Three-legged care
October 28, 2014 by Warren Hurst
To coincide with National Youth Mentoring Week, Sydney’s JewishCare together with Raise and YWCA NSW and Australian Youth Mentoring Network staged a Guinness World Record attempt at the biggest 3 legged race. Read more
Eponymous award
October 24, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Dr Peter Schiff has presented the 15th annual Peter Schiff Award to Associate Professor Mark Dean, senior staff specialist at Gosford Hospital in NSW. Read more
Café Monte Coffee Wins Bronze Award
October 22, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
At the Annual Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Competition, Montefiore’s Café Monte blend won a Bronze medal out of 1500 entries in the ’Milk Based (Latte)’ category. Read more
Awards Honour Best of the Best at Jewish Care
September 17, 2014 by Ricci Hoffman
Two upstanding community members have been honoured at Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s 2014 Staff and Volunteer Service and Excellence Awards. Read more
Cooking up a community
September 12, 2014 by Ricci Hoffman
A LifeSkills Cooking Program for adults living with disability has done more than teach skills; it has helped to bring together a community. Read more
Change at the top for the NCJWA in Melbourne
Shirley Glance has been elected unopposed president of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Vic) . Read more
Sydney Jewish Choir performs at festival
The Sydney Jewish Choral Society (SJCS) has performed at the Blackheath Choir Festival in the Blue Mountains. Read more
Soccer tragics kick a goal against epilepsy
August 25, 2014 by Geoff Sirmai
A slew of soccer stars, ex-Socceroos and other football legends will join forces with communal identities in a unique celebrity ‘fun-raiser’ to aid Epilepsy Action Australia. It’s the Sydney Celebrity Football Charity Challenge. Read more
Rami Bar-Niv in New Zealand
August 10, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Internationally acclaimed Israeli concert pianist, Rami Bar-Niv, is to perform in concert at Rotorua’s Civic Theatre on 19 August. Read more
Ambos at Our Big Kitchen
August 4, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
About fifty ambulance officers joined thirty members of the community combined at Our Big Kitchen (OBK) last week to cook for the homeless. Read more
Jewish House and the travelling Kosher Pickle Factory
August 2, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The humble kosher pickle has been a crunchy staple on many a Shabbat table for centuries. Learn how to make your own. Read more
Roy wins a trip to Israel
July 31, 2014 by Brenda Segal
Roy Schloss was the lucky recipient of the Melbourne-based FBI Travel sponsored ticket to Israel. Read more
Young Board for Kehillat Masada
July 31, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The leadership team at Kehillat Masada Synagogue in St. Ives, Sydney, has undergone dynamic development. Read more
Developing rebbetzin
July 29, 2014 by Rachel Mihalovich
Over 25 Rabbis and Rebbetzins have attended a professional development seminar on ‘Defining roles’ hosted and sponsored by Monash University in Melbourne. Read more
Turning Goal Kickers into Green Thumbs
June 26, 2014 by Ayal Tusia
Players from AJAX Football Club volunteered to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty at a Gary Smorgon House Working Bee. Read more
A legal business get together…
June 20, 2014 by J-Wire
The Young Jewish Leadership of Melbourne (YJLM) and OnKew joined forces for their second upscale cocktail party for Melbourne young adults, this time aimed at bringing young lawyers and businesspeople together for a social and networking event at the award winning CBD cocktail lounge “The Little Red Pocket”. Read more
Zionist Council of Victoria hosts Middle East Strategic Intelligence Analyst
June 16, 2014 by Brenda Segal
The Zionist Council of Victoria recently hosted Avi Melamed, a world renown Middle East Strategic Analyst. Read more
Award for Craig
June 11, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home’s Assistant in Nursing (AIN) Craig Goldsmith, is the winner of this year’s Leading Age Services Australia NSW-ACT HESTA Nominate a Care Staff Member Competition which recognises dedicated staff in the aged care industry. Read more
Gabrielle gets her calendar
June 3, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Rabbi Gourarie visited State Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton (member for Vaucluse and minister for family and community services) to formally hand her the BINA calendar. Read more
Monte volunteers
May 20, 2014 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Montefiore Home was delighted to celebrate National Volunteer Week 2014 with events at the Hunters Hill and Randwick campuses. Read more
A trip for active single retirees and seniors
May 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Raymond Shaw is ‘titular’ head of a loose group of friends called the Over 55’s Jewish Singles formed many years ago (about 1999) as JSSN (Jewish Sociable Singles Network) for the over 40’s…and an overseas trip is on the drawing board. Read more
Yom Ha’atzmaut at Beth Weizmann
May 7, 2014 by Brenda Segal
Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Community Centre and the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia were transformed into a children’s paradise when the Zionist Council of Victoria held their annual Family Festival to celebrate Israel’s 66th birthday. Read more
Running for cancer research
April 28, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne basketball team the Maccabi Warriors have raised over $1000 for the Cancer Council of Victoria. Read more
Learning Hebrew
April 4, 2014 by Nanette Horak
BJE’s popular adult Hebrew classes, taught by Sarah Friend, emphasise the development of modern Hebrew speaking skills to help those wishing to communicate with family in Israel, help their children with Hebrew, appreciate Jewish culture, provide easier access to Israeli media information and literature or, simply, improve their knowledge of the language. Read more
Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz!
Calling for volunteers to help grow Limmud-Oz in Sydney! Read more
Shalom Institute to present documentary on contemporary slavery
Sydney’s Shalom Institute is to present the inaugural Australian screening of the human trafficking documentary film Not My Life. Read more
International Women’s Day
March 14, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish Care’s Active Living Centre clients has marked International Women’s Day. Read more
J-Wire Been and Scene: Opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition
March 13, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Click read more to see images of guests taken at the Anne Frank preview and official opening at the Sydney Jewish Museum…. Read more
JNF course – Walking the Land of Israel
March 6, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Over 50 people have participated in the first session of a new course, sponsored by the JNF and Mizrachi Synagogue: “Walking the Land of Israel”. Read more
Two turn 100
Two members of the community have reached their 100th birthdays and have been acknowledged by the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
