"Bankrupting terrorism, one lawsuit at a time" Akiva (Andrew)

The Weekly Newsletter of The King David School
On a night like this...
A breeze of excitement swept through the
air as the eager year 11 and 12s strode into
School on the Thursday morning. Class went
by quickly with mutters of preparations and
“whose wearing what” conversations. The
students were dismissed at 2:05 precisely
and in a disciplined manner exited the
School premises in order to prepare for the
upcoming occasion.
Students arrived at the Lincoln garbed
in elegant clothes, arriving in limousines,
stretch hummers and the fateful few in taxis.
Mutters of admiration were emitted from
the teachers as the students paced into the
lobby. There was no shortage of smiles as
pictures were taken and the photo- booth
snapped the frequent photo. From there
the attendants entered the hall and gasps
of disbelief shattered the silence. The tables
were beautifully decorated, providing
evidence of the fundraising efforts made by
the year 11 and 12s.
The formal commenced with introductions
from the eccentric M.Cs followed by the
first course of delicious soup, catered by
Kosher Classique. As the appetising food
was settling in the excited stomachs, the
attendants were invited to the dance floor
to show off their practiced moves and
release their inner ‘Anna Pavlova’. The
dancing was trailed by entertaining awards
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29 June 2012
9 Tammuz 5772
Diary Dates
JULY
MON 16
Term 3 Begins
THUR 19
Year 9 & 11 (2013)
Parent & Student
Information
Evening
The King David School — PO Box 286 Malvern Victoria 3144, Australia — Tel. 9527 0121 — Fax. 9005 2718 — Email. admin@kds.vic.edu.au — www.kds.vic.edu.au

On a night like this......
Singing my Country
Last week, a few King David School students had the wonderful opportunity to
participate in folk singer Ted Egan’s “Connection - Singing My Country” project.
The idea behind the project is to record students at different schools across Australia
singing the same melody in the language of their cultural heritage, connecting one with
another through music and song. According to Ted Egan, the project “aims to promote
harmony and goodwill”. TKDS students Sara Kogan-Lazarus (Year 12), Danielle Carey,
Jarred Sibel, Adam Weitzman (Year 11), Simone Chait, Noa Opat (Year 9) and Mitch
Cowen (Year 3) recorded the singing of Mr Egan’s melody in Hebrew and English lyrics.
The project, so far, includes verses in Hebrew, Welsh,
three First Australian Languages, Maori, Japanese,
Serbo-Croatian and German. Mr Egan’s ultimate
goal is to film students at different schools across
the country singing his melody in these languages,
highlighting the connection between them rather
than the differences. Eventually, Mr Egan hopes to
produce a DVD that showcases the lives and music of
some of the students that were involved in the project.
On a personal note, it was my pleasure to work with
our students to prepare and record this music, and am
thrilled to have been a part of The King David School’s
involvement in such a large-scale cross-cultural project.
Marshall Voit
Centre for Living Judaism Fellow
bestowed onto the privileged few. Following this
was a humorous and comical film, constructed
by some year 12 students. Students were
pleasantly surprised as the renowned rock band
“Rainshadow” emerged from behind the stage
and performed their hit singles.
At the conclusion of the night, students
were seen leaving with satisfied and mollified
expressions upon their faces as the memories of
the night were still consolidating. That night they
slept blissfully comforted by their reminiscences
of the gratifying evening. The next day students
arrived earlier than expected, in anticipation of
the school day. The evening was a great success
and the general consensus was that all had a
great night of eating, dancing, relaxing with good
food and enjoying the company of friends.
Michoel Moshel - Year 12

FIRST APPEARANCE
Step inside
The Southwick String Ensemble
had a fun celebration lesson
after their excellent performance
at the Winter Concert. The
children were very proud of their
achievement playing for the
first time at the Rebecca Magid
Centre in front of such a large
audience.
Esther Lauretti
Music Teacher
Students in Year 5 have been looking at the sculptural work of Patricia
Piccinini in Art class this Term.
They have made their own clay creatures and this week concluded
their study with a Step Inside thinking routine. Students looked at one
sculptural work and were asked to take on the persona of someone
or something related to the sculpture and give their point of view on
what was happening and how they felt, relating it to the sculpture.
Opposite is what Reena Zelenkova wrote in response to being shown
Piccinini’s sculpture.
Danielle D’Amico

Family Day at Pre-School
Over the last two weeks Junior and Senior
Kindergartens have held very special
Family Days. Mums, dads, grandmothers,
grandfathers, uncles, aunties, and other
special friends were all invited to participate
in a number of special activities across the
Pre-School.
Gan Tamar shared Shabbat with their
families. They sang and danced to their
favourite Shabbat tunes. Gan Rimon, Gan
Shaked, Gan Te’ena and Gan Gefen shared
their Friday routine with family members
and special friends.
Everyone enjoyed spending time together
at the Pre-School. We are looking forward
to more of these special days with loved
ones.
Marina Gnatyshina

BUILDING BRIDGES
On Tuesday 26 June, two teams consisting
of eight students each from Year 7 took part
in the Da Vinci Decathlon Competition at
Methodist Ladies College.
The competition consisted of high level
challenges from 10 disciplines namely:
English, Maths, Creative Producers,
Philosophy, Art and Poetry, Engineering,
Science, Code Breaking, Games of Strategy
and General Knowledge.
Congratulations to Team A (Stephen, Riley,
Tara, Daniel, Raphael, Jesse, Kevin and Maia)
for coming seventh out of 26 teams.
We are also thrilled to announce that this
team came first in the Maths challenge!
We are extremely proud of both teams who
entered and showed excellent team work and
perseverance.
Well done Year 7s!
Gayle Dolgoy
Thirteen volunteer Year 10 students from The King David School are
participating in an interfaith program with young people from different
backgrounds and faiths. This year King David is meeting regularly with
students from Kilbreda College, Nazareth College, Mazenod College,
Mt. Hira College, Caulfield Grammar and Scotch College. Students
undertake large group activities and small group discussions and enjoy
vegetarian pizza together. Each school has a turn to host one session
and explain its faith in a brief introduction before the group activities
begin. Benjamin Sheiman noted, “ Building Bridges is a programme
that allows students the chance to remove prejudiced feelings and
religious hate early on. I would recommend Building bridges to anyone
interested in making friends with those of other cultural and religious
traditions.” Emma Gordon stated, “ I feel that Building Bridges is a
fantastic experience, allowing students from various cultures to come
together in a non-judgemental environment. It is a great chance to
build on social skills whilst enriching our knowledge on different
religions and cultures. I am glad I was given the opportunity to take
part in this programme.”
Shayndel Samuel
Learning Area Leader, Jewish Studies
Da Vinci Decathlon Competition

Young Thinkers
The 2012 Victorian Primary School
Philosothon was held at the National
Gallery of Victoria on Friday 22 June.
50 students participated from 5 schools:
The King David School, Mentone Girls
Grammar, Brunswick East Primary
School, Lloyd Street Primary School and
Dandenong West Primary School.
Our wonderful King David
‘Philosophers’, Ariella, Jordan, Jessica
from Year 4, Maddie, Benji, Reena
from Year 5 and Chelsea, Elijah, Tess
and Joshua from Year 6 joined the 5
groups. Each group quickly formed a
Community of Inquiry to explore three
forms of Art, Narrative, Portrait and
Abstract. During the three sessions,
each group were led by a facilitator and
were judged by an observer. Together
they expanded their thoughts and ideas,
working well together and building
upon each others ideas. The depth of
each session was beyond belief. Our
young Philosophers were incredible!
At the end of the day every observer
displayed the three works of art which
their group had focussed upon and
shared many of the creative and critical
thinking contributions made by the
students. In fact, two university lecturers
‘invited’ the students to skip school and
go straight to his Philosophy lectures
and workshops!
At the end of this incredible and
wonderful experience, all participants
received a medal displaying the famous
‘Thinker’ by Rodin.
Lori and I happily recommended to the
organisers (Victorian Association for
Philosophy in Schools (VAPS) and the
National Gallery of Victoria, that when
this event takes place next year, King
David would love to have many more
of our students involved in the Primary
Philosothon.
Anita Bass and Lori Peake

ABL Australian Jewish Schools
Tuesday August 7 Little Buller Spur Mt Buller 2012
Major Sponsor Proudly Supported by Images supplied by
Mark Woodford
Funphotos - Mt Buller
Contact: ABL AJSSC
Hotline: 0425 724 252
For more information email Drew Solewicz
drew.solewicz@kds.vic.edu.au

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Challenge number 18: The sum of 1000
MATHS COMPETITION
for 2012
consequent odd numbers
Can the sum of 1000 consequent odd
numbers be the seventh power of a
natural number?
Explain your answer.
Solution
Let (n-999), (n-997), ... , (n-1),(n+1), ..., (n+999) be
1000 consequent odd numbers, then their sum
S=(n-999)+(n-997)+...+(n-1)+(n+1)+...+(n+999)=1000n.
If n=104 , then S=1000n=107 , so the sum of 1000
consequent odd numbers can be the seventh power
of a natural number.
CONGRATULATIONS
Sasha Goldenberg for the right solution to Problem 18
Problem 19
Unusual Talk
Four students said the following
about each other.
Maria: Three students: Alex,
Natalie and Gregory solved the
problem.
Alex: Three students: Maria,
Natalie and Gregory did not
solve the problem.
Natalie: Maria and Alex lied.
Gregory: Maria, Alex and
Natalie said the truth.
How many students did say
the truth?
Money Grows on Trees!
According to Emily Rodda it can! In her story ‘Green Fingers’
the Year 3 classes learnt you could grow all kinds of things
if you had the magic touch. After listening to the story the
students thought carefully about what they would most like to
grow on a tree and we had some interesting responses. Their
choices were written on leaves and displayed. ‘Money’ was
the most popular choice but Shae wanted a ‘remote control’
which could operate everything, Tal showed an interest in
fashion - she wanted a ‘dress’ tree. Rebecca wanted to grow
her very own MacDonalds. In the photo Jack, Elijah and Ellie
are pointing to their leaves.
Linda Winter
Librarian

2012 Café Price List
Pasta Bake 3.00 small Muffins
3.50 large Raspberry & White Choc, 1.50
Lasagne per serve 3.50
Chocolate
2.50
Quiche, Mushroom, Mixed 5.00
Blueberry
1.50
& Spinach
Chocolate Scones 1.50
Volcano Bun
3.50
Chocolate Twist 1.50
Pumpkin / Boston Bean
Chocolate Danish 1.50
Soup & bread
2.50
Cinnamon Round 1.50
Pumpkin, vegetable, potato
Salads
5.00
& leek
Choice of: Greek, Tuna &
Burgers
Egg, Avocado, Smoked
Plain
4.00
Salmon
With the lot
4.50
Sandwiches –
3.50
Subway Sour Dough Rolls
Choice of
Half
5.00
Wholemeal/Sourdough
Whole
7.00
Tuna, Egg, Avocado,
Fried Rice per serve 3.00
Smoked Salmon, or made
Noodle Boxes per box 3.50
to order
Toasted Sandwiches
Sourdough Rolls
4.00
Cheese
2.00
Fresh Fruit – per piece 0.50
Cheese & Tomato 2.50
Fruit Salad
3.00
Baked Beans
2.50
Frozen grapes
0.50 per bag
Extras
0.50 each Strawberry Punnet 5.00
Foccaccia
Drinks
Herb & Garlic
2.00
Fruit juices 350ml Choice 2.50
Olive & Mushroom 2.50
of:
Tomato & Mushroom 2.50
Pineapple, Apple, Apple &
Margarita
2.50
Blackcurrant, Apple, Mango
Pizza – per slice 4.00
& Banana
3.00
Borekkas
Orange Juice 500ml 3.00
Potato, Spinach & Fetta & 1.50
Sports Drinks 600ml 3.50
Mushroom
Water 600ml
2.50
Samosa
2.00
Iced Coffee 500ml 3.00
Bakery Items
Iced Chocolate 500ml 3.00
Chocolate Rugalach 1.50
Hot Chocolate 240ml 1.50
Apple & Cinnamon Bagels 2.50
Chocolate Bagels
2.50

The King David School, Magid Institute Café
is introducing Gluten Free Food!
Gluten Free Winter Menu
Gluten Free Pasta
Pasta Bake
Macaroni and cheese
Gnocchi
Lasagne
Small : $3.00
Large: $3.50
Fried Rice $3.00
Pizza – $4.00 per slice
Muffins - Raspberry and white chocolate
-­‐ Double chocolate
Regular - $1.50
Texas muffin size - $2.50
Foccacia – Tomato cheese and olive $2.50
-­‐ Herb garlic and pumpkin $2.50
Home made bread - $1.00
Must be ordered through Magid Institute café and can be collected the following day if ordered
from another campus.
Orders must be placed by 11.00am the day before.
If you are lactose intolerant or have any other food allergies we can make food for you. Please
let us know how we can help you.
Don’t forget you can email as well :
micafe@kds.vic.edu.au

The community is invited to a fascinating public forum
"Bankrupting terrorism, one lawsuit at a time"
Akiva (Andrew) Hamilton
Lawyer, Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center
www.israellawcenter.org
Wednesday 11 July, 7.45 for 8.00pm
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center is an Israeli based civil
rights organization and world leader in combating terrorist
groups and the regimes that support them through lawsuits
litigated in courtrooms around the world.
Akiva (Andrew) Hamilton joined Shurat HaDin after a career
as a corporate/ high-tech lawyer. Previously rated as one of
Australia's most inspirational in-house lawyers, Akiva has a
history of successful litigation against injustice and has won two
cases in the High Court of Australia.
Since joining Shurat HaDin, Akiva has exposed Australia's
largest charity; World Vision as using AusAID provided
taxpayer dollars in Gaza, to fund an arm of the proscribed
terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine. In addition to extensive press coverage, the breach
of criminal anti-terror provisions and misuse of taxpayers’
funds is being pursued at the legal and political levels where
it is becoming a hot issue in Parliament.
Cost: $10
Beth Weizmann Community Centre – 306 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South
Enquiries: ZCV 9272 5544 zcv@zcv.org.au,
Australian Voices for Israel info@av4i.org.au

Akiva Eldar will speak on
“A two-state solution: Is it still possible, and what are the alternatives?”
Wednesday 4 July 2012, 8:00 pm
Entry: $10; concession $5
Israel's prime minister declared commitment to a two-state solution in the
Middle East: Israel - a Jewish state - and a Palestinian state.
So why is it not happening?
Akiva Eldar is Chief political columnist for Ha-aretz Daily (Israel). He has been
covering the Israel-Palestinian conflict for many years. He will examine the
current state of affairs in establishing the two-state solution and the road
ahead.
Leo Baeck Centre, 31-37 Harp Road East Kew.
Parking is available at the rear of LBC, or in Harp Road or adjacent streets. Please be
aware of parking restrictions in Harp Road; there is more space around the corner in
Station Street and on High Street.
For more information please contact the LBC Office tel. 03 9819 7160. Office@lbc.org.au

הקיסומו קחשמ ,רופיס תעש
לארה דרו םע
Every Tuesday
11.00 am Babies
11.30 Toddlers
First session on 19 June is free!
304 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South
Enquiries (03) 9272 5611
Under the auspices of
Kindly supported by

TBI Tamid Family
Shabbaton
Primary School Aged Families
20 – 22 July 2012
The TBI Tamid Shabbaton is designed for students and parents to experience a
Shabbat away from the hussle and bussle of crazy Melbourne weekends.
Families will spend two nights enjoying a restful and fulfilling Shabbat at Mt
Morton Camp & Conference Centre in Belgrave Heights.
We invite you to meet us at Camp for registration between 4:30pm and 6pm on
Friday, July 20. Camp will end on Sunday, July 22 at 1pm. Please provide your
own transport.
The subsidised cost of the shabbaton is $180.00 (adults and students over 14),
$135 for students (5-13), kids under 4 free. This includes food, accommodation,
staffing and of course all supplies and materials. Further subsidies available on
request.
For more information, please contact Rabbi Kim Ettlinger, on
9510 1488 or by email on rabbiettlinger@tbi.org.au.
Supported by
Centre
for
Living
Judaism