Rabin Rocks!

What a night! Inter-House Music on Tuesday night was another huge success. Watching the swarm of blue and black cheering in the crowd with such enthusiasm made me so proud of our incredible House spirit. I think it is fair to say we have come a long way from our first rehearsal when everyone was mumbling the words and a bit afraid to do the dance moves to last night when we all sang the lyrics at the top of our lungs and danced with confidence.

Our rock band with Adam Cranko, Joel Ehrlich, Darren Sacks and Jake Harpaz took the stage first with a cover of Artic Monkey’s R U Mine. The band’s pulsating energy had the crowd going wild and set the standard for the evening. Amber Langman represented Rabin in the X-Factor category and her incredible performance of Alicia Keys’ No One stunned everyone. Even the harshest of judges, Simon Cowell, would have given it 10 out of 10. Our Small House choir, guided by Chloe Corne and Erin Radomsky, supported on keyboard by Mr Burley, showcased their incredible talent through a medley of Bruno Mars tunes. Then it was time for the Big House item – WOW! Rabin delivered in style! Everyone looked so good on stage, and it was great to see all the hard work put in by Gabriel, Erin, Darren, Chloe and Richard – our Year 12 leaders, the Rabin Year 12 cohort and our wonderful Head of House Mr Rembson, pay off. Rabin House would like to especially commend Joel Ehrlich who was involved with every item on the night. Great effort Joel! Our House would also like to praise Robert Feher, our Music Madrich, for leading by example and co-ordinating the event so well. Thank you guys for a great night, and I’m excited to see what House Music 2017 will bring.

Jenna Kaplan

Yitzhak Rabin Yahrzeit                                                                                                                                                                             

Last week at the School, we commemorated the life and death of Yitzhak Rabin, the sixth and 11th Prime Minister of Israel, and the namesake of our House. He was also the first Israeli President to be born in Israel, and prior served in the IDF for 27 years until becoming Military Chief of Staff. In 1994 he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his attempts to make peace among the surrounding nations.

Rabin hoped to end conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. This, however, received a backlash from opposing Israeli citizens, and led to protests. Shockingly, in 1995 at a Tel-Aviv Peace Rally, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. This was a shock to both Israel and the world. Hundreds of thousands visited the square where he was ruthlessly assassinated to mourn and since then a memorial has been established there.

During the ceremony, students from Rabin House read extracts from various points of Yitzhak Rabin’s life. These speeches given by Rabin conveyed his plan and determination to seek peace between Israel and its surrounding nations. The final extract was from Rabin’s last speech at the rally where he was assassinated. It provided a powerful and meaningful message for the perseverance towards peace.

With this important message in our minds the ceremony ended with the beautiful Israeli anthem, HaTikvah. In the music rooms we displayed a portrait of Yitzhak Rabin back-dropped by our House flag, with Yahrzeit candles placed around his portrait.

Eitan Meshel

Sport

Rabin House commends Danielle Rutstein on her commitment to athletics and congratulates her on her continued success. Danielle competed in the Little Athletics Centre Championship last week and placed first in high jump and long jump. She set a personal best with 4.75m in the long jump and won the high jump with 1.50m. Quite a feat!

Rabin House encourages everyone to participate in the Maccabi MS Swimathon, which is on 4 December at Moriah College swimming pool. It is a whole day event and swimmers on the Emanuel team can choose what time and how long they want to swim. Ms Reed is sending out the link to sign up and we hope many Rabinites will participate.