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August 16, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has announced the appointment of Daniel Goodman as Chief Financial Officer.
Daniel Goodman
Daniel joins Jewish Care next month bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise. With over 10 years commercial experience in the financial services sector, Daniel has played a key role in the success of many organisations, more recently in his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Mizrachi Organisation.
“We are delighted to welcome Daniel to Jewish Care. His reputation and experience, locally and abroad, shows that he is an outstanding individual. We are particularly impressed with his dedication to supporting the wider Jewish community, which clearly aligns with Jewish Care’s mission and values,” says Bill Appleby, Jewish Care CEO.
Daniel demonstrates an outstanding history of financial management and leadership. In his positions, he has managed and led financial teams and provided financial support for various projects that resulted in increased revenue for the companies he has worked with, both in South Africa and Australia.
“We look forward to Daniel joining the Jewish Care team and seeing him develop in this role. His experience and contribution will undoubtedly be of great value for Jewish Care,” adds Appleby.
August 10, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
This month, staff at Jewish Care joined over 50,000 Australians supporting the ‘Every Australian Counts’ campaign for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by sharing in a ‘DisabiliTea’ morning tea.
Enjoying their DisabiliTea
The NDIS aims to change the way people with a disability, their families and carers are supported in our lucky country – transforming the way services are funded and delivered so that people are able to access much needed support with dignity, choice and self determination.
Says Bill Appleby, Jewish Care CEO, “We encourage broad communal participation in this critically important public awareness campaign ‘Every Australian Counts’. This is a once in a generation opportunity to fix what is fundamentally broken. What is effectively a funding lottery administered by individual states that do not have the tax base to pay for it. 4.5 million Australians have a disability of some kind. Of these, 760,000 people under 65 years of age have a severe or profound disability, meaning they always or sometimes need help with a core activity or task. This is not a sector issue but moreover a whole of society issue. Australia needs to change its attitude and work towards creating real inclusive communities so that every Australian can realise their potential.”
Jewish Care plays an integral role in providing support to individuals with a disability in the Jewish community through the provision of a number of services and programs designed to support inclusion.
Jewish Care is the only Victorian registered disability service provider offering services uniquely for the Victorian Jewish community. Disability services at Jewish Care focus on providing tailored support to those with a disability including respite services, housing and home support, employment services, all abilities sports programs, mental health programs as well as the provision of case managers who provide individual support.
“We endorse this campaign as it fundamentally challenges us to collectively think about the sort of society we want our children to live in,” Appleby adds.
August 9, 2011 by Community Editor
Jewish Care Victoria’s revamped website has been awarded the ‘Best in Class’ Interactive Media Award world-wide in the “Community” category.
Bill Appleby
The awards are an initiative of the Interactive Media Council Inc. (IMC), a U.S. based non-profit organisation of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals recognising the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honour individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievement.
The Best in Class award is the highest honour bestowed by the IMC. In order to win this award, the Jewish Care website had to successfully pass the comprehensive judging process, achieving almost perfect marks in each of the judging criteria, namely: Design, Content, Functionality, Usability, Standards Compliance and Cross-Browser Compatibility.
“This year there were 73 entries submitted under the ‘Community’ category from organisations around the globe. This award is a wonderful achievement and validates the work of our dedicated staff at Jewish Care who continually strive to improve all that we do to support our community,” Bill Appleby, Jewish Care CEO, said.
July 25, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
The newly redesigned website of Jewish Care has been launched this month aiming to extend the reach of all Jewish Care’s services and programs to the entire Victorian community.
The new website features expanded content, photo and video galleries, news and media pages, an events calendar highlighting Jewish Care and community events, an improved donation page, job and volunteer listings, brochure downloads and much more!
“Our visitors will now experience a more vibrant and complete view of what Jewish Care has to offer the Victorian Jewish community.” says Bill Appleby, Jewish Care CEO.
“The redesign of our website establishes a new online connection with all our supporters, donors, stakeholders and the community at large. We’ve streamlined the navigation features and improved accessibility so that no matter your age or level of ability, you will be able to find and access the information you are seeking. The rich content and vibrant images add to making the site more attractive and informative than ever.”
The site has been designed to provide quick and easy access to over 250 pages of resources for all audiences. And if a user is not exactly sure where to look for specific information, the newly improved site-wide search engine will help find what they are looking for.
“We believe the new site reflects our commitment in keeping our online audience of both general visitors and industry professionals up to date about Jewish Care with current information,” Appleby says.
“Packed with photos, news, downloads and information that will be constantly updated, the website will help make Jewish Care Victoria more attractive and accessible to a global audience of all ages and backgrounds.”
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July 21, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
Five Melbourne’s Orthodox Rabbis have graduated from a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training course, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Pictured Left to Right: Rabbi Dovid Gutnick, Rabbi Boruch Schapiro, Rabbi Michoel Stern, Rabbi Yosef Nerenberg, Reverend Tom Miller, Reverend Marilyn Hope
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant
The course was the result of a joint partnership between Jewish Care Vic.; The Rabbinical Council of Victoria Inc.; The Alfred Hospital and The Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria (HCCVI).
Although CPE considers itself non-denominational, the course was created by Christian pastoral care educators – Rev’d. Marilyn Hope, an Anglican, and Rev’d. Tom Miller, a Lutheran – and was especially adapted for Orthodox Rabbis.
Its main objectives were to help integrate theology, spirituality, ministry and personal identity, as well as provide a self-directed learning experience in the ministry. Both the rabbis and CPE supervisors enjoyed the exchange of ideas and approaches to concepts in spiritual care.
Jewish Care’s Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant, who was the inspiration behind the course, said, “This young group of rabbis have become pioneers and shown true leadership qualities by undertaking this rigorous and demanding course. They have all emerged from the course with a greater understanding of pastoral care and an enhanced skill-set that will benefit not only their congregants, but the Jewish Community at large”.
The five rabbis who graduated are Rabbi Yoseph Nerenberg from Jewish Care; Rabbi Michoel Stern from Emmy Monash; Rabbi Dovid Gutnick, Army Chaplain and Rabbi of East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation; Rabbi Boruch Shapiro of Russian Chabad House (F.R.E.E) and Rabbi Samuel Altshul of Blake Street Hebrew Congregation.
