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Sunday, 21
February (2.30 pm)
2020 Annual General
Meeting
Venue: Temple David
"Functions on Clifton", 34 Clifton Street, Mount Lawley
Speaker:
Reverend Dr Suzanne Boorer
BSc
(Melb), Dip Ed (Melb), BTh (MCD), ThM (MCD),
STM (Yale), PhD (Emory)
Senior lecturer in Hebrew Bible Murdoch University; Fellow of
Wollaston College
Topic:
Divine Presence and the
Tabernacle:
Perspectives in the
Priestly material in Exodus
Reverend Dr Suzanne Boorer has been teaching Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament at Murdoch University for 34 years, her main area being
Pentateuch/Torah, and especially Exodus and the issue of the promise
of the land. She also has a passion for the wisdom literature and in
particular the book of Job. Her latest book is The Vision of the
Priestly Narrative: Its Genre and Hermeneutics of Time
(Ancient Israel and its Literature 27; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2016).
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 Tuesday, 9 March
(7.30 pm)
Free Public Lecture: Jesus
—
the Observant Jew
In memory of Margaret Storey
Speaker:
Rabbi David Freilich OAM
Emeritus Chief Rabbi, Perth Hebrew Congregation
Interfaith Director, Jewish Community Council of WA
Venue: Wesley
Church, cnr of William & Hay Streets, Perth
Kosher light
refreshments served. COVID regulations to be observed.
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Rabbi David Freilich is the first Sydney-born rabbi. The Rabbi’s
schooling was at Sydney Grammar School. After completing schooling he
attended the rabbinical college in London known as Jews College, which
was one of the colleges of London University from which he graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Semitic Languages and with rabbinic
ordination.
Rabbi Freilich then became
Rabbi of Maroubra Synagogue in Sydney, a post which he held for 15
years. He also gained higher degrees in rabbinics from the rabbinate
in Israel. The Rabbi also completed a Master of Arts degree at Sydney
University on the subject of ‘The Rabbinic Background to the Rise of
Christianity.’ The Rabbi was the inaugural lecturer in Talmudic law
at the Law School at the University of New South Wales.
In 1988, the Rabbi was
chosen to be the Chief Rabbi of the Perth Hebrew Congregation and of
Western Australia, a position he decided to relinquish in 2018 after
30 years. He was then given the title Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the
Perth Hebrew Congregation. The Rabbi was president of the Organisation
of Rabbis of Australasia from 2008 to 2011. In 2005 the Rabbi
received an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) for services to the
Jewish community in education and the promotion of ecumenical goodwill
amongst all faiths.
In recognition of the
Rabbi’s 22 years of meritorious service as an Honorary President of
the Council of Christians and Jews WA, and his immense contribution to
interfaith relations, Honorary Life Membership of the Council was
conferred upon his retirement.
The Rabbi is now the
Interfaith Director for the Jewish Community Council of Western
Australia.
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TBC
 Walking Tour: "Jewish
Northbridge"
The walking tour has been
postponed until 2021 - details to be confirmed.
Tuesday, 9
November
Kristallnacht
Commemoration:
"Night of
Broken Glass"
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