JCCV suspends relations with Muslim counterpart

March 3, 2024 by  

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has announced that it has suspended relations with the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), as a result of malicious public statements made by the ICV President Adel Salman and Vice President Mohamed Mohideen. Read more

Deputy mayor’s casting vote denies a ceasefire motion

February 21, 2024 by  

Melbourne City Council last night debated the passing of a motion calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war, pretending that they are in the foreign policy business. Read more

Unwrapping UNRWA

February 21, 2024 by  

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s executive meeting featured former Labor MK Dr Einat Wilf speaking on UNRWA. Read more

Southwick alarmed at Melbourne City Council move

February 19, 2024 by  

Melbourne City Council will consider a motion tomorrow that would call for the federal government to advocate on a list of seven demands, including a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israel, removal of “illegal” settlements, and stopping the “illegal” occupation of Palestinian territories. Read more

Ceasefire motion proposed at City of Melbourne

February 16, 2024 by  

Australian city councils continue to be an avenue for anti-Israel activists to sew discord and division locally, dismantling the social cohesion that has been built over decades. Read more

Prahran school protest called off

January 30, 2024 by  

A pro-Hamas Prahran High School teacher made controversial statements at a pro-Palestine rally, which threatened to draw rival protest groups to demonstrate outside Prahran High School on the day they started school. Read more

Victoria Police’s Operation Park

January 9, 2024 by  

Victoria Police (VicPol) says it is working to reassure the Jewish community that they are committed to “reducing and preventing prejudicially motivated crimes, sparked by overseas tensions in the later months of 2023”. Read more

Rabbi addresses 500 at Victoria Police Academy

December 21, 2023 by  

Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Senior Rabbi at St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, was the keynote speaker on leadership and social cohesion in front of 500 Victoria Police cadets, supervisors, Academy leadership and police chaplains at the Police Academy this morning. Read more

Chanukah in Victoria’s parliament

December 15, 2023 by  

The annual Chanukah celebration was held in the Queen’s Hall at Victorian State Parliament this week, co-hosted by Chabad of Melbourne CBD and St Kilda Hebrew Congregation.  Read more

A Muslim talks on Chanukah

December 14, 2023 by  

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Ro Allen, Race Commissioner Chin Tan, VMC Commissioners, JCCV President Philip Zajac and Jewish community leaders attended The Pillars of Light Chanukah event at Melbourne’s Federation Square in Melbourne.

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A new CEO for Melbourne Holocaust Museum

December 5, 2023 by  

Following on from its reopening after an extensive redevelopment and rebranding, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) has announced that it has appointed Dr Steven Cooke as its new CEO. Read more

Zajac responds to Crowne Plaza incident

December 5, 2023 by  

Philip Zajac, the newly elected president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, has responded to the appalling hotel demonstration in Melbourne on Wednesday night which targeted visiting families of Israeli hostages. Read more

Rabbi Moshe Kahn appointed RCV President

November 22, 2023 by  

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) has announced a generational leadership change with the appointment of Rabbi Moshe Kahn as its President. Read more

Tragedy and Triumph

May 1, 2019 by  

Author, academic and Jewish Holocaust Centre volunteer Freda Hodge will speak about her book ‘Tragedy and Triumph’ at a joint Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) – Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) event later this month. Read more

JCCV makes historic apology to Aleph Melbourne

April 2, 2019 by  

At its Plenum meeting on Monday evening, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) overwhelmingly voted to apologise to Aleph Melbourne for the “hateful” debate and failure to support Aleph in its quest for affiliation at the JCCV Plenum in 1999. Read more

Greens staffer infuriates Jewish leaders

April 2, 2019 by  

David Jeffrey, a staffer for Macnamara Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May has been found to have made comments about a year ago that have infuriated Jewish community leaders reportedly calling deaths in Gaza ‘genocide’, and used hashtags on Facebook including #NoPrideInGenocide and #F_kFascism in relation to Israel and Gaza. Read more

Rev Lenzer’s historic piano gets a rebirth

March 6, 2019 by  

The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (EMHC) and the Australia Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) have teamed up to celebrate the reinauguration of Reverend Jacob Lenzer’s historic piano at  EMHC. Read more

The future of Yiddish in Melbourne

March 1, 2019 by  

The past and future of Yiddish Melbourne were discussed at the AGM of the Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) last night at Temple Beth Israel in St Kilda. Read more

New rabbi for the ARK Centre

February 27, 2019 by  

Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks has announced his retirement as the Rabbi of the ARK Centre in Melbourne’s East Hawthorn. Read more

Hebrew back at Glen Eira College

February 27, 2019 by  

The United Jewish Education Board (UJEB) and Glen Eira College (GEC) have announced that the teaching of Hebrew will resume at GEC in 2020. Read more

A special evening in Melbourne for UIA

February 27, 2019 by  

The former Prime Minister of the UK David Cameron was the keynote speaker at the UIA Gala Dinner in Melbourne last night. Read more

AI at at the AICC

February 27, 2019 by  

Artificial Intelligence was the hot topic at a business lunch co-hosted by the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce  (AICC) and iAngels, an innovative Israel-based venture capital company. Read more

Glen Eira College dumps Hebrew

January 25, 2019 by  

Glen Eira College (GEC) in Melbourne’s inner south has dropped Hebrew, despite having a significant Jewish student population. Read more

Israeli murdered in Melbourne

January 17, 2019 by  

An Israeli Arab student has been found murdered outside the Polaris shopping centre close to La Trobe University in Bundoora, Melbourne. Read more

Race Commissioner condemns racist motivation at Melbourne rally

January 6, 2019 by  

The Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has spoken out following the far-right rally which took place in Melbourne’s St Kilda yesterday. Read more

Swastikas plastered on gate of aged care housing Holocaust survivors

January 6, 2019 by  

The neo-Nazi Antipodian Resistance organisation has posted swastikas at the entrance of the  Emmy Monash Aged Care in Melbourne, home to elderly Jewish community members including Holocaust survivors, in the heartland of the Victorian Jewish community in Caulfield. Read more

Gandel family launches William Cooper Indigenous Scholarships

December 6, 2018 by  

On the 80th anniversary of William Cooper’s historic protest about Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews, Monash University in partnership with John and Pauline Gandel has launched the William Cooper Indigenous Scholarship Program. Read more

Former Canadian PM Stephen Harper addresses AICC

November 21, 2018 by  

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke at the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Melbourne on Wednesday. Read more

Opposition leader spruikes at AICC lunch

October 24, 2018 by  

Just four weeks ahead of the Victorian State election, Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy presented his key election promises to the business leaders represented at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) luncheon on Wednesday. Read more

Haifa Day centenary dinner in Melbourne 

October 8, 2018 by  

Eighty Jewish and Indian community leaders from across Victoria broke bread over dinner at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) Jewish – Indian Communities Dinner on Sunday night.  Read more

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