10% of Mount Scopus VCE students attained an ATAR of at least 99
December 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Mount Scopus College has congratulated the 2022 graduating class who have achieved excellent VCE results. Read more
L’Chaim to Life: Josh Burns MP – Education is the way to “never forget” and “never again”
October 20, 2022 by Features Desk
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Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns, Labor’s Federal Member of Parliament for the seat of Macnamara, about the motion he introduced calling for all states and territories to follow the lead of Victoria and NSW, and make Holocaust education a mandatory aspect of their school curriculum. Read more
Do religious Jews have a right to reject basic secular education?
September 14, 2022 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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After more than a century of biased reporting about Israel, contempt for Zionism, and a lack of interest in reporting about anti-Semitism, readers are right to regard any coverage of the Jewish community by The New York Times with scepticism, if not justified suspicion, of ill intentions. Read more
Keychain provides a link for schoolchildren
February 13, 2022 by Community newsdesk
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Sydney’s Jewish House and JH Kids are promoting the ‘Always Together Program’ to help children’s anxiety around spending time away from their parents as they start or return to school. Read more
Origins of orthodoxy
February 11, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
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I have just read Jacob Katz: On the Origins of Orthodoxy. It is an important collection of articles by and about the late Professor Katz, transcripts of interviews, as well as a bibliography. Read more
Is gambling income generated for education questionable?
January 24, 2022 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
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Ask the rabbi. Read more
Melbourne students shine in VCE
December 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The results are in and in spite of the added obstacle of COVID, Melbourne’s Jewish schools have produced remarkable achievements. Read more
Retirement for Daphne Flax after 35 years of teaching at Masada
December 8, 2021 by Community newsdesk
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Sydney’s Masada College has farewelled and acknowledged the much-loved Daphne Flax, as she heads to retirement, after 35 years of teaching Visual Arts at the College. Read more
Faith discrimination bill ‘misconceived’
Australia’s union for private teachers thinks religious schools already have extensive protections and a proposal to boost them is “fundamentally misconceived”. Read more
Adelaide educator receives Gandel Award
November 16, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Stacey Moros, Head of History at St Michael’s College in Adelaide, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Gandel Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education (Gandel Award). Read more
Celebration of Special Religious Education
November 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark opened the 5th Celebration of Special Religious Education (SRE) – held online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, with over 800 participants logging in. Read more
JNF Australia Educators Study Tour Australia-Israel January 2022
November 1, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Educators Study Tour brings teachers and principals from Australia to Israel for 10 unforgettable days of experiential learning about Israel’s rich heritage and the past, present, and future of the country. Read more
Incoming high tide warning
October 22, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
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The high priests of climate change are predicting that in the near future we may be engulfed by rising ocean levels. Read more
More than bricks and mortar – we’re creating our bright future
August 13, 2021 by Michelle Favero
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Sydney’s Emanuel School is embarking on an extensive project to redevelop one of its older buildings into a purpose-built 21st-century learning centre. With an increased demand for contemporary pluralist education, enrolments are at an all-time high. Read more
A very sad story with a silver lining for a special student
August 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Next month Access inc. will award the Daniel and Joshua Szwarc Memorial Scholarship to one high school student living with a disability in the Melbourne Jewish community. Read more
Israeli government unveils intricate return to school amid COVID-19 plan
August 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz submitted to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who approved the outline formulated for Israel’s return to school amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the spiking number of infections in Israel. Read more
Why Victoria’s Jewish community must act to preserve its world-class school system
August 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The future of Victoria’s mainstream Jewish schools is threatened by rising school fees, a declining Jewish birth rate and a shift of Jewish students into the government school system, according to a discussion paper published this week by the Victorian Jewish Schools Project.
IDF warns Gaza parents against terror summer camps
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Commander of the IDF’s Unit for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Ghasan Alyan addressed the residents of the Gaza Strip and warned them against the “true face” of the camps run by the Hamas and Islamic terror groups. Read more
Melbourne Holocaust education receives a boost
June 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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A $50,000 subsidy for selected schools visiting the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) in Melbourne will have a great impact on thousands of students. Read more
Report reveals UNRWA continues antisemitic hate, incitement in schools
School material distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) continues to glorify Islamic jihad and incite violence in 2021 despite promises by UNRWA that the hateful content would be removed by last November, revealed a report published on Wednesday. Read more
A PhD for Ruth at 88
January 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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A Sydney educator who conceptualised and implemented important programs for Jewish day schools in the 1980s has been awarded a PhD in education by the University of Sydney at the age of 88. Read more
First Jewish school for Canberra
February 23, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The first Jewish school for the Australian Capital Territory and region has opened its doors this week. Read more
JNF Educators Tour
January 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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75 educators from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and NZ recently returned from the JNF Australia Educators Study Tour in Israel. Read more
JNF Australia Educators Study Tour to Israel
December 17, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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75 educators from across Australia will participate in JNF Australia’s Educators Study Tour in Israel from 31st December 2019 – 9 January 2020. Read more
Accounting for evil: Wollongong PhD examines role of numbers in Nazi Germany
At first glance, Dr Erin Twyford’s PhD is about numbers. But, dig a little deeper, and it becomes apparent that her thesis is actually about people. Read more
Gay Conversion Therapy: should some thoughts be a fireable offence?
July 18, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz’s recent comments about gay conversion therapy have unleashed a firestorm. Read more
Hebrew University leads the pack
June 12, 2019 by Tali Aronsky
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As part of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s 82nd Board of Governors meeting, 335 students will be awarded PhD degrees, more than at any other academic institution in Israel. Read more
An Innovative Innovation Centre for Emanuel School
August 7, 2018 by Michelle Favero
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Emanuel School Board members, parents and staff joined federal Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite to celebrate the School’s new Innovation Centre and to welcome the School’s Founders. Read more
New head of education at Sydney Jewish Museum
July 23, 2018 by Community newsdesk
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The Sydney Jewish Museum has appointed Dr Rebecca Kummerfeld as Head of Education and Susan Wakil AO Chair of Education. Read more
Carmel School utilises state of the art career guidance system
July 15, 2018 by Claire de Franck
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As an additional tool to assist Year 10 students with their subject selection, Perth’s Carmel School has become one of only a handful of schools in Western Australia to utilise the innovative Morrisby Online system Read more







