JCCV suspends relations with Muslim counterpart
March 3, 2024 by David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
A new CEO for Melbourne Holocaust Museum
December 5, 2023 by David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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 David Marlow
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