94-yr-old Melbourne woman honoured by Holocaust Centre

Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre has held a special function to honour Dutch-born Melbourne resident Constance Koster, who saved the lives of Jewish children during the Second World War. Read more

Andrew Blode appreciated

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria President Jennifer Huppert has presented Andrew Blode with a Certificate of Appreciation from the JCCV for his support, passion and leadership as Chair of the JCCV Child Protection Reference Group. Read more

Yom Ha’azmaut celebrated in Sydney

More than 600 people have joined in a belated celebration of Israel’s 67th birthday in Sydney at which NSW Premier Mike Baird was guest of honour. Read more

Slezak turned down by Limmud-Oz

Associate Professor Dr Peter Slezak’s application to present at next month’s Limmd-Oz’s Festival of Jewish Ideas in Sydney has been rejected by the organisation’s board. Read more

A community centre for Melbourne

The members of the Caulfield Hebrew Congregation have formally endorsed the master plan for a Jewish community centre in the heart of Caulfield. Read more

A question for Julie

Federal Labor MP has a question he wants Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to ask when she visits Tehran next week on the country’s documented threat to eliminate Israel. Read more

Sydney filmmaker makes an ABC-TV Foreign Correspondent program on Palestinian footballers

I may as well have a Star of David tattooed onto my forehead…writes  Dan Goldberg. Read more

Concern for asylum seekers

The Union for Progressive Judaism has expressed concern that key focus of the enquiry into Immigration Detention Facilities is on the provision of protection to the personnel running detention centres rather than addressing the key issues required in a policy relating to the asylum seekers and refugees themselves. Read more

JCCV disclaims Reclaim Australia

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) condemns the Reclaim Australia rallies advocating and inciting religious intolerance which took place over the weekend. Read more

A Holocaust Pesach diary

Yad Vashem has published excerpts from a Melbourne woman’s diary chronicling her time in the Gabersdorf Labor Camp in the hope they can learn more about the women incarcerated there. Read more

Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark

Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria in 1983 when Malcolm Fraser lost the prime ministership to Bob Hawke… Read more

JNF Victoria has shared presidency

Michael Carp will become Co-President of JNF Victoria together with Simone Szalmuk-Singer, the current Victorian President. Read more

Meeting and eating

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) have celebrated Harmony Day by co-hosting a Jewish – Muslim Friendship Dinner.  Read more

Malcolm Fraser: Community messages

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have issued statements following the death of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Read more

Sydney theatre rejects Jewish production

A Sydney theatre has refused to rent its premises to a Jewish group on the grounds that their policy “does not support colonialism/Zionism”. Read more

Hakoah: Differences resolved

The incumbent board of Sydney’s Hakoah Club will hold its AGM on Tuesday free of any threat to its immediate future. Read more

Respecting the Challah…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

When we make the Friday night Kiddush the two Challot are covered. One of the reasons for this practice is about the treatment of the Challah. Read more

Food for the soul

The FoodFaith initiative was launched this week in Sydney with religious leaders breaking bread with academics and sustainability groups to discuss the latest food sustainability issues and strategies. Read more

Sydney University Disruption: B’nai B’rith has its say

The president of B’nai B’rith NSW has written to Sydney University in the wake of the protest which disrupted a lecture being delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp. Read more

Safer shules in Victoria

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria Inc (RCV) has just launched its Child Protection Policy Program in Shules in partnership with Australian Childhood Foundation. Read more

Rabbi Franklin not standing for NORA presidency

In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney’s Rabbi Selwyn Franklin became interim president of NORA, the New Organisation of the Rabbis of Australasia…a post he will not contend at NORA’s inaugural conference. Read more

Congratulations, Bibi

The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) and B’nai Brith ANZ have extended their congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his electoral victory. Read more

Ambassadors visit president

Israel’s ambassadors to Australia and New Zealand have joined their counterparts in other Asian/Pacific countries at a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Read more

Australians harassed at Temple Mount

Women and youngsters have attacked a group of Australian youth visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem this week. Read more

Victorian country school students to visit the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation

Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (MHC) will host Year 9 and 10 rural school students who are taking part in an essay contest dealing with military personnel.

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The Shuk: Learn all about Israel programs

The Shuk is coming to Sydney and Melbourne! It is the biggest Israel programs fair held in Australia and will showcase a wide range of gap year, study abroad, special interest, post-university and volunteer experiences for young adults aged 18-30. Read more

After the Royal Commission…

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has established a Task Force on Child Protection that will focus on the welfare of children in communal institutional settings. Read more

Meeting of military minds

Australian Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, has met with a defence research delegation from Israel to discuss areas of mutual interest including science and technology. Read more

Changing the world – one project at a time

A former Sydney Emanuel School student has taken on the challenge of tackling global poverty by promoting empowerment and autonomy for the women of Kenya. She will relate her remarkable story at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum next week. Read more

Jewish Russian community active

The Zionist Federation of Australia has launched its Russian Speaking Jewish Community project in NSW…and the first Russian Limmud has taken place in Victoria. Read more

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