Roll on Maccabiah
May 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under Maccabi Australia, News
Maccabi Australia has announced the upper management for the 20th Maccabiah Games to be held in Israel in 2017. Read more
Yeshiva still on the hook
May 27, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
Reports that Waverley Council is expecting to write off a $10,000 debt owed to it by the Yeshiva Centre have been rebutted by Mayor Sally Betts. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Gary Peer
May 27, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Filed under Featured Articles, The Shtick
Melbourne real estate icon Gary Peer is interviewed by the Shtick’s Henry Greener about his background, success and expansion as the housing market bubble inflates to breaking point…!!!? A video presentation. Read more
UIA Young Families launched in Sydney
May 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News, UIA
Israel came to Sydney as UIA’s new division, Young Families, celebrated their launch event at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park on Yom Yerushalayim. Read more
94-yr-old Melbourne woman honoured by Holocaust Centre
May 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under Jewish Holocaust Centre, News
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
May 18, 2015 by David Marlow
Filed under Have You Heard?, JCCV
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
Beth Weizmann’s security to be upgraded
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
The Victorian government has awarded a grant of $500,000 towards a security upgrade for Beth Weizmann, Melbourne’s central community facility. Read more
New president for Kadimah
May 8, 2015 by Carmel Shute
Filed under News
The Kadimah, Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, has elected its second female President in its 104 years’ history. Read more
Mountain or opportunity?
May 8, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Filed under Featured Articles
Rabbi Michoel Gourarie discussed relationship issues… Read more
Slezak turned down by Limmud-Oz
May 1, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
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
Vibrant Balaclava
April 28, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Filed under Have You Heard?
The Shtick’s Henry Greener was out and about at the recent Vibrant Balaclava Festival in Melbourne. Read more
Israeli and Jewish groups on frontline of Nepal earthquake relief efforts
April 28, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Filed under News
After a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the impoverished mountainous country of Nepal over the weekend, killing at least 3,800 people, Israeli and Jewish humanitarian and governmental organisations have assumed their traditional role on the frontline of relief efforts for a natural disaster. Read more
Harmless gossip?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
April 24, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Filed under Featured Articles
In this week’s Torah Portion we learn about the transgression of gossip (Lashon Horah) which is considered a serious transgression. Read more
It’s a matter of timing…writes Michael Kuttner
April 23, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
Filed under Featured Articles
Life is full of surprises but some things are predictable and their timing can often determine whether the outcome is a success or a disaster. Read more
A community centre for Melbourne
April 21, 2015 by Rachel Mihalovich
Filed under News
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
Dialogue and friendship core values for Abrahamic Council relaunch
April 16, 2015 by Keren Cook
Filed under News
The Christian and Jewish communities have expanded to included Muslims in an effort to foster dialogue and friendship. Read more
Yom Hashoah in Sydney
April 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Filed under News
Over 1200 people packed Sydney’s City Recital Hall to commemorate the passing of 70 years since the end of WWII and the liberation from the Nazi concentration camps. Read more
Stand Up CEO selected for international leadership program
April 15, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
Sydney filmmaker makes an ABC-TV Foreign Correspondent program on Palestinian footballers
April 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
I may as well have a Star of David tattooed onto my forehead…writes Dan Goldberg. Read more
JCCV disclaims Reclaim Australia
April 7, 2015 by David Marlow
Filed under News
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
The Buchenwald Ball released on line
April 7, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald, the makers of The Buchenwald Ball is being re-released on demand with all proceeds from downloads going towards a new documentary about Holocaust survivor…set in Melbourne’s Holocaust Museum. Read more
A Holocaust Pesach diary
April 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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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
Jews Killed Nobody … writes Gil Solomon
April 3, 2015 by Gil Solomon
Filed under Featured Articles
With antisemitism rampaging like a wildfire throughout the fertile grounds of Europe, be it Muslim initiated or otherwise, when a Holland-based Roman Catholic Church Association television station airs a video clip titled “Jews killed Jesus“, when a Sydney-based Anglican priest, in one of his sermons stated that “Jews killed Jesus” I say enough is enough. Read more
Ask the Rabbi about Pesach
March 29, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Filed under Featured Articles
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about the ten plagues, chametz and the invisible Seder guest… Read more
Breaking the 18-minute rule…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
March 26, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Filed under Featured Articles
In just over a week we will celebrate Passover, which begins with the Pesach Seder. One of the important Mitzvot of the Seder is the eating of Shmura Matzah. Read more
The Road to Realisation
March 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Filed under News
More than 180 people attended at the AGM of Sydney’s Hakoah Club despite there being no election and were “walked through” the Hakoah proposal for the redevelopment plans of the White City site. Read more
Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
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
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
Michael Carp will become Co-President of JNF Victoria together with Simone Szalmuk-Singer, the current Victorian President. Read more
TV duo receive two Logies nominations
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under News
Meeting and eating
March 23, 2015 by David Marlow
Filed under News
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