L’Chaim to Life
July 18, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum, about his view that Holocaust and antisemitism education has done nothing to prevent the recent global upsurge in hate crimes and antisemitism. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past
July 16, 2024 by Features Desk
Slawa Duldig née Horowitz – inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Dan Coleman – It’s not easy being a Jewish Green
July 11, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Dan Coleman, an environmental activist for almost 40 years, co-founder in 2016 of the Jewish Greens Working Group and since January this year, a former member of the Australian Greens, about his time as a ‘Green’ and the circumstances that led him to resign from that party. Dan also talks about the dismal outlook for the environment due to global governmental inaction. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
July 9, 2024 by Features Desk
Robert Pikler – violinist, violist and conductor Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Senator Paul Scarr “a lack of specific programs to combat antisemitism”
July 5, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator Paul Scarr, member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and Liberal Senator for Queensland, who is currently chairing the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee enquiring into right-wing extremist movements in Australia.
From Australia’s Jewish Past
July 2, 2024 by Features Desk
Lillian Roxon – foreign correspondent rock journalist and author – best known for the first Rock Encyclopaedia Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
June 25, 2024 by Features Desk
Morris Mondle Phillips – a trailblazer for the legal profession Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
June 18, 2024 by Features Desk
Rabbi Lazarus Morris Goldman – his whole soul was dedicated to life in Australia – an achiever and most dedicated human being Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
June 4, 2024 by Features Desk
David Samuel Benjamin – Merchant and Prominent Jewish and Non-Jewish Organisational ‘’Mensch’’ Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
May 28, 2024 by Features Desk
A Tragic Family Accident – Hawkesbury River Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
May 21, 2024 by Features Desk
Sally Morris MBE – Never-ending enthusiasm, amazing energy and ideas and exceptional power of leadership
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From Australia’s Jewish Past
May 14, 2024 by Features Desk
Saul Symonds – barrister and Australian communal leader Read more
L’Chaim to Life
May 9, 2024 by Features Desk
A/Prof Efrat Eilam – Calling anyone who is employed at an Australian university Read more
Podcast: L’Chaim to Life
May 2, 2024 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Rev Mark Leach, co-founder of ‘Never Again Is Now’, a grassroots Christian movement educating and mobilising Christians to actively stand against the oldest of the world’s hatreds: Jew-hatred-antisemitism. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Alan Philip Frankel – a World War I Veteran’s Journey
April 30, 2024 by Features Desk
The last story before Pesach was written about Philip Louis Frankel. Read more
Podcast: L’Chaim to Life
April 18, 2024 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Aussies Avi and Raffi Feldman about their volunteering in Israel with SAR-EL on IDF bases in a logistical support role. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Michael Cashmore
April 16, 2024 by Features Desk
Michael Cashmore – a most important business, community, and family Melburnian from the early days Read more
Podcast: L’Chaim to Life
April 11, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Ron Elisha, renowned and prolific playwright about “Rootless Cosmopolitans”, the most recent of his plays to be produced in Australia. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Abraham Isaac Rabinovitch
April 9, 2024 by Features Desk
Abraham Isaac Rabinovitch – businessman, property investor, and well-respected pioneer of the Sydney Modern Orthodox Jewish Community Read more
L’Chaim to Life – Jeremy Ungar
April 4, 2024 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Jeremy Ungar, the senior trade officer of the Israel Trade and Economic Commission, Embassy of Israel in Australia. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Philip Louis Frankel
April 2, 2024 by Features Desk
Businessman, mason, chazan, sportsman, and loyal Jew Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
March 26, 2024 by Features Desk
Sir Samuel Sydney Cohen KBE – an outstanding businessman, Jewish community leader and political activist Read more
From Australia’s past: Isaac Nachman Steinberg
March 19, 2024 by Features Desk
Isaac Nachman Steinberg – never-tiring political thinker, activist, and realist Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Caroline (Lynka) Isaacson
March 12, 2024 by Features Desk
Caroline (Lynka) Isaacson – a woman of gracious charm, warmth, and unfailing human generosity and a most talented journalist Read more
L’Chaim – To Life! A podcast featuring Dave Sharma
March 7, 2024 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Senator Dave Sharma, Liberal senator for New South Wales. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Harold De Vahl Rubin
March 5, 2024 by Features Desk
Harold De Vahl Rubin – grazier, philanthropist, and eccentric and colourful art collector Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Senator James Paterson – PODCAST
March 3, 2024 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator James Paterson, Liberal senator for Victoria and Shadow minister for Cyber Security about a commitment by the Albanese Government to support Australian communities affected by the Hamas attacks on Israel and the on-going conflict. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Mark Rubin and Abraham Davis
February 27, 2024 by Features Desk
Mark Rubin, a pearl dealer and pastoralist – Abraham Davis – shrewd businessman and perhaps “a ghost’’. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Dr Sheree Trotter
February 22, 2024 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Dr Sheree Trotter, Director of the new Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, and the 100th embassy in Israel, located at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Bernard Rubin – racing driver and pilot
February 20, 2024 by Features Desk
Bernard was born in Carlton, Melbourne, on 6 December 1896. Read more
