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More than a meal: the Jewish Food Festival brings Sydney’s Jewish community together

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:12:04 +0000

The Jewish Food Festival will return to Sydney this Sunday, 22 March 2026, bringing the community together for a day of food, culture and connection following the challenges of 2025, including the Bondi terror attack. Now in its fourth year and organised by Shalom Collective, the event will run from 10am to 3pm at a […]

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Coming soon – Limmud Oz 2019 – the annual festival of Jewish learning

Community newsdesk — Fri, 31 May 2019 04:40:55 +0000

Limmud Oz will present a lineup of local and international speakers in Sydney at The Roundhouse, UNSW.

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The 2016 Graf Oration: Global issues and their impact on Israel and Australia

J-Wire Staff — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 05:57:41 +0000

A high-powered panel will explore global issues as they impact Israel and Australia at the Graf Oration in Sydney this month.

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Ideas and books at the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Michael Misrachi — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:22:08 +0000

Bondi was abuzz this weekend as hundreds of people gathered for the 2016 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival.

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Matti Friedman to speak exclusively at Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Eli Levi — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:31:26 +0000

Canadian-born author and former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman will be speaking exclusively in Sydney this weekend as the guest of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival before travelling to the Melbourne Writers Festival.

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Rebellious Daughters launch at Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

Eli Levi — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:12:31 +0000

Some of Australia’s most talented female writers have teamed up to share their experiences of defying and challenging societal expectations in a new book, Rebellious Daughters.

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Yom Limmud Sydney

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:31:32 +0000

The ever-popular biennial Yom Limmud Sydney will take place on Sunday, July 3, offering a program led by leading international and local presenters.

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Israeli author charms crowd at Sydney event

Sharon Berger — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:29:17 +0000

Master Israeli storyteller Etgar Keret had the capacity crowd at Bondi Pavilion on the edge of their seats at his only Sydney event as a guest of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival.

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Counter-terrorism expert delivers the Graf Oration

J-Wire Staff — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 04:40:21 +0000

Over 400 people attended The Shalom Institute’s sixth Graf Oration held in Sydney this week,

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SJWF: full program released

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 04:28:10 +0000

Ground breaking Israeli television director and writer of Prisoners of War and Homeland, Gideon Raff, New York Times foreign affairs editor Roger Cohen and German-Nigerian author Jennifer Teege, whose grandfather was a brutal Nazi commandant, are three of the headline speakers at the upcoming Sydney Jewish Writers Festival (SJWF) this August 29-30.

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