An Evening with Josh Frydenberg at Emanuel Synagogue

Join us for an evening with Josh Frydenberg, former Treasurer of Australia and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, in conversation with Rabbi Rafi Kaiserblueth about his candid new memoir, A Grateful Son.

Josh served in Parliament from 2010 to 2022 as the Member for Kooyong, holding senior ministerial portfolios in the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments. As Treasurer, he steered the nation’s economy through COVID-19, the greatest economic crisis in a century. Since leaving politics, he has become a powerful voice in the fight against antisemitism and hate. He is now Chairman of Goldman Sachs for Australia and New Zealand.

A Grateful Son traces the formative moments and defining decisions of a career inspired by family, community and deep gratitude for the opportunities of life in Australia. It offers a personal account of life in the cauldron of politics, and of the lessons Josh hopes his children, and all of us, can carry into our own lives.

Of the book, he says: “Everyone has a story worth telling. I have written mine so my children will know where they come from and in the hope they may find lessons that guide them in their own lives.”

Don’t miss this chance to hear directly from one of Australia’s most consequential public figures in a thoughtful, wide-ranging discussion.

Date: Tuesday 1 December
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Emanuel Synagogue
Book: A Grateful Son by Josh Frydenberg – will be available for purchase

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