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Havdalah dinner brings Sydney communities together

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Last Saturday, 13 June, nearly 200 people from Sydney’s Jewish and broader communities gathered for a Havdalah dinner aimed...

Unity dinner brings faith communities together

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B’nai B’rith NSW will host “A Celebration of Unity” in Sydney next month, bringing together Jewish, Christian, multi-faith and...

B’nai B’rith unveils global ‘Passport’ as Australian fans head to World Cup in North America

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Thousands of Australian football fans, including many Jewish supporters, are set to travel to North America for the 2026...

Regional representative named for B’nai B’rith mission to Latin America

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B’nai B’rith Australia and New Zealand President Janine Zimbler will represent the region on an upcoming B’nai B’rith Leadership...

BBANZ charts a bold future

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Eighty members and guests attended the B'nai B'rith Australia/New Zealand Triennial Convention in Canberra. They outlined the organisation’s strategic roadmap...

Honouring those who rescued fellow Jews in the Holocaust

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A symbolic cornerstone was laid on Wednesday for the Jewish Rescuers Grove, a first-of-its-kind memorial honouring Jews who risked...

Ernie shortlisted as the NSW Senior of the Year

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Ernie Friedlander continues his stellar work within the NSW Jewish community and other ethnic groups. Now, he has been...

Combatting racism with an award-winning program

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‘Stop Racism Now’ has been awarded the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Award for Community Campaign of the Year. In the wake...

Holocaust film banned in Lithuania

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B'nai B'rith Australia New Zealand (ANZ) is honouring documentary filmmaker Saulius Beržinis with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition...

Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles

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Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his...

Library named after Henry Wirth in Sydney

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Family, friends and residents convened at Rose Bay B’nai B’rith Retirement Villages (BBRV) recently to celebrate the contribution made...

Thank you, B’nai B’rith

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Melissa Don Port, Executive Director NSW, JDC (The Joint) has presented a Certificate of Appreciation to B’nai B’rith NSW...

Three BBYO teens head for the States

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Three BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth Organisation NSW) teens will be travelling to Baltimore USA to attend the BBYO International...

A new president for B’nai B’rith NSW

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Janine Zimbler has been elected as the new Council President of B'nai B'rith NSW. Having served in numerous leadership...

2021 Young Adult Changemaker Awards feature $5000 category honouring Joshua Levi

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Nominations are now open for this year’s B’nai B’rith & JNF Youth & Young Adult Changemaker Awards program.

KKL-JNF and B’nai B’rith mark heroism of Jewish Rescuers during Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony 

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The B’nai B’rith World Centre in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) have held a unique joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah).

Changemakers shine

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Perth's Carmel School graduate Talya Faigenbaum and current Year 12 student, Gila Cherny recently won in their categories at the JNF B’nai B’rith Jewish Changemaker Awards in Sydney.

Human Rights in Australia under fire

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Liberal MP Julian Leeser is to deliver the 2018 B'nai B'rith Human Rights Address in Sydney.

B’nai B’rith Victoria turns seventy

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In a turbulent, ever-changing world, for an organisation to survive seventy years and still be strong and vibrant is an impressive achievement.

A call to Jewish artists

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As part of the 2015 Day of Jewish Culture and Heritage Sydney's B'nai B'rith and Newtown Synagogue are planning an exhibition of the work of Jewish artists and an art market...

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