Around the Schools Walking in solidarity for Israel
MOUNT Sinai College (MSC) families recently braved the rain to take part in the Jewish National Fund’s world-wide walkathon held to show solidarity with Israel…
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Teacher of the Week Debbie Conn Primary school head of Ivrit Moriah College
Why did you become a teacher? When I finished school, I studied law at University of Melbourne. It became apparent to me very quickly that law was not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Around the Schools Garlands for Shavuot
MOUNT Sinai College recently got into the spirit of Shavuot by getting dressed in garlands and collecting 400 tinned-food cans to donate to food rescue charity OzHarvest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OBITUARY Dedicated teacher and loving grandmother Send Obituaries to jrobuck@jewishnews.net.au
FORTUNEE Aghion, affectionately known to all as Touny, was bom on March 16, 1924, in Cairo, Egypt, to Miro and Doris (Nona) Setton…
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PERTH - Children’s author Morris Gleitzman visited primary school students at the Carmel School last week…
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Why did you become a teacher? From a very young age, I have always enjoyed the company of children and their love of life. I understand their wants and…
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Our Museum is very proud to be an endorsed provider of professional development for Teachers in NSW to maintain their accreditation of Professional Competence. In mid June, the Museum’s Education Department held a teacher training seminar to address the difficult area of teaching…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Around the Schools Emanuel student wins council’s art award
EMANUEL School year 8 student Anna Giacco recently won first prize in the Waverley Youth Art Award’s junior division for her watercolor portrait Dizzy Lizzy with Fruit. The portrait…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →School scrapbook Moriah's musical bonanza
MORIAH College students recently performed in front of a packed house when the school held its biennial music festival. Tickets were sold out for the two-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scholar’s soft line on messianic Jews
AN American Christian divinity scholar who is participating in an Australian Jewish study program has said the Jewish community may need…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reflections on March of the Living TEACHER
AFTER returning from this year’s March of the Living, nine Emanuel School students who participated finally had a chance to reflect. The year 11 students - who toured many of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Of the Week Simon Brooks Masada College senior school
Why did you become a teacher? Both my father and mother were hardworking and long-suffering teachers, so as a child I made a conscious decision to avoid the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Around the Schools School bands team up
TALENTED musicians from Monah College and Mount Sinai College recently got to jam together when their school bands met up at Mount Sinai’s campus…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Online ‘Battle’ of the Jewish Schools
TYPE in “Mount Scopus College” into web search engine Google and what do you get? Peculiarly, a link to the “About us” section of Bialik College's website. Now, it’s probably just a Google glitch, but it left Shmooze wondering: has the Jewish school turf war gone online?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It’s all about dollars and sense KALEIDOSCOPE Those who stop sending their children to Jewish day schools because of the rising costs ought not to have their commitment to Jewish education called into question, or even their commitment to Judaism
THERE’S a photograph in a family album of me as a teenager all dolled up in a frilly white dress with two…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Around the Schools Lending a hand to Giant Steps
MOUNT Sinai College year 6 students recently lent a helping hand to Giant Steps, as part of the school’s new bar and bat mitzvah program…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →First non-Israeli kosher cooking school opens
NEW YORK - On the first day of dass at a new kosher cooking school in Brooklyn, 22-year-old Erica Zimmerman carefully slices raw…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →School scrapbook Moriah students cooking it up in Our Big Kitchen
STUDENT volunteers from Moriah College middle school recently participated in a charity “cook in” at the Yeshiva Centre’s Our Big Kitchen (OBK) in Bondi…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teacher of the Week
Why did you become a teacher? As soon as I started my first lesson in front of a class, I loved it and was hooked. I still get a buzz out of each lesson so it hardly…
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Why did you become a teacher? I was bom into a clan of 14 children and as a middle child, I was always involved in teaching my younger siblings. I recognised that I have a…
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