Homelessness Prevention Week
Homelessness Prevention Week is an annual event that reminds us all that there are people currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. But what do we really understand about the issue of homelessness, especially how it is experienced by the Victorian Jewish community? Read more
Cents and Senses
July 23, 2015 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has launched its first digital crowdfunding campaign, ‘Cents for Senses’ to raise funds for vital equipment to be used in the adult and children’s sensory rooms located in the new Disability Respite Centre in Caulfield. Read more
AFL kicks community goals
June 19, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Residents of The Manders Villas, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s independent living units for people with disability, experienced a day at the football courtesy of the AFL and the Collingwood Football Club. Read more
A Bissel of Songs
June 16, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care asked residents to sing their favourite songs, in any language. What they heard was a wonderful collection of tunes in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew. Read more
Jewish Care app
May 19, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
A new mobile app launched by Melbourne’s Jewish Care aims to give users a quick and easy way to connect with the organisation while providing many useful features. Read more
Jewish Care’s annual appeal dinner evokes community spirit
May 19, 2015 by Donna Surdut
More than 400 supporters attended Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s 2015 Annual Appeal Dinner. Read more
An award for Masha
May 15, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Jewish Care volunteer Masha Zeleznikow has won an award The 2015 Victorian Minister for Health Volunteer Awards…a part of National Volunteer Week. Read more
A kiss is just a kiss
May 14, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Older members of Melbourne’s community reflect on their earlier romantic, or not so romantic, days…a Jewish Care video. Read more
Claims Conference visits Jewish Care
December 18, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Senior Policy Analyst for the Claims Conference in New York, Dr Madeleine Tress has visited Melbourne meeting with Holocaust survivors and key community members. Read more
Seeking the abused
November 27, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has been made aware of sexual abuse incidents involving children in residential care in the 1960s. Read more
Friends of Montefiore celebrate 30 years
June 7, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
The Friends of Montefiore Annual Brunch has celebrated its 30th year. Read more
A special art exhibition
March 1, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has launched an exhibition of artwork by adults living with a mental health condition to raise awareness and support participants in their journey to recovery. Read more
165 Years of Care
February 21, 2013 by Michelle Coleman
Victorian Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu has formally recognised and congratulated Jewish Care Victoria on its pivotal role in the community. Read more
Developing our Youth
December 13, 2012 by Ayal Tusia
For ten years Jewish Care’s innovative Young Achievers Program (YAP) has helped our youth to develop life skills, improve self-confidence and reach higher. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria’s AGM
November 29, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
Over 100 people heard a positive organisational overview of the milestones and achievements of the past financial year and the future directions, outlined in the strategic plan 2011 Towards Tomorrow, delivered by the President, Bruce Rosengarten and the Chief Executive Officer, Bill Appleby at Jewish Care Victoria’s AGM. Read more
Every Australian Counts
August 10, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
This month, staff at Jewish Care joined over 50,000 Australians supporting the ‘Every Australian Counts’ campaign for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by sharing in a ‘DisabiliTea’ morning tea. Read more
Rabbis Graduate with Pastoral Professionalism
July 21, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
Five Melbourne’s Orthodox Rabbis have graduated from a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training course, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more
Top marks for Gary Smorgon House
March 18, 2010 by Jonny Ucko
Melbourne’s Jewish Care is pleased to announce that the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency (ACSAA), the government’s independent accreditation agency, recommended to award a perfect score of 44/44 in its first audit of Jewish Care’s Gary Smorgon House. Read more
