Reunion Time
Sonia Newell – Development Officer – Alumni & Community Relations
Who doesn’t love a reunion
We are pleased that our alumni are able to celebrate milestone reunions again. Last Saturday evening, the Class of 1990 finally held their 30 year reunion after a few false starts (thanks to Covid-19). They were the second group of Year 12 graduates at the School, with just 26 students in their final year. Some of these alumni at the event went on to become parents at Emanuel, including Nadine Ben Mayor, Daniella Israel, Greg Dobrin, Michael Kitchener, Mikaela Bennett and Phillip Hakim. One of their teachers, Jane Morrison, made the trip up to Sydney for the reunion from Melbourne.
Alumna AJ America (Head Madricha Class of 2012)
Artistic Director, Luminescence Chamber Singers
Luminescence, a vocal ensemble based on Ngunnawal country in Canberra, performed last Sunday evening at Glebe Town Hall. Garry Case, now Director of Digital Learning Technologies K-12, was AJ’s Science teacher when she was in Year 7, and he attended this performance as did some of AJ’s classmates, all pictured here. Garry says that they are sensational!. The ensemble is comprised of five professional singers whose experience encompasses chamber music, choral music, consort singing as well as folk song, art song and contemporary music.
Read more about this ensemble or watch this YouTube link from a previous performance.
The Ballad of Mauthausen
Sunday 30 October 2022
It is not too late to book tickets for what will be an amazing performance this Sunday evening, featuring members of our School community.
Tickets: $60.00 Concession: $50.00.
Book here.
Sydney Jewish Museum Bar and Bat Mitzvah Program
Sunday 6 November 2022
One last reminder for parents of children approaching the ages of 12 or 13 – you may be interested to join the last SJM Bar and Bat Mitzvah Program session for 2022, to be held on Sunday 6 November 2022 at 2.30 pm.
Sculpture by the Sea
On until Monday 7 November 2022
“Lens”, the sculpture created by alumnus Joel Adler (Class of 2011), has featured in the media including this Sydney Morning Herald article.
If Joel’s sculpture is your favourite, please vote it for the EY People’s Choice Award or on the Sculpture by The Sea App.
Kristallnacht Commemoration 2022
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass – marked the onset of the Holocaust. On 9 November 1938 – 10 November 1938, Nazi forces set fire to or destroyed over two hundred synagogues, damaged 7,000 Jewish owned business arrested 30,000 Jews, and murdered 91 Jews in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland.
The Sydney Jewish community’s annual ceremony commemorating Kristallnacht will be held on Wednesday 9 November at 6.45 pm for a 7.00 pm start (in person only). The theme for the event is Nazis Uncovered, and the keynote speaker will be Nick McKenzie, award-winning investigative journalist who uncovered the inner workings of Australia’s biggest neo-Nazi cells. McKenzie’s investigation was featured on 60 Minutes and the Stan documentary Revealed: Among Us – Neo Nazi Australia. The commemoration will also honour Michael Samaras – the former Wollongong councillor – who uncovered Wollongong’s major art donor as a Nazi collaborator.
Eden Shifroni will sing Es Brent (“It Burns”) accompanied by Emanuel past student Ben Adler and Paul Khodor from Chutney Unplugged, and memorial prayers and anthems will be led by Joel Nothman, whose daughter starts at Emanuel School next year. Memorial candles will be lit by Kristallnacht survivors Ruth Rack, Peter Nash and Rita Newell (who is my mother and a past Emanuel grandmother).
You will receive confirmation of the venue closer to the event.
We look forward to sharing our news and yours, so if you have photos and/or news you would like to share with us, please send to Sonia Newell.
Shabbat shalom, stay safe and have a great weekend.