Plans to relocate Mt Scopus College, the biggest Jewish school in Australia Yiddish report

Alex Dafner with SBS weekly Yiddish report 29.11.2020 A number of important building projects in the Jewish communities in Australia were begun and announced this week: - The Jewish Holocaust Museum in Melbourne began its rebuilding works in the presence of the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews, Parliamentarians and Holocaust survivors and their descendants, who spoke about the importance of the museum in the education about the Holocaust and fight against intolerance and racism. - Plans to relocate Mt Scopus College, the biggest Jewish school in Australia from its outer suburb location in Burwood to the heart of the Jewish community in the suburb of Caulfield, received a boost with the State Government’s announcement of the rebuilding of the Caulfield hospital, which sits on a large acreage that would allow Scopus to potentially relocate there in the future. - The planned Jewish Arts Quarter in Elsternwick, in Melbourne, received a boost of $3.5m in funding from the Victorian State Government for its project of a cultural hub that will become a centre for culture in the area and a showcase of Jewish culture and arts for the state. - The Emanuel School in Sydney received the go ahead to plan a capital works appeal to double the size of its building that will create the state of the art facilities and flexibilities required by the school’s project based learning approach. Anns: Australia’s first Yiddish Poetica, an online open mic evening of poetry mit a Yiddishn tam (taste), proudly co-presented by Poetica, Kadimah and the Dunera Project, hosted by Poetica’s founder Miriam Hechtman. Join as a participant or viewer for a joyful, funny and heymishe evening’s entertainment. Weds 2nd Dec, 2020, at 7.30PM via Zoom. Details at www.kadimah.com.au

, Photo by Kobi Gideon / GPO Source: SBS