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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-05 Zoom: In Conversation with Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins: Honouring First Nations sovereignty
Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue welcomes three important voices to our In Conversation series with Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins. Read more
Jul-05 12 noon Zoom: Harry Potter in Yiddish – a Zoom presentation
Gaelic to Mongolian, the magical world of Harry Potter has been translated into over 80 languages. But there was a notable exception… Read more
Jul-05 8:00 pm Zoom: Zoom with Zeddy
Zeddy Lawrence is the editor of the Australian Jewish News, a position that sees him balancing reporting about the community whilst also reporting to it. Read more
Jul-5 5:30pm SBS-TV: True Evil – The Making of a Nazi – Speer
Speer is the Nazi leader who escaped the noose and spent the rest of his life trading off his Nazi celebrity status. Read more
Jul-07 7:00 pm Zoom: Covid-19 – are we prepared for a 2nd wave?
With the easing of the lockdown rules, concerns are being sounded about a possible second wave of Covid-19. The second wave of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-20 was particularly devastating, as was the second wave of the Swine Flu epidemic in 2009-10. So what can be done to avoid the second wave of Covid-19? Read more
Jul-11 5:30pm SBS-TV: True Evil – The Making of a Nazi – Eichman
The capture of Adolf Eichmann by Mossad in Argentina is one of the most dramatic of all Nazi-hunting stories. Read more
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