Shabbat Dinner with Michael Gawenda at Emanuel Synagogue

We welcome young Jews in their 20s and 30s to an intimate Shabbat dinner with multi-award-winning journalist Michael Gawenda as our special guest.

Over the course of the evening, Michael will draw on his decades of experience traversing the ever-changing Australian media landscape to offer advice to the next generation about how to navigate professional life as modern Jews in the current climate.

Join us for Shabbat service from 6.15 pm followed by vegetarian dinner lovingly prepared by Nora's Kitchen. BYI alcoholic beverages.

We have made it possible for you to sponsor a place at the table for some of our young people who have been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. We are so grateful for everyone who is able to pay it forward.


Proudly presented by Emanuel Synagogue
Supported by Shalom Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

ABOUT MICHAEL GAWENDA

Michael Gawenda is one of Australia’s best-known journalists and authors. In a journalism career spanning four decades, Michael has been a political reporter, a foreign correspondent based in London and in Washington, a columnist, a feature writer and an editor. He has won numerous journalism awards, including three Walkley awards, the Australian equivalent of the American Pulitzer Prize. He was editor and editor-in-chief of The Age from 1997 to 2004. He is the author of five books, including his latest book, My Life as a Jew (‘Audacious, pained, heartfelt: I couldn’t put it down.’ — Helen Garner).