Keeping In Touch

THE MAGAZINE FOR JEWISH SENIORS

No. 129 July 2019 Tamuz 5779

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(JewishCareNSW) 2 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Contents

4 Q & A with Bernard Salt AM 6 Give Peace a Chance Study Tour 7 Moira Blumenthal 8 Innovative Israeli Technology 9 Maccabi Welcome to the latest edition of 10 Maureen Mendelowitz Keeping In Touch magazine 11 I love cruising with Margaret Short 12 Eye Health Does Matter Well-respected demographer Bernard Salt gives 13 Yoga for Seniors us a sneak peek into the lives of the over 55s and global megatrends via our Q & A page. I’m pleased 15 Our Kitchen Hand to be able to present an overview of the inaugural Give Peace a Chance NGO study tour to Israel and 16 JewishCare News the Palestinian Territories. 18 Aged Care Packages Keeping In Touch pay tribute to inspiring Jewish 20 Birthday With Friends seniors, high achievers in every sense of the word and share important Israeli cancer research news. I 21 Family Support Services hope you enjoy the health tips as well as the latest 22 A Remarkable Woman news from JewishCare and Burger Centre plus our regular pages covering travel, book and movie 24 His Smile Says It All reviews and what’s on over the coming months. 26 Laughing Matters Included are a few pages devoted to laughs and fun facts thrown in for good measure. 27 Facts to Make Your Day I want to acknowledge once again the assistance 28 There’s Nothing Like A Good Book I have received from JewishCare and Print35 staff who help me assemble this publication, and I also 29 Movie Time wish to thank the many people and organisations 30 Out & About who have let me share their stories. 31 Upcoming Events Keeping In Touch is published three times a year - March, July and November, if you know someone who would like to receive this free publication, please contact JewishCare, and they will be added to the mailing list. While Keeping In Touch tends to concentrate on information for older members of the community, Editor: Elise Hawthorne JewishCare as an organisation supports community members of all ages and from all walks Design by Print35 Design Studio of life. If you know of anyone who needs a helping The opinions expressed in this publication are hand, please phone FirstCall on 1300 133 660. the authors’ own. Enjoy. Keeping in Touch is published by JewishCare, Elise Hawthorne 3 Saber Street, Woollahra NSW 2025 Editor Ph 1300 133 660.

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 3 Q & A with Bernard Salt AM Elise Hawthorne

The Legacy Shaper (LS) is aged 80-something and can often be a lone person, a widow, suddenly thrust into a time and a situation when they think about life and the next generation. LSs think about passing on family history, stories, photos and artefacts to the point they will even tag different items to different grandkids. LSs are thinking about the legacy they will leave behind. The Reflectors are aged 88 and over and are by their very age frail. They are apt to ask the big questions in life, perhaps the biggest question in life, and that is: what is the meaning of life; what was its purpose. Reflectors can be very religious and/or philosophical. In some ways, perhaps in many ways, they are humanity’s philosophers. Q. What are the key health and wellbeing issues affecting the 70 - 88 + Australians? A. The key health and wellbeing issues can be dictated by financial security and family connection; get those two Fs right—family and Bernard Salt finances—and the ageing process can be—I suspect—a rewarding and enjoyable time ernard Salt AM, the managing director of The in the lifecycle. If you ever want to see true BDemographics Group, is one of Australia’s most human contentment, see a 70-something or an sought-after social commentators. He recently gave 80-something in quiet enjoyment of their home me and in turn Keeping In Touch magazine readers and family. a fascinating overview of the world of the over 55s Q. What are the underlying demographic trends and the global megatrends coming our way. Bernard that will shape the world order in the 2020s and outlines the way the over 55s are sometimes all beyond (how we might be reimaging the way life lumped together, but in reality, there is a plethora of might be lived...60 as the new beginning)? senior segments, each with a fascinating story to tell. A. I think the key demographic trends shaping Q. What are the characteristics of the following the 2020s in Australia and beyond will be the ages: 70-79 Grandparent Helper, the 80-to-87 baby bust. If there was a baby boom in the 1950s Legacy Shapers and the 88-and-over Reflectors? then there will be a baby bust in the 2020s. A. The Grandparent Helper (GPH) is aged This will skew government spending and in due 70-something, and their big thing in life is to course could cause resentment among young share in, help with, contribute to the bringing up generations. Self-sufficiency is the answer for as of grandchildren. They will even move house to long as possible. be closer to their grandkids. GPHs see the 70s as their last window to make an impact and to help out; plus at that stage of the lifecycle, there is nothing sweeter, no greater purpose in life, than to spend quiet (and not so quiet) time with their grandchildren.

4 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Q. There has been much talk about the market for Q. What would your superpower be? Baby Boomers to galvanise into a political force A. To not need sleep; I’d be Stay Awake Man. as they move fully into the retirement stage of the lifecycle, discuss your findings. A. There is no doubt that baby boomers will * Pew Research Centre defines baby boomers as galvanise into a political force in the 2020s; this being born between 1946 and 1964 lot ain’t gonna sit around and be dictated to by Bernard has popularised demographics through a generation that has no idea of the issues of his books, columns and media appearances. ageing. Boomers have been hippies and dinks His body of work is encapsulated in six popular and yuppies and seachangers…we will not waft best-selling books. He appears regularly as a off meekly towards the great abyss without making guest on various radio and television programs a fuss and ensuring fairness along the way. Two and now hosts a business chat show called The more boomer Fs: fuss and fairness! Next Five Years broadcast on SkyNews Business Q. Who would you invite to your dream dinner Channel 602. party dead or alive and why? To learn more visit: www.bernard-salt.com.au A. For me, it would be Audrey Hepburn; Weary Dunlop; my grandfather Ernie Gibson whom I never met but whose life and hard work I admire; me (no point if I’m not there); Michelangelo (greatest artist); Banjo Paterson (so he could recite Clancy of the Overflow); Albert Einstein for his creative brilliance.

Bernard Salt speaking

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 5 Give Peace a Chance Elise Hawthorne

he NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) is well the tour in conjunction with Israeli-Palestinian tour Tknown for bringing people of different cultures operators, Breaking Bread Journeys. She said together, allowing them to share their stories in that, “the construction of a balanced agenda was of a positive and life-affirming way. Throughout the paramount importance, as was equal time spent in year it runs or is a partner in a variety of interfaith Israel and the Palestinian Territories. As all our work to and intercultural projects for people of all ages. date has shown, the very best way of engaging with Their recent inaugural Give Peace a Chance NGO others on the subject of Israel is by taking them there study tour to Israel and the Palestinian Territories to see things for themselves.” is an inspiring example of a unique community Another inspiring highlight of the journey was meeting development initiative, aiming to educate, achieve representatives of the Parents Circle, an organisation peace and bring about positive social change. of those from the Jewish and Palestinian communities The tour sought to engage leaders from NSW who have lost their next of kin in the conflict, who now Catholic, Pentecostal and Uniting churches and the engage in the work of peace and reconciliation. LGBTIQ sector. Nineteen participants including well- The tour was endorsed by the Israeli Ambassador respected actor/author Magda Szubanski spent eight to Australia and the Head of Delegation to Australia days in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jericho and Ramallah of the Palestinian Authority, who both briefed the meeting NGO leaders, journalists, educators, participants before departure. politicians and just ordinary people; learning how grassroots people-to-people peace projects are “It was an incredible learning experience for all of us enabling co-existence in the absence of a political in the tour group, from those who had never been to peace process. Israel, to those of us who had lived there. The hope it engendered in us for co-existence of the peoples of “Meaningful” and “life-affirming,” are some of the words this land in the face of the overwhelming failure of any tour participants used to describe their experience. political peace process was heart-warming. Seeing They had the opportunity to meet inspiring women people who are supposed to be enemies getting on from Women Wage Peace, meet young people from with building parallel and shared lives inspired us to the ground-breaking Palestinian Internship Program do better at building coalitions for the common good as well as visit Rawabi, a brand new city for Palestine. here where we live, in Australia,” said Ben-Menashe. Another first was when they meet with the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Abu Amr. The Give Peace a Chance NGO Study Tour was generously sponsored by Jonathan and Renee Lynda Ben-Menashe, Manager, Community Relations Pinshaw, through the JCA. & Policy, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies coordinated

Some of the Give Peace a Chance study tour of Israel and the Palestinian Territories participants outside the Oasis Hotel in Jericho (the Palestinian Territories)

6 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Moira Blumenthal, prominent theatre director/producer Elise Hawthorne Over the years Moira has worked as a program consultant at the Seymour Centre and produced and directed plays there as well as in an array of other venues including the Studio at the Opera House, the Griffin Theatre, the Fig Tree Theatre UNSW, the iconic Old Fitzroy Theatre and for the past few years at the popular Eternity Playhouse attached to the Darlinghurst Theatre Company in Sydney. Moira is a storyteller who enjoys telling tales that relate to her tribe; her plays have Jewish themes and sit comfortably side-by-side with her strong Jewish heritage. Her father escaped Lithuania fleeing to South Africa in the 1920s for a better life, far removed from the pogroms and associated Jewish persecution. For the past six years Moira has worked with Shalom, co-producing plays such as Aaron Posner’s stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s novel The Chosen, Victor Gordon’s You will not play Wagner and The Man in the Attic by Timothy Daly.

Moira Blumenthal This September, Moira will direct and produce The God of Isaac, based on an episode in the life of s far back as she can remember, Moira playwright James Sherman, telling the tale of his ABlumenthal’s passion lay in the arts. As a young experience in the late 1970s as a young secular girl, she escaped into the world of make-believe with Jewish journalist covering the Neo-Nazi riots near his her pals, as part of the Girls Crystal Club, performing hometown of Chicago. Moira calls this play a “serious end-of-year school plays to a captive audience. comedy,” it doesn’t shy away from tackling the big questions. Moira was born into a creative family in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her father Max Karklin was a well- The premise being, when Isaac Adams, a second- respected photographer who encouraged his young generation American Jewish journalist, learns of plans daughter in her artistic pursuits. Her earliest memory for a Nazi group to stage a demonstration in Skokie, is sitting on a swing attached to a willow tree in her Illinois, he wonders what, if anything, his involvement backyard, pretending she was performing in a circus. should be. Determined to find the truth, Isaac goes on Some people seem born knowing their life’s work, a quest to find answers about his heritage, his mother, Moira is one of those people. and himself. He’s not sure how to react and starts questioning what it is to be Jewish. As a young wife, Moira helped her ex-lawyer husband Henry Blumenthal set up a secondary school With the uprising of the far-right sadly a topical issue before returning to her first love, the theatre. They confronting Jewish people today, this play is sure emigrated to Australia in 1996 and three children, to touch a nerve. Moira Blumenthal considers her and six grandchildren later her well-honed skills as professional career a blessing, Sydney’s theatre a producer/director are still in demand. She adores audiences are all the richer for her hard work, her rehearsals, loves searching for plays, reading scripts dedication to her craft and her love of storytelling. and directing. The whole creative process that The God of Isaac, 5-22 September comes with the territory lets Moira lose herself in an For more information call (02) 8356 9987 artistic zone; it’s her dream job, one she will never or visit: www.darlinghursttheatre.com grow tired of.

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 7 MuTaTo: an Israeli company’s unique concept for curing cancer

Elise Hawthorne

AEBi (Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies) based “In the last year AEBi proved that it creates very in Ness Ziona, Israel, recently hit the headlines specific peptides that are unique functional peptides across the globe when it announced that it was and that the proposed MuTaTo concept will kill cancer working on a cure for cancer, the holy grail of medical cells in a discriminate manner,” said Dr Morad. breakthroughs. AEBi was established in the year 2000 based on a Their concept is called MuTaTo (Multi Target Toxin), novel screening platform technology, named SoAP. which is a personalised medicine concept for curing They are now in preclinical studies, and will afterwards cancer, based on a list of principles that working begin clinical studies. They are looking to fund the together would fight cancer, with minimal side-effects. setup for their clinical tryouts; the cure for cancer is taking form within a groundbreaking company based “In our vision, each cancer patient would provide a in Israel. part of his/her biopsy to be analysed using the same targeting peptides that are used in MuTaTo. After a For more information visit: www.aebi-bio.com very short time, we would know which MuTaTo is best fitted for the patient. After a few weeks of treatment, with no suffering, the patient would be completely cured,” said, Dr Ilan Morad, Founder and CEO, AEBi. AEBi is working on a peptide-based cure for cancer. Peptides are short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide bonds. Peptide hormones are secreted and function in an endocrine manner to regulate many physiological functions, including growth, appetite and energy metabolism, cardiac function, stress, and reproductive physiology. MuTaTo is a family of anticancer drugs, based on a multi-arm PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) scaffold, populated with two kinds of peptides: targeting peptides and toxic peptides. Each molecule harbours several targeting peptides intended for different targets and at least one kind of toxic peptide. Most of the peptides on each molecule are the toxic ones. The targeting peptides aim at overexpressed receptors, or at other membrane-bound proteins on Dr Ilan Morad, Founder and CEO, AEBi the surface of the cancer cell that doctors want to destroy. AEBi is in the process of building a bank of peptides to be used in various cancer treatments.

8 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Maccabi Australia Update Elise Hawthorne

Maccabi Memory Walk

accabi has been part of the fabric of Jewish , Sydney and Perth. The Maccabi LIFE- Mcommunity life in Australia for over ninety years, Dementia Australia Memory Walk-Fun Run recently with its mission being to ‘Promote Jewish Identity held in NSW, and , now through Sport.’ As the largest Jewish grass-roots attracting over 500 participants and many more organisation in Australia, Maccabi boasts 9000 donors all contributing to a terrific community event members, 52 sporting clubs, and an estimated 35,000 and social activity that raised valuable funds for an supporters across the country. important cause. Ryan O’Connor, Maccabi Australia’s recently appointed In July, 140 Australian Maccabi team members headed Executive Director states that, “our long term vision is to Mexico City to participate in the Pan American for Maccabi to not only continue to offer expertise and Maccabi Games. There will be Junior, Open and support in the sporting life of many Jewish Australians Masters athletes competing in eight sports. The oldest but to connect our community through sport and life competitor will be 87, which is impressive. The team and in doing so provide multiple avenues for greater will also be represented by several family groups, health and wellbeing outcomes. An ultimate goal of the some with three generations competing at the same developing community hubs is to enable the delivery games, which is a fantastic family achievement in of multiple activities and services for far more of our anyone’s books. community be that via sport, health & wellbeing or Recently, Maccabi Australia joined the global purely social pursuits, all within a vibrant and inclusive community at the Maccabi World Union (MWU) environment, is an exciting one indeed.” Congress in Israel, and as part of an extensive Maccabi Australia has built on its traditional activities, agenda, the Maccabiah 2021 was launched. Not only now offering a range of health and wellbeing programs was the logo unveiled, but an exciting and innovative including their All Abilities program, which plays a vital games program was released which will see the role educating the Jewish community about sport and inclusion of new sports such as surfing, skateboarding, healthy activity for people with a disability. All Abilities boulder climbing, beach football and beach rugby to works with a range of partners including other sports name a few. organisations, Jewish community organisations, local MWU look forward to welcoming almost 90 countries and state government agencies and disability service and 10,000 athletes from 20 July to 3 August 2021. providers to support the inclusion of Jewish people with Australia will be seeking to send a strong delegation of a disability in sport. Juniors, Open and Masters athletes. With Maccabiah Another innovative program on offer is Maccabi LIFE, 2021 just over two years away, Simone Cohen, General which is a unique set of programs and activities for Manager, and Barry Smorgon, Head of Delegation, the community that provides access to health and are preparing to build the Australian team; from wellbeing content from the best minds in the country. management to athletes and call on anyone interested Participants can attend seminars, workshops and in being part of this exciting event to make contact. participate in unstructured sporting activities. A new To find out how you can get involved visit: loyalty program is on offer with rewards, discounts www.maccabi.com.au on health and wellbeing products and services in

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 9 Maureen Mendelowitz, author

Elise Hawthorne Maureen’s first book The Rock took a year to complete. She found encouragement via the Waverley Writers Group which she attended once a month at Waverley Library - as she recalls, “our group was full of wonderful, talented people, and we were all there to help each other, their support was invaluable to me.” The Rock, published by award-winning independent publisher Ginninderra Press, is set in South Africa in the early years during the apartheid system, its prejudices and injustices affecting the fabric of society. Against this background is the thwarted love affair of brilliant young doctor Daniel for Maryssa. Their ensuing relationship is one of frustration and insecurity, of passion and pain.

Maureen Mendelowitz Maureen’s second book Alone Not Lonely followed the success of her first novel. Placed in South Africa s everyone knows, one’s life can change once again, it tells of the madam and the maid, their Adramatically in a day, or in a moment. In Maureen traumas, how they come to understand each other, and Mendelowitz’s case, her dramatic life shift came just their interdependence. The story is raw and cruel, but over five years ago when her beloved husband Julian it is also about heart and, ultimately, about survival. became seriously ill, and she found herself living alone I’ve read Maureen’s first two books; they are real page for the first time in over fifty years. On that fateful day, turners, I thoroughly enjoyed them. a Sunday, Maureen starting writing her first novel, she When asked what motivates her to write, Maureen found it therapeutic, it took her mind off her worries, said, “losing a partner can be a very dark period in she could escape into her make-believe world. one’s life, but it can also be a time to reflect. I truly As a young woman, Maureen completed a Licentiate believe that one is never too old to start writing if that is in Speech and Drama at Trinity College, London; it your passion. There is a story in all of us.” was an adventure, but she was far from the land of her Maureen’s advice to budding writers is simple, “writing birth, South Africa. Indeed South Africa is a recurring is wonderful therapy, just give it a bash, you’ve got theme running through Maureen’s books - her words nothing to lose, get a pen and paper, sit down and paint vivid pictures of this fascinating country; it’s as if write, even if it’s only for your grandchildren to read, its spirit has never left her soul, expressing itself via her your thoughts are of tremendous value.” creativity, her passion, her writing. Maureen’s third book in five years What Have You Immigrating to Australia with Julian in 1997, Maureen Done is due to be released in late 2019, a soon began working at JewishCare, remarkable achievement for nearly twenty years later any writer as it is no easy task she is the Bequests and to write a book let alone have Donation Manager. All the it snapped up by a publisher while, she never lost her - a huge well done Maureen, secret ambition to write you are an inspiration to us all. fiction, but between family To purchase Maureen’s life and work, Maureen felt books visit: that she didn’t have the mind www.ginninderrapress.com.au space that was necessary to write - until that day five years ago when she knew it was her time to start.

10 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 with Margaret

Margaret Short

ruising has become my passion. I found it to be the most cost-effective and efficient CIt started when my husband and I saw the way to discover the many cultures and gastronomic need to reconnect with our adult children who were pleasures of so many countries. Unpack once and get busy getting on with their lives. We searched for an ready for the luxurious lifestyle and discoveries that environment that allowed us to spend time with them river cruising affords. The extra delight for my husband without the daily routines and distractions of everyday was he did not have to put his hand in his pocket for life, somewhere we could relax and enjoy each others anything. It was all covered in the price — even his company. Holiday resorts and island escapes had top-shelf whisky. their appeal; however, there was still the time and One more thing I like to mention to my friends is the effort required to entertain and feed ourselves. Add the subject of motion sickness. I am incredibly prone to hassle of transport to the destination and just ‘getting it. So, you may wonder how I handle ocean cruising, about’ plus the accumulated expense that goes with (of course it is not an issue with river cruising). With that multiplied five times over. Good grief we thought, well over 20 cruises under my belt, I have only rarely was it all worth it? experienced more than a two-metre swell. But even Then we discovered cruising and yes, it was! that can set me off. Everyone finds their favourite remedy, so for me, it’s Travacalm and a lay-down. We loved that the cost covered so many things. It was a real holiday. It was wonderful. We had found our Cruising is a massively growing industry, so it was ‘thing’. Where cruising used to be seen as a choice for a logical step for me to move into helping others ‘older’ age groups, it is now a holiday geared to suit all discover the joys and many benefits of a cruising ages and, as we found, the perfect setting for families. holiday. I joined with a like-minded group with the catchy name of ‘I Love Cruising’. Having said that, there are Cruise Lines that do cater better for the over 50s’ bracket (Celebrity, I love helping people and doing all the little things to Holland America, Cunard, Azamara etc.). They are take the hassle out of organising a holiday. If you have a couple of pegs higher than the average, with the any questions or would like to have a chat regarding a little extra touches that we appreciate. I am now cruise or destinations, I’d love to hear from you. starting to venture into the more luxurious Cruise You can contact Margaret Short via ph: 0411 563 436 Lines, (Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas, Ponant, or at: [email protected] Silversea, etc.). While ocean cruising was the most popular, a few years ago, I discovered river cruising.

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 11 Eye Health Matters Elise Hawthorne

Andrea Eliastam

ptometrist Andrea Eliastam is on a mission and Andrea’s easily accessible Vision Van is fully equipped Oan important one at that. She aims to make it with optometry equipment; she makes it easy for her easy for all Australians to access good eye care. It clients by working with a spectacle dispenser. She is no secret that visual impairment is a significant can also set up in a room or move around to help health issue facing seniors as it can affect physical, bedridden patients. Her interest is in finding pathology functional, emotional and social wellbeing - in short, it and helping with low vision so that quality of life can can reduce one’s quality of life. be improved for her patients believing, “the eyes are indeed the windows to the soul and the entire health Andrea was in the middle of a health crisis when she of the body.” started reflecting on her work/life balance, or more to the point, the lack of any. At the time, she was “It brings me joy to feel appreciated and useful. I want working for a large corporate optometry company, not to be able to use my expertise, helping people and living her dream; she knew instinctively she needed learning about life from people who know better than a change. me. I love the wisdom that comes with age.” Her future business partner had established a mobile Andrea also does home visits, recently fitting contact dental business and was looking for an optometrist to lenses for a motor neuron patient to better navigate start up something similar. In came Andrea who set his eye gaze computer typing program; Andrea was up her Vision Van. Her mobile optometry clinic started blown away by his determination to live as fully as servicing schools, community centres and shelters he was able. in Sydney and was blown away by the gratitude that Andrea’s website and newsletter talk about why eye shown to her for her work. care is so critical. Losing one’s sight can potentially Having worked in aged care facilities in both London lead to isolation, loneliness and falls, and much of and Sydney, Andrea decided to expand her service blindness is preventable or treatable with proper to work with seniors, coming to realise that, “it was intervention. with our elderly that I started to see the truth about For more information visit: www.visionvan.com.au life - the elders who were fit and well were laughing and walking, even if they used walkers. Their attitude was one of loving life. Many had survived illness and As an aside, a selection of Keeping In Touch hardship, but their attitude protected them.” magazine is made available as an audio magazine via Vision Australia.

12 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Why YOGA is a good exercise for seniors Bianca Machliss

Over the past 20 years yoga has boomed in popularity and with it an overwhelming number of styles – including hip hop yoga and paddleboard yoga. In fact, these days if you just add ‘yoga’ to the end of any kind of activity it is automatically seen as a yoga class.

As a senior, or for that matter, anyone of any age, it can be overwhelming to navigate the minefield of different styles and find the type of yoga that would be beneficial to you. A quick Google search of ‘yoga for seniors’ will be a good starting point to find out where local classes are held or to find YouTube videos for you to follow yoga instruction for free at home.

Why is yoga beneficial?

As an exercise, it’s low impact and is fantastic for maintaining a range of movement, strength and Bianca Machliss flexibility – if it is done safely and regularly. We all have different bodies, so it is essential to modify postures accordingly to suit you and to find a website lists yoga classes for seniors - visit: www. knowledgeable teacher who can guide you – these activeandhealthy.nsw.gov.au/program/area/Sydney are harder to find these days with the emergence of At Yoga Synergy, myself and Simon Borg-Olivier, lots of “qualified” teachers after 200-hour training. as the directors, went back to university to study You’ll find the better teachers have been in the Physiotherapy to make sure we were knowledgeable profession longer and thus have more experience. enough to take responsibility for others wellbeing Yoga as an exercise, will also improve your bone and not cause injury. At Yoga Synergy, as well as our strength, improve balance and stability, help control regular classes, which may or may not be suitable for type 2 diabetes, reduce hypertension, assist with you, we have gentler Yin classes (slower) and Q-Flow weight loss, can help with chronic pain and improve (Qi-gong) - these are an excellent place to start if you joint health. are a senior and not sure of your capability in a class.

Yoga done properly should include breathing Bianca Machliss is the founder & director of Yoga exercises (pranayama) and meditation – these Synergy, Bondi Junction & Newtown. help with our mental wellbeing – improving mood For more information contact Yoga Synergy on and reducing anxiety, improving sleep as well as 02 9389 7399 or visit: www.yogasynergy.com sharpening the mind.

When looking for a class or starting your own practice, start slowly, stop if you feel pain and work with an instructor who is experienced. These days local council also offer fantastic classes at very reduced rates for seniors so check them out, you can contact your local council or look on their website for information. The NSW government’s active & healthy

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Volunteer Breakfast ewishCare’s volunteer breakfast was attended by volunteers Jfrom across the organisation. Speakers included JewishCare President Jason Sandler, CEO Claire Vernon and an extraordinary volunteer, Liz Sharota who has been volunteering continually with JewishCare for over 22 years. The importance of volunteers cannot be overestimated, without over 500 volunteers JewishCare would not be able to provide their current level of help and support to people in need.

Citzenship Ceremony itizenship ceremony presided Cby Mayor of Woollahra Peter Cavanagh

16 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 News and Events celebrating the good news

Voice Award he Voice Project’s Change Challenge motivates Tand measures real change in employee engagement, work practices and business outcomes. JewishCare was recently chosen from over a 100 entrants to receive a Voice Award; it was a real highlight to be recognised for outstanding staff climate survey results. Well done to all involved.

Jerusalem Day lub Europa staged a special lunch Ccelebrating Jerusalem Day. Dalia Dior sang beautifully and the food and atmosphere were very special

Victory Day he Annual Victory day commemoration was held at TWaverley Park followed by lunch at JewishCare

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 17 Aged Care Packages To Make Life Easier

Why choose JewishCare to help you at home? Excellent staff • JewishCare only employs caring, experienced and qualified staff who will support you at home • Our staff are police checked and insured for your total protection • Our staff work closely and collaboratively with you and your family • Our staff have extensive knowledge of the needs of older people in the Jewish community and a unique understanding of how to best support Holocaust Survivors

More than just care JewishCare can provide the following services for FREE to clients: • Opportunity to attend social events and Chaggim celebrations • Assessment and recommendations by a qualified Occupational Therapist • Support and advice by a qualified Social Worker • Link to a Volunteer • Access to audio programs for the visually impaired • Extra benefits for eligible Holocaust Survivors

Competitive rates • JewishCare’s rates are amongst the lowest in your local area. • We have some of the lowest administration and case management fees • JewishCare is one of the few providers that does not charge a package establishment fee or a discharge fee • Your package can be used to purchase services such as: - showering/dressing - transport to appointments and shopping - cooking - physiotherapy - hydrotherapy - registered nurse - devices, aids and equipment to make you safer and more comfortable at home

If you need help at home JewishCare is your best option. To find out more call JewishCare on 1300 133 660.

18 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Почему нужно выбрать JewishCareдля помощи на дому САМЫЙ ЛУЧШИЙ ОБСЛУЖИВАЮЩИЙ ПЕРСОНАЛ • JewishCare предоставляет работу только квалифицированным, заботливымсотрудникам с большим опытом по уходу за пожилыми людьми на дому • Все сотрудники проходят обязательную проверку в полиции, чтобы убедиться, что наши клиенты находятся в полной безопасности • Наши работники тесно сотрудничают с вами и вашей семьей • Наши сотрудники обладают обширными знаниями в области потребностей пожилых людей итак же в помощи людям пережившим Холокост

БОЛЬШЕ, ЧЕМ ТОЛЬКО ЗАБОТА И УХОД JewishCareпредоставляет следующие БЕСПЛАТНЫЕ услуги нашим клиентам: • Посещениеобщественных мероприятий и различного рода праздникиов • Оценка и рекомендации квалифицированного OccupationalTherapist (оборудование для дезопасности в вашем доме) • Поддержка и совет квалифицированного социального работника • Дополнительная социальная поддержка волонтерами • Доступ к аудиопрограммам для людей с плохим зрением • Дополнительные услуги для людей, переживших Холокост

КОНКУРЕНТНО-СПОСОБНЫЕ ЦЕНЫ • JewishCare цены одни из самых низких. • JewishCare одна из немногих организаций не взимающих вступительный взнос и плату в случае ухода из Программы Помощи на дому • Ваш пакет может включать в себя следующие услсги: - Персональный уход ( купание, одевание). - Транспорт для посещения врачей и покупок в магазине. - Приготовление еды. - Физиотерапия. - Гидротерапия. - Квалифицированные медсестры. - Приборы, вспомогательные средства и оборудывание, чтобы вы могли себя чувствовать более безопасно и комфортно дома.

ЕСЛИ ВАМ НЕОБХОДИМА ПОМОЩЬ НА ДОМУ - JEWISHCARE САМЫЙ ЛУЧШИЙ ВЫБОР ДЛЯ ВАС

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 19 Birthday With Friends Elise Hawthorne

aving the chance to celebrate one’s birthday generally enjoying each other’s company in a friendly Hsurrounded by friends from the old country is an and welcoming atmosphere. opportunity not to be missed. At a recent JewishCare Each Monday this group of lively seniors hailing from Russian Friendship Club gathering, Bella Pinchuk and ex-Soviet Union countries meet up at a community Tamara Tcherniakhovskia were the lucky recipients of centre in downtown Waterloo in the heart of Sydney. a delicious birthday cake, known in Russian speaking For a yearly membership fee of $5 and a weekly countries as ‘Vinny Puch,’ named after a popular donation of $1, this community club offers seniors a children’s book character. chance to catch-up with friends. JewishCare staff Olga and Assia also served up a For more information about JewishCare’s Russian tasty lunch, followed by a lively group discussion that community group meetings contact Olga Tourtchina focused on the recent federal election. Everyone took on ph: 02 8305 8049 time out to reflect on the opportunity Bob Hawke’s government gave many gathered around the table; enabling them to emigrate to Australia in the late 1980s early 1990s via a relative visa. JewishCare helped them when they arrived in their new homeland and is still helping them to this day. Members of JewishCare’s Russian Friendship Club for seniors look forward to their weekly get-togethers. They enjoy communal lunches, discussions centred around the topics of the day, birthdays and High Holiday celebrations, outings,

озможностьпраздноватьденьрождения в Вкругудрузей-соотечественников -этошанс, которыйнестоитупустить. Нанедавнейвстречечленовобщины, посещающихпопонедельникаммероприятия в рамкахпроектадляв ыходцевизбывшегоСоветскогоСоюза, БеллаПинчук и ТамараЧерниховскаясвойденьрожденияотмечал ивместесосвоимидрузьями, и восхитительныйторткоднюрождения “ВинниПух”’, названный в честьпопу лярногодетскогокнижногогероя, былнастоле. Ольгой и Асей, сотрудникамиорганизацииJewishCare, былиподанывкусныеугощения. Послеланчагруппа обсуждаласобытиянедели и главнымобразомпрошедшиефедеральныевыборы в Австралии. Многиевспоминали о правительствеБобаХоука, прикотороммногиеполучиливозможност ьиммигрировать в Австралию в конце 1980-х -начале 1990-х, получивгуманитарнуювизу. ОрганизацияJewishCareоказывалаимпомощьпоприбытиинасвоюновуюродину и продолжаетпомогатьпосейдень. Членыэтойгруппыдляпожилых с нетерпениемждутсвоихеженедельныхвстреч. Ониполучаютудовольс твиеотвстречизачашкойчая, обсуждаятекущиесобытия, празднуяднирождения и важныепраздники. Ихрадуетобщениедруг с другом в дружественной и радушнойатмосфере. КаждыйпонедельникэтагруппапенсионеровродомизбывшихСоветскихреспубликвстречает ся в общественномцентреВатерлоо, в самомцентреСиднея. Заежегодныйчленскийвзнос 5$ и еженедельноепожертвование 1$, этотклубпредлагаетшансвстретиться с друзьями. ДляполучениядополнительнойинформацииобэтойпрограммеорганизацииJewishCareсвяжитесь с ОльгойТурчинойпотел.: 02 8305 8049

20 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 JewishCare’s Family Services

Warren Hurst

ewishCare provides support services for families program delivers care packages and assists Jand individuals in crisis. These people are some family members. of the most vulnerable and at-risk members of our For individuals and families who are grieving, the community. The services and programs include: Chessed Program provides counsellors to work side- The Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy which was by-side with community members at this time of great included in the April 2019 edition of Keeping in Touch need. It also provides assistance to our schools in is an important part of a response to the increasing cases where staff members are impacted by loss. suicide rates across all ages. Families in financial crisis may also be eligible to The Big Brother Big Sister program, and Young receive financial and other material support which can Adult Mentoring program supports children and include help to pay for medications, essential medical young people who may be going through difficult procedures and rent, for those facing homelessness. times in their personal and family lives, matching them The team also includes a financial counsellor who up with volunteers who form supportive, positive, has been successful in easing the debt burden on mentoring relationships. We also provide workshops many community members. about parenting. The team provides casework which plays an Recognising that domestic violence occurs in all important role in helping the client remain connected sectors of society, the White Ribbon Breakfast and being able to access all appropriate supports and educates men about speaking up and taking personal resources. responsibility in domestic violence situations. The team also connects with businesses who may The Love Bites in school and sexual assault be able to offer an unemployed community member prevention program educates high school students a job, which can have a life changing impact. It also about domestic and family violence. The team connects with professionals who generously provide works throughout the year to help women who are their services either for free or at a significant experiencing domestic violence as well as working discount to community members in crisis. with various community groups to raise awareness For more information call JewishCare on about domestic violence. ph: 1300 133 660 Addressing the needs of a sometimes ‘hidden’ sector of our community, the Jewish Inmate Support

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 21 Saluting A Remarkable Woman Tanya Fox

illy Skurnik OAM steps down after 27 years as LPresident of LaPid. Not many people with vision, let alone with no vision, could have the staying power to convene a weekly support group, but Lilly Skurnik OAM did it for 27 years. With the help of volunteer drivers provided by JewishCare, Lilly was able to convene a regular weekly Monday morning meeting of The LaPid Group. Without fail, 22 plus people with varying degrees of vision impairment, have been picked up from all around Eastern Suburbs and taken home by the volunteers. The group enjoys a delicious morning tea prepared by the volunteers; they’re treated to Lilly Skurnik OAM with her niece Helen Skurnik interesting guest speakers, entertainers or outings; sharing their challenges and achievements; laughing and singing, and building long lasting friendships. Lilly refers to them as ‘The LaPid Family.’ Being without sight herself, Lilly has empathised and understood the needs of the members of LaPid who each have varying degrees of sight impairment. Remarkably, for the past 27 years, has Lilly devoted her life to seeking out new outings, and overseeing different ingredients for the volunteers to prepare delicious morning teas. Her email inbox is always full with invites or confirmations of the weekly entertainment; her phone constantly ran hot arranging the volunteer drivers pick-ups; she would phone and visit members of the group enquiring into their health. Lilly is no ordinary lady, and for this, she was awarded an OAM back in 2016. However, in December 2018, due to failing physical energy only (her mind is still sharp as a tack), Lilly very reluctantly decided to step back and hand over to two of her younger friends and volunteers, Helen Skurnik (Lilly’s niece) and Tania Fox. On 17th December, a luncheon was held at The Gaden to honour Lilly’s 27 years of devotion to her LaPid Family. “Lilly will certainly be a hard act to follow,” says Helen and Tanya, “but we are honoured that Lilly feels confident enough to hand over the baton to us. Having been part of the dedicated team who have been volunteers for the group for many years, we’ve developed a great love, empathy and understanding of the needs of the group. We look forward to giving our all to providing the ongoing love, support and entertainment that the LaPid family have enjoyed under Lilly’s leadership. We empathise and recognise the value of the social connection that the group enjoys, and the opportunity to share their challenges with other people who may be suffering a sight impairment. We look forward to Lilly coming back to LaPid to be on the receiving end, enjoying the love and support that she gave to the LaPid family all those years.”

22 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Ibby Wertheim, LaPid volunteer for the past 13 years, delivered this moving farewell speech…

My Dearest Lilly, Thank you for everything. Thank you for making every Monday morning a wonderful occasion for all of us at LaPid. I had the good fortune to meet you 13 years ago when I became a volunteer at LaPid, thanks to Ursula, who has been a LaPid volunteer for 25 years herself. From the start, I always looked forward to Mondays, I soon found out that you Lilly had a ‘magic wand.’ You always produced entertainers for us – to name just a few; an opera singer; pianists, storytellers; musicians who took us back to the roaring 20’s; Eleanor who makes us stretch and get fit; Helen with her funny stories keeping us in stitches with laughter; you even managed to get my son Peter (Wertheim) to tell us about the importance of the 18C debate; there were so many lovely outings to parks and concerts that you organised. You’ve always amazed all the LaPid family and me. I don’t know how you did it all!! Your bravery astounded me, when you travelled to Piestany, Slovakia for a spa holiday a few years ago (by the way it is a few km from where I came from). Lilly, you are the most incredible person that I have ever met. Your capabilities are immeasurable. You are the most deserving person to be awarded the medal of the Order of Australia. You have done so much good for people whose eyesight is impaired. After all the years of dedicated leadership you wish to hand over the baton to a younger generation – Lilly, it will be a hard task for anyone to follow you. I wish you a happy retirement, the very best to you for the future, and have lots of happiness in your beautiful new retirement home for many many years to come. Thank you Lilly, thanks for everything. With Love, Ibi Wertheim

LaPid welcomes and encourages people with any degree of sight impairment, as well as their friends/ partner, carer or companion dog, to join.

To find out more call Helen on 0450 848 466 or Tanya on 0421 277 269.

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 23 His Smile Says It All Elise Hawthorne

well as excursions to an array of diverse locations around Sydney. The Burger Centre also respects and understands the need for men to cultivate friendships - this was important to us as Douglas had left behind his two best male friends in Adelaide. Douglas comments every single time when I ask him about his day about how caring and kind everyone is and how much he has enjoyed whatever it was that he participated in that day. The fact that the bus comes to collect Douglas and brings him home is also a bonus,” said Jan. Jan believes that, “the Burger Centre has given Douglas a sense of purpose, a confidence in forming friendships, and a sense of his own independence. The time spent at the Centre has helped my husband reinforce his own sense of identity as separate from me which I feel is important.” Douglas Baker at a Matzo Baking workshop Places such as the Burger Centre give people a feeling of community, which in turn can reverberate ouglas Baker started attending the Burger Centre through their extended family in many positive ways. Dtwice weekly to make new friends after he and In this instance it provides Jan, Douglas’ wife of 45 his wife Jan moved to Sydney from Adelaide in 2018, years, a sense of relief to know that her husband is to be closer to their children and grandchildren. meeting new people, mixing with staff and new friends Uprooting themselves from their comfortable life in who value his company, his intelligence and his gentle South Australia brought significant change on many disposition - they enjoy being with him as much as levels. Old friendships were especially hard to leave he enjoys their company. It has allowed Jan to re- as these social interactions, including Douglas’ establish her professional work in her private practice volunteering with a Community Harvest group, at the Randwick Specialist Centre, forging ahead with preparing vegetables and taking them to older people, exciting new research collaborations with colleagues enriched both of their lives, which can be hard to at the University of Technology and Sydney University. replicate in a new city, especially as one ages. Not only has Douglas rediscovered his own Jan’s work as a speech pathologist and family independence but the time he spends at the Burger therapist kept her occupied during the working week, Centre has made it possible for Jan to have a little but Douglas was more often than not at a loose end, ‘me’ time, attending musical and artistic exhibitions, missing his old life - especially socialising with his old spending time with new friends in a city that can feel Scotch College friends where he was House Master rather fast-pace at times. and taught geography and geology for over 30 years. In short, the Burger Centre is now Douglas’ home Subsequently, Jan worked her magic and found out away from home; which is a most unexpected blessing about the Burger Centre and all that it had to offer for both Jan and Douglas. They are both very thankful her husband. for the support and friendships this little oasis in the “The aspects that attracted us to the Burger Centre heart of Sydney’s eastern suburbs has given them were that by reputation it had highly structured and many other families on a weekly basis. diverse programs, offering seniors activities that To find out more about what the Burger Centre has to fostered their interest in the arts, music - including offer call 02 8345 9147 live performances, conversation, gardening, as

24 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 SOCIAL CONNECTION & WELL BEING

• State of the Art Facility • Tai Chi • Volunteering Opportunities • Guest Speakers • Music & Memory Program© • Fully Equipment Art Studio • Hydro Cise • Social Worker • Dementia Specifi c Programs • Morning Tea • Dance For Parkinsons© • 2 course Lunch • Outings • Theme Days & Events • Live Entertainment • Celebrating Chagim

To fi nd out more, call us on 8345 9221 or email [email protected]

Your key to independence www.burgercentre.com.au Laughing Mat ters

Ode to Jerry Lewis

God hadn’t made me handsome, but he’d given me something, I always felt: funny bones. I get paid for what most kids get punished for. Going unnoticed has never been my strong suit. I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don’t get into it because I do comedy already. The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, ‘Please don’t be nice to me. Just pay me.’ I don’t want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them. I’ve had great success being a total idiot. I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don’t have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct. Getting attention is my business. My whole life’s predicated on, ‘Hey, look at me!’

26 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Apparently Success Comes When It Comes...

At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a single parent living on welfare. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker. At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46. Morgan Freeman landed his first major movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.

July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 27 There's Nothing Like a Good Book Compiled by Elise Hawthorne

Just Add Love Rebel Women By Irris Makler Who Changed $49.99 Australia olocaust Survivors Harpers Collins Hshare stories and By Susanna de Vries recipes with their $34.99 grandchildren. Just Add isionaries, pioneers, Love showcases the food activists and of the vanished Jewish V artists - women who communities from Europe, made a difference to North Africa and the Australia. An updated Middle East and also tells and condensed edition extraordinary survival stories. No meal without a story of Susanna de Vries’ Great Australian Women, to accompany it. this is a celebration of women who broke the This project is a celebration of the female elder. When mould, crashed through the ceilings, and shaped you cook with your grandmother, you learn a whole the nation in the fields of medicine, law, the arts lot more than the recipe. You learn family history, and and politics. your place in the world. You learn that the kitchen is the heart of the home. You learn that special meals From Lillie Goodisson, pioneer of family are prepared for celebrations, but that you can make planning, to Eileen Joyce, world-famous pianist, an ordinary meal special too, just by caring about how Enid Lyons, our first female cabinet minister, you prepare it. You learn that food is the key to good Stella Miles Franklin, who endowed our most health. You learn that food brings people together. You celebrated literary prize, and Catherine Hamlin, learn it can do that even after arguments, that a meal who has given hope to thousands of women taken together can resolve differences. through her fistula hospitals in Africa, these are You learn generosity, warmth and hospitality. You women who have made a difference. They are learn love. the women who helped to forge the Australia we To purchase the book visit: www.justaddlove.net.au know today.

Memory Craft Allen & Unwin By Lynne Kelly $32.99 n Memory Craft Lynne Kelly shows how we can tap into this knowledge to develop Inew ways of thinking about teaching and memory. Memory Craft introduces memory techniques devised from ancient times and the Middle Ages, to methods used by today’s memory athletes. There are simple strategies for anyone who has trouble remembering names or dates, and for older people who want to keep their minds agile.

28 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Movie Time Jewish themed shows on Netflix The Angel This real-life thriller is directed by Ariel Vromen and based on Uri Bar-Joseph’s bestselling novel, The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel. As his country prepares for war, top Egyptian official Ashraf Marwan makes contact with Israel and wades into a shadowy game of high-stakes espionage. Maktub After surviving a bomb attack, two low-level mobsters in Jerusalem change their ways and set about making strangers’ Wailing Wall prayers come true.

One of Us In this documentary feature film, observational filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady take a look at the lives of three individuals who have chosen to leave the world of Hasidic Judaism.

When Heroes Fly Written and directed by Omri Givron, co-creator of Hostages and based on a book by Amir Gutfreund, the show tells the story of four veterans of a special commando unit from the 2006 Lebanon War who reunite for a final mission – to rescue the girlfriend of one of the commandos, who has been abducted by a cartel in Columbia.

Red Trees Filmmaker Marina Willer traces the journey of her father’s family, one of only twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II.

Upcoming Australian Release The Nightingale Late August release Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past. The Nightingale stars Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) alongside Australia’s Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman (Justified, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood), Harry Greenwood (Hacksaw Ridge) and Ewen Leslie (Sweet Country). Out & About

Jukebox Jewkbox! A Century on Shellac and Vinyl Now - January 2020 , 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst Music has always been central to Jewish tradition and culture, from synagogue music and Yiddish theatre to Jewish folk music and Jewish punk artists. Jukebox Jewkbox is an exhibition that features the records and iconic music that changed lives and the technology that made it happen. Visitors will discover the rich history of Jewish contributions to music in Australia and abroad.

For more information call 02 9360 7999 or visit: Jukebox Jewkbox! A Century on Shellac and Vinyl www. sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au Sydney Folk Festival 16-18 August Various venues in Pitt Street, Sydney After more than 25 years, Sydney is set to host its own folk music festival. The theme for The Sydney Folk Festival is The next generation of folk music and its diverse programming will showcase the new interpreters of the many musical genres under the folk music banner. With an emphasis on youth the performers will range from ten- year old Allegra Dunning and early twenties Cowra musician Keith Potger Josh Maynard, winners of the 2019 Young Folk Award, to legends like internationally recognised Australian songwriter, Eric Bogle and Keith Potger of Seekers fame. There will also be Afro Funk, Bluegrass, Singer Songwriters, Acapella, Old Timey, Celtic, World Music, Blues, Ballads, Bush Bands and even some high-kicking Celtic Punk and rousing young shanty singers. As a special treat, 2019 being the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, the festival will go a little mellow with a musical hippy tribute. The festival is actively looking for volunteers. They will be able to experience the festival in various ways and, of course, feel part of the festival team. For more information visit: www.sydneyfolkfestival.com.au

Shalom Jewish Writers Festival 19-25 August Bondi Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth Dr, Bondi Beach The Shalom | Sydney Jewish Writers Festival (SJWF) celebrates the richness and diversity of contemporary Jewish writing from around the world. It features authors who are Jewish or whose books are of Jewish interest and includes novelists, journalists, screenwriters, performers and writers of nonfiction. It is a festival of ideas, where books are just the beginning. For more information visit: www.shalom.edu.au

30 Keeping in Touch | July 2019 Sydney Contemporary 12-15 September Carriageworks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh, Sydney Sydney Contemporary – Australasia’s largest and most diverse art fair – is an annual event, with the 2019 participating galleries hailing from five continents and showcasing artists from over 30 countries. More than 85 Australian and International galleries showcasing works from over 300 artists will participate in the fifth edition of Sydney Contemporary. For more information visit: Amos Gebhardt Untitled No 9 from Night Horse 2019. Image courtesy of www.sydneycontemporary.com.au the artist and Tolarno Galleries

Jewish International Film Festival 23 October – 20 November Event Cinemas Bondi Junction The Jewish International Film Festival returns to Event Cinemas Bondi Junction for another spectacular year of outstanding Jewish cinema from all over the world. Each year, the Festival presents a truly diverse selection of films from Australia and around the world. For more information visit: www.jiff.com.au

Upcoming Events

While JewishCare is well known for the help it provides directly to people in need, whether they are elderly, or have a disability, mental health issues or whether they are facing a crisis, JewishCare also stages events to educate and raise awareness about important issues facing our community. Most events are held at JewishCare, 3 Saber Street, Woollahra but please contact JewishCare to confirm venue and time.

RU OK Day: 12 September. Remember to ask your friends and family RU OK on this day. Rosh Hashana for the Russian community: 16 September Rosh Hashana for North Shore: 19 September Rosh Hashana for Eastern Suburbs: 23 September Mental Health Month: October Sukkot Function: 11 October Annual General Meeting: end November at 3 Saber Street, Woollahra at 4pm White Ribbon Day: end November at 3 Saber St, Woollahra at 8am For more information contact JewishCare, ph: 1300 133 660 July 2019 | Keeping in Touch 31 Working with the NDIS

Your guide to being a registered NDIS provider

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (also called the NDIS) is a new way of providing disability support.

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ndis.gov.au Registered provider Consumer Directed Care

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JewishCare acknowledges the financial assistance of the below organisations The Commonwealth and Governments Jewish Communal Appeal Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Chai Foundation The generous people who have donated their time and money to JewishCare

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