NSTE takes a minute for suicide prevention
August 1, 2017 by Community Editor
In recognition of the 2017 World Suicide Prevention Day, Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel will hold two thought-provoking Shabbat services, in addition to a special program with Rabbi Nicole Roberts, to acknowledge the pain experienced by friends and family of those who have taken their own lives. Read more
Hebrew University dinner in Sydney
July 26, 2017 by Community Editor
The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University (NSW Division) has co-hosted a dinner with the Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Fund at the InterContinental Hotel Double Bay. Read more
Meet the president
July 16, 2017 by Community Editor
The speaker at the monthly Honours Club meeting of The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be the university’s president who is visiting Sydney this week. Read more
The Merchants of Helsinki
July 11, 2017 by Community Editor
Jac Weinstein’s (1883-1976) cabaret show The Merchants of Helsinki from 1930 depicts -with dollops of characteristic Jewish humour – the economic and existential crisis of the Jewish community in Helsinki in the late 1920s. Read more
Junior Maccabi Carnival for Melbourne
June 30, 2017 by Community Editor
The 36th Maccabi Junior Carnival to be held in Melbourne, January 14-21, 2018 has launched across Australia. Read more
2017 B’nai Brith and JNF Game Changers – Jewish Youth & Young Adults Presentation
June 27, 2017 by Community Editor
The 2017 Game Changers have been announced at a function at Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Centre. Read more
Jewish Care receives registered charity tick of approval
June 4, 2017 by Community Editor
Jewish Care Victoria is pleased to have been approved to use the Registered Charity Tick that was recently introduced by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Read more
Wagner: to play or not to play
May 14, 2017 by Community Editor
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff conducted a Q and A on “You shall not play Wagner” with its South African playwright Victor Gordon from South Africa at the Eternity Theatre in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Read more
20 years of Aleph
May 1, 2017 by Community Editor
Aleph Melbourne’s documentary “Aleph Melbourne – Celebrating 20 Years” is to be screened in the prestigious 2017 St Kilda Film Festival. Read more
AUJS up and running
March 13, 2013 by Community Editor
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has launched the 2013 academic year with its first Israel campaign. The campaign, entitled ‘My Israel’, is a positive campaign that gives voices to Israelis representing the many diverse communities and groups that exist in Israeli society. Read more
How Israel Investigates War Crimes
March 5, 2013 by Community Editor
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies plenum will receive insights as to how Israel investigates allegations of war crimes from a member of the investigating committee later this month. Read more
Fashion panel at the museum
March 3, 2013 by Community Editor
Shalom scholarships for outstanding Jewish students
March 1, 2013 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Shalom college has offered for the first time scholarships to Jewish students on the basis of their academic record and leadership potential. Read more
Calling all Emanuel former pupils
February 28, 2013 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Emanuel School will celebrate its 30th anniversary next month and if you are one of its alumni, you are invited to the party. Read more
Purim – Sobering Thoughts
February 22, 2013 by Community Editor
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria has issued a warning about the overindulgence of liquor during Purim…and so has The Jewish Community Council of Victoria. Read more
Did you go to Sydney’s Emanuel School?
February 20, 2013 by Community Editor
Emanuel School’s 30th anniversary celebrations continue with a special alumni event planned for next month. Read more
MOTL fundraiser brunch
February 6, 2013 by Community Editor
March of the Living will hold a fundraiser brunch in Melbourne later this month. Read more
How language shaped our culture
February 1, 2013 by Community Editor
Language is one of the deepest identity markers. To unravel the development, transformation and integration of a community’s languages is to follow subtle signposts that lead to the very heart of that community’s culture. The 25th Australian Association of Jewish Studies annual conference ‘Jewish Languages, Jewish Cultures: The Shaping of Jewish Civilization’ will explore this idea in depth. Read more
Plenum goes to Shul
January 29, 2013 by Community Editor
The first-ever NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum to be held at Southern Sydney Synagogue will be held there next month in honour of the synagogue’s 70th anniversary. Read more
AAJHS founder passes away
January 4, 2013 by Community Editor
Albert Halm OAM, the founding President of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors has passed away in Sydney. Read more
Bialik Shines in the VCE
December 19, 2012 by Community Editor
Melbourne’s Bialik College has once again recorded great results in the VCE. Read more
Linked in for Chanukah
December 14, 2012 by Community Editor
The Gold Party was held this year at sponsor’s The Golden Sheaf Soda Bar in Sydney’s Double Bay. Read more
Joeys celebrate Chanukah
December 14, 2012 by Community Editor
On 3rd night Chanukah Sydney’s 3rd Rose Bay (Judean) Joey Scouts finished the year with a Chanukah party meeting. Read more
Handover time at NSW Council of Orthodox Synagogues
December 13, 2012 by Community Editor
After four years at the helm, inaugural COS NSW President, Rosalind Fischl, former President and now Governor of The Great Synagogue, has stepped down. Read more
Westfield Menorah lit
December 12, 2012 by Community Editor
The international shopping centre chain will light menorahs for Chanukah around the world…one has been lit in their Sydney CBD flagship centre… Read more
New president for the RCV
December 10, 2012 by Community Editor
The Rabbinical Council of Victoria Inc has elected Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant as its new President. Read more
Jewish House Gala maintains its standards
December 7, 2012 by Community Editor
The 2012 annual gala dinner was once again a huge hit for its popular CEO Rabbi Mendel Kastel. Read more
New JEMP administrator
November 30, 2012 by Community Editor
The Victorian Jewish community’s emergency management planning organisation (JEMP) recently announced the appointment of Kathy Kaplan OAM as the new JEMP Administrator. Read more
Kiss and Make Up
November 29, 2012 by Community Editor
Hagshama Sydney has held an exclusively girls’ night designed to pamper the ladies inside out, themed with Israeli cosmetics and upcoming Hanukah. Read more
J-Wire is a White Ribbon Day Ambassador
November 11, 2012 by Community Editor
Friday the 23rd of November is White Ribbon Day marking the International campaign for the elimination of violence against women. J-Wire is proud to be an ambassador for the Sydney JewishCare event supporting the cause and invites men only readers to a non-fundraising breakfast at the new JewishCare headquarters. Read more
