We recently connected with Carmel alumnus Yaron Fisher (OKC 2013) who values the unique opportunities he was provided with at 六合彩投注网 and is proud of the many ways he has been able to give back to the Jewish community. Yaron now works for the Victorian Government, in First Peoples affairs and he is steadily focused on helping to make our world a better place. 听 What did ...

Noam鈥檚 Bar Mitzvah took place at Chabad Shule on the morning of Saturday 22nd July, following a few months of weekly study. Noam was proud to read his parsha (Devarim) in Hebrew. Noam was pleased to invite friends from school to attend the celebration, he enjoyed a Shabbat dinner with family and close friends at home on the Friday evening. They all attended Shule on Shabbat mo ...

Joshua鈥檚 Bar Mitzvah was held at Chabad Shule. He was very excited to be called up to the bima at the Friday night service. This was followed by a huge family Shabbat dinner with cousins and uncles and aunties who flew in from Melbourne especially for this special occasion. For the first part of Saturday evening service Joshua sat at the door greeting people. Later on, he went ...

Romy鈥檚 Bat Mitzvah was at Chabad Shule. The simcha began at her house on a Shabbat diner 鈥 a friend from school attended and there was much excitement due to the arrival of Tal, her brother, from Israel. He has been travelling around the world and Romy hadn鈥檛 seen him for a year and a half, so his arrival was very special. Romy鈥檚 dad made Kiddish with grape juice and the family ...

The wisdom of youth... I always feel great pride during school assemblies. Last week we enjoyed a Founders鈥 Day assembly in which we honoured the late Dr Harry Hoffman AM obm and heard from his daughter Sue, about his life and the huge difference he made. We also recognised students鈥 efforts and contributions in our Colours and Honours assembly, which highlighted the opportuni ...

Some weeks ago, I was blessed to be a part of the inaugural Sacks Scholars retreat in Israel which linked me up with a group of remarkable communal and lay leaders from around the world. The aim of the Sacks Scholars programme is to bring together a group of educators, academics, and leaders to study and develop the teachings of Rabbi Sacks, ensuring that his messages remain r ...

I lost sleep earlier this week after reading an article by some educationalists I have long admired, whose article entitled 鈥淭he Future of AI in Education: 13 things we can do to minimize the damage鈥 caused me great concern. I have previously confessed to a lack of any great interest in information technology. However, Chat GPT has been a revelation to me and I have thoroughly ...

Balanced Debate I was very impressed with the students鈥 presentations in this week鈥檚 High School assembly. Year 10 students prepared talks to illustrate both sides of the debate around the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum that has caused so much discussion in recent months. It was a great opportunity for me to talk to the students about the responsibility they will e ...

Amy celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on Saturday 15 July at Chabad Shule. Setting up for the occasion started on Friday morning, and a lovely Shabbat dinner with family and friends took place on Friday night with friends from school as well as close family friends. Amy was pleased to welcome her relatives to celebrate, including first and second cousins, aunties and an uncle, her gr ...

Opportunities This week was proof again that anyone who fears a small school has fewer opportunities for its students need not worry. The Parents and Friends Quiz Night on Sunday was a triumph 鈥 twenty tables of fiercely competitive community members vying for a prestigious first place, plus a successful raffle and silent auction to help raise funds for Menora Foundation. The ...