the melbourne jewish report | May 2022
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COMMUNITY EMILY GIAN COURTESY: JWIRE.COM.AU Yoni Moss from Leibler Yavneh College in Melbourne has been named the equal winner of the Diaspora Bible Quiz in Israel. Yoni won the National Bible Quiz in Australia and he, along with runner up, Yohanatan Shroot, also from Leilber Yavneh College, travelled to Israel to participate in a training camp and to fight for a spot in the final. 12 students from around the world advanced to the Diaspora Bible Quiz. Among other countries represented were Argentina, Germany, Brazil, France, Panama and South Africa. Yoni was declared the winner alongside Canada’s Liela Silbiger. The nail-biting event took place in the Jerusalem Theatre on Yom Ha’atzmaut and was broadcast live on the Ministry of Education’s Facebook page. The bible camp is a fun, intensive and unique experience attended by representatives from Jewish communities globally. It is an educational and social camp where participants learn about the bible and then have the opportunity
Australian student leads the way to explore and tour Israel. The Zionist Federation of Australia’s education chair Miriam Munz said: “There is something incredibly special about the training camp … being able to see firsthand the places and landmarks that they studied. The combination of learning about the ancient story of Israel and celebrating it on the modern day of Independence is always wonderful for our Australian participants.” “I send a hearty Mazal Tov to Yoni Moss on winning the competition and also commend Yehonatan Shroot for his efforts. Both young men were worthy participants representing the Australian Jewish community in Israel and have brought a tremendous amount of pride to their school, community and families.” Still riding the high after winning the Diaspora competition, Yoni Moss said: “Participating in the Bible Quiz was an amazing, a once in a lifetime experience. I really enjoyed making friends with like-minded kids from around the world. It was extra special to be able to do this while travelling around Israel for the first time.”
Top Israeli series returns CHAIFLICKS Season 2 of the hit show The New Black is now streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks. Created by Eliran Malka and the late Daniel Paran, The New Black (titled Shababnikim in Hebrew) won four Israeli Television Awards (best series, actor, writing and director) for its first season. Set
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The first season was the most watched program on Israel’s largest cable channel, HOT. The second season was the most viewed series on HOT since season 1 aired. Both seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on ChaiFlicks. ChaiFlicks offers access to hundreds of movies, TV shows and documentaries focused on Jewish and Israeli culture, heritage and experience. All foreign language films are available with English subtitles. In Australia and New Zealand, ChaiFlicks is presented by the Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF). To subscribe to ChaiFlicks, go to www.ChaiFlicks.com
From left: Dov (Omer Perelman Striks), Gedaliah (Ori Laizerouvich), Meir Sabag (Israel Atias) and Avinoam Lasri (Daniel Gad) in The New Black
Yoni Moss with President Isaac Herzog
From left: Yehonatan Shroot and Yoni Moss at Ben Gurion Airport
