May-25 Internet: Talking cooking for Shavuot
May 22, 2020 by J-Wire
JNF Connect: a webinar. Read more
May-28 6:45 pm Zoom: Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
May 18, 2020 by J-Wire
Join with Rabbis and Cantors from across the UPJ region for an evening of study and celebration of community. Read more
Apr-20 Melbourne: Yom Hashoah Commemoration: together in isolation
April 16, 2020 by J-Wire
In place of the traditional communal gathering at Robert Blackwood Hall, we invite individuals and families to bring memorial candles to their living rooms and collectively remember Yom Hashoah with two important events on Monday 20 April. Read more
May-03 5:30 pm SBS-TV: Hunting Nazi treasure
April 16, 2020 by J-Wire
In 1943, the Nazis looted $50 million in gold from the Jewish community in Djerba, Tunisia. Read more
Apr-20 2:25pm Viceland-TV: It’s suppertime
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
A Jewish Deli in your own home! Read more
Apr-22 4:25 pm SBS-TV: Jewish GIs of WWII
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Jewish GIs of WWII tells the profound and unique story of the 550,000 Jewish men and women who served in World War II. Read more
Apr-21 4:30 pm SBS-TV: Prosecuting Evil
April 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Prosecuting Evil is the incredible story of Ben Ferencz – the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and a lifelong advocate of ‘law not war’. Read more
Chag Sameach
April 8, 2020 by J-Wire
We will be back on Saturday evening Read more
Apr-11 3:40pm Viceland-TV: Dead set on life
March 19, 2020 by J-Wire
Matty experiences one of Canada’s oldest Jewish communities. Rabbi Bernath, aka ‘The Hipster Rabbi’, shows Matty around Montreal’s kosher food community. Read more
Gantz promises chaos and confusion in Israel for next six weeks
March 18, 2020 by J-Wire
Benny Gantz’s decision to do a deal with the Joint List to influence President Rivlin into giving Gantz first bite at forming Israel’s next Government is reprehensible, unconscionable and against Israel’s national interest. Read more
March-24 Sydney: First of three free meditation classes
March 9, 2020 by J-Wire
Rabbi Orna Triguboff conducts first of three free meditation classes. Read more
Behind the masks
March 6, 2020 by J-Wire
As we prepare to celebrate Purim, Jewish communities worldwide are once again confronted by the same challenges which the Jews of ancient Persia faced. Read more
Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Socialism vs. Capitalism Read more
Mar-01 10:20pm SBS-World Movies: Sophie’s Choice
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire
A tragic tale of a writer’s love for a Holocaust survivor. Read more
Mar-01 12:30pm SBS-World Movies: Marshall
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire
In the year 1941, as the nation teeters on the brink of entering WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends its only lawyer, thirty-two year old Thurgood Marshall, to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against charges of rape and attempted murder brought by his wealthy socialite employer. Read more
Mar-06 9:55pm SBS-World Movies: Movie – Son of Saul
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire
A look at Saul Auslander, a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from Auschwitz in 1944 who were forced to assist the Nazis by cremating the bodies of the dead. Read more
Mar-15 Melbourne: In One Voice Festival
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire
Fancy some delicious nosh, lots of foot-stamping klezmer and a healthy dose of Yiddishkeit? Read more
UK school textbook removed from sale, asks if Israel was responsible for 9/11 attacks
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire
A secondary-school textbook in the United Kingdom that asked students how Israel might have been responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was removed from sale on Thursday by its publishers, who also issued an apology. Read more
Mar-01 Sydney: The story of William Cooper
At Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue, Abe Schwarz together with a descendant of William Cooper will present the compelling story of an Aboriginal leader who fought for oppressed Jews. Read more
Healing Stories: Alison Jones and Rikki Stern speak to Alice Moldovan
February 12, 2020 by J-Wire
Two women diagnosed with cancer will be interviewed by ABC journalist Alison Moldovan ahead of August’s Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. Read more
Mar-08 Sydney: International Women’s Day
February 8, 2020 by J-Wire
Josephine Brouard interviews Jillian Segal. Read more
Mar-01 Sydney: Dahlia Dior in cabaret
February 8, 2020 by J-Wire
International World Cabaret, is a passionate presentation of rhythmically throbbing and tuneful songs, combined with spoken, often dramatic insights into multicultural history with delicious, saucy and hilarious stories… Read more
Feb-02 Sydney: In Conversation
January 22, 2020 by J-Wire
The Emanuel Synagogue: What can our community do to support reconciliation & recognition? Read more
Feb-02 9:35 pm SBS-World Movies: The Counterfeiter
January 15, 2020 by J-Wire
Salomon ‘Sally’ Sorowitsch is an expert Jewish counterfeiter enjoying the good life until he’s sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. Read more
March 15 Kangaroo Valley NSW: Holocaust cultural connection with Aboriginal history
January 15, 2020 by J-Wire
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS JEWISH COMMUNITY Read more
Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Iranian protests make strange bedfellows. Read more
Jan-27 Auckland and Wellington: United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 6, 2020 by J-Wire
New Zealand commemorations… Read more
Jan-21 7:30pm SBS-World Movies: Closer to the Moon
January 6, 2020 by J-Wire
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Jan-24 9:25pm SBS-TV: Marry Me, Marry My Family
January 6, 2020 by J-Wire
When Australia legalised same-sex marriages in December 2017, Pagan Druid David and his Jewish partner Darren rushed to set a date. Read more
Jan-10 3:00am SBS-TV: Little White Lie
December 11, 2019 by J-Wire
Lacey Schwartz grew up convinced she was white. Read more
