Romy’s Bat Mitzvah was at Chabad Shule. The simcha began at her house on a Shabbat diner – 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’t seen him for a year and a half, so his arrival was very special. Romy’s dad made Kiddish with grape juice and the family ...

Jewish Studies

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 ...

Jewish Studies

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 ...

Jewish Studies

Mazal tov to Carmel School’s Teacher of Jewish Studies, Hebrew and Food Technology, Shohan Taub for securing one of only 10 available Australian scholarships to the Torah L’Am course. This 12-week course, developed by the London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS), has never been offered in Australia before. In partnership with Lead at the Jewish Leadership Council UK (Lead - Insp ...

Jewish Studies, Secondary School, Humans of Carmel

Lior celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at PHC on Saturday 20th May. He had been practising for the bar mitzvah at PHC for a whole year on Thursdays after school and was well-prepared. Family gathered at Carmel School on the Thursday morning before Lior’s bar mitzvah to share his first tefillin experience with him. It was very special to be able to share the occasion with all four gra ...

Jewish Studies

Raphael celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Dianella Shule on 6 May 2023. He read the Shabbat Shacharit service on Saturday morning and explained that this meant reading an extended section from his siddur. For his parsha, he read six of the seven aliyot of the Parsha Emor, followed by the Haftarah. The message of Emor includes providing details about what we should do on each festi ...

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Gabriel’s Bar Mitzvah in March was held at Chabad Shule. He was very pleased that his aunty was able to fly over from London, as he hadn’t seen her for a few years; lots of his Year 8 friends from school also attended. At 6.00am on the Thursday before the event, Gabriel went to Shule to put on tefillin for the first time, an important step on his Jewish journey. He was surpris ...

Jewish Studies

“Does everyone know what JNF stands for?”, asked JNF VIC education shaliach, Eldad Shohan. “Usually it stands for Jewish National Fund, but this week, it’s Jewish National Fun”.  Following on from the Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations, JNF Victoria’s education shaliach, Eldad Shoham visited Perth, especially for JNF Week. The festivities began on Monday, 1 May with an assembly to la ...

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Hebrew Camp - a report by the students of the best Year 12 Hebrew class 2023 Every year, students in Year 11 and 12 go on Hebrew Camp. The camp is part of the curriculum and aims to give students the opportunity to assimilate Hebrew through actions in Hebrew, conversations with their classmates and with the Hebrew staff and Tzevet. The camp was only two days and focused on mu ...

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I met with Yonatan this week to listen to his account of his recent Bar Mitzvah. He was very pleased to be able to welcome to Perth both sets of his grandparents who flew in from Glasgow and Newcastle in the UK, as well as his aunty from London. Yonatan’s Bar Mitzvah proceedings started on the Thursday before, when he received his first call up to read from the Torah at PHC an ...

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