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Maccabi Victoria’s Hardship Relief Fund
June 28, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Maccabi VIC recognises that the cost of payment of Sport registration fees could be impacted by the financial strain that COVID-19 experienced by some families. [Read more]
Yom Ha’azmaut virtual cycle race in Israel and you can participate
April 28, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s only professional cycling team, Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN), is inviting fans from across the world to join an unprecedented double event of virtual racing on Israel’s Independence Day, Wednesday 29 April. [Read more]
NSW Maccabi Sports Awards
April 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Maccabi president Lauren Ehrlich has congratulated those honorees who gained NSW Jewish Sports Awards for 2019. [Read more]
Ride with the Israel national cycling team
April 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s only professional cycling team, Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN), is inviting fans from across the world to join a series of online team rides, in order to help secure protective masks for medical staff fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. [Read more]
Maccabiah update
March 24, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As a community, country and global citizens, Maccabi Australia is experiencing a challenge that is resulting in many aspects of our lives to be beyond our control. [Read more]
From athlete to Head of Delegation: Barry Smorgon’s 50-year Maccabiah journey
March 9, 2020 by Michael Puterflam
He was one of 23 Australians who competed at the 1969 edition, it was his first overseas trip and first journey to Israel. Over 50 years on, he still vividly remembers walking into the opening ceremony. [Read more]
Hungarian Holocaust survivor turned Olympic gold medalist dies at age 92
March 6, 2020 by JNS
Eva Szekely, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who later became an Olympics multiple award-winning swimmer, died on Feb. 29 the age of 92. [Read more]
Maccabiah preparations start in earnest
March 4, 2020 by Michael Puterflam
Preparations for Maccabiah 2021 are in full swing as the entire Senior Leadership Team for Australia’s delegation came together for a weekend of team building and planning ahead of next year’s Games. [Read more]
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Jul-16 7 pm Zoom: Impacting Science from a Small Country – Q&A w Nobel Prize laureate
Over the past two decades, eight Israeli scientists have won the Nobel Prize, an extraordinary achievement for a country of its size and population. Read more
Jul-16 Zoom: FOJAM set to present “Spun Stories”
Melbourne’s FOJAM (Festival of Jewish Arts and Music) is to present an online storytelling event Spun Stories. Read more
Jul-19 Zoom: Peace is possible
Sydney’s Kehillat Masada together with Emanuel Synagogue present a bonus session in their Peace Is Possible series highlighting grassroots organisations, all involved in developing a new language of co-operation and collaboration between Israelis and Palestinians.
Jul-22 Zoom: Fleeing the Hijab
“On July 22, Zionism Victoria, in partnership with St Kilda Hebrew Congregation and South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, will host Iranian-born Dr Sima Goel for her first Australian appearance. Read more
Jul-23 Zoom: Dunera – Pizza, Parmigiano and Pavarotti!
Ciao! Get ready for an all Italian extravaganza of culture, food, and music. Read more
In 1948, four Mizrachi men, native to the Arab world and who could easily assume Arab identities, went undercover in Beirut. Read more
Jul-30 webinar: Shtisel stars to highlight evolving Haredi community
Shtisel actress Neta Riskin (Giti Weiss) will join Shtisel co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Jerusalem-based Haredi feminist activist Pnina Pfeuffer for an enlightening webinar on Israel’s complex and evolving Haredi community. Read more
Jul-31 8:30pm SBS-TV: Biography – Marshall
In the year 1941, as the nation teeters on the brink of entering WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends its only lawyer, thirty-two-year-old Thurgood Marshall, to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against charges of rape and attempted murder brought by his wealthy socialite employer. Read more
The creator of Shtisel, Yehonatan Indursky, will be zooming in from Israel to give a talk and Q&A session on August 5. Read more