate them for the Jewish Changemaker Awards.  See categories for Youth (under 18) and Young Adults (18 to 35 years) and please nominate your child/children accordingly.  Check out the new Changemaker promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZ67BE2SvY&feature=youtu.be

Please note, nominations close on 18 April 2019, and can be done online: www.jnf.org.au/changemaker

Save the Date:

Breakfast with Emanuel – 12 June 2019 in Bondi Junction, and19 June 2019 in the CBD, hosted by KPMG.

Time: 7.30 am to 9.00 am

Topics: Driving for Deep Learning and welfare & wellbeing of our students.

More details out next term.

A few more grandparent contact details have been sent through for our database update, so thank you to those parents who have been in touch.  We love having grandparents involved with activities at School, as well as being able to tell them about what’s happening on campus, even if they don’t live locally, and the best way for us to do this is by getting in touch with them directly, hence the request for up-to-date contact details.  Please send email/address to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au to ensure they receive invitations to various events throughout the year, and also so they receive our bi – annual Grandparents and Friends newsletters which are a great way to read about what’s happening at School no matter if they live around the corner from our campus or on the other side of the world.

We wish you and your family Chag Pesach Sameach as well as a relaxing break, and we look forward to bringing you more Emanuel Community news next term.

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