Shnatties in Israel
February 14, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
The Australian Zionist Youth Council (AZYC) under the auspices of the Zionist Federation of Australia welcomed the 2017 Shnatties in Israel in an opening seminar, full of ruach and excitement for the year ahead. Read more
The Diller Teen Fellows Graduation Ceremony
February 7, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Members of Cohort 1 of the Australian Diller Teen Fellows leadership development program have celebrated their graduation. Read more
They’re back!
January 4, 2017 by Hayley Hadassin
Taglit-Birthright Israel winter buses are back! Read more
Melbourne’s Diller Teen Fellows Impact
December 18, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
T.S. Eliot said; “Do I dare Disturb the universe?” For the very first Australian graduates of the Diller Teen Fellows program, they worked for over a year to do just that and last month they had the opportunity to present their final impact projects to a panel of professionals. Read more
Zionist Federation plans for 2017
December 7, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has reviewed its operations for 2016 and launched its programs and priorities for 2017 a milestone year for the ZFA and the Zionist movement in Australia and worldwide. Read more
ZFA Conference in Melbourne
November 30, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) will host its 2016 Biennial Conference in Melbourne on the 4th December at Beth Weizmann Centre. Read more
“Shalom Israel” as Aussie gap year participants get ready to farewell Israel
November 8, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
It is nearing the end of the year; a time for many to finalise, organise and work towards deadlines. Read more
Madrichim at work
September 20, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia spent an afternoon at Sydney’s Emanuel School observing the year 11 students at their mifgash (session) with their team of five Israeli Madrichim. Read more
Educating the Educators
August 26, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
A huge turn out to the recently Zionist Federation of Australia’s (ZFA) 10th Biennial Educators’ Conference in Melbourne. Read more
Young Aussie interns in the Israeli Government and lands dream political leadership job
August 17, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Not many people get insider access and work experience in a foreign government but that’s just what Benjamin Saling, from Melbourne has been spending the past 10 months doing. Read more
Hop aboard the Kangarusski Taglit-Birthright Bus!
August 17, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Birthright trips are a regular occurrence in Australia. The Zionist Federation of Australia provides the opportunity for Jewish young adults to visit Israel in the summer or winter and explore the country as well as their Jewish identity and heritage. Read more
Kangarusski kids camp – Russian, Jewish, Zionist and Australian
July 29, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The second annual Kangarusski Day Camp has brought together thirty primary aged children for a three-day program of cultural, educational and leisure activities which explored both their Jewish and Russian roots. Read more
A sail on the Kinneret
July 6, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia has brought together 225 gap year program participants from across Israel for Rafsodia – a two day experience in which teams of up to 25 people build rafts (rafsodot) from scratch and sail them across the Kinneret. Read more
Dream job for Oliver
July 1, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
A graduate of Melbourne’s Bialik College has landed a dream job in New York as Product Manager at LifeBEAM, an Israeli Start Up company taking the athletic and Artificial Intelligence market by storm. Read more
Diller Teen Fellowship registration
July 1, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia has announced that registration for the second cohort of the Diller Teen Fellowship is now open. Read more
80 young Aussies to head for Israel trip
June 28, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia is to send 80 young Australians on a 10-day trip to Israel. Read more
A MASA journey
May 14, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Michael Landis participated in a free 10-day trip with Taglit-Birthright Israel as a teenager and fell in love with the country. Read more
Golan Heights teens meet Melbourne counterparts
April 30, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Melbourne recently hosted twenty year 10 and 11 Diller Teen Fellows from Israel’s Golan Heights region. Read more
A Russian reunion
March 27, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Kangarusski, the Russian Speaking Jewish Community department of the Zionist Federation of Australia has held its annual reunion in Sydney. Read more
Kangarusskis meet Anne Frank
March 18, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Kangarusski has visited the Sydney Jewish Museum with 30 Russian families to attend the “Anne Frank – A History for Today” exhibition. Read more
Diller Teen Fellows program launched
February 12, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia has launched the Diller Teen Fellows leadership program has kicked off in Melbourne. Read more
Moriah student wins Bible Quiz
February 2, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Australian Bible Quiz part of a global project which brings together students from across the world, has been won by Rivka Hirschowitz a student at Sydney’s Moriah College. Read more
Schnatties head to Israel
January 26, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
First youth program group this summer heads to Israel
December 19, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
40 young adults from all over Australia and New Zealand have travelled to Israel on the first organised program during the Australian summer season. Read more
Kangarusski Children’s Art Exhibition
December 18, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
Three hundred people have gathered at Melbourne’s Glen Eira Town Hall to celebrate the year-end of Russian School Lider and to visit the Kangarusski exhibition and award ceremony – “Israel through children’s eyes”. Read more
The Arava Australia Partnership cooks up a storm in Sydney
December 4, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
The Arava Australia Partnership (AAP) have celebrated the culinary differences between their community and Sydney’s. Read more
Food from the Arava
November 17, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
The agricultural community of the Arava in Israel is a living miracle of Israel that has turned the dry, barren desert into the Land of Milk and Honey…and will demonstrate their culinary skills in Australia. Read more
Teaching in Israel
October 29, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
Gabby Oberman, a graduate of Bialik College in Melbourne was 23 when she embarked on a Masa Teaching Fellowship (MITF) in Netanya, Israel. Read more
Report from Jerusalem
October 16, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
ZFA president Danny Lamm reports from Jerusalem. Read more
Kangarusski camp
October 9, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
Kangarusski has held its first holiday camp in Sydney. Read more
