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25.01.2022 Sukkot starts tomorrow night. Be our guests! www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au

25.01.2022 9 November 1938. Kristallnacht. The night of broken glass. The beginning of 3 days described as an orgy of destruction that raged across Germany and Austria. NEVER AGAIN!... There was death, injury and significant property damage. Most of the violence was conducted by Nazis masquerading as citizens to present it as a popular uprising. They took to synagogues with torches, axes and sledgehammers; sacred texts were burned; Jewish cemeteries were destroyed, graves were opened and corpses defiled. Jewish businesses had every window smashed; paperwork was burned and stock was destroyed. More than 1,000 synagogues were burned or severely damaged by fire; 7,500 Jewish businesses were ransacked and looted ;and 97 Jews were killed. A further 30,000 Jewish men and youths were rounded up, arrested and transported to concentration camps. A unique cantata showcasing the events surrounding Kristallnacht, entitled 'The Kristallnacht Cantata: a Voice of Courage' was composed by Alon Trigger as a commemoration of Otto Jontof-Hutter, father of Ron Jontof-Hutter, and of William Cooper, the Aboriginal man who led a march to the German Embassy in Melbourne to deliver a petition of protest against Krristallnacht. The Cantata is definitely worth listening to. Visit https://www.jwire.com.au/the-kristallnacht-cantata-a-voice/ for a description and explanation of the cantata; visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3IlzEAwmIk for a promo with subtitles of the Cantata, and visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP4GLUDoH-E to watch the world premier of the piece at Temple Beth Israel in December 2019. The Cantata and its introduction starts at 1:35:18. NEVER AGAIN!

25.01.2022 We invite you to join us for private and communal reflection this Rosh Hashana at www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au

23.01.2022 1st October: Weekly Update from our PJV community - https://mailchi.mp//events-and-updates-from-the-pjv-commun

21.01.2022 Don't Worry (Mi Chamocha) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQeJ6waJK8&feature=youtu.be

18.01.2022 Etz Chayim is streaming High Holiday Services... tune in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLM1XRpiNc0

18.01.2022 TONIGHT & TOMORROW!! BE OUR GUEST FOR SUKKOT: As well as a a special Torah Study this weekend, we offer you a choice of 7 Sukkot-related services. Check out www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au for relevant links.

17.01.2022 The physical doors of our shules may be closed today but our virtual doors to communal prayer and connection remain open via www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au Please join us - we'd love to have you with us. Shana tova!

17.01.2022 'If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank YOU", then that will be enough' ~ Elie Wiesel

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16.01.2022 A thought as we light our third candle this evening: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton

13.01.2022 Love, that's what it's all about: Be better, do better, just love. Do you need to hear Yizkor? Or attend a healing service? Or attend shacharit or minchah or maariv or ne'ilah? Then please join us - www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au G'mar chatimah tovah!

12.01.2022 A thought as we lit the 6th chanukah candle last night: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. -James Keller

12.01.2022 From Introspection to Gratitude. Where ever you are on your Jewish journey - curious or committed - join us! Etz Chayim Progressive Synagogue Tuesday 6 October at 7.30pm... https://bit.ly/3iiMHHh See more

11.01.2022 Honey cake Mayim Bialik style. Enjoy.

11.01.2022 This should be our key focus for today of all days. Join us, www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au

09.01.2022 'The Gates' are wide open as are our hearts and services. Feel free to join us - no cost - for any of our 6 Kol Nidre offerings and/or any of our 26 Yom Kippur services and discussions at www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au

09.01.2022 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - SERIES 3 V-PJV SUNDAY AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSIONS Join us on ZOOM 4:45pm for a 5pm start and listen to and participate with an all new and fabulous line up of topics and terrific speakers! Starts OCTOBER 11th! Meeting ID: 837 2813 3947

09.01.2022 POPE FRANCIS SENDS CHANUKAH GREETINGS TO HEAD OF GLOBAL REFORM AND PROGRESSIVE JEWISH MOVEMENT Many Candles, One World is the first virtual Chanukah celebration... of the global Reform and Progressive Movement, a community of 1.2 million members in 1,200 communities and congregations in over 50 countries. Featuring stars from the worlds of theater, television, and music, performing alongside cantors and choirs, this year’s online event emphasizes the universal connection and message of the holiday: the light of hope and the strength of tradition to bring us all together, even if we are apart this year. The event will also feature a message of goodwill from Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church, who sent a handwritten, personal message to Rabbi Sergio Bergman, the WUPJ President, as a gesture of friendship and aimed at reaching across religions to connect everyone with his moving prayer for all of humankind of every religion to bask in brighter days ahead. The two religious leaders first met in their native Argentina and have shared moments of both joy and pain over the years, including a 2012 Hanukkah Interfaith Celebration lighting candles together at the synagogue in Buenos Aires. Learn more: bit.ly/popefrancis-chanukah-message #WUPJ #ProgressiveJudaism #Chanukah #ChanukahGalaEvent #ManyCandlesOneWorld

07.01.2022 A thought as we light our 4th chanukah candle this evening: Religion is a candle inside a multicoloured lantern. Everyone looks through a particular colour, but the candle is always there. -Mohammed Naguib

07.01.2022 THIS WEEK!!! OUR PERSONAL CLIMATE ACTION: What can we, as individuals, do to combat climate change? ZOOM: MEETING ID: 837 2813 3947 Panel: Anica Renner - School Climate Leadership Program Mentor, Australian Youth Climate Coalition Joel Lazar, Newly Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Climate Network Moderator: Matthew Rose, LBC

07.01.2022 A thought as we light the 5th candle this evening: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. -James Keller

06.01.2022 Something to think about: https://www.kveller.com/a-communal-confession-for-a-covid/

05.01.2022 What an amazing Yamim Noraim. Thank you to all involved - rabbis, cantors, cantorial soloists and lay leaders at Etz Chayim Progressive Synagogue, Kedem Community, Leo Baeck Centre, Netzer Australia and Temple Beth Israel. And thank YOU, our members and friends, for giving of our hearts and souls as we participated in the services and discussions from the safety of our homes. While we couldn't all be together physically, VIRTUAL MISHPACHA certainly ensured we were all together spiritually. 5781 will be better, we will all try to do better as individuals and as communities and we will be together again.

04.01.2022 For the children. https://highholidaysathome.com/booklet/sukkot-coloring-book

04.01.2022 COMING UP ON SUNDAY!!! OUR PERSONAL CLIMATE ACTION: What can we, as individuals, do to combat climate change? ZOOM: MEETING ID: 837 2813 3947 Panel: Anica Renne...r - School Climate Leadership Program Mentor, Australian Youth Climate Coalition Joel Lazar, Newly Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Climate Network Moderator: Matthew Rose, LBC See more

04.01.2022 ZOOM IN TODAY!!! OUR PERSONAL CLIMATE ACTION: What can we, as individuals, do to combat climate change? ZOOM: MEETING ID: 837 2813 3947 Panel: Anica Renner - School Climate Leadership Program Mentor, Australian Youth Climate Coalition Joel Lazar, Newly Appointed Executive Director of the Jewish Climate Network Moderator: Matthew Rose, LBC

02.01.2022 Please join PJV and Zionism Victoria to discuss our personal climate action: what can we, as individuals, do to combat climate change? Speakers: Joel Lazzar - E...xecutive Director of Jewish Climate Network Ella Simons - School Climate Leadership Program Mentor at Australian Youth Climate Coalition Paula Darvas Solicitor, academic and a Climate Change activist, Kedem Moderator: Matthew Rose See more

02.01.2022 5781 - time to start again Image by Sarah the Firth Creative Services

01.01.2022 Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur. 32 different services and discussions over 4 shules. Join us. No cost. All welcome.... www.VirtualMishpacha.org.au See more