Today Melbourne has lost some of its colour
August 28, 2018 by David Marlow
Mirka Mora was a cultural icon of Melbourne who brought beauty, vibrancy and colour to the city. Read more
JCCV introduces politicians to Jewish Melbourne
June 15, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has organised and hosted the seventh Politicians Jewish Immersion Day for politicians, candidates and political advisers. Read more
JCCV helps community organisations develop fundraising skills
June 13, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted a half day seminar on grants and fundraising for Jewish community organisations today, with 42 Executive Directors, Rabbonim and professional staff from 20 different community organisations participating. Read more
$3.5million support for Victoria’s Jewish community
May 2, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has welcomed the Government announcement of support for Jewish community security infrastructure of $3 million plus an additional $500,000 for security infrastructure at Beth Weizmann. Read more
Jews and Muslims doing multiculturalism with a big smile
March 20, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Australian Intercultural Society (AIS) have co-hosted the Third Jewish – Muslim Comedy Debate with the topic ‘Arranged marriage is better than dating.’ Read more
Interfaith women’s conference
February 27, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia has held its annual women’s interfaith residential conference. Read more
Alex Ryvchin’s ‘Anti Israel Agenda’ launched in Melbourne
February 21, 2018 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV), Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), Zionism Victoria and the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) co-hosted the Victorian book launch of Alex Ryvchin’s ‘Anti Israel Agenda’. Read more
US visitor discusses antisemitism, racism and Israel
November 10, 2017 by David Marlow
Mark Weitzman, Director of Government Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in New York was the keynote speaker at last night’s Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration in Melbourne. Read more
Muslim leaders learn about Jewish Melbourne
November 10, 2017 by David Marlow
Fifteen Muslim community leaders, including Imams, Islamic Council of Victorian leaders, and representatives from the Islamic Museum and Benevolence Australia participated in the JCCV’s Jewish Immersion Day for Muslim Community Leaders. Read more
Council managers taught about the Jewish community
October 20, 2017 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted fourteen members of the management team of the City of Glen Eira on its second City of Glen Eira Jewish Immersion Day. Read more
JCCV votes on Same Sex Civil Marriage
October 3, 2017 by David Marlow
The members of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) voted overwhelmingly in support of same sex civil marriage at their Plenum last night. Read more
JCCV working to improve inclusion and reduce mental health tragedies for our LGBTI community members
September 26, 2017 by David Marlow
About 40 community members, organizational leaders, mental health experts and service providers, including at least seven Orthodox Rabbis, attended a very informative and moving Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) LGBTI Mental Health Forum. Read more
Politicians visit Jewish Melbourne
April 7, 2017 by David Marlow
Eleven politicians participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2017 Politicians’ and Councillors’ Jewish Immersion Day, visiting Jewish Care, the Jewish Museum of Australia, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, the Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Jewish Muslim comedy debate
March 22, 2017 by David Marlow
During Cultural Diversity Week, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) teamed up together to host the 2017 Jewish – Muslim Comedy Debate with the topic ‘North of the Yarra is Better than South of the Yarra.’ Read more
The JCCV issues Child Safe Policy
November 30, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) welcomes the report published yesterday by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse focusing on the responses of Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi. The findings in the report are no great surprise but nevertheless are highly disturbing and distressing.
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Meeting with the African community
November 15, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) held a Jewish – African ‘Jeffersonian’ Dinner in partnership with Africa Media Australia (AMA) and the African Professionals Association. Read more
Melbourne Community Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Babi Yar
September 27, 2016 by David Marlow
The Victorian Jewish community has commemorated the 75th anniversary of the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar, a ravine near Kiev, where 33,771 Jews were shot over a two-day period starting on 29 September 1941. Read more
75 Years after Babi Yar – A year of Commemoration
September 14, 2016 by David Marlow
Over 110,000 people were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators at Babi Yar near Kiev in the Ukraine in 1941…the 75th anniversary of the worst of these massacres when 33,771 Jews were murdered on just two days, 29th and 30th September 1941, will be commemorated at a ceremony to be held at Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre. Read more
JCCV Reducing the Stigma
September 12, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) hosted the JCCV Mental Health Forum aiming to help open the discussion on mental health issues across the community at Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
JCCV Jewish Immersion Day for Multifaith Spiritual Carers
September 9, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted the annual JCCV Spiritual Health Care Jewish Immersion Day aimed at creating better understanding of the Jewish community and the needs of Jewish patients for spiritual care professionals in hospitals around Victoria. Read more
Community organisations learning to keep their cool
August 18, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) recently hosted a seminar for leaders and professional staff from Jewish community organisations aiming to help them ‘Keep Their Cool’. Read more
Jewish and Catholic Friendship Dinner Celebrates Our Faith Identities
July 18, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria and the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission (EIC) of the Archdiocese of the Catholic Church co-hosted the twelfth Jewish and Catholic Friendship Dinner on Sunday at the Catholic Leadership Centre. Read more
Melbourne Jewish Community Iftar dinner
June 20, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has co-hosted its first Iftar Dinner with the Islamic Council of Victoria. Read more
Jewish-African dinner
May 9, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted the first Jewish – African Communities Friendship Dinner. Read more
JCCV Drug and Alcohol Forum sees family and relationships as critical
April 12, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has held a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Forum in order to seek direction on the most effective measures to reduce drug and alcohol abuse in the Jewish community, especially amongst young people. Read more
Politicians and councillors learn about the community
April 8, 2016 by David Marlow
State MPs Hong Lim, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, David Southwick Shadow Minister for Innovation, and the mayors of Bayside and Stonnington Councils, Cr Jamie Hyams from the City of Glen Eira, policy advisers and policymakers have participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2016 Politicians’ and Councillors Jewish Immersion Day. Read more
Early Pesach in parliament
March 29, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and Zionism Victoria has hosted a Passover themed luncheon at State Parliament with thirty Members of Parliament, including Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Read more
Jews of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity are all part of the community – new video
March 8, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has launched a new video to highlight that Jews of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity are welcome members of the community. Read more
Age editor speaks at JCCV plenum
February 2, 2016 by David Marlow
Editor-in-Chief of Melbourne newspaper The Age Andrew Holden was the keynote speaker at the February Plenum of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV). Read more
United Nations International Holocaust Memorial Day: Melbourne
January 29, 2016 by David Marlow
Nearly 500 members of the Jewish community, members of Parliament and members of the Consular Corp attended the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration on 27 January in the Glen Eira Town Hall. The day of commemoration was established by the UN to recognise the liberation of Auschwitz. Read more
