From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joseph Hyams and Simon Lear – ‘’my son the dentist’’
October 12, 2022 by Features Desk
As Jews, we are generally concerned about our health. Jewish law tells us that we have a religious duty to look after our physical and mental well-being. The medical and dental professions have always been popular amongst Jews worldwide. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Yom Kippur 1839 – Hobart Tasmania
October 4, 2022 by Features Desk
The following is an extract from the article “The Jews” published in Hobart in 1839. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Prof Sharon Lewin – Leading the AUSiMED delegation to Israel to discuss each country’s COVID-19 response
September 29, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Prof Sharon Lewin, inaugural Director of the Peter Doherty Institute, co-chair of the COVID19 Health and Research Advisory Council and member of the AUSiMED Board, about the recent AUSiMED delegation she led to Israel. Read more
NSW Shooters Party leader’s father interned in concentration camps
September 25, 2022 by Features Desk
In 2013, NSW Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party leader Robert Borsak MP shocked participants on a NSW Jewish Board of Deputies-supported trip to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem when he told fellow parliamentarians that his late-father Czeslaw “Chester” Borsak was interned in Majdanek and Buchenwald concentration camps. Read more
Rosh Hashanah and two rabbis
September 22, 2022 by Features Desk
Rabbi Moshe Kahn talks to podcaster L’Chaim – To Life, and Kew Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Shmueli Feldman takes to YouTube, both with messages for Rosh Hashanah. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: George Barron Goodman – the colony’s first professional photographer
September 20, 2022 by Features Desk
George was born on 10 April 1815 in London. He was the third son of a wealthy Jewish family who lived in Regents Park. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Jeff Schneider – an update on Jews in Tasmania
September 15, 2022 by Features Desk
PODCAST: Morry Frenkel speaks with Jeff Schneider, President of the Hobart Synagogue, the oldest Australian shule still in use. Read more
From Australia’s past: James Larra – from convict to a most colourful personality
September 13, 2022 by Features Desk
James Larra was born in 1749 in London. His correct family name was Lara, and he was a descendant of a prominent Spanish-Jewish family. Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Showcasing Israel to innovative thinkers and influential decision makers
September 8, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Michelle Blum, CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Australia’s pre-eminent international Chamber of Commerce. Read more
Monty favourite performing in Sydney Fringe
September 6, 2022 by Features Desk
Performer Philip de Villiers is a long-standing favourite at Sydney’s Montefiore care homes. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Nathan Cohen – continuing the story of the Cohen Family in Tamworth
September 6, 2022 by Features Desk
Nathan, Henry and George’s youngest brother, was born in 1842 in Port Macquarie and educated in Goulburn together with his brothers. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Podcast with Manny Waks
September 2, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Manny Waks, CEO of VoiCSA (Voice Against Child Sexual Abuse) about the work of this organisation in the areas of advocacy, awareness and enablement. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Henry Emanuel Cohen – the first President of the NSW Arbitration Court
August 30, 2022 by Features Desk
Henry Cohen was born on 1 December 1840 at Port Macquarie NSW, a twin son of Abraham and Sophia Cohen. Read more
L’Chaim mythbuster on Melbourne University leftism
August 25, 2022 by Features Desk
Podcast: L’Chaim resident myth buster David Schulberg deep dives into the anti-Semitic “Socialist Alternative” hard left on campus. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sadie Van-Aalst – Music was her Forte
August 23, 2022 by Features Desk
Sadie was born in London in 1901 and was the eldest daughter and the third of six children of poor Russian immigrants. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Ronit Fraid – the JNF Dinner a night of play
August 18, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Ronit Fraid, President of JNF Victoria, about the upcoming Annual Gala Dinner Event, in support of the children of Israel’s South. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Helena Rubinstein – an young Jewish entrepreneur who created a beauty empire
August 16, 2022 by Features Desk
Helena was born on 25 December 1870. She was the eldest of eight daughters born to Polish Jews – Augusta and Horace Rubinstein. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Professor Ariel Porat – the dynamic president of Tel Aviv University
August 7, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks in this podcast with Professor Ariel Porat, President Tel Aviv University (TAU) about his recent visit to Australia where he had discussions with local universities and members of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Ambassador Paul Griffiths – meet our man in Israel
August 4, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Ambassador Paul Griffiths, Australia’s Ambassador to Israel, since September 2020. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Rabbi Ari Rubin – RARA Jews in Far North Queensland
July 28, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Ari Rubin, who is one-half of the fabulous adventure documentary Outback Rabbis, the “lost Jews” of the wilderness with the mission, travelling the country and outback in the RARA (Rural And Regional Australia) Tank in search to leave no Jew behind. Read more
L’Chaim – To Life: Nomi Kaltmann – empowering orthodox women
July 22, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Nomi Kaltmann, founder and inaugural president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia, about the aims of the organisation and how it is empowering Orthodox women. Read more
L’chaim – to Life: Jeremy Ungar – Israel the “Start Me Up” nation
July 17, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Jeremy Ungar, Senior Trade Officer at the Israel Trade and Economic Commission Israel Embassy in Australia. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Benjamin Benjamin – a Victorian community pioneer and one of the most notable Australian Jews
July 12, 2022 by Features Desk
Benjamin was born on 2 September 1834 in London, the eldest son of Moses and Catherine. The family emigrated to Melbourne arriving on 29 December 1843.
L’Chaim to Life podcast: Marc Zell – Licking Ben and Jerry’s and the BDS
July 7, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Marc Zell, American-Israeli lawyer for Avi Zinger, owner of Ben and Jerry’s Israel. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: The ALP response to UNHRC’s first report
June 30, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns, Labor Member for Macnamara, about the Albanese government’s response to the first report of the UNHRC’s “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel”. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: L’Chaim Mythbuster on World Vision supporting Hamas
June 23, 2022 by Features Desk
L’Chaim’s resident myth-buster David Schulberg debunks Tim Costello’s criticism of the World Vision’s Mohammed El-Halabi case, which has just concluded in Israel. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Juliet Moses
June 16, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Juliet Moses, spokesperson for the New Zealand Jewish Council, the representative body of New Zealand’s Jewish community. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Banning the swastika in Queensland
June 9, 2022 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with Jason Steinberg, President of Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies (QJBD). Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lionel Samson – Lionel Samson & Son – WA’s oldest continuing family business
June 7, 2022 by Features Desk
Lionel was born in 1799 in England and was the son of Michael Samson, supposedly a member of one of the old established and wealthy families of English Jewry. Read more
Podcast: Patterson of Israel
June 3, 2022 by Features Desk
Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Henry R. Lew, author of the fascinating book, Patterson of Israel, which describes the life of John Henry Patterson, an Irish Protestant, who commanded Jewish soldiers at Gallipoli during World War I. Read more
