Volume 26 Issue 25 25 Aug 2017 3 Elul 5777

Connecting our Community – Gesher

Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Visitors to school this week

Many of our students’ grandparents live overseas and do not get the opportunity to see our amazing campus. If they have an email, no matter where in the world they live, grandparents can stay in touch with us, so please ensure we have their correct email/contact details for our database! 

The bi-annual Grandparents and Friends Newsletter is a fabulous way for them to see and read about events at school. Some of them may even be planning a trip to Sydney and want to co-ordinate that with an event on here at school.

Here is the link to the latest issue: www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GF-News_Vol_9_issue_1.pdf

Miriam Itzkowitz (Year 9) and her brother Alexander (Year 6) have their paternal grandparents, Ann and Martin Itzkowitz, visiting from the USA where they live and it was my pleasure to take them on a tour of the School on Monday. They were most impressed with our Science laboratories, Millie Phillips Theatre as well as the new Year K classrooms and play space – in fact they loved all the wonderful facilities here, and also commented on the fabulous use of outdoor space!

Anna and Martin Itzkowitz with Miriam

Don’t forget our annual Primary Grandparents and Friends Day on Friday 15 September.  We look forward to a wonderful morning of activities that the children will share with their visitors, starting at 9 am.  For more details, please see the invitation that is posted in this week’s edition of Ma Nishma.

More amazing Emanuel talent and a busy weekend ahead

We hope you can join us this Sunday from 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm to hear the delights of our Senior Chamber Choir and Alumni Concert in the Millie Phillips Theatre. There is no need to book for this event. 

Before this choral event we have an inspiring afternoon with Adi Gefen-Adler, UIA Shaliach from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm, where he will explore Jerusalem, Islam and the Temple Mount. We have limited seats still available so if you would like to join us, please RSVP to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

Alumna, Lexi Landsman (Class of 2002), daughter-in-law of Emanuel Primary teacher, Diane Clennar, has written her second novel. She turned a story her grandmother told her into a suspense novel, The Perfect Couple, which goes on sale on 28 August. Lexi, whose debut novel ‘The Ties that Bind’ was published last year, is part of the 2017 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival (SJWF) on this weekend. Other Emanuel Community members involved with SJWF include award-winning freelance journalist Diane Armstrong, grandmother of Allie Armstrong, Year 6, Shirli Kirschner, mother of Ella Kirschner in Year 6 and Merelyn Chalmers, parent of alumna Eliza Chalmers (Class of 2012) who is part of the well-known group of Sydney women known as the Monday Morning Cooking Club (MMCC). 

 We are very excited to have the MMCC come to School for a P&F event on Tuesday 12 September, where they will demonstrate their latest recipe book, It’s Always About the Food.  Bookings are open for this event: www.trybooking.com/RKEB

You can read more about SJWF on: www.shalom.edu.au

Remember September

The statistics regarding Pancreatic Cancer show how serious a problem it is, which is why alumnus Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008) and others are here trying to change them. 

* It’s only 1 week until Remember September kicks off, 

* 55 brave challengers are registered and ready,

* $5,000 has already raised for Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation before we’ve even started.

* Sign up today for the most rewarding challenge of your year!

https://rememberseptember2017.gofundraise.com.au/

 Sunday 10 September is Friendship Circle Walk: www.sydneyfriendshipcircle.org.au/walk

If you have news to share with our Community, please send it to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au