The Feurstein Program shows its output
November 16, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Mount Sinai College and the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University will co-host an event at the college to profile a young Israeli student of Ethiopian origin, Zuresh Wabbe. Read more
Tanya Plibersek and her daughter speak at Montefiore
November 16, 2017 by Danielle Oppermann
More than 160 of Montefiore’s 500-strong volunteer base gathered at the Randwick campus for the annual Spirit of Volunteering event, which included an awards presentation and inspiring keynote addresses by Tanya Plibersek, Member for Sydney and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and her daughter, who is a dedicated student volunteer at Montefiore Randwick. Read more
Art hopping in Sydney
November 16, 2017 by Arts Editor
Sydneysiders are invited to take a scenic tour from North Bondi to Vaucluse visiting artists in their studios and discovering the meaning behind each work. Read more
Researching for a new book
Vieslava Mataczynski and Timothy Scutt, co-authors of a new book under the working title: “Preservation of Life” bringing together memories both individual and collective, of the Jewish people contacted J-Wire in an effort to reach out to the wider Jewish Community in support of this work.
Rabbi Kastel joins the board of NCOSS
November 14, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Jewish House CEO Rabbi Mendel Kastel has been invited to join the board of The NSW Council of Social Service. Read more
Looking for relatives
November 13, 2017 by J-Wire
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US visitor discusses antisemitism, racism and Israel
November 10, 2017 by David Marlow
Mark Weitzman, Director of Government Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in New York was the keynote speaker at last night’s Betty and Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration in Melbourne. Read more
Generations of women look up
November 8, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
Now in its 21st year, the Annual Generations of Women Brunch saw 260 women attend the The International Brighton and hear guest speaker Fiona Grinwald encourage them all to “look up”. Read more
The Grand Lady of St Kilda
November 7, 2017 by Carmel Shute
St Kilda identity and RocKwiz host, Brian Nankervis, will launch Acland Street: The Grand Lady of St Kilda by award-winning historian, Dr Judith Buchrich later this month. Read more
I am My Brother’s Keeper
November 6, 2017 by Community newsdesk
An exhibition is to be launched at Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre honouring Australian immigrants who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Read more
Henry Greener in conversation with Philip Dalidakis
November 5, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Philip Dalidakis MP, Victorian State Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, talks to Henry Greener at Melbourne’s Queen’s Hall just as the Courage to Care Exhibition is about to be dismantled. Read more
Montefiore launches new community biography series
November 4, 2017 by Danielle Oppermann
Family and friends of Mervyn Basserabie, the Sydney property developer and communal philanthropist, gathered at Montefiore Randwick for the presentation of his life story, Thinking Outside the Square. Read more
Senator tours Chabad centres
November 3, 2017 by Community Editor
Zed Seselja, Federal Senator for the ACT and Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, has toured the Chabad run Jewish community centres in Canberra. Read more
Cooking for mental health
November 2, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Israel star to perform in Australia
November 2, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
Idan Raichel is a world music phenomenon and one of the most dynamic and inspiring performers you will ever see on stage. The universally loved performer is coming to Australia in March 2018 Read more
Youth mentoring programs at Jewish Care
October 24, 2017 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria has a long history of working with, and supporting, young people in the Jewish community by offering youth mentoring programs that connect 14-18 year-olds with independent and trained mentors aged 25 years and over. Read more
Job Readiness training for the ultra-orthodox community
October 23, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
In August 2017, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Employment and Education Centre, in partnership with Adass Israel, ran the first of a series of workshops entitled ‘Tools and Techniques to Find Employment’. Read more
Council managers taught about the Jewish community
October 20, 2017 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has hosted fourteen members of the management team of the City of Glen Eira on its second City of Glen Eira Jewish Immersion Day. Read more
Deepavali Festival in Sydney
October 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The Jewish community represented at a Deepavali festival at Parramatta Park in Sydney. Read more
Sydney CBDChabad to launch mental health event
October 14, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Mental illness now affects one in five Australians, meaning over a million people suffer from a form of mental health issue, most commonly depression and anxiety. Read more
Sukkah in the city
October 10, 2017 by Community Editor
Chabad of Melbourne CBD hosted their 18th Annual Sukkot Luncheon in the City, on the first business day of Chol HaMoed in the City. Read more
Look who’s coming to the sukkah
October 10, 2017 by Community Editor
Some Sydney progressive Jews aligned with progressive or reform Judaism invited their rabbi to their sukkah. Read more
NSW Premier to be guest of honour at Jewish House gala dinner
October 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Bondi crisis care and homelessness charity Jewish House will host the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at their annual Gala Dinner in November. Read more
Hear what the journos have to say
October 4, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Eight editors and journalists recently returned from the 2017 mission, and they will report on their experiences at a community meeting next Monday in Sydney. Read more
A Devine address at UIA Women’s Division Lion of Judah event
October 4, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
UIA NSW Women’s Division hosted a Lion of Judah morning tea at the home of Andrew and Taryn Boyarsky. Guest speaker, Sydney journalist and media commentator Miranda Devine addressed 35 key UIA female supporters at the event, about the global threat posed by radical Islam to our safety and Western democratic way of life. Read more
Looking for Maxine
A Canadian reader is searching for Maxine Cohen, a Sydneysider he met in Israel in 1971. Read more
Jewish House: Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot
September 27, 2017 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Jewish House organised for over 40 institutions to be visited over Rosh Hashanah to allowed members of the community to hear the shofar. Read more
Over the rainbow
September 26, 2017 by Leanne Shelton
Visiting Professor Wayne Horowitz from Hebrew University amazed his audience with his lecture on rainbows held at North Shore Temple Emanuel. Read more
Sydney Eastern Suburbs local recognised for 50 years service as a JP
September 26, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has presented five of the state’s longest serving Justices of the Peace (JP), Thomas Goldman, Emeritus Professor Leslie Koder, Paul Lowinger, Ivan Hincks and Kenneth Wolf with a certificate recognising their 50 years of service. Read more
A musical journey: Africa to Israel and beyond
September 25, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
VOICES – a spectacular cross-cultural musical journey which merges the melodies, harmonies and rhythms of Israel, Africa and the world – will play in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney starting 14 November. Read more
