Carmel School – tangential travel

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021

Yom Hashoah Global

8 April 2021

Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center

HAMEC has once again partnered with the WE ARE HERE! Foundation to bring a streamed video event for Yom HaShoah.

The “Yom HaShoah Global Commemoration,” featuring schools, students, and speakers (including HAMEC speakers Daniel Goldsmith and Ruth Hartz) from around the world, will premiere on YouTube on Thursday, April 8th at 9am EDT. (11pm Sydney, 9pm Perth, 2pm London, 6am PST)

Watch this youtube page (https://www.youtube.com/c/elirab52/) or look for another post from us linking to the streamed premiere.

We are featuring the following schools on this Yom Hashoah presentation:

Sholem Aleichem College, Melbourne Australia

Ellenbrook Secondary College, Perth Australia

Carmel School Perth Australia

King David School, Victory Park South Africa

Herzlia School, Cape Town South Africa

ORT Dimcho Debelianov Hebrew and English Language School, Sofia Bulgaria

ORT Technology Lyceum, Kishinev Moldova

ORT Tekhiya, Moscow Russia

JDS Seattle, USA

JPEF – Jewish Partisans’ Educational Foundation, San Fransisco

Survivors:

Mrs Miriam Lichterman

Mr. Daniel Goldsmith

Ms Ruth Hartz

Student contributors:

Maria O – ORT Tekhiya

Ben Zar, Eron Norrie, Daniel Marsden, Shallya Samakosky, Jonty Schkolne & Rachel Wohlman – Herzlia School

Julia K – JDS Seattle

Thanks to:

Sholem Aleichem College

Conductor Ilana Perlich

Pianist Tomi Kalinski

Grade 5 & 6 students

Production – Kreative Solutionz, Samuel Strunin

The JCCV, Randi Grose, Michael Cohen, Fredl Mrocki

Stuart Rhine-Davis – Ellenbrook Secondary College

Michele Galanti – Carmel School

Kirsten Kukard, Mark Helfrich & Ivor Joffe – Herzlia School

Mandy-Reine Gruzd & Nikki Richard – King David Victory Park

Nance Adler – JDS Seattle

Stela Dinkova – ORT Sofia

Anna Zaytseva – ORT Tekhiya Moscow

Anna Kurilova – ORT Kishinev

Noongar translation: Jesse J Fleay – Edith Cowan University, Perth

Musical arrangement – Suzanne Kosowitz, Perth

December 13, 2020

Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation

Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation – A New Global Project Partnership between WE ARE HERE! Perth, Australia, HAMEC Philadelphia and World ORT, London #education
From: Eli Rabinowitz
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020

About

Perth, Australia

This global program will start with 19 ORT schools on 27 January 2021, and will continue with more schools for Yom Hashoah through 8/9 April 2021
Website:
https://wah.foundation/witnessing-holocaust-history-from-generation-to-generation/

Press Statement from HAMEC:

WITNESSING HOLOCAUST HISTORY: FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

HAMEC ORT WAH! Ruth Almy Intro 27 January 2021

Source: youtu.be/Fqm3R-h6RPE

Participating ORT Schools for the 27 January 2021 event are:

Country/ City	Timezone	School
Mexico/ Mexico City	CST	CIM-ORT
South Africa/ Cape Town	SAST	Herzlia
South Africa/Johannesburg	SAST	King David Victory Park High
Bulgaria/Sofia	EEST	Dimcho Debelianov Hebrew and English Language School
Netherlands/ Amsterdam	CET	JSG Maimonides
Spain/Madrid	CET	ORT Colegio Estrella Toledano
Russia/ St Petersburg	MST	ORT de Gunzburg Secondary School # 550 “Shorashim”
Russia/ Samara	SST	Samara ORT Secondary School# 42, “Gesher”
Russia/ Moscow	MST	ORT Tekhiya, Center of Education # 1311
Russia/Moscow	MST	ORT Moscow Technology School, Gymnasium # 1540
Russia/ Kazan	MST	ORT “Mishpahteinu” Secondary School # 12
Ukraine/ Chernivtsi	EEST	ORT Specialized School #41
Ukraine/ Kiev	EEST	Kiev ORT Educational Complex #141
Ukraine/ Odessa	EEST	ORT Secondary School # 94
Ukraine/ Zhaporozhie	EEST	ORT “Aleph” Jewish Gymnasium
Moldova/ Kishinev	EEST	ORT Technology Lyceum
Estonia/ Tallinn	EEST	ORT Tallinn Jewish School
Latvia/ Riga	EEST	ORT Network Jewish Secondary School
Lithuania/ Vilnius	EEST	Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT School

Bielski Reunion, Belarus

http://wah.foundation

For more info about this post, contact Eli Rabinowitz eli@elirab.com

The World Premiere of the four language Partisan Song

Ellenbrook Secondary College & Carmel High SchoolAt Ellenbrook Secondary College5 August 2019

Source: youtu.be/iIJ-rC-DcWA

December 5, 2018December 6, 2018

A World First At Carmel School Perth Australia!

6 December 2018

First time translation and performance of the Partisans’ Song, Zog Nit Keynmol in Nyungar or Noongar, the language of a constellation of indigenous people living in the south-west of Western Australia.

Translation by Jesse John FLEAY – Edith Cowan University, Western Australia on 28 November 2018

The sound clip:

The translation:

Ngay ngayiny birnt

Mari warabiny maar wombar worl djidar mumbakiy

Kaya wanju wanju yakai yey

Budja daaginy Noongar yorga

Koorl budjara koorbon

Ngay ngayiny

Mirdap ngoop budja

Yakai kwadjet koorl

III

Ngangk djidar mumbakiy

Waam djenak dja-koorl dhabat

Koora koora nyitting

Dudjarak ngoop

Dudjarakwombar djerta birak budja

Noongar yorga balay koordidjiny wandanginy

Dudjarak koordidjiny

Ngay ngayiny birnt

Mari warabiny maar wombar djidar mumbakiy

Kaya wanju wanju yakai yey

Budja daaginy Noongar yorga

Notes by the translator, Jesse John Fleay:

The universal concepts of the song tie in so well to Noongar songs of despair and war. We don’t believe in evil people, we believe in bad spirits that make people do bad things. So I adapted accordingly.

Also, nothing is ‘hidden’ in the Noongar cosmology, so for concealing, I used the smoke from a campfire, as I believed the masking of the smoke from a campfire worked rather poetically. We also don’t really have palms in the same context of a biblical perspective, so I went with desert (sand plain).

The next stage of the plan is for the choir of Ellenbrook Senior High School to learn and perform the Partisans’ Song in Noongar, under the direction of musical director, Stuart Rhine-Davis.

For more information, including all 25 language translations, visit our education portal: LEARN THE PARTISANS’ SONG

https://elirab.me/znk/

Our home page:

https://elirab.me

With Jewish Studies teacher, Michele Galanti and retired JS teacher Shirley Atlas

On 6 December 2018

William Cooper’s Legacy

What is that? Well, as you may know, Uncle William Cooper (1860- 1941) was an Indigenous activist and leader of his community, who also saw the injustices of the world around him, at a time when his own people were struggling for acceptance and their place in Australian society. When he heard of Kristallnacht in far off Europe, he organised for a delegation of Indigenous men and women to march to the German consulate in Melbourne, and presented them with a letter condemning the Jewish persecution. The Germans refused to accept the letter, but simply presenting it made Cooper a hero, especially in the eyes of the Jewish community.

Source: williamcooperslegacy.yolasite.com

Kristallnacht Cantata

(press release by Ron Jontof-Hutter)

Alon Trigger is the composer and Ron Jontof-Hutter wrote most of the text. They both studied at the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, where Maestro Asher Fisch of WASO also studied.

The aim of the project is to educate through art. In this particular piece, the heroic and unique efforts of Aboriginal leader William Cooper are highlighted through the intervention of a most unlikely man, deprived of rights himself, protesting to the the German Consul-General in Melbourne, representing one of the most advanced countries in the world. William Cooper is therefore a role model whose activism was virtually a lone voice during Germany’s break from civilization in the Nazi era.

Ron’s grandfather, Otto Jontof-Hutter, was one of those arrested during the Kristallnacht pogrom and sent to the Dachau Concentration Camp that 9 December 1938.

The story of William Cooper and Jontof-Hutter appeared in various overseas newspapers in 2015 which is the basis of the Cantata.

While the Cantata describes the metaphysical bond between those two men, despite never having met, artistic licence is kept to the minimum. People, events and text are for the large part genuine.

The Cantata is scored for a 45 piece orchestra, 10 voice choir/2 soloists and is about 37 minutes in duration.

A mini promo version of the duet between Cooper and Jontof-Hutter is available.

Kristallnacht Cantata promo Full Version

Kristallnacht Cantata; A Voice of Courage On November 10 the Nazi German Government ordered pogroms throughout Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. Thousand…

Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3IlzEAwmIk

There are 3 sections 1- The chaos and creativity of Weimar/Nazi Germany, leading to 2- Kristallnacht and the bond between Cooper and Jontof-Hutter. They sing a duet describing kindness and decency as human values. The last section is about a better world where tolerance and kindness transcend different cultures as common values for all. The Cantata ends with messages for hope and optimism.

The intention is to perform the Cantata in Melbourne around April 2019. There have also have been expressions of interest to have it performed in Zurich, Germany, Los Angeles and Perth.

Alfred (Uncle Boydie) Turner, Cooper’s grandson, as well as Auntie Daphne Milwark his grandniece are both supportive of this cantata.

Viv Parry – Aboriginal People and the Holocaust Programs

Film – Ties That Bind

https://elirab.me/ties-that-bind/

Barbara Miller Books

http://barbara-miller-books.com

WE ARE HERE! An Education Program That Inspires Upstanders.

https://wah.foundation

December 21, 2016

Maoz Tzur Sung in Perth Heard in Keidan

Just think of this – when was the last time Maoz Tzur was heard in Keidan, Lithuania, sung by a Jewish kid? Maybe 75 years ago!

When Laima Ardaviciene, the English teacher at Atzalyno Gymnazija in Kedainiai Lithunia, asked whether I could give a talk on Chanukah via Skype to her students, I would normally have sourced one of the many brilliant articles by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and shared this with them, speaking from my home.

As I only live a minute’s drive from our CHABAD Shul in Noranda, I came up with the idea of enlisting the assistance of Rabbi Shalom White and doing it at the Shul. I also asked a young and talented friend, Dylan Kotkis, to join us. Dylan has a friendly and outgoing personality together with a beautiful singing voice. He is a 15 year old student at Carmel School, Perth’s Jewish Day School.

Due to the 7 hour time difference between Perth and Kedainiai, 1pm (7pm here) was the best time for Laima and her students, so we held the meeting in the Shul’s library. A minyan was taking place in the sanctuary at the same time.

Here are some photos and video clips taken both from the Kedainiai and from the Perth ends. I synchronised and edited the videos and combined the footage taken by Laima and myself.

Rabbi White, Dylan and I spoke about the festival and Dylan took the Lithuanian students on a tour of the shul. Dylan sang Maoz Tzur for them.