Love food
Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations
Who doesn’t love food!
JCA, in conjunction with Friday Night, a Facebook page started by Emanuel parent, Susie Rosen, that now has over 13,000 members world-wide, and the well known Monday Morning Cooking Club (MMCC) held an online competition seeking favourite recipes for a live demonstration of the “best” savoury and sweet recipes. Hundreds of recipes were sent through to JCA and then forwarded anonymously onto the MMCC who selected what they thought were the four best savoury and four sweet recipes. They had no idea whose recipes they were selecting/testing. Last Sunday afternoon, to a live audience, the two winning recipes were announced and then prepared by Lisa Goldberg and Natanya Gross, two members of the fabulous MMCC in front of over 200 viewers and then more than 1200 views in the following 24 hours.
The two winning dishes were Roasted Zatar chicken by past Emanuel parent Nava Levy and Banana and Caramel Tart by Susie Rosen – how wonderful to see Emanuel community connections to such special groups of people, which also includes another School connection – past Emanuel parent Merelyn Chalmers is one of the four special women who since 2006, are the Monday Morning Cooking Club. Read more about them here.
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month
We were treated to an amazing interview on Tuesday evening with alumnus Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008) for the final session of our 2020 Gesher Online Speaker Series. This powerful interview, facilitated by one of Ben’s best friends and supporters, Jonathan (Jonno) Baker also from the Class of 2008, highlighted not only Ben’s journey after HSC but also the work he does through Remember September, a charity he started in 2014 following the diagnosis and subsequent death of his father that year and of his 33 year old cousin two years earlier, from pancreatic cancer. If you missed the interview, I encourage you to watch it here.
Both Ben and Jonno are wonderful role models for our students and we thank them for sharing their journey with us.
Friendship Circle (FC) needs your children
It’s that time of year again with Friendship Circle Day Camp just around the corner, and they are seeking teen volunteers who are Year 7 to Year 12 students. This is an amazing opportunity for your children to volunteer their time helping children and teenagers with disabilities who will attend this day camp from 18 January 2021 – 22 January 2021, based at the North Shore Synagogue, Lindfield. There will be free transport available from Bondi by Telfords Bus to Lindfield and then back to Bondi at the end of each day. FC will have a COVID-19 Safety Plan in place.
If you have photos and/or news to share, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au
Stay safe and Shabbat Shalom.