Bialik College Early Learning Centre
Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (09:44): Kabbalat Shabbat is always an important and poignant time for the Jewish community as it marks the welcoming of Shabbat. Earlier this month with the Minister for Children I was privileged to join the preschoolers at the Bialik College Early Learning Centre in Hawthorn for a Friday celebration of song and prayer and sharing in some delicious challah bread. It was a joyous occasion and the first Shabbat I have ever participated in that involved dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs participated very well, along with all the kids.
I also had the opportunity to speak with the principal of Bialik College about their ongoing concerns about antisemitism in the community and the impact it is having on the students. We stand with the students there, their families and the broader community against antisemitism in all its forms.