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{MAZAL TOV} Read about some of our members who have recently become Bar/Bat Mitzvah. AIDEN MERTEN School: Emanuel School Hobbies: Reading and playing the piano Likes: Food, reading, music, being with friends Dislikes: Vegetables, boring stuff. Pets: A dog called Nutmeg. About me: I love to read more than anything in the whole world. My other interests included eating and making music. I am in multiple bands and choirs at school and love all types of music. My favourite subjects at school are science, maths, music and HSIE (Geography and History). I don't know what I want to do as a job in the future but I have a few ideas. I believe that it is important to do what you love but also to try help other people whenever yoI would like to try to help fix global warming. I want to be more organised and less clumsy. Tikkun Olam: I'm involved in a few social justice projects. I will be donating half of the money I receive for my bar mitzvah to the charity Books in Homes Australia which is a charity that provides books to disadvantaged children to take home, and this helps them develop reading skills needed for success in life. I am also organizing an event that I am calling the Read Against Racism Readathon. This is where I will be getting kids to read books over a month and get people to sponsor them. The kids will have to read one book about racism. All the proceeds will go to the charity Together for Humanity. My aim is to raise money and awareness against racism. What will you remember most about your Bar Mitzvah? The thing I will remember most about my Bar Mitzvah is all the practice I had to do. I will also remember my tutor Kim. We had lots of fun times together. TOBY DANON School: Emanuel School Hobbies: Tennis, playing drums, piano, drawing, cooking and reading Likes: Sushi, architecture, animals and music. About me: I really enjoy music, playing instruments and seeing live bands. On the weekends, I'm involved with Maccabi tennis. I really care about animals and support charities who look after them. I hope to be an architect when I leave school. Social Justice: I've baked biscuits for the homeless, donated to ALIZA SCHETZER School: Rose Bay Secondary College Hobbies: Photography Likes: Music, naure and travelling. Dislikes: Tomatoes. Pets: Two dogs - Ginger and Sammy About me: In school, I'm in a rock band called Hallucination. My favourite subjects are music and art. Social Justice: To give an equal amount of education around the world. What will you remember most about your Bat Mitzvah? Writing my Haftarah speech. charity and would like to volunteer more to help those in need. What will you remember most about your Bat Mitzvah? I'll always remember the values that I was taught while learning my portion. 34
{WEDDING MAKES HISTORY AT EMANUEL SYNAGOGUE} History was made at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue on May 2nd, with the first religious same-sex marriage held in Australia. The happy couple were Oscar Shub and Ilan Buchman. COMMUNITY The touching ceremony was performed by Senior Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins in front of 170 friends and family. In another milestone, the couple were the first to be married in the new Sanctuary. Underlining the importance the ceremony held for them, Oscar said: “Certainly the reason we chose to get married in a synagogue – and we believe it’s an appropriate message to send to the Jewish community – is that times have changed and that if people suddenly discover that they have gay children or gay grandchildren, those children or grandchildren can still lead a regular existence.” Ilan concurred: “For young people and those not out yet, hopefully by us getting married, officially with a rabbi officiating, it sends a good message.” In agreement were the 168 guests attending: family and friends who flew in from the many places where the couple had lived, including South Africa, Israel, England, Canada, Perth and Melbourne. Raucous applause erupted at the ceremony’s conclusion, when Rabbi Kamins said: “You have performed the rituals, signed the documents and said the words that make you husband and husband, in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth of Australia.” As Oscar said after the wedding: “When he said, ‘I pronounce you “husband and husband” and the whole synagogue broke into clapping; it was just amazing – it was fantastic!” Their love story has been 47 years in the making: Oscar and Ilan met in 1971. Ilan grew up in Lvov, Poland and went to Israel when he was 18; they met at a mutual friend’s dinner party in Tel Aviv when Oscar was on his way to Europe from his home in South Africa. In addition to some of the wording being tweaked, a couple of traditions were also adapted. Usually the bride walks around the groom seven times. Instead, each groom circled the other three times and the seventh one they did together, like a figure eight. And both grooms smashed a glass simultaneously. “As you know, it is the custom that the man breaks the glass,” explained Ilan. “So for us it was really fantastic because we feel, not just in terms of our life, we like to expand the traditions; because being Jewish is not just sitting in synagogue, there’s more to it than that.” Prior to the glasses being broken, Rabbi Kamins not only referenced the Temple’s destruction, but also today’s modern reality: “There’s lots of brokenness in this world, lots of people who face tragedy and discrimination. ...there’s still so much work to do, in our country and around the world, to bring that sense of wholeness and peace. “But these shards of glass are not just to think of what is broken but also of the power of your love to bring healing.” With that, the simultaneous smashing was greeted by a loud and joyful “Mazeltov!” by the guests. The atmosphere at the ceremony was palpable – charged with excitement. As well as many friends and relatives, the ceremony was observed with interest by the wider community and media. Australian Marriage Equality co-chair Alex Greenwich MP said: “Many Rabbis and people of the Jewish faith have played a leading role in Australia’s movement for marriage equality, so it is no surprise that the first religious same-sex marriage ceremony will occur in a Synagogue. “Congratulations to the couple, and the wider Jewish community for showing that various faith groups are fully supportive of LGBTI friends, family and parishioners.” . Article adapted from reports by Plus61J and Wentworth Courier 35
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