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B'nai B'rith Parents Home - Victoria

29/3/2022

 
B'nai B'rith Parents Home - Victoria
Chairperson:  Ralph Levy

The B'nai B'rith Parents Home (Vic) Inc owns 16 one bedroom flats and 2 two bedroom flats in Inkerman Rd, Caulfield built in the 1960s. The flats are managed as affordable independent living accommodation for older Jewish people with an onsite resident Caretaker. The Home is run by a hardworking and very capable committee of volunteers, predominantly B'nai B'rith members.

Residents are charged a reasonable ingoing fee and a small monthly maintenance fee.

Whilst flats do not become available often, the Committee maintains a register of expressions in interest.

To find out more, call the B'nai B'rith Office on 03 9523 0888 or admin@bbvic.org.au

B'nai B'rith Jewish Youth Art Competition!

17/3/2022

 

ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED.

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Welcome to the home of the 27th Annual B'nai B'rith Jewish Youth Art Competition
Patron: Lady Anna Cowen AM
Email: artcomp@bbvic.org.au

The Competition is open to Jewish students aged 11 to 18. Categories include painting and drawing, sculpture, mixed media, digital and photography. 

HOW TO ENTER
1. Register your entry by 17 June 2022
2. Submit your artwork by 8 July 2022
(Note: Artworks will also be accepted on Monday 11th July from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm)
3. Prizes awarded from 2:00 pm on 24th July
Categories
  • Painting / Drawing
  • Mixed Media
  • Digital
  • Sculpture
  • Photography (ages 16-18)
Age Groups
  • 11 – 13 years
  • 14 – 15 years
  • 16 – 18 years
Numerous substantial prizes e.g.
  • Overall winner
  • Best work on a Jewish theme
  • Thalia Hakin Memorial Prize
  • Caricature / Portraiture Prize
  • Prizes in all age groups and categories
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1. Register your entry
Registration closing date is 17th June 2022. Entries can be registered by students or their art teachers. Please click here to see the Conditions of Entry.
Click Here to register your entry.

2. Submit your artwork
Artworks are to be physically delivered to the Glen Eira Council gallery (Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield) on either (i) Friday 8th July between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, or (ii) Monday 11th July from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Please note that late entries will not be accepted.  
Please record your email address (together with the title of your artwork) on the back of your physical artwork.  This 
must be the same as the email address you provided when you registered for the Competition.
Presentation of artworks is important.  You may find the following guidance helpful.  Click 
here.

3. Awarding of prizes
Announcement of winning entries and presentation to prize-winners will take place at the Exhibition opening ceremony at the Glen Eira Council gallery, commencing at 2:00 PM on Sunday 24th July 2022.
 
The exhibition will be open to the public from Thursday 14th July through to Sunday 7th August 2022. 
Artworks, together with participation certificates, are to be picked up from the Town Hall Gallery on Monday 8th August between 9:00 AM and 12:00 noon. 

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​Below are the Virtual Galleries from the 2021 Competition
Here are the virtual galleries:

Ages 11 – 13
Ages 14 – 15
Ages 16 – 18

​Click on the icons below to play pre-recorded videos of the three virtual galleries.
Ages 11 – 13 - HERE
Ages 14 – 15 - HERE
Ages 16 – 18 - HERE

Catalogue
The centre pages of the online catalogue list all the entries. Within each of the three age groups, entries are listed in alphabetical order by student surname. Note that section 11 provides tips for navigating through the galleries.

​Video of winning entries
Watch the video below to find out the winning entries in each category as well as the overall winner of the Morrie Gold Memorial Prize for this year’s competition.
Click HERE to watch the video.

Click on the window below to display a virtual gallery of the winning entries
The 30/07/2021 edition of the Australian Jewish News features a write-up of the 2021 Competition.   The article, entitled: "Inspiring and aspiring young artists", appears on page 21.  Click here for details: https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/inspiring-and-aspiring-young-artists/
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​Conditions of entry
Please click Here to see the Conditions of Entry.
Corrections: In two of the pre-recorded videos and in the catalogue, the name of the student who submitted entry number 100 is incorrect.  The correct name is: Benji Adelman.  Also, the name of the student who submitted entry number 157 is incorrect.  The correct name is: Raffi Jenshel. 
In the pre-recorded videos and in the catalogue, entry number 325 was the work of two students: Neve Errez and Aviva Broons. In the pre-recorded video for ages 11 to 13, the artworks displayed for entries 118 and 160 are incorrect.  However, the correct artworks are displayed in the virtual gallery for this age group. 


Sponsors
B’nai B’rith Victoria gratefully acknowledges our numerous sponsors whose generous financial support makes this competition possible.  They are listed below and are also featured throughout the catalogue.
BBVic Fellowship Group
BBVic Gesher-Rabin
Unit BBVic Hatikvah
Unit BBVic Melbourne Mitzvah Lodge
BBVic Raoul Wallenberg Unit BBVic Unit Akiba
Century Plaza
David Southwick MP
Erdi Group
​Gandel Philanthropy
Glen Eira City Council
Josh Burns MP
​Lowe Lippmann Group

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Melbourne Artist Supplies
Musculo-Skeletal Therapies Octane Motors
Pratt Foundation
Rubin Partners
​Scott Winton Insurance Brokers
We congratulate all our talented young artists whose work will be on display in this year's exhibition.
2020 Competition:
Below is a brief video of the opening ceremony from last year’s competition, including the official opening by Glen Eira Mayor, Cr Margaret Esakoff, and announcement of the winning entries in each category.

The window below contains a virtual gallery of the all the entries in the 16 – 18 age group. Please wait a short time for the virtual gallery to load.​
Background to the Competition
Morrie Gold was born in 1917 in Warsaw, Poland and immigrated to Australia in 1937.
 
Always a lover of the arts, his work was furthered by his artistic wife, Marie. As an art benefactor he contributed to the National Art Gallery of Victoria. His interest in fostering art in Jewish youth was prompted by watching his grandson's artistic abilities developing. He realised that to encourage the interest and confidence of children in art there must be interaction with the public.
 
Having been a member of B'nai B'rith for some time, Morrie felt it was the right organisation to fulfil his wish of running an Annual Jewish Youth Art Competition.
 
Morrie Gold died in May, 1993.  This annual Jewish Youth Art Competition was established through a bequest left by Mr. Gold to B'nai B'rith.
 
B'nai B'rith has taken up the challenge to organise and hold the exhibition each year.  The competition aims to promote artistic competence and a sense of unity among youth of various sections of the Jewish community.
 
It is open to Jewish youth between the ages of 11 and 18. Entries are divided into age groups 11 to 13, 14 and 15, 16 to 18.  In each age group there are four categories, namely, painting and drawing, mixed media, digital, and sculpture. A fifth category of photography is open to artists aged 16-18. Students enter from Jewish day schools such as Beth Rivkah Ladies College, Bialik College, Leibler Yavneh College, Mt Scopus Memorial College, the King David School, Yeshivah College.  Students from state schools and other independent schools are also encouraged to enter.
 
The artworks are judged by a panel of professionals in the arts industry and prizes are offered in all categories and age groups. Over 200 artworks were submitted in 2020.

Showcase: Fostering Jewish Musical Talent

16/3/2022

 
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What is B’nai B’rith Showcase: fostering Jewish musical talent?
Please be sure to read the Entrant Information booklet to review the guidelines for entries. 

B’nai B’rith Showcase provides a wonderful opportunity for young Jewish musicians to demonstrate their musical skills in a supportive and constructive atmosphere. Not only do Entrants receive feedback from highly accomplished adjudicators but they also gain valuable performance experience.
 
Now in its 30th year, Showcase is a highlight in the Victorian calendar of young Jewish Musicians and is open to solo musicians aged 8 – 25 across all instruments.  
 
We are excited to open Showcase to interstate Entrants as part of the 30th Anniversary. Over the last 2 years the competition, like everything else, adapted to the challenges it faced and as such has the technology and processes in place to accommodate interstate entries.
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Solo Instrument Sections:
Strings: Classical
Piano: Classical
Piano: Contemporary
Woodwind and Brass
Guitar
Percussion 

Solo Vocal Sections:
Vocal: Classical
Vocal: Contemporary
Vocal: Hebrew and Yiddish

It is recommended that Entrants have completed Grade 3 AMEB or its equivalent.

Own Composition
The ‘own composition’ section is intended to provide the opportunity for young composers / songwriters of all levels to have their original and unpublished works heard by professional, adjudicators and experienced writers Amy Howden and Pablo Cravzov.  Winning entries will be offered to publish their work more widely. 

Submissions will be judged on creativity, originality, melody, arrangement, lyrics (if any), overall likeability and performance. All genres of music are accepted in this category. Entering this Section does not exclude you from entering other Sections as well.

​The B'nai B'rith Showcase is a member of, and has accreditation with, the Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia Inc.

B’nai B’rith Showcase would like to extend an invitation to your students to enter the competition, receive adjudication and feedback from highly qualified adjudicators, and should they progress, to compete for the $1000 Grand Prize at the Finals Concert on 4 September 2022. 


Please be sure to read the Entrant Information booklet to review the guidelines for entries. 
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For more information please click on the Register button below or contact Showcase Chairperson Judy Firestone via showcase@bbvic.org.au. 
2022 ENTRY FORM
PictureISABELLA K 2021 OVERALL WINNER
​    2021 Showcase Finals Concert Winners:
      Overall Winner & Peter Krafel Memorial Prize for Classical Piano: Isabella K
      Lustig Memorial Foundation Scholarship for Strings: Gavriel Y
      Norman Corry Memorial Prize for Strings: Isaac I
      Aria Chava Glaubert Memorial Prize for Classical Vocal: Jodie S
      Elaine Blocj Jaffe Prize for Woodwind: Lily T
     Aria Chava Glaubert Memorial Prize for Contemporary Vocal: Tia P
 
   Thank you to the 2021 sponsors and supporters: 
    Flickers, Ian Sharp Jewellery, David Southwick, Josh Burns, JCCV, Eshel Catering, 
    Elias Rosenberg, Lowe Lippmann, Banner Papers, Nina Taylor, Access Inc. & CSG

2021 Showcase Finals Concert Video Highlights
Past Showcase Winners:
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MIRIAM ROTBLAT - 2020 OVERALL WINNER
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BENJI WALD - 2019 OVERALL WINNER, AND WINNER OF THE PETER KRAFEL MEMORIAL PRIZE
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CAMILLA BURROWS - 2019 CONTEMPORARY VOCAL WINNER
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2019 SHOWCASE WINNERS AND PRESENTERS

​Bargain Bazaar

24/2/2022

 
Charity Shop
547 Crown Street Surry Hills
Bargain Bazaar
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Chairperson: Anna Marks OAM





A registered charity "opportunity shop", the Bargain Bazaar in Sydney occupies a very important place as one of the projects of B'nai B'rith in NSW.  

By collecting donated goods from within the Sydney community and selling them as second-hand for very reasonable prices, the shop has raised in excess of $750,000 for a broad range of charities of all denominations, humanitarian, medical and educational since its inception 25 years ago.
 
What we sell
 
We sell mainly second-hand clothing and shoes as well as manchester, books, CDs, DVDs, kitchen and household goods. These come to us from customers who bring donations into the shop, people who are decluttering, downsizing, moving into nursing homes or retirement villages or from deceased estates. Our customers are some of the best-dressed people in Surry Hills!
 
We also have small electrical goods such as hair dryers, bedside lamps, table lamps and clock radios that are tested before being put out for sale.
 
Occasionally we have fridges and washing machines in good condition and these sell quickly. There are times when we receive an item that is too valuable to sell in the shop such as a wedding dress or a designer handbag so it goes on eBay.
 
Committee
 
The Bargain Bazaar committee is elected by the volunteers each year at the annual general meeting and comprises the following positions: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Roster organiser and general committee members. The committee is responsible for managing the finances, the volunteer roster, shop repairs and maintenance and a sub-committee decides the allocation of donations to various charities, both Jewish and non-Jewish each year. 
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Volunteering

From a humble beginning, today the shop is operated by over 70 volunteers --- members and non-members, friends of B'nai B'rith --- and is constantly looking for new helpers for as little as 3 hours per month. Age or lack of retail experience is no barrier --- only a willingness to help is required.
 
For the retail operation, opening hours are Monday to Friday 10 am – 4pm. We do not open on Saturdays and are closed on Jewish holidays and national holidays. There are two shifts per weekday 10 am – 1pm and 1pm – 4pm. The roster is done on a 4-weekly basis with volunteers working from one to several shifts in each 4-week period. At the beginning of each year, every volunteer with a regular shift receives a hard copy of the full year’s roster, indicating dates on which they are scheduled to work.  However, it is not necessary to have a regular shift. We also have volunteers who do casual shifts as the need arises.
 
As well as volunteers who sell front-of-shop, we have two other teams of volunteers: one group that comes in, usually on Mondays and Tuesdays, to work at the back of the shop sorting and pricing stock; and another group that collect donations from households and delivers the goods to the shop.
 
All volunteers are provided with a manual, written by one of the members of the committee with input from others, that sets out procedures and processes that need to be followed. 
Please click the link below to read our Volunteer Manual.  volunteer_manual.pdf
 
Donations
 
Since the introduction of small items of furniture and some electrical goods as part of our stock, our takings have increased to the point that, between 2017 and 2019, we have been able to donate over $240,000 to many and varied charities. In the Jewish community, these include Maccabi All Abilities, Courage to Care, Our Big Kitchen, BJE, ECAJ, NSW Friendship Circle, COA, Jewish Care, Camp Sababa, Sydney Jewish Museum and Hatzolah. Within the Surry Hills and wider community, recipients include DARTS, Midnight Basketball, Giant Steps, Kids Giving Back, South Sydney Police Citizens Youth Club, Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation, Australian Foundation for Diabetes Research, Cleft Palate Foundation Westmead Hospital and Australian Cancer Research Foundation.
 
Contact us
 
For more information or to apply to volunteer contact the Sydney B'nai B'rith office on    (02) 9321 6300 or council@bbnsw.org.au.

To hear about the beginnings of the Bargain Bazaar from one of its founders, find Hetty Hardy on Our People page.

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B'nai B'rith Victoria Menorah Awards

23/11/2021

 
CLICK HERE FOR THE NOMINATION FORM.
Applications close 15 August 2022.
The B’nai B’rith Victoria Menorah Awards were established in 1978. They are presented annually to worthy recipients who:

  • have worked for the welfare of the community, and
  • have not previously received a National or State Government recognition Award.
 
Eligibility:

  • Menorah Awards will be presented to individuals who have performed voluntary work of benefit to the community, usually over a long period.
  • Recipients will usually be members of the Jewish community. Members of other faiths, who have contributed significantly in relation to the Jewish community, may also be considered.
  • Nominations must be made on the Menorah Awards nomination form (CLICK HERE), obtainable from the B’nai B’rith Victoria office.
  • Nominators will be asked to suggest two referees that the Committee may consult. All nominations will be handled confidentially.
  • Nominees are not to be informed that they are being considered for an Award until after the selection process is complete. Only successful nominees will be notified.
Judging Criteria:

All nominations will be considered by the Menorah Awards Committee. Awards will be offered to individuals who
  • have furthered religious, educational and social welfare by their communal work, for which they have not previously been recognised, and
  • have performed such work on a voluntary basis, usually over a considerable period of time.
The Committee will assess each nomination in the frame of the above criteria, and it may seek additional information and/or clarification, either from the nominator or other sources, before advising successful candidates of the outcome of its deliberations.

General:
Nominators of successful candidates will be asked to  prepare the citation and a brief talk about the candidate for presentation at the Awards Ceremony in November. Prior to this they are asked to nominate a sponsor, who will prepare the citation for presentation at the Awards Ceremony in November.
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Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant

10/8/2021

 
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION FORM.
Applications close 25 August 2022.
B’nai B’rith Jenny Goldberg Community Service Grant now in its 17th year is available again.
The $2,500 Grant honours the memory of the late Jenny Goldberg and acknowledges her untiring volunteering skills, which she gave to B’nai B’rith, the Jewish and the broader community at large.
Eligible applicants must be Jewish, under 35 years of age, reside in Melbourne, and have a history of volunteering in Jewish and wider communities.

Past winners have come from a range of Jewish organisations such as Little Dreamers, AUJS, Stand-Up, Flying Fox, Task Force against Family Violence, Chabad, Jewish musical theatre, and others. For more information, please contact the BBVic office on 9523 0888 or admin@bbvic.org.au

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June 24th, 2021

24/6/2021

 

Showcase - Entrant Information

25/5/2021

 
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Leibler Yavneh College
One of the schools that supported us last year.
1.Hebrew Ensemble 2. Junior Secondary Stage Band 3. VCE Boys Trio 4. Junior Quad Band 5. Year 10 Music Class 6. Jazz Ensemble



​Promo Video of BBVic 2020 Online Showcase
Highlighs of last year's Showcase

B'nai B'rith Victoria - Bernard J. Lustig Memorial Scholarship

22/2/2021

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Michaela Glass - 2020 Bernard J. Lustig Memorial Scholarship Winner 
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 A HISTORIC LUSTIG SCHOLARSHIP “PRESENTATION”

For the first time in its 65 year history, the winner of this year’s Bernard Lustig Memorial Scholarship was announced at a Zoom event earlier this month.

Michaela Glass is a brilliant law student, having graduated last month from Monash with a double degree in Arts and Law, with first-class honours. Winners in the scholarship’s Travel Grant category are judged not only on their academic results, but also on their proven ability to be a student leader. Her referees, foremost amongst them the Hon. Marilyn Warren AC, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Victoria, praised Michaela for her enduring efforts as a mentor to younger undergraduates.

Michaela was “present” at the Zoom meeting, but she wasn’t in Melbourne. She was in the Netherlands, on her way to Cambridge University. When the new northern university year begins, she will participate in a highly selective group of post-graduates in a course leading to the Master of Corporate Law Degree. She is interested in the issue of legal control of corporations, to ensure that proper attention is given to privacy and consumers’ rights.

The meeting was opened by BBVic President Dr Benny Monheit and hosted by Raoul Wallenberg Unit, one of the BBVic entities that are committed to major annual donations to the scholarship. Dr Paul Gardner AM, Chairman of the Scholarship’s Trustees, introduced the winner to the meeting. The Lustig family was well represented. Danny Lustig, the nephew of the late Bernard, is one of the Trustees; Eve Lustig, widow of Dr Lew Lustig, founding Patron and Trustee, Bernard’s brother, was also present. A pleasant surprise was to see another nephew, Bernard King-Smith, son of the late Ruth King-Smith, and named in memory of the uncle he had never known, logged in early in the morning from his home in the United States.​

Dr Gardner, whose friendship with the Lustig family goes back to his childhood years, told Preview, “The pandemic is an international disaster of the first magnitude, and its effects have not yet been fully felt. In the meantime, B'nai B'rith and its projects refuse to lie down and die. We do what we can to carry on. Giving up is not an option.”

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Bernard J. Lustig Memorial Scholarship

3/2/2021

 
Bernard J Lustig
Apply for the bernard lustig memorial Scholarship
Read the 2022 guidelines
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2020 Winner announced
2019 winner announced
2018 Winner Announced
SIXTY YEARS ON, A LIVING MEMORIAL REMAINS
It happened in 1955. Summer holiday period.  Hume Highway. Car, driver, two passengers.  The car swerved off the road and hit a tree.  A common event, a tragedy, more frequent then than today. Two young men died. The woman passenger survived. The accident ended the life of Bernard Lustig, a brilliant young barrister, winner of the University of Melbourne’s Supreme Court Prize. He was the older son of Adolf and Kate Lustig, German refugees from Nazism who fled to Australia before the war. As the war ended Adolf helped found the first B'nai B'rith lodge in Melbourne. 

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