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No, Not in Our Backyard – Bondi Beach Gathering

A J-Wire community service announcement — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:59:15 +0000

On Sunday, StandWithUs has organised a counter demonstration at Bondi Beach as pro-Palestine supporters gather at the iconic spot situated in the heart of Sydney’s Jewish community. The organisation has issued the following statement: We will stand united against a protest that supports terror and hate in the heart of our Jewish community. This is […]

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Nakba Day advice for Melbourne readers

A J-Wire community service announcement — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:29:46 +0000

The Victorian CSG has advice ahead of Sunday’s Nakba Day march. THIS IS A J-WIRE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

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Mar-24 10am Melbourne: MDA First Aid for Seniors

A J-Wire community service announcement — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:14:12 +0000

Free first aid instructions for seniors.

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Just in case

A J-Wire community service announcement — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:53:13 +0000

CSG has been onsite at Adass Israel and is deploying additional resources throughout the community as a precaution. They have advised that they are liaising with Victoria Police, who are investigating the attack. They say that Victoria Police have confirmed that the fire was targeted and deliberate, and the police will be an increased presence […]

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Support Chanukah respite camps for Israel’s children

A J-Wire community service announcement — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 07:00:52 +0000

The Sydney Jewish community is invited to an evening of solidarity and song – ‘Songs for Israel’, all in support of our brothers and sisters in Israel, on Monday 11 December. The event will feature Chazzan Menachem Feldman of The Great Synagogue, Chutney Unplugged, Ilan Kidron, The Great Synagogue choir and other special guests including […]

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Rabbi’s daughter committed suicide – now he helps others

A J-Wire community service announcement — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:48:32 +0000

After tragically losing his 18-year-old daughter to suicide, Rabbi Shalom Hammer embarked on a mission to commemorate her by helping others with mental health issues. At the end of July, he will be visiting Sydney from Israel to speak to the community at The North Shore Synagogue. In 2019, tragedy struck the Hammer family when […]

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Change at Bet-Olam

A J-Wire community service announcement — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:19:22 +0000

After 25 years, Rhonda Nirens, Executive Director of Bet-Olam Jewish Funerals in Melbourne, is retiring on 01 August 2023. The Bet-Olam Board and the Progressive and unaffiliated Jewish communities thank Rhonda for the outstanding care she has gifted our community and wish her well in her retirement. Bet-Olam continues to provide excellent, reliable and empathetic […]

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Peter Gaspar’s remarkable story

A J-Wire community service announcement — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:34:57 +0000

Join the Melbourne Holocaust Museum on 18 June for a truly extraordinary opportunity to hear the firsthand account of a Holocaust survivor, Peter Gaspar. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1937, Peter’s life was forever changed when the Nazis occupied his city when he was just four years old. As the persecution of Jews intensified, Peter’s […]

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IsraAID heads guests at Sydney breakfast

A J-Wire community service announcement — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:52:21 +0000

IsraAID leaders Global CEO Yotam Polizer and Chief Development & Communications Officer Tamar Kosky Lazarus will be guests at breakfast in Sydney sponsored by the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and Stand Up. JewishCare will host the breakfast and is open to the community. IsraAID is Israel’s leading non-governmental humanitarian aid agency, bringing […]

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ECAJ: Employment opportunity – Media Advisor

A J-Wire community service announcement — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:18:22 +0000

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the national representative body of the Australian Jewish community, is hiring. We are seeking to appoint a Media Advisor, who will work directly with the ECAJ Co-Chief Executive Officers, assisting with the ECAJ’s advocacy and media outreach. The key functions of the role are to: Create and implement a […]

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