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  2020-09-17

  Jewish Melbourne: Stand Up zooming with King David School students

  "Yesterday we zoomed with Year 5 students at King David, exploring the connections between social justice challenges and Rosh Hashana. 🙏 What an inspiring way to bring in 5781! Here's hoping we can run this program again next year, but in real life this time! Shana Tova!"
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  2020-09-14

  Jewish Melbourne: Sholem Aleichem Grade 6s ‘Gast Oyf Shabes’ - with Bronia Koperszmidt making the traditional Sholem Aleichem College honey cake recipe in Yiddish

  "Last Friday, the Grade 6s welcomed Bronia Koperszmidt as their latest ‘Gast Oyf Shabes’. Bronia, who is a former Sholem Aleichem College parent and current SACCEC student, taught the children how to make the traditional Sholem Aleichem College honey cake recipe in Yiddish. This recipe, which Bronia has been using since her children attending the school, is the recipe of Mira Zylberman (the former directress of the Sholem Aleichem Preschool and bobe of Lererin Reyzl Zylberman and Lererin Dvora Zylberman). The students were also taken on a photographic trip down memory lane to see how Bronia’s family connections to the College related back to the students themselves and their own journeys. We hope this will instill in them the understanding that our Sholem Aleichem College families remain a part of our community well-after leaving our college."
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  2020-09

  Jewish Melbourne: Sholem Aleichem Rosh Hashone staff video

  The staff at Sholem Aleichem College recorded a video celebrating Rosh Hashone
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  2020-09-17

  Jewish Melbourne: Sholem Aleichem students baking for Rosh Hashone

  "This week our students have been busy preparing for Rosh Hashone! Our Grade 4 students enjoyed learning how to braid a khale through an amazing baking session, while our Grade 1 students loved baking delicious honey oat slice!"
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  2020-09-16

  Jewish Melbourne: Chabad on Carlisle Rosh Hashanah deliveries to seniors

  During Rosh Hashanah Victoria remained in lockdown, and so Chabad on Carlisle - Russian Jewish Centre organised for volunteers to deliver "Challahs, meals, candles and honey cake to seniors in honour of Rosh Hashana".
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  2020-09-24

  Jewish Melbourne: Souper Kitchen's Yom Kippur campaign

  Souper Kitchen ran a campaign for Yom Kippur, encouraging people to donate, given the hardships many have faced due to Covid-19.
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  2020-09-27

  Jewish Melbourne: St Kilda Hebrew Congregation pre-Yom Kippur sermon

  Due to the halachic restrictions on using technology during Yom Kippur, and that lockdown prevented synagogues from having congregations attend services, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation's Rabbi Yaacov Glasman pre-recorded and shared online a Yom Kippur sermon
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  2020-09-24

  Jewish Melbourne: St Kilda Hebrew Congregation Facebook calendar for Yom Kippur

  St Kilda Shule shared their weekly calendar for the week of Yom Kippur on Facebook, writing: "St Kilda Shule is #stayingintouch bringing you the services, song, prayer and sermons of the Shule to your homes. This week’s calendar includes our YomTov activity. #stkildashule #highholidays "
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  2020-09-17

  Jewish Melbourne: Kehilat Nitzan online arrangements for High Holydays

  These emails were sent to members of Kehilat Nitzan who registered to attend High Holyday services through the synagogue, providing information about how to stream the services: where to find the livestream and how to ensure a kosher livestream.
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  2020-09-25

  Jewish Melbourne: Chabad Kingston & Moorabbin newsletter 25 September

  In this newsletter from Chabad Kingston & Moorabbin shul, they discuss the upcoming holiday of Yom Kippur and provide details of virtual events which will bring the community together in the lead-up.
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  2020-08-20

  Jewish Melbourne: RCV Letter to the Community re Yamim Noraim

  In August the Rabbinical Council of Victoria wrote to community members about the plans being made for the Yamim Noraim (High Holy Days), explaining the conversations that were happening with government as well as the launch of Project High Holy Days, to accomodate the community's needs.
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  2020-09-12

  Jewish Melbourne: Project High Holy Days Selichot

  The Rabbinical Council of Victoria's Project High Holy Days organised an online Selichot gathering involving many congregations
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  2020-09-20

  Jewish Melbourne: Project High Holy Days shofar blowing

  For Rosh Hashanah 2020, Project High Holy Days coordinated with DHHS and the Police and organised for people to hear the shofar being blown on their street or outside their home on Second Day Rosh Hashanah. They put out a call for people to sign up to hear the shofar and then coordinated shofar blowers. As they explained: "Volunteer Shofar blowers have been allocated zones which comprise of a few streets (which they will walk up and down). In locations where Jewish population is more sparse and there were fewer volunteers available, the DHHS has created a protocol for creating shofar blowing central points. Like the home reservations, these points require registration and have specific time locations. Times of volunteers arriving in your area will be emailed to you (if you reserved). If you did not book a shofar blowing, please listen out for the shofar and come out to the street as the shofar blower will blow multiple times on each street."
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  2020

  Jewish Melbourne: Jewish Museum of Australia's emails about online events

  With the Covid lockdown in Melbourne, the Jewish Museum of Australia had to close its doors to visitors. In response, they moved activities online, organising events to be held virtually. These events were shared with members of the Museum community through their email list.
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  2020-08-07

  Jewish Melbourne: 'High Holy Day Services in the shadow of Covid'

  Newspaper article by Rabbi Yonatan Sadoff (from Kehilat Nitzan) in the Australian Jewish News, 7 August 2020.
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  2020-09-14

  Jewish Melbourne: article in The Age - "Preparations under way for Jewish New Year - without synagogues and big dinners"

  This is a newspaper article by Carolyn Webb and Hannah Schauder, published in The Age on September 14, 2020, entitled "Preparations under way for Jewish New Year - without synagogues and big dinners". It covers what different rabbis and synagogues are doing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur