Australia: The Unpromised Land

November 23, 2022 by  

Earlier this month, the story of a plan to settle 125,000 victims of the Holocaust in Australia was told during Holocaust Education Week in Toronto, Canada. Read more

Yom HaShoah in Perth

April 29, 2022 by  

This year’s Yom Hashoah commemoration in Perth’s Carmel Primary School Hall was well attended by the Perth Jewish community, Survivors, friends and several WA State and Federal politicians, and diplomats. Read more

Darius Degutis: first-ever Lithuanian Ambassador to Australia 

October 28, 2021 by  

Lithuania’s first-ever ambassador to Australia, Darius Degutis, leaves quarantine in Melbourne today, headed to the first Lithuanian Embassy in Canberra. Read more

Kristallnacht commemoration in Perth

November 6, 2019 by  

Each year on 9/10 November, we commemorate Kristallnacht, also called Night of Broken Glass or November Pogroms, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland on that date in 1938…this year the Perth ceremony will be held at Perth Modern School.

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Jewish partisan songs seeks support against prejudice

August 18, 2019 by  

The combined choirs of Perth’s Ellenbrook Secondary College and Carmel School have sung the Partisans’ Song in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and the Indigenous language of Noongar.

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The art of Eli Zagoria

November 29, 2018 by  

Perth artist Eli Zagoria died in 2013 and an exhibition of his work will run until December 15 at the City of Wanneroo Gallery. Read more

The Partisans’ Song – Triumph Over Adversity

April 9, 2018 by  

Yom Hashoah will be commemorated on 11/12 April at which the Partisan Song, Zog Nit Keynmol will be sung in Yiddish at ceremonies held around the world.

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Holocaust Survivors Anthem from Vilnius, Lithuania

January 19, 2018 by  

With the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day only 10 days away, each day offers new recordings of The Holocaust Survivors’ Anthem, Zog Nit Keynmol.  Read more

Voices in Perth – now it is Sydney’s turn

November 19, 2017 by  

The opening of Voices’ Australian tour concert was held in Perth on Tuesday at Churchlands Auditorium

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UIA 2018 campaign launched in Perth

November 19, 2017 by  

Tuvia Tenenbom, named one of the top 100 people who positively influenced Jewish life in 2015 and  Tzahi Halevi a musician, singer, creator and actor were guests at UIS’s WA Major Donors Event held at Perth’s Edith Cowan University Auditorium in Mt Lawley.

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Perth woman talks of her Gaza experience

December 25, 2014 by  

Elle Shmuel spoke to members of the Perth community of her experiences in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Read more

The West meets the Negev

November 12, 2014 by  

Allison Speiser travelled from the Negev to tell the Perth community of life in this developing area of Israel. Read more