Kesser Torah
Kesser Torah
A world where learning and living become one.
WELCOME TO A WORLD OF…
SEEKING wisdom, knowledge and understanding
DREAMING about possibilities
BELIEVING in yourself and the power of faith
LEARNING how to develop a love of learning
ACHIEVING goals and striving for excellence
NURTURING friendships, values and spirituality
Our motto, LIVE IT – Ki Heim Chayenu, is the essence of Kesser Torah College. Ki Heim Chayenu: because they (the Torah & mitzvos) are our life. This includes both the mitzvos between man & man and between man & G-d.
KESSER TORAH NEWS
Talia Diamond, a year 12 student at Sydney’s Kesser Torah, has taken the top prize at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Inspire Exhibition.
pic: Talia Diamond's winning entry
- Talia Diamond
Three High School Students at Sydney’s Kesser Torah College have had photomedia art works chosen for the prestigious Sydney Children’s Hospital INSPIRE! Exhibition 2011.
Pic: Dovy Straiton
pic: Esther Harkham
pic: Talia Diamond
Talia Diamond’s work Reaction was selected to be used on the invitation to the event, which opens on 30 June in the Lecture Theatre Foyer, Level 1, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. KTC Girls High School student Esther Harkham’s work Bliss, and a black and white photograph entitled Friendship by talented photographer and Year 11 student Dovy Straiton, will also be featured.
Sydney’s KTC Primary School students celebrated Lag Ba’Omer with a picnic and nature walk in beautiful Cooper Park, where they learned about Lag Ba’Omer in a traditional and tangible way. On a gorgeous autumn day, the students played team-building games, learned about the environment and explored the Jewish significance of the day.
Pictured: Sara Chana Straiton, Isaak Giyos, Dov Sarzin and in the background Eliyahu Hatzvi
Shira Lawrence, a Year 11 student at Sydney’s Kesser Torah College Girls High School, was named as one of 16 finalists in the annual international Bible Quiz (Chidon HaTanach), which took place in Jerusalem this month.
Shira Lawrence
Shira was one of two Australian students who reached the finals, which were attended by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Gideon Saar.
The theme of this year’s contest was Ahavas Haaretz (Love of the land of Israel). The competition was an opportunity for students with a shared passion for Tanach to come together and visit the sites of the Bible, and to understand how the ancient texts are relevant in modern day society.
Shira was honoured to be named as a finalist in the prestigious competition, saying that, “It’s an amazing experience, meeting people from all over the world who love the same thing. Reading the stories in the Tanach is finding out that these people who we hear about were real people. They had real lives, real feelings. They made mistakes and that’s meaningful to me. This is our history and it’s connected to this place that we’ve now come back to.”
Spread the Word, Israel’s Advocacy Group at Sydney’s Kesser Torah Girls High School, lived up to its name this week when students conducted a program supporting Five Minutes of Silence in protest against Gilad Shalit’s five years in captivity.
Students at KTC
The students have followed the plight of the Israeli soldier since his capture by Hamas in 2006.
The program on KTC’s campus was dedicated to the Fogel family, three members of which were brutally murdered in Itamar on 11 March. The students made blue, white and yellow bracelets and sang chapters of Tehillim, accompanied by several students on guitars, in recognition of these tragic events.
KTC Principal Rabbi Noteh Glogauer addressed the students, some of whom were moved to tears during the proceedings. He emphasised the importance of reaching within oneself and focusing on spreading goodness, and complimented the students on their powerful expression of unity and solidarity.
“We are connected by the very essence and fibre of our being to our brothers and sisters in Israel, and therefore the positive acts and deeds we perform in our own world affect a chain, linking us all,” Rabbi Glogauer said.
“We remember the Fogel family and Gilad every day in our Tefillot,” said one of the students. “We believe that by doing good deeds and spreading light in the world during these dark times, we are retaliating in our own way.”
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