shabbat project Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/shabbat-project/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:34:02 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Omer Shem Tov tells his story of faith, survival and unbreakable hope https://www.jwire.com.au/omer-shem-tov-tells-his-story-of-faith-survival-and-unbreakable-hope/ https://www.jwire.com.au/omer-shem-tov-tells-his-story-of-faith-survival-and-unbreakable-hope/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:34:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=173982 UIA Australia will welcome Omer Shem Tov and his mother Shelly for a special visit to Sydney and Melbourne in November, where they will share their remarkable story of courage, faith and love that captured the hearts of the Jewish world. Omer was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from the Nova music festival on October 7 […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/omer-shem-tov-tells-his-story-of-faith-survival-and-unbreakable-hope/feed/ 0 173982 Over 40,000 send flowers for Shabbat to ‘COVID-19 heroes’ as part of Shabbat Project https://www.jwire.com.au/over-40000-send-flowers-for-shabbat-to-covid-19-heroes-as-part-of-shabbat-project/ https://www.jwire.com.au/over-40000-send-flowers-for-shabbat-to-covid-19-heroes-as-part-of-shabbat-project/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2020 06:52:07 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=118396 Today, on the occasion of the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism (9 November, the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom), the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association announces the launch of an online educational initiative under the title ‘Watch Out’.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/over-40000-send-flowers-for-shabbat-to-covid-19-heroes-as-part-of-shabbat-project/feed/ 0 118396 Annual Shabbat Project sees unprecedented participation in US, Israel and worldwide https://www.jwire.com.au/annual-shabbat-project-sees-unprecedented-participation-in-us-israel-and-worldwide/ https://www.jwire.com.au/annual-shabbat-project-sees-unprecedented-participation-in-us-israel-and-worldwide/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:34:20 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=105589 One example of Jewish unity occurred amid last week’s rocket attacks. White City Shabbat in Tel Aviv expanded its oversubscribed Friday-night dinner for 1,000 to residents of southern Israel free of charge.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/annual-shabbat-project-sees-unprecedented-participation-in-us-israel-and-worldwide/feed/ 0 105589 A record-breaking Shabbat https://www.jwire.com.au/a-record-breaking-shabbat/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-record-breaking-shabbat/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:04:44 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=105576 Over 1 million Jews in over 1,500 cities around the world participated in the global celebration of Shabbat that is The Shabbat Project.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-record-breaking-shabbat/feed/ 0 105576 Shabbat is trending! Get ready for the Shabbat Project 2019 in Sydney https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-is-trending-get-ready-for-the-shabbat-project-2019-in-sydney/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-is-trending-get-ready-for-the-shabbat-project-2019-in-sydney/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2019 02:50:32 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=103987 Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Karli Kloss and Troye Sivan have all extolled the virtues of Shabbat as a chance to carve out time to disconnect.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-is-trending-get-ready-for-the-shabbat-project-2019-in-sydney/feed/ 0 103987 The Shabbat Project – redefining community https://www.jwire.com.au/2500-celebrate-havdallah/ https://www.jwire.com.au/2500-celebrate-havdallah/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:46:57 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=46857 More than 2,500 members of Sydney's Jewish community participated in the concluding event of the Shabbay Project...celebrating the conclusion of Sydney's involvement in the wold-wide Shabbat Project.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/2500-celebrate-havdallah/feed/ 2 46857 The first Challah Bake – Perth kickstarts the world https://www.jwire.com.au/first-challah-bake-perth-kickstarts-world/ https://www.jwire.com.au/first-challah-bake-perth-kickstarts-world/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:57:37 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=46809 All over the world, women will be baking challah for the world-wide Shabbat Project. Perth has kicked off the project!

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