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From the Principal
Students enjoy new building
History was made at the start of Term 4
as the children of Gandel Besen House
walked into their new learning environment
for the first time. With thanks to the
Federal Government’s Stimulus Package
and the significant fundraising campaign
undertaken by the College Foundation,
teachers and children who had had
to meet the challenge of antiquated
classrooms for too long are now able to
enjoy a state-of-the-art building, which
truly enables us to teach in the way that
children learn.
The children of the Primary School at
Burwood are looking forward to their new
building in Term 1, and, together with
significant enhancements at Fink Karp
Ivany and the Secondary School, we are
making progress towards realising the
vision of a thoroughly modernised College.
But the physical fabric is just one small
part of a school. This year has seen
our Primary teaching validated by the
International Baccalaureate Organisation
as we become an authorised provider
of the Primary Years Programme.
Accomplishment in NAPLANs and a crop
of Premier’s Awards for outstanding VCE
achievement have confirmed our students’
desire to learn and to succeed, whilst
our expanding extra-curricular program
continues to develop their personality.
More events have been added to the
College’s calendar of Jewish experiences
and the Ulpan program is enriched by a
visit to Jewish Europe.
As our numbers grow, so do our buildings
and our programs. However the most
important growth is not of our institution,
but of each one of our individual students,
growing and learning as they negotiate
the challenging journey from infancy to
adulthood. It is this growth that is always
our finest testimony, and to help our
students along the way is our greatest
privilege.
Rabbi James Kennard
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STUDENTS ENJOYING THEIR NEW LEARNING SPACES AT GANDEL BESEN HOUSE
Students from Prep to Year 3 at Gandel
Besen House are enjoying their amazing new
building, after moving in at the start of this
term.
Following a mezzuzah ceremony and the
sealing of a time capsule, to be opened in
25 years, the students quickly got down to
exploring their new learning environment.
With bright, light filled learning spaces,
dedicated wet areas, computer areas, art
space and a superb Learning Resource
Centre (library), our students are genuinely
excited to come to school each day.
In the next stage of works, demolition has
started on the old two storey building at the
front of the campus, to make way for the offstreet drop-off zone and hard court areas.
On the Gandel Campus at Burwood work
is continuing on our new Upper Primary
School for Years 4-6 students. Adjacent to
the Besen Family Performing Arts Centre, the
new building will incorporate flexible learning
spaces, a designated Year 6 zone combined
with an Informal Jewish Education centre
and wireless access throughout. The building
is certainly starting to take shape with the
external facade work going up and students
are excited to begin the 2011 school year in
this state-of-the-art school.
At our Fink Karp Ivany Campus, students are
enjoying a new library, artificial turf for the oval
and a new play area installed recently.
In the Secondary School, air conditioning
will be introduced to the majority of student
learning and staff areas for 2011. Our system
will employ world-leading green technology
that utilises gas powered condensing units
rather than traditional electricity. In addition,
the existing furniture will be replaced with
modern fixtures commencing an ongoing
program of upgrading further areas in the
Secondary School.
WORKS CONTINUE ON THE NEW TWO STOREY UPPER
PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING ON THE GANDEL CAMPUS
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Ulpan = Prague + Israel
Students Awarded
Mazal Tov to the following students who
were awarded Premier’s VCE Awards
based on their outstanding subject
results in 2009:
ULPAN PARTICIPANTS
The Ulpan program expanded this year to include a three day visit to Prague for
students participating in both programs.
Brandon Alter – Religion and Society
Karen Freilich – English
Religion and Society
Sheli Kuperman –Hospitality (VET)
Joshua Ludski – E
nglish
Religion and Society
David Scnhall – History
Jessica Tavassoli – Religion and Society
Michael Thurin – Religion and Society
Students visited many sites in the Jewish Quarter, including some of the city’s beautiful
old synagogues. They also visited Terezin as part of the ‘Holocaust – Remember and
Never Forget’ program, and explored the old city of Prague.
Twenty students on the 11 week program left in late October and after visiting Prague,
spent the next six weeks studying, working and living on kibbutzim in the Beit Shean
area in Israel. An additional 48 Year 10 students left in early December on the five
week program. After their visit to Prague, they joined students from the 11 week
program for a busy schedule of classes, tours and volunteer work in Israel.
We warmly acknowledge the generous involvement of the Helen and Bori Liberman
family in our Israel experience program. We also appreciate the support of Rae Baer
and her family by providing the Gunther Baer Perpetual Memorial Award. Israelphones
have also generously provided for a number of awards.
With over half our Year 10 students participating in Ulpan programs, we wish all our
Ulpaniks an exciting, enriching and rewarding experience.
Year 6 PYP Exhibition
After weeks of preparation,
Year 6 students were
excited to celebrate their
learning at the inaugural
PYP Exhibition at the end
of Term 3.
TYLER KRAIN, NATALIE GABRIEL, ASHLEIGH CARP AND BRYCE MORLEY IN FRONT
OF THEIR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION STAND AT THE YEAR 6 PYP EXHIBITION
In the final year of the IB
Primary Years Programme,
students participate in an
end of PYP project known
as the Exhibition, where
they engage in an
inquiry process that is
collaborative and transdisciplinary.
They identify, investigate and offer solutions to real-life issues or problems. The PYP
exhibition allowed our students to showcase how they created their own central idea,
lines of inquiry and questions. Visitors were amazed at the depth of their inquiries and
at the actions they had taken. Students worked in small groups to research their topic
and present their findings in a variety of ways, through posters, powerpoint displays,
websites, brochures and videos.
Their theme for this unit was ‘How We Share the Planet’ and the central idea was
‘Social inequities create the need for action in the world’. The topics they researched
ranged from child labour, gender discrimination, aged care and disability discrimination
to homelessness, hunger, access to clean water and AIDS/HIV.
KALEIDOSCOPE DECEMBER 2010 TEVET 5771
JOSH LUDSKI WITH RABBI JAMES KENNARD AT THE
PREMIER’S AWARDS CEREMONY
(Many of our winners are on programs in Israel this year and were
unable to attend the ceremony.)
VCE Premier’s Awards are presented to
the top five students throughout Victoria
in each subject (top 10 in English and
Maths) by the Department of Education
and Early Childhood Development. With
all five Premier’s Awards for Religion
and Society being awarded to Scopus
students, together with awards for
English, History and VET Hospitality,
a subject increasingly popular with
many students, we congratulate our
students and staff on their exceptional
achievements.
A further Mazal Tov to Karen Freilich
and Michael Thurin who were both
awarded an Australian Students
Prize. The Australian Students Prize is
a Commonwealth Government initiative
and recognises outstanding achievement
in the final year of secondary education.
Five hundred prizes are awarded
nationally.
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Primary Musical
Mazal Tov to our School Captains and Student
Leaders for 2010/2011
College Captains
Vice Captains
Jewish Life
Social Action
School Environment School Spirit MEMBERS OF THE CAST
The True Story of Arthur Phillip was a
truly amazing production. Over 350
students from Years 3 to 6 staged this
funny, light hearted musical.
A journey through England in the 1700s,
and an amusing look at why the British
chose Arthur Phillip to be the leader of
the first fleet, allowed our students to
show their talents as actors, singers
and dancers. Featuring our own version
of popular songs like History Never
Repeats, Time Warp and Down Under,
the cast soon realised that instead of
tracking down England’s finest navigator,
Arthur Phillip, they instead found a nogood, lazy gardener called Arfur Filip!
Ashlee Chapman and Daniel Komesaroff
Rachel Alter and Ariel Kark
Adiel Cohney and Ma’ayan Geffen
Jarred Abrahams and Daniela Spilkin
Georgia Lang and Raphael Tamir
House Captains
AshkanazySimonne Cohen
BialikTessa Zajac
HillelNicole Jechilevsky
MonashJoshua Goldsmith
Co-Curricular Captains and Office Bearers
Performing Arts Captains Taylor Bloom and Amanda Rotberg
Sports Captains
Daniel Halprin and Jarryd Ludski
Video Crew Manager
Morgan Mondel
Opus Editor
Ryan Saffer
Tzedakah Coordinator
Rebecca Goldman
Scopus Minyan Merakezet
Tamara Bach
Scopus Minyan Gabbai
David Berlinski
Written and Directed by Head of
Smorgon Family Primary School, Greg
Hannon, with Musical Direction by Dani
Aisen and the incredible support of staff
and parents, The True Story of Arthur
Phillip was a true pleasure to watch.
SECONDARY CAPTAINS 2010/2011, BACK ROW: AMANDA ROTBERG, MORGAN MONDEL,
DAVID BERLINSKI, ARIEL KARK, RACHEL ALTER, ADIEL COHNEY, MA’AYAN GEFFEN,
JARRED ABRAHAMS, DANIELA SPILKIN, GEORGIA LANG, RAPHAEL TAMIR, JOSHUA GOLDSMITH,
REBECCA GOLDMAN, TAYLOR BLOOM. MIDDLE ROW: RYAN SAFFER, MS KERRY-ANN
WAINWRIGHT (HEAD OF YEAR 11), MRS SHARON STOCKER (HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL),
ASHLEE CHAPMAN, RABBI JAMES KENNARD (PRINCIPAL), DANIEL KOMESAROFF, MR AVI COHEN
(DIRECTOR OF JEWISH STUDIES AND IVRIT). FRONT ROW: TAMARA BACH, NICOLE JECHILEVSKY,
JARRYD LUDSKI, DANIEL HALPRIN, SIMONNE COHEN, TESSA ZAJAC
Smorgon Family Primary School Captains
School Captains Isabella Smorgon
Dean Spilkin
PYP Authorised
During Term 3, we were delighted
to learn the College had gained
authorisation by the International
Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO)
as a deliverer of the Primary Years
Programme (PYP), following a
recent visit of IBO assessors to our
school. Together with last year’s
authorisation of the Secondary
School as a deliverer of the Middle
Years Programme (MYP), we now
truly have earned the title of an
’IBO World School’.
KALEIDOSCOPE DECEMBER 2010 TEVET 5771
Portfolio Captains Matthew Bassat, Victoria Benson-Heap, Lexie Efron,
Sasha Fink, Hannah Goldman, Ariella Grunfeld,
Blake Kagan, Shachar Kavallero, Jade Lew, Gemma Ludski, Adam Miller, Ruby Peer, Jay Singer, Tanya Zail Don’t miss the 2011 Scopus musical
Beauty and the Beast
10,11,12,13 April
For tickets please call
9834 0000
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2011 Scholarship Recipients
Mazal Tov to the recipients of scholarships, bursaries and awards for 2011:
Academic Scholarships
Architect Michael Kaufman Scholarship
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Scholarship
Mina and Leo Fink Scholarship Loti and Victor Smorgon Scholarship
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Scholarship
H W Ehrmann Memorial Scholarship
Israel Experience 2010
Gunther Baer Perpetual Memorial Award Israel Phones Awards
Noah Abelman
Rebecca Connors
Michelle Maryanovsky
Olivia Shenken
Yaniv Cohen
David Cochrane-Davis
Roni Froumine
James Adams, Jaimie Chapman, Gilad Cohen, Asher Diamond
Dylan Klein, Emma Klein, Ryan Prince, and Jesse Schnall
We acknowledge the generous involvement of the Helen and Bori Liberman family in our Israel Experience Program
Music Scholarships
Friends of Performing Arts Scholarship (Trumpet)
Friends of Performing Arts Scholarship (Voice)
Gusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Piano)
Gusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Voice)
Gusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Trumpet)
Bernard McCrae Scholarship (Alto Saxophone)
Jarred Steinberg
Celeste Cordner-Loff
Joshua Faraday
Yarden Raz
Rebecca Connors
Eli Janover
The following Perpetual Awards are also held by students of the College:
Aaron and Frania Gelbard Scholarship
Aaron Cohen Foundation Scholarship
Abraham Feiglin Memorial Bursary Architect Michael Kaufman Scholarship
Benzion Patkin Memorial Scholarship Betty and Henry Lipton Scholarship
B’nai B’rith Foundation Bursary Charlotte Kritzler Scholarship
Hannah and Michael Solomons Memorial Scholarship
Henry and Erma Jacoby Scholarship
King-Smith Family Scholarship Leonard Stanton Scholarship
Ludwig and Betty Ehrmann Scholarship
Norman and Victor Smorgon Kew Hebrew Congregation Tefillah Scholarships
Rose Landau Memorial Bursary
Sophie and Norman Kave Memorial Scholarship
The following awards will also be distributed on a needs basis:
Aaron Arthur Smith Memorial Bursaries
B’nai Brith Harmony Music Bursary
B’nai Brith Unit Mitzvah ’Making a Difference’ Bursary
Brett Frenkiel Sports Bursary
Harry Kempler Bursary
Heini Rose Memorial Bursary
Hilda and Izrael Kozlowski Memorial Bursary Hilton Rubin Bursary
I and C Rozen Bursary
Ida and Max Plotka Memorial Bursary
James, Abigail and Phyllis Stanton Bursary
Jeremy Lanzer Bursary
Jessica and Paul Simon Bursary (of Ballarat)
Julia Feitel Pearl Memorial Bursary
Lillian Webb Memorial Bursary Morris Plotkin Bursary Mr Nat Solomons of Adelaide Bursary
Mrs Nat Solomons of Adelaide Bursary
MSMC Parents’ Association Bursary
Naomi Fink Segev Memorial Bursary
Natasha Karp Bursary National Council of Jewish Women of Australia Foundation Bursary
Nicholas and Elizabeth Slezak Bursary Noah Borensztajn Sports Bursary Rettig Bursary
Rev E Kowadlo Bursary
Rose Rosanove Bursary
Rosie and Solomon Lew Bursary
Richard Kohn Bursary Victor Smorgon Bursaries
Salomon Rogers Memorial Bursary for Judaic Studies
Sarah and Peter Komesaroff Memorial Bursaries
Smorgon Family Bursary Scholarship
Sonia and Don Marejn Bursaries
Sylvia Gelman Life Enhancement Bursary
Werdiger Family Jewish Education Assistance Grants
Yvonne and Ian Fayman Sports Bursary
FKI students explore Melbourne
Year 1 students from Fink Karp Ivany Campus visited the Royal Botanic Gardens and
the Shrine of Remembrance this term as part of their IB Primary Years Programme unit
of inquiry, ‘Where we are in place and time’.
The students had been learning about how individual groups and nations value places
for many reasons, and their excursion to two of Melbourne’s landmarks helped them to
further understand the importance of these special places.
FKI YEAR 1 STUDENTS AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE
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Generation to Generation
2010 Graduation Ball
The 2010 Graduation Ball was attended
by 750 family and close friends and
was held for the first time at Flemington
Racecourse.
Cambodia 2010
The occasion was a true celebration
of our Year 12 students and their
achievements, and as they took centre
stage for the presentation of their
Graduation Certificates the sentiment
was felt across the room.
Level Convenor, Rob Scholz praised the
students for both their individual and
combined achievements, while Ronnen
Leizerovitz delivered the valedictory
address on behalf of his classmates. The
Class of 2010 then took to the dance
floor for their final gathering and every
song played held a special significance
to each of them during their developing
years.
TOP ROW: DAPHNA ESHEL, JODIE KAGAN (NEE JACOBS).
ROW 2: OREN MALIN, JACQUELINE GREENBERG (NEE RETI),
AMY RUBIN (NEE GOLVAN), KANE SIEGEL.
ROW 3: GAVIN APPEL, AIDAN RUBINFELD, DINA RUBINFELD
(NEE FELMAN), TIFFANY GOLDSTEIN (NEE KLEIN).
ROW 4: CHLOE APPEL, EMILY MALIN, OLIVER GOLDSTEIN,
LUKE SIEGEL. ROW 5: AVIV KLARNET, ELISE RUBIN,
SAM GREENBERG, MYAH KAGAN
The special atmosphere of this Scopus
evening epitomised student life and was
a fitting culmination of their school years
together at Mount Scopus College.
The Scopus tradition is indeed strong in
many of our families and recently a group
of Old Collegians from the class of 1994
gathered at Gandel Besen House for a
special photo.
Many of them also have parents who
attended Scopus and they are delighted
that their own children will one day be
proud third generation Scopus graduates.
As part of the Community and Service
component of the MYP, 20 Year 9
students journeyed to Cambodia in Term
2. Under the guidance of Mr Morris and
Mrs Wolters, students embarked on a life
changing journey.
Soon after arriving, students conducted
an art activity at a local school in Siem
Reap. With little or no English spoken
by the locals, it was amazing how our
students communicated by providing
simple instructions and demonstrations.
The second project involved building
houses in a rural village. House frames
were prebuilt and our students finished
the process by nailing the bamboo
floor boards and hanging the walls. On
completion they took part in a rewarding
handover ceremony to the local
recipients.
Students also returned to the Lighthouse
Orphanage, which their peers had
visited on last year’s trip, and once again
performed important community service
work. The group was also fortunate to
experience an amazing Shabbat at the
recently opened Chabad Cambodia in
Phnom Penh.
Photo courtesy of Jeff Joseph
They had all started their own Scopus
education at Gandel Besen House in
the early 1980s and were the first year
group to go all the way through at GBH
and then move to the Gandel Campus at
Burwood, eventually graduating in 1994.
They are now all proud parents of children
in kindergarten at Scopus and feel a very
special bond with the school.
BUILDING HOUSES IN CAMBODIA
2010 GRADUATION BALL
We look forward to making a difference
again in 2011.
Mount Scopus Memorial College is undergoing its biggest
physical transformation since the move to Burwood in 1952.
The new Gandel Besen House is already occupied.
The new upper primary school at the Gandel Campus will be ready for 2011.
The Secondary School will feature new furniture, refurbishment and air-conditioning in key areas for 2011.
The Foundation needs to raise $10 million to fund these developments.
We thank those who have already made a commitment to the Ready to Roar Campaign.
We invite you to become involved. Foundation entry level membership requires a pledge of $20,000 which
may be paid over 4 years and is fully tax deductible.
To become a Mount Scopus College Foundation member or to discuss making any gift,
bequest or scholarship endowment, please contact Marilyn Simon, Foundation Executive Director.
Tel: 9834 0124 Fax: 9834 0001 Email: msimon@scopus.vic.edu.au
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Parents’ Association
Around the campuses
Over 180 players enjoyed the GBH Poker
Night in July. Thanks to Paul Platus and
Ricky Smorgon for convening this highly
successful fundraising event and securing
the generous support of Major Sponsor,
Deloittes, and Sponsors, Nexia ASR,
Platus Family, seek.com.au, Steg Family,
TIC Group and Lombard Paper.
The FKI Games and Trivia Night was a
sell-out success for the second year, with
over 130 parents and friends attending.
The event was proudly supported by
Major Sponsors, Jindi, Fuji Xerox,
Bentleigh Jewellers and many other
generous prize donors.
The Inaugural SFPS Walk-to-Sports Day
attracted over 50 walkers. The event was
proudly sponsored by Minihaha and
Hiawatha and convened by Andy Gild
and her enthusiastic committee. Despite
the threat of rain, all walkers arriving at
the Gandel Campus, Burwood for the
Primary Athletics Carnival approximately
two hours after setting off from Caulfield
Park, exhausted but jubilant. The success
of the Walk-to-Sports Day ensured it will
become a regular event on the SFPS PA
calendar.
DANA ROSENSZWEIG, SHARONNE SLONIM, SABINA
ALDOUBY AND ROZ DE BORTOLI
2010 Summer Luncheon
The Summer Luncheon is arguably the
most anticipated event on the PA
calendar, and the 2010 Luncheon was no
exception. This year we were kindly
hosted by Scopus parents and OCs, Eric
and Carly Cohen at Leonda by the Yarra.
As in past years the Luncheon was
deliciously catered by PA volunteers, with
a little help from our Years 4 and 5
students in the Kitchen Garden.
Guest Speaker, Tracy Bevan, Co-Founder
of the McGrath Foundation had her
audience in fits of laughter while detailing
the early days of her friendship with the
late Jane McGrath and the perks and
pitfalls of being the wife of an international
cricketer. She also emphasised the
importance of Breast Care Nurses and
the message of Breast Cancer
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Awareness with passion, sensitivity and a
touch of humour. Over $1,500 was raised
at the Luncheon for the McGrath
Foundation through the sale of McGrath
merchandise and the pink teddies kindly
donated by Build-A-Bear.
Partners, Gross Waddell, Highpoint
Property Group, Kalus Kenny, knpSolutions,
KPMG, Platinum Construction, Pomeroy
Pacific, Programmed Property Services and
Rimoptics.
JUSTIN LIBERMAN (CONVENOR), SIMON BARKER, LUKE
PEPPERELL, STEVE VOON AND DAN CAREY
CARLY COHEN, TRACY BEVAN AND JUSTINE KURAN
The Luncheon was generously supported
by Platinum Sponsors, seek.com.au,
Arnold Bloch Liebler, the De Bortoli
Family, Highpoint Property Group, Home
Touch Systems, Mercedes-Benz
Melbourne and SEED, Gold Sponsors,
Lisa Farber and Justin Liberman and
Lowe Lippmann, and Silver Sponsors,
Victoria Station, NicePak Products, Nexia
ASR, Cardiac Science, Shanteali, Victoria
Body Corporate Services, Chemist
Warehouse, Tisher Liner, COSTCO and
Kliger Wood. We also received substantial
product support from Perrier,
Shortonlooks, Ciscos, the Australian
Jewish News, Print Dynamics and Kosher
Classique. We are also grateful to all
those who donated prizes, including
Executive Edge and Mercedes-Benz of
Melbourne.
The 2010 Luncheon was convened by
PA President, Justine Kuran together with
a hard-working and committed team of
volunteers. A $100,000 cheque was
presented by Justine to Rabbi Kennard
on behalf of the Parents’ Association,
representing a portion of the money that
will be donated to the school this year.
BDO Mount Scopus Golf Challenge
The weather was perfect for the 2010
BDO Scopus Golf Challenge at
Cranbourne Golf Club. Congratulations to
the team from Construction Engineering
who took out the top prize by a whisker
from the Gross Waddell team. Special
thanks to Convenor, Justin Liberman for
organising a fantastic tournament and to
Mark Hansky for his ongoing support.
Thanks to the 22 Golf Day sponsors, led by
BDO, and including Major Sponsors
SECURECorp, RTG and Jagen, and Hole
Sponsors; Aon, Arnold Bloch Leibler, BMW,
Caprice, Construction Engineering, DLA
Phillips Fox, Fitzroys, Gary Peer, GMK
Adult Education Evenings
In 2010 the Parents’ Association hosted
some wonderfully informative evenings for
parents. The annual ‘Puberty Blues’
evening in June provided valuable tools
for navigating those ‘difficult’ years, and
in August Rabbi Kennard addressed us
on his thoughts about ‘Why bad things
happen to good people’.
Helen Synman Archive
Project
In July the College appointed Glen
Turnbull, a professional Archivist, to
continue the wonderful work of the late
Helen Synman, and to lead and guide the
many volunteers who regularly assist on a
Wednesday.
Digitisation and the cataloguing of the
Mount Scopus collection onto a
computer database will be his immediate
priority, and it is hoped that this database
will become accessible to the Scopus
community in time.
If you have material you are happy to
donate to the Helen Synman Archive
Project or allow us to copy, please
contact Glen at gturnbull@scopus.vic.
edu.au or 0409 287 359. Similarly, if you
would like to get involved in any way
please contact Glen.
Assistance is also sought to name the
students in the photograph below, taken
of Grade 2 in 1949 at St Kilda Road.
CAN YOU HELP IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS IN THIS PHOTO,
TAKEN IN 1949? PLEASE EMAIL gturnbull@scopus.vic.edu.au
OR CALL GLEN ON 0409 287 359
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Reunions
The Class of 1970, 40 year reunion held on 10/10/10 was attended
by over 70 Old Collegians, as well as former teachers: Mrs Gelman, Mr
Fergus, Mr Barnard and Mrs Negler. The organising committee
comprising Joey Borensztajn, Alan Finkel, Alex Hampel, Ann Smorgon,
Adrian Blashki, David Freeman, Harry Adlerstein, Helen Landau, Marilyn
Wagen, Phyllis Agam, Roslyn Wingens and Sam Siegel came together
to locate former classmates and teachers, sift through memorabilia and
organise a Skype link up with classmates in Israel.
The Class of 1980 reunion committee of Lindy (Hamersfeld) Tamir,
Lynette (Kramer) Halperin, Pnina (Oberman) Horn, Sharon (Joseph)
Unger, Boaz Stark and Ernie Schwartz organised a trip down memory
lane, for their 30 year reunion. Over 70 Old Collegians invoked memories
of their schooldays with music of the era and collages of images from
school, and the menu of the old tuck shop including tomato soup, and
egg and lettuce sandwiches served in brown paper bags. Avi Cohen,
Director of Jewish Studies, conducted a tour of the College showcasing
facilities that many of the group’s children are now enjoying.
More than 120 Old Collegians attended the Class of 1990, 20 year
reunion, together with their year convenor, Mr Gerald Lever and Mrs
Carol Jensen. Rabbi Kennard led the group on a tour of the College,
highlighting many of the changes since they were at school. The
evening included an audio-visual presentation with material gleaned
from the Helen Synman Archive Project. Thank you to Paul Steinberg
and his committee: Adam Joske, Dana Felbel, Ashley Raboy, Mandy
Engel, Caroline Cohen, Phil Goldberg, and Damien Banky.
The Class of 2000 held their 10 year reunion in late October. With the
sun shining they were able to open the doors of the Caf and have the
90 guests relax on the adjacent decking. The committee of Natasha
(Karp) Mymin, Warren Mymin, Joshua Pask, Jonathan Granek and Irit
Harris tracked down their former classmates and organised the
successful afternoon. Sharon Stocker, Head of Secondary School,
showed the group around the College, and the group’s level
coordinator, Lorraine Schwartz, also attended the function.
Thank you to all the reunion groups who have kindly donated to the
College following their successful reunions in 2010.
2011 Reunions
Planning is starting for the 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 year reunions in
2011. To get involved please contact Denise Kain 9834 0257 or email:
dkain@scopus.vic.edu.au
Please update your email address on the Old Collegians Online
Directory when it changes. That way we can keep you informed about
reunions and Scopus events and news. Go to www.scopus.vic.edu.au
and click on Old Collegians Directory.
Sharing their Simchas
Mazal Tov and thank you to the family
and friends of Alexandra Baron,
who generously donated to the College
on the occasion of Alexandra’s
Bat Mitzvah.
Thank you also to the family and
friends of Tracie Olcha (OC ’87), who
kindly donated to the College on the
occasion of Tracie’s 40th birthday.
The College is grateful for the photographic services and
ongoing support of Jeff Joseph of Cha Cha Cha
Photography throughout 2010. A number of the photos in
Kaleidoscope and other school publications have been taken
and kindly donated by Jeff.
ALEXANDRA BARON AND RABBI JAMES KENNARD
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Dor le Dor – Generation to Generation
Please continue to keep us informed by sending your news to kaleidoscope@scopus.vic.edu.au or call us on 9834 0168.
BIRTHS
Rebecca (Feil) ’94 and David Vorchheimer, Kai
Naomi (Bergman) ’94 and Ben Landau ’93, Kovi
Leora (Elton) ’92 and Mitch Moszkowicz, Zaiden
Hayley (Wiesner) ’99 and Josh Rynderman, Oscar
Sharon (Kend) ’92 and Jonathan Cashmore ’92, Matthew
Karen (Serry) ’89 and Daved Lambert, Luke
Natalie (Freeman) ’97 and Gary Adler, Layla
Mish (Dodge) ’94 and Geoff Kohn ’91, Amelie
Robin (Novy) ’90 and Damian Fletcher, Maya
Diana (Ginger) and Allan Sheffield ’92, Zac
Justine (Kaplan) ’95 and Mark Alter ’89, Zac
Tamara (Slomovic) ’98 and David Goldberg ’97, Dean
Nadine (Berk) ’95 and Nick Gold, Sophie and Isabelle
Zoe (Spiegel) and Darren Smorgon ’93, Eva
Rachel (Bloom) ’90 and Mark Bokser ’85, Scarlett
Lisa (Janovic) ’93 and Darren Lurie ’90, Jesse
Sharon Glasman ’93 and Yinon Hacham, Noa
Sara (Friedman) ’89 and Simon Starr, Gavriel
Michelle (Rockawin) ’92 and Daniel Levy, Joshua
Martine (Arnheim) ’93 and Oshik Harari, Ronni
Leah (Nisanov) and Saul Akoka ’88, Eve
Adina (Wytwornik) and Rodney Fleiszig ’95, Jacob
Jade (Bloom) ’97 and Yossi Shmaltz, Abraham
Sarah (Rogers) and Michael Gingold ’94, Ella
Rachel (Davidson) and Adrian Mieszelewicz 90, Jordan
Amanda (Collins) and Andrew Castan ’85, Alexis
Kathy (Damatopoulos) and Stephen Smorgon ’95, Jake
Cassie (Rosenberg) ’96 and Jason Wrobel ’89, Nicholas
Adrienne (Blechman) and Ryan Behr ’93, James
Natalie (Mond) ’96 and Marty Dodge, Abbie
Robyn (Karro) ’00 and Darren Krawitz, Zac
Emily (Israel) ’97 and David Nadelman, Cassie
Rachel (Erlich) ’95 and Gary Rubinstein ’91, Joshua
Danya (Blackstone) ’93 and Josh Goodman, Zev
Deborah (Wiesner) and Jason Flamm ’90, Jonathan
Suzanne (Layton) ’84 and Paul McMahon, Grace
Julia (Trayer) and David Goldman ’87, Oscar
Kerry (Hale) and Sammy Wolfe ’83, Hayden
Romy (Feingold) ’91 and Steve Kelly, Flynn
Talia Boltin ’94 and Daniel Fineberg ’94, Goldie
Jodi (Behr) ’91 and Daniel Preston, Noa
Lynne (Gaddie) and David Wilson ’95, Benjamin
Natalie (Dorevitch) ’89 and Adam Chrapot ’89, Lenny
Rebecca (Jaffe) and Adam Burman ’94, Toby
Lara (Winter) ’95 and Dan Krasnostein, Lyla
Corinne (Ashley) and Jonathan Golshevsky ’96, Ben
Maxine (Heimann) and Joel Goldman ’91, Jayde
Tamara (Collaton) and Wayne Lasky ’93, Frankie
Shlomit (Eshel) ’90 and Marc Selan ’91, Gilly
Elise (Woods) and Adrian Rose ’80, Sacha
Amber (Neuman) and Paul Rubenstein ’84, Tal
Cheryl (Rozen) ’97 and Anthony Kelmann ’91, Gabriel
Lisa (James) ’92 and Danny Degen, Ashley
Danielle (Rozencwajg) ’94 and Tom Hersz, Riley
Cindy (Kupshik) ’00 and Michael Klinger ’98, Bailey
Sarit (Aharon) and Mark Szmerling ’90, Noa
Rachel (Gilovitz) and Meir Kramer ’93, Emmanuelle
Natasha (Rubinfeld) ’99 and Dean Sholl ’90, Ezra
Romi (Janovic) ’95 and Dion Stub ’96, Lexi
Ruthie (Kingsley) ’94 and Ryan Bass, Abby
Sharen (Fink) ’89 and Simon Krite, Samuel
Tory (Gersh) ’00 and Ilan Kraus, Ariel
Danielle (Marks) ’94 and Jeremy Davis ’87, Samuel
Anna (Sandground) ’92 and Daniel Field, Mia
Kiyomi (Mineura) and Joe Baladi ’75, Rachel
Charlotte (Freeman) ’96 and Rob Willis, Annie
Tracy (Sevel) ’96 and Ronen Shoshan, Libby
Jacqui Kessler and Ari Rubin ’97, Sasha
Dina (Figdor) and Raphael Sebbag ’97, Benzion
Joanna Rogers ’98 and Darren Rubenstein ’97, Charlotte
Tracy (Richter) ’95 and Matt Dudakov, Huxley
Dalia (Rotstein) ’91 and David Lucas, Gittel
Debbie (Pack) ’89 and Brad Lyons, Samantha
Lara (Picker) ’99 and Eli Eretz ’97, Zev
Leah (Zilberman) and Darren Sharp ’94, Ziggy
Lauren Silberman ’97 and Cameron Hunter, Gisele
Cecilia (Hutton) and Zac Rosenberg ’90, Isla
Debbie (Grusd) ’00 and Mark Gluck ’99, Ruby
Kerryn (Lowe) ’87 and Raphael Arndt ’87, Toby
Bianca (Keil) ’01 and Simon Sokolski ’91, Zac
Aviva (Feiglin) ’95 and James Carnell, Hudson
Tali (Wyner) and Daniel Steiner ’91, Zoe
Florence (Wilk) and Jarrad Pyke ’93, Nathan
Rebecca Preston '92
’06 and Bar Gal-On, Elad
Limor Komornick ’89 and Michael Aladjem ’92, Sadie
Samantha (Chai) and Rodney Snider ’97, Ella
Tammy (Sedergreen) ’89 and Kane Edelsten, Miles
Karina (Shpigel) and Jeremy Banky ’92, Nathaniel
Nicole (Grossbard) ’95 and Adam Adler, Luke
Alida (Sztainbok) ’97 and Steven Karro, Eden
Natalie (Lewit) and Jason Rose ’91, Minnie
Mandi (Sacks) ’98 and Joseph Azoulay, Sienna
Abby (Friedman) and Amir Lefkovic ’97, Mia
Justine Hofman ’93 and Guy Olian, Mahli
Leanne (Mymin) ’90 and Les Levin ’83, Eden
Gabrieli Ben David and Daniel Rink ’89, Sophia
Neda (Haghighi) and Joel Mahemoff ’90, Ebony
Michelle Goldberg ’93 and Jeff Lynn, Nathan
Nicola (Atkin) and Darion Pohl ’90, Eli
Estelle (Grunberg) ’00 and Noam Judah, Teva
Karen (Katz) and David Alberts ’82, Archie
Lisa (Raskin) ’98 and Brett Lewis ’98, Ciara
Mirella (Faigenbaum) and Doron Sternfein ’90, Maxi
Rachel (Baer) ’96 and Ashley Lewis ’95, Sophia
Larni (Snider) ’95 and Jason Feldman, Rachel
Jessica Piorun-Vernon and Joel Vernon ’92, Justine
Dannielle Michaels and Ben Pitt ’90, Jemma
MARRIAGES
Li-Tal Manor ’00 and Allon Zohar
Melissa Levin ’01 and Richard Michaels
Nicole Milun ’00 and Amit Rubin
Jessica Bialek ’94 and Sabino Matera
Monica Hersch ’99 and Ben Gullifer
Nadine King ’85 and Ben Weinstock
Lironne Wein ’02 and Alex Voskoboinik
Fairlie Wayne ’01 and Jonathan Mahemoff
Sandra Braun ’92 and Marcus Miller
Nicole Kleid ’99 and Joel Small ’96
Irit Livne ’89 and Jonathan Jackson ’89
Shanee Fleischer ’99 and Ran Oren
Diana Finkelstein and Daniel Cohen ’03
Debbie Barbalatt and Greg Hack ’94
Sheli Aizenstros ’00 and James Tsun
Karen Erdos and Josh Bihary ’91
Sophie Glaysher and Paul Oppenheimer ’91
Rebecca Eckhaus and Adam Rozencwajg ’96
Yoko Sonobe and Paul Chapman ’94
Jessica Krulis and Dean Rzechta ’97
Bianca Miselowski ’97 and Daniel Segal ’94
Jess Scholl ’02 and Ben Tuszynski ’00
IN MEMORY
Ruth Aloni ’66
Brenda Begley (past staff)
Ron Krongold ’62
Peter Lefkovic ’70
Stephen Lubofsky ’75
Frank Meyer ’61
Sam Okun ’76
The Scopus community extends its deepest
condolences to the Korman and Synman families on
the passing of Rose Kornan. The Kornans were
actively involved in Scopus from day one and their
efforts on behalf of Scopus are well known. Rose was
on the College founding committee with Benzion
Patkin and was also the initiator of the Debutante Ball
and President of the Mothers’ Club for many years. Up
until last year Rose was a keen volunteer, working in
the College Archives each week.
The information in our Dor-le-Dor listing is compiled
from notices placed in the Australian Jewish News and
from personal notifications. A copy of Kaleidoscope is
available on the College website.
Keeping Kids @ Scopus
RICKY SMORGON, KEREN LUDSKI AND MELISSA FAIGEN
Under the able leadership of our
Co-Chairs Melissa Faigen, Keren Ludski
and Ricky Smorgon, and with the
assistance of coordinator, Tracie Olcha,
more people than ever before gave to
our Scholarship Fund during our Annual
Giving 2010 campaign.
Parents, grandparents, Old Collegians,
staff and students manned the phones
in our innovative and fully computerised
’call centre’. Donors were given the
opportunity to make online donations for
the very first time at www.givenow.com.
au/mountscopscollegeannualgiving
which proved to be a very successful
initiative.
Thank you sincerely to all involved and
to our donors who understood the
importance of ‘Keeping Kids at Scopus’.
If for any reason we missed you, please
donate online or call Heidi on 9834 0122
or email hmeyerson@scopus.vic.edu.au
to add your tax deductible gift.
www.scopus.vic.edu.au
KALEIDOSCOPE DECEMBER 2010 TEVET 5771 Mount Scopus Memorial College, Gandel Campus 245 Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria Australia 3125
Telephone 9834 0000 Facsimile 9834 0001 Email kaleidoscope@scopus.vic.edu.au Editor: Vicki Davis
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