DSS 23 sept 21...And I note with great satisfaction that my complaint is being sent to H/O

 

 

From: g87@optusnet.com.au

Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 6:41 PM

To: Complaints

Subject: Hi Ethan thanks per Tel this afternoon..

 

 

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Hi Ethan

Thanks per phone call this afternoon..

And I note with great satisfaction  that my complaint is being sent to Head Office.

Again – thanks for your efforts. I understand it will be some weeks before we hear from you with a response.

 

Could you kindly send me a copy  of your submission via email and one one on official letterhead  letter as well?

We discussed this: will be when final draft is done... if I recall conv. many weeks ago.

 

It has all been a great strain methinks and we hope to regain loving contact with our grandchildren soon.

We saw the three children at their synagogue on FRIDAY NIGHT: we  had loving contact when the father was not looking – my grandson Reuvi actually came up to me wearing a smile in spite of it  all! Our lovely  grand daughter  DINA could not do it I guess.

I even managed to shake hands with ARYEH the estranged one.

 

There were hundreds of people there – so this wonderful meeting was not / could not have been readily observable by Zeimer

Regards

Geoff

 

 

 

http://www.jewishnews.net.au/songs-from-heaven-at-a-synagogue-near-you/15239

Songs from heaven at a synagogue near you

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010NATIONAL NEWS

THE sounds at Caulfield Hebrew Congregation over the coming holidays are to be heaven sent, with the shul hosting an Israeli choir for the second consecutive year.

Seven-member choir Kolot Min Hashamayim, or voices from heaven, will accompany Caulfield’s chazan Dov Farkas for all the main services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

“After its visit last year, this is only the second time that a Melbourne synagogue has invited a choir from Israel to conduct services,” Farkas said. “This project further strengthens the link between Caulfield shul and the State of Israel, a connection we proudly value.”

The acclaimed group is led by its founder Rafi Biton, one of Israel’s leading choir masters, who is also a conductor, singer and concert artist in his own right.

The other choristers are Avreki Itamar, Drori Eitanabraham, Holdarov Eliyahu, Kariithi ZachariahnJoroge, Oved Jacob, and Vakhtang Matanel, who together have accompanied most of the world’s leading chazans and have performed extensively in Israel, Europe and the United States.

The presence of a choir at Caulfield shul is part of a longer-term plan of establishing its own songsters for Shabbat and yom tovs.

“We hope to demonstrate to our members how beautiful a choir can be and how much it can enhance the services,” Rabbi Ralph Genende said.

Kolot Min Hashamayim will also feature at the shul’s Shabbat service tonight (Friday), to give the wider community an opportunity to hear the choir.

In addition, they will accompany Chazan Farkas during selichot at midnight on Saturday night.
Shira Hadasha, believed to be Australia’s first Orthodox congregation to have prayers led by both men and women, while still having a mechitzah separating the genders, will also host visiting chazans for the holidays.

Husband and wife team Mishael and Elana Zion will take turns leading the services, as well as singing together.

Once again relocating to the bowls club at Caulfield Park during the High Holy Days, the congregation also plans to host “refreshing and engaging talks” on a range of timely topics between shul services.
Shira Hadasha, an inclusive Orthodox minyan, follows the tunes of religious teacher, composer, and singer Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.

Enquiries: Caulfield Hebrew Congregation (03) 9525 9492; Shira Hadasha www.shira.org.au; Carmella (03) 9528 5604.

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