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24.01.2022 CHUTNEY performs for the UPJ 2020 Biennal - live @ Emanuel Synagogue featuring Ben Adler - Violin Ben Samuels - Clarinet Paul Khodor - Keyboard... Yiss Mill - percussion Maximillian Alduca - Bass See more

22.01.2022 Sorry for the delay ... we expect the UPJ Virtual Biennial Shacharit service at Emanuel Synagogue to begin soon ... stay tuned!

21.01.2022 The Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Foundation is awarding up to 12 scholarships for its Global jewish Leadership Program to committed Jewish students who would like to study in Germany and become part of a worldwide network of future Jewish leaders. To learn more about the scholarship and apply go to: https://upj.org.au/images/pdf/germanystudy.pdf, and contact Rabbi Max Feldhake ([email protected]) to answer questions.

19.01.2022 #theaustralianjewishnews published a full-page ad with greetings from UPJ congregations in Melbourne, highlighting the opportunities to experience the joy of the High Holy Days online. Thank you AJN and Gmar Chatimah Tovah to all!

18.01.2022 Music Is Forever (or in Russian, Muzyka Vechna) is a spectacular one night only live streamed event celebrating the richness, splendour and beauty of Russian music and culture. From operatic superstars to ARIA award winning artists, this event is set to be an immersive musical extravaganza like no other! The event will be hosted by Angela Gadaev and streamed live on the 17th of December at 7:00pm from Bondi’s Ukrainian restaurant Nasha Kazka. Be transported to the world of tsars, gilded palaces and untamed wilderness as some of Australia’s most acclaimed musical artists perform a specially curated collection of the very best of Russian music both old and new. https://dunera.org.au/musicisforever/

18.01.2022 Cantor Michel Laloum (Temple Beth Israel) and Cantor George Mordecai (Emanuel Synagogue) will present a musical Selichot service this Saturday night 12 September at 8.30pm.

17.01.2022 Join the WUPJ and your friends around the UPJ region on Monday 14 September for Selichot B’Yachad: https://youtu.be/mDCdNYY_HJg and click here to register: https://wupj.org/selichot-byachad/register/

17.01.2022 If you missed attending the WUPJ's Connections Conference last week, its organisers have generously offered the opportunity to view YouTube videos of many of the sessions. For the links to view the videos, go to: https://docs.google.com//1SlkV7EdXDHrRRLWK0gE2rS_Hsi/edit

17.01.2022 Rabbi Shoshana Kaminsky of Beit Shalom Synagogue, with the expert help of her son Nadav, produced a one-hour radio show titled "A Journey Through the Jewish High Holy Days". Click on the following link to listen to it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrCl1yyd98&t=8s

16.01.2022 The Adelaide Holocaust Museum will be launched on Monday 9 November at 6.00pm, followed by the annual service to Remember the Shoah at 7.30pm, co-led by representatives of the Jewish and Catholic communities featuring stories of survivors with aSouth Australian connections. Both events are South Australia time. Click here to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAoF_oF2aTw

16.01.2022 Progressive Judaism Victoria is offering 1 subscription to High Holy Days services for Melbourne Shuls with its "Virtual Mishpacha"; to subscribe, go to: https://virtualmishpacha.org.au (free access for members of PJV congregations).

15.01.2022 The World Union for Progressive Judaism hosted an online Watch Party for the UPJ region on 14 December. If you didn't get a chance to watch it live, you can watch it on YouTube:

15.01.2022 Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Service - Join is live and please share with family and friends. Our main service begins at 6pm on www.yachad.org.au

15.01.2022 Join on Saturday 26 September at 7.30pm for a special one-night-only event of musical connection, entertainment and messages of love to friends, family and community in Melbourne from Australia and across the globe, featuring favourite artists, presenters, musicians and entertainers. Register at: https://dunera.org.au/to-melbourne/ Presented by Dunera Project and Emanuel Synagogue in partnership with UIA, AJN and J-Wire with all proceeds going to Jewish Care Victoria. Performances by Amir Paiss, Avishai Barnatan, Baby et Lulu, Ben Lee, Brooklyn Bear, Dan Rosen, Daniel Pliner, Daniel Weltlinger, Elena Kats Churnin, Glassbeakers, Isser Feiglin, Karsten Troyke, Nadav Kahn, Nicky Kurta, Old Man River, Sarah Grunstein, Shai Shriki and Simon Tedeschi.

13.01.2022 The World Union for Progressive Judaism and the World Zionist Organisation's Department of Diaspora Affairs invites members from the UPJ region to join online for a pre-Rosh Hashanah party "Selichot B'Yachad" to share kavanot and inspirational stories with Rabbi Sergio Bergman and Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman on Monday 14 September at 7.00-7.45pm. Go to https://youtu.be/mDCdNYY_HJg to view a video invitation on the UPJ's YouTube Channel, and click on the following link to register to attend (select "Melbourne" for the party in our region): https://wupj.org/selichot-byachad/register/

13.01.2022 Join for a Kabbalat of song, prayer and celebration on Zoom with Shannyn and Max, hosted by Kedem this Friday night!

13.01.2022 Rabbis from around the UPJ region have shared their High Holy Days sermons; they are saved on the UPJ website under "Learning/Archives". Go to: https://upj.org.au/.../parshat.../parshat-hashavua-archive and then click on each rabbi's name to read the sermons. The clergy at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne have provided videos of their sermons; click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist... - and enjoy!

11.01.2022 National Council of Jewish Women of Australia will present "Touching Base with your Spirit: Rosh Hashanah in times of Covid-19" on Wednesday 2 September at 8.00pm AEST, featuring Rabbi Shoshana Kaminsky, Rabba Dr Melanie Landau and Rabbi Dr Orna Triguboff: https://www.facebook.com/events/758298774935700/

10.01.2022 The Emanuel Synagogue team shared a special video message from the clergy and team: https://drive.google.com//1fA0gO3DH6NVmjGCa-9LWkIoEYh/view

08.01.2022 Early-bird registration starts tomorrow (1 September) for the 2020 Vision, the UPJ's Virtual Biennial. Click here to read more: https://upj.org.au/virtual-biennial

07.01.2022 Edwin Shuker will present "Remember Baghdad: A personal history of Jewish life in Baghdad" on 6 September at 8.00pm. Edwin is a Baghdadi Jew who fled with his family in the 1970s; he will share his family history, their escape and the Jewish history of Baghdad. Hosted by United Hebrew Congregation in Singapore. https://www.uhcsingapore.org/form/a-virtual-tour.html

06.01.2022 This year in Melbourne, Mazon Australia's goal is to distribute 150 "Latke Bags" to vulnerable families to allow them to make latkes for their Chanukah celebrations. If you would like to add light to someone's Chanukah feast, and help us achieve our goal, please donate here: https://www.mazonaustralia.org/chanukahlatkebags

05.01.2022 Emanuel School is seeking a new Head of Jewish Life. For more information, go to: https://www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/about.../employment/

04.01.2022 The Australian Reform/Progressive Zionist Association (ARZA), the Assembly of Rabbis and Cantors of Australia, New Zealand and Asia (ARC), Netzer Australia, and the Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) join in welcoming a further historic announcement of the normalisation of relations between Israel and Bahrain following the recent normalisation agreement with the United Arab Emirates. Click here to read the full statement: https://upj.org.au//1477-statement-on-israel-bahrain-norma

03.01.2022 Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio of Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney was asked to record a special message for NSW Health, reminding people of the importance of staying COVID safe during Chanukah.

02.01.2022 Join a support meeting and discussion with WUPJ President Rabbi Sergio Bergman, Rabbi Grisha Abrahamovich and member of the Minsk Reform community about the current situation in Belarus, followed by a Solidarity Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday 11 September at 6.00pm (Belarus/Israel time); livestreaming on WUPJ FSU Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/wupjfsu

01.01.2022 #theaustralianjewishnews published a full-page ad with greetings from UPJ congregations in Sydney, highlighting the opportunities to experience the joy of the High Holy Days online. Thank you AJN and Gmar Chatimah Tovah to all!