First Limmud aimed at the Russian community

The international Jewish organisation Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) is planning its first festival in Australia next month.  Read more

Beach Shabbat

Over 150 community members from many different cultures and backgrounds attended OBK’s Shabbat on Sydney’s Tamarama Beach. Read more

Reunited with the family after 73 years

Photographs, documents, cutlery and sheet music secreted away by a chazan in an attic in wartime Czechoslovakia and discovered 72 years later have been reunited with his descendants in Sydney. Read more

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies says Yosef Feldman “unfit”

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has said that Rabbi Yosef Feldman is unfit to hold any position of authority within the community. Read more

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Progressives have their say

The Progressive Rabbinic Council of Australia, Asia and New Zealand and the Union for Progressive Judaism have stated their position on statements made at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Day 6

Rabbi Yossef Feldman completes his evidence…and another victim reads his statement. Read more

Feldman out on a limb

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry had distanced the community from Rabbi Yosef Feldman, the spiritual head of the Southern Sydney Synagogue who has completed giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  hearing in Melbourne. Read more

JNF’s Green Sunday

Communities around the country manned the phones raising funds during JNF’s Green Sunday. Read more

Mesirah and the AFP’s War on Drugs

The Jewish law of ‘mesirah’ – the prohibition against handing a fellow Jew over to secular authorities – has been under the spotlight in the current Royal Commission hearing, with Rabbis being probed as to their own interpretations and practices. Read more

Kosher caterer’s premises destroyed by fire

The premises of Peter Unger Catering in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran have been destroyed by fire…but it is business as usual. Read more

Shule on line

Melbourne’s progressive synagogue Temple Beth Israel (TBI) has commenced streaming Shabbat services live from its website, tbi.org.au  through TBI TV.  The intention is to stream Shabbat, High Holiday Day, festival services and concerts. Read more

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : community reaction

Lay and religious leadership have reacted strongly to the hearings in Melbourne this week at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  on matters pertaining to the Yeshiva in Sydney and the Yeshivah in Melbourne. Read more

Departing student was related by marriage

The Rabbinical Administrator of Yeshiva Gedolah,Bondi,  Rabbi Yosef Feldman, present at a July 2002 meeting with  name protected AVL and his father, Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, admitted that AVL, a student at the Yeshiva accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour, was a relative by marriage. Read more

Maccabiah 2017: Head of delegation announced

Maccabi Australia has announce the Head of Delegation for the 2017 Maccabiah Games. Read more

“We are sorry that you suffered”

Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, spiritual head of the Sydney Yeshiva and leader of Chabad NSW has apologised to those who suffered child sexual abuse when attending the Yeshiva. Read more

Pride Shabbat in Melbourne

Melbourne’s Temple Beth Israel (TBI) hosted a Friday night “Pride Shabbat” service as part of the Midsumma Festival. Read more

JCCV supports victims of child sexual abuse

As the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hears testimony from members of the Jewish community, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) reiterates its support for victims of child sexual abuse and their families, and welcomes the opportunity provided by the Royal Commission for them to tell their stories. Read more

OurCrowd MD to speak in Sydney

Sydney-born venture capitalist Dan Bennett has brought the start-up nation home to Australia. Read more

Distinguished author Martin Gilbert passes away

British-Jewish historian Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of United Kingdom prime minister Winston Churchill, has passed away from cancer at 78.  Read more

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Day 3: Rabbi Moshe Gutnick

Statements made by Sydney Rabbi Moshe Gutnick have reignited a commitment to Judaism for child sexual abuse victim Manny Waks. Read more

Kashrut in NSW

The Kashrut Commission of Inquiry established by The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has released its recommendations. Read more

BJE in 2015

In 2014 the Board of Jewish Education achieved several milestones in different areas of its programmes.  Read more

Reflecting on European Jewish food

Older members of Melbourne’s community feature on A Jewish Care video focusing on European Jewish food. Read more

A Revolting Election Campaign and a Vicious Media

Israeli voters should be considering the issues and debating who is best equipped to lead a nation confronted by extraordinary military, diplomatic, social and religious challenges…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

From Temple times through today, Pesach conveys message of Jewish unity

Between 19 BCE and 4 BCE, King Herod I renovated the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, enlarging and beautifying it. Read more

Living side by side…

In 2001, Polish-American historian Jan T. Gross published a controversial monograph entitled Neighbours in which he described the destruction of the Jewish community in the Polish city of Jedwabne at the hands of the local Polish population. Read more

Gehry’s first building in Australia opens for business

When world-renowned architect Frank Gehry was asked at the opening of his first building in Australia if there was anything he could not achieve in its planning, he replied: “I’m Jewish and I feel guilty about everything”. Read more

Lara receives inaugural scholarship

The winner of the inaugural Maccabi Australia Rudi Roth Sports Scholarship was announced at the closing ceremony of the 33^rd Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival held in Melbourne last week,and Maccabi Australia is excited to announce NSW Junior tennis player Lara Kaplan as the recipient. Read more

Tu B’shevat – a message from Jerusalem

MAZEL TOV TO THE TREES Read more

25th anniversary of Clean-up Australia Day

In 2014 more than 572,406 volunteers including members of the Jewish community. removed an estimated 15,708 tonnes of rubbish from 7,140 sites across Australia,  Read more

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