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Published for the Scopus Community Editor: Vicki Davis

From the PrincipalHistory 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

STUDENTS ENJOYING THEIR NEW LEARNING SPACES AT GANDEL BESEN HOUSE

WORKS CONTINUE ON THE NEW TWO STOREY UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING ON THE GANDEL CAMPUS

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 off-street 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.

Students enjoy new building

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Ulpan = Prague + Israel

The Ulpan program expanded this year to include a three day visit to Prague for students participating in both programs.

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.

After weeks of preparation, Year 6 students were excited to celebrate their learning at the inaugural PYP Exhibition at the end of Term 3.

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 trans-disciplinary.

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.

ULPAN PARTICIPANTS

TYLER KRAIN, NATALIE GABRIEL, ASHLEIGH CARP AND BRYCE MORLEY IN FRONT OF THEIR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION STAND AT THE YEAR 6 PYP EXHIBITION

Students AwardedMazal Tov to the following students who were awarded Premier’s VCE Awards based on their outstanding subject results in 2009:

Brandon Alter – Religion and SocietyKaren Freilich – English

Religion and SocietySheli Kuperman – Hospitality (VET)Joshua Ludski – English

Religion and SocietyDavid Scnhall – HistoryJessica Tavassoli – Religion and SocietyMichael Thurin – Religion and Society

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.

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.)

Year 6 PYP Exhibition

Primary Musical

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 no-good, lazy gardener called Arfur Filip!

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.

Mazal Tov to our School Captains and Student Leaders for 2010/2011

College Captains Ashlee Chapman and Daniel Komesaroff

Vice CaptainsJewish Life Rachel Alter and Ariel KarkSocial Action Adiel Cohney and Ma’ayan GeffenSchool Environment Jarred Abrahams and Daniela SpilkinSchool Spirit Georgia Lang and Raphael Tamir

House CaptainsAshkanazy Simonne CohenBialik Tessa ZajacHillel Nicole JechilevskyMonash Joshua Goldsmith

Co-Curricular Captains and Office BearersPerforming Arts Captains Taylor Bloom and Amanda RotbergSports Captains Daniel Halprin and Jarryd LudskiVideo Crew Manager Morgan Mondel Opus Editor Ryan Saffer Tzedakah Coordinator Rebecca Goldman Scopus Minyan Merakezet Tamara Bach Scopus Minyan Gabbai David Berlinski

Smorgon Family Primary School Captains School Captains Isabella Smorgon Dean Spilkin

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

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PYP AuthorisedDuring 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’.

MEMBERS OF THE CAST

Don’t miss the 2011 Scopus musical

Beauty and the Beast10,11,12,13 April

For tickets please call9834 0000

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

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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

2011 Scholarship RecipientsMazal Tov to the recipients of scholarships, bursaries and awards for 2011:

Academic ScholarshipsArchitect Michael Kaufman Scholarship Noah AbelmanMelbourne Hebrew Congregation Scholarship Rebecca ConnorsMina and Leo Fink Scholarship Michelle MaryanovskyLoti and Victor Smorgon Scholarship Olivia ShenkenCaulfield Hebrew Congregation Scholarship Yaniv CohenH W Ehrmann Memorial Scholarship David Cochrane-Davis

Israel Experience 2010Gunther Baer Perpetual Memorial Award Roni Froumine Israel Phones Awards 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 ScholarshipsFriends of Performing Arts Scholarship (Trumpet) Jarred Steinberg Friends of Performing Arts Scholarship (Voice) Celeste Cordner-LoffGusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Piano) Joshua Faraday Gusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Voice) Yarden RazGusta Besen Memorial Music Scholarship (Trumpet) Rebecca ConnorsBernard McCrae Scholarship (Alto Saxophone) 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 ScholarshipBenzion Patkin Memorial Scholarship Betty and Henry Lipton Scholarship B’nai B’rith Foundation Bursary Charlotte Kritzler ScholarshipHannah and Michael Solomons Memorial Scholarship Henry and Erma Jacoby Scholarship King-Smith Family Scholarship Leonard Stanton ScholarshipLudwig and Betty Ehrmann Scholarship Norman and Victor Smorgon Kew Hebrew Congregation Tefillah ScholarshipsRose 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 BursaryHilda and Izrael Kozlowski Memorial Bursary Hilton Rubin BursaryI and C Rozen Bursary Ida and Max Plotka Memorial BursaryJames, 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 BursaryNatasha 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 BursaryRose Rosanove Bursary Rosie and Solomon Lew BursaryRichard 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 GrantsYvonne and Ian Fayman Sports Bursary

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Generation to Generation

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.

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.

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.

2010 Graduation BallThe 2010 Graduation Ball was attended by 750 family and close friends and was held for the first time at Flemington Racecourse.

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.

The special atmosphere of this Scopus evening epitomised student life and was a fitting culmination of their school years together at Mount Scopus College.

Cambodia 2010

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.

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

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

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Adult Education EveningsIn 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’.

Parents’ AssociationAround the campusesOver 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.

2010 Summer LuncheonThe 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

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.

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 ChallengeThe 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

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CARLY COHEN, TRACY BEVAN AND JUSTINE KURAN

JUSTIN LIBERMAN (CONVENOR), SIMON BARKER, LUKE PEPPERELL, STEVE VOON AND DAN CAREY

Helen Synman Archive ProjectIn 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

DANA ROSENSZWEIG, SHARONNE SLONIM, SABINA ALDOUBY AND ROZ DE BORTOLI

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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 ReunionsPlanning 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.

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.

Sharing their SimchasMazal 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.

ALEXANDRA BARON AND RABBI JAMES KENNARD

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BIRTHSRebecca (Feil) ’94 and David Vorchheimer, KaiNaomi (Bergman) ’94 and Ben Landau ’93, KoviLeora (Elton) ’92 and Mitch Moszkowicz, ZaidenHayley (Wiesner) ’99 and Josh Rynderman, OscarSharon (Kend) ’92 and Jonathan Cashmore ’92, MatthewKaren (Serry) ’89 and Daved Lambert, LukeNatalie (Freeman) ’97 and Gary Adler, LaylaMish (Dodge) ’94 and Geoff Kohn ’91, AmelieRobin (Novy) ’90 and Damian Fletcher, MayaDiana (Ginger) and Allan Sheffield ’92, ZacJustine (Kaplan) ’95 and Mark Alter ’89, ZacTamara (Slomovic) ’98 and David Goldberg ’97, DeanNadine (Berk) ’95 and Nick Gold, Sophie and IsabelleZoe (Spiegel) and Darren Smorgon ’93, EvaRachel (Bloom) ’90 and Mark Bokser ’85, ScarlettLisa (Janovic) ’93 and Darren Lurie ’90, JesseSharon Glasman ’93 and Yinon Hacham, NoaSara (Friedman) ’89 and Simon Starr, GavrielMichelle (Rockawin) ’92 and Daniel Levy, JoshuaMartine (Arnheim) ’93 and Oshik Harari, RonniLeah (Nisanov) and Saul Akoka ’88, EveAdina (Wytwornik) and Rodney Fleiszig ’95, JacobJade (Bloom) ’97 and Yossi Shmaltz, AbrahamSarah (Rogers) and Michael Gingold ’94, EllaRachel (Davidson) and Adrian Mieszelewicz 90, JordanAmanda (Collins) and Andrew Castan ’85, AlexisKathy (Damatopoulos) and Stephen Smorgon ’95, JakeCassie (Rosenberg) ’96 and Jason Wrobel ’89, NicholasAdrienne (Blechman) and Ryan Behr ’93, JamesNatalie (Mond) ’96 and Marty Dodge, AbbieRobyn (Karro) ’00 and Darren Krawitz, ZacEmily (Israel) ’97 and David Nadelman, CassieRachel (Erlich) ’95 and Gary Rubinstein ’91, JoshuaDanya (Blackstone) ’93 and Josh Goodman, ZevDeborah (Wiesner) and Jason Flamm ’90, JonathanSuzanne (Layton) ’84 and Paul McMahon, GraceJulia (Trayer) and David Goldman ’87, OscarKerry (Hale) and Sammy Wolfe ’83, HaydenRomy (Feingold) ’91 and Steve Kelly, FlynnTalia Boltin ’94 and Daniel Fineberg ’94, GoldieJodi (Behr) ’91 and Daniel Preston, NoaLynne (Gaddie) and David Wilson ’95, BenjaminNatalie (Dorevitch) ’89 and Adam Chrapot ’89, LennyRebecca (Jaffe) and Adam Burman ’94, TobyLara (Winter) ’95 and Dan Krasnostein, LylaCorinne (Ashley) and Jonathan Golshevsky ’96, BenMaxine (Heimann) and Joel Goldman ’91, JaydeTamara (Collaton) and Wayne Lasky ’93, FrankieShlomit (Eshel) ’90 and Marc Selan ’91, GillyElise (Woods) and Adrian Rose ’80, SachaAmber (Neuman) and Paul Rubenstein ’84, TalCheryl (Rozen) ’97 and Anthony Kelmann ’91, GabrielLisa (James) ’92 and Danny Degen, AshleyDanielle (Rozencwajg) ’94 and Tom Hersz, RileyCindy (Kupshik) ’00 and Michael Klinger ’98, BaileySarit (Aharon) and Mark Szmerling ’90, NoaRachel (Gilovitz) and Meir Kramer ’93, EmmanuelleNatasha (Rubinfeld) ’99 and Dean Sholl ’90, EzraRomi (Janovic) ’95 and Dion Stub ’96, LexiRuthie (Kingsley) ’94 and Ryan Bass, AbbySharen (Fink) ’89 and Simon Krite, SamuelTory (Gersh) ’00 and Ilan Kraus, ArielDanielle (Marks) ’94 and Jeremy Davis ’87, SamuelAnna (Sandground) ’92 and Daniel Field, MiaKiyomi (Mineura) and Joe Baladi ’75, RachelCharlotte (Freeman) ’96 and Rob Willis, Annie

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Tracy (Sevel) ’96 and Ronen Shoshan, LibbyJacqui Kessler and Ari Rubin ’97, SashaDina (Figdor) and Raphael Sebbag ’97, BenzionJoanna Rogers ’98 and Darren Rubenstein ’97, CharlotteTracy (Richter) ’95 and Matt Dudakov, HuxleyDalia (Rotstein) ’91 and David Lucas, GittelDebbie (Pack) ’89 and Brad Lyons, SamanthaLara (Picker) ’99 and Eli Eretz ’97, ZevLeah (Zilberman) and Darren Sharp ’94, ZiggyLauren Silberman ’97 and Cameron Hunter, GiseleCecilia (Hutton) and Zac Rosenberg ’90, IslaDebbie (Grusd) ’00 and Mark Gluck ’99, RubyKerryn (Lowe) ’87 and Raphael Arndt ’87, TobyBianca (Keil) ’01 and Simon Sokolski ’91, ZacAviva (Feiglin) ’95 and James Carnell, HudsonTali (Wyner) and Daniel Steiner ’91, ZoeFlorence (Wilk) and Jarrad Pyke ’93, NathanRebecca Preston ’06 and Bar Gal-On, EladLimor Komornick ’89 and Michael Aladjem ’92, SadieSamantha (Chai) and Rodney Snider ’97, EllaTammy (Sedergreen) ’89 and Kane Edelsten, MilesKarina (Shpigel) and Jeremy Banky ’92, NathanielNicole (Grossbard) ’95 and Adam Adler, LukeAlida (Sztainbok) ’97 and Steven Karro, EdenNatalie (Lewit) and Jason Rose ’91, MinnieMandi (Sacks) ’98 and Joseph Azoulay, SiennaAbby (Friedman) and Amir Lefkovic ’97, MiaJustine Hofman ’93 and Guy Olian, MahliLeanne (Mymin) ’90 and Les Levin ’83, EdenGabrieli Ben David and Daniel Rink ’89, SophiaNeda (Haghighi) and Joel Mahemoff ’90, EbonyMichelle Goldberg ’93 and Jeff Lynn, NathanNicola (Atkin) and Darion Pohl ’90, EliEstelle (Grunberg) ’00 and Noam Judah, TevaKaren (Katz) and David Alberts ’82, ArchieLisa (Raskin) ’98 and Brett Lewis ’98, CiaraMirella (Faigenbaum) and Doron Sternfein ’90, MaxiRachel (Baer) ’96 and Ashley Lewis ’95, SophiaLarni (Snider) ’95 and Jason Feldman, RachelJessica Piorun-Vernon and Joel Vernon ’92, JustineDannielle Michaels and Ben Pitt ’90, Jemma

MARRIAGESLi-Tal Manor ’00 and Allon ZoharMelissa Levin ’01 and Richard MichaelsNicole Milun ’00 and Amit RubinJessica Bialek ’94 and Sabino MateraMonica Hersch ’99 and Ben GulliferNadine King ’85 and Ben WeinstockLironne Wein ’02 and Alex VoskoboinikFairlie Wayne ’01 and Jonathan MahemoffSandra Braun ’92 and Marcus MillerNicole Kleid ’99 and Joel Small ’96Irit Livne ’89 and Jonathan Jackson ’89Shanee Fleischer ’99 and Ran OrenDiana Finkelstein and Daniel Cohen ’03Debbie Barbalatt and Greg Hack ’94Sheli Aizenstros ’00 and James TsunKaren Erdos and Josh Bihary ’91Sophie Glaysher and Paul Oppenheimer ’91Rebecca Eckhaus and Adam Rozencwajg ’96Yoko Sonobe and Paul Chapman ’94Jessica Krulis and Dean Rzechta ’97Bianca Miselowski ’97 and Daniel Segal ’94Jess Scholl ’02 and Ben Tuszynski ’00

IN MEMORYRuth Aloni ’66Brenda Begley (past staff)Ron Krongold ’62Peter Lefkovic ’70Stephen Lubofsky ’75Frank Meyer ’61Sam 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.

KALEIDOSCOPE DECEMBER 2010 TEVET 5771 Mount Scopus Memorial College, Gandel Campus 245 Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria Australia 3125Telephone 9834 0000 Facsimile 9834 0001 Email kaleidoscope@scopus.vic.edu.au Editor: Vicki Davis

Keeping Kids @ Scopus

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.

RICKY SMORGON, KEREN LUDSKI AND MELISSA FAIGEN