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More than a meal: the Jewish Food Festival brings Sydney’s Jewish community together

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:12:04 +0000

The Jewish Food Festival will return to Sydney this Sunday, 22 March 2026, bringing the community together for a day of food, culture and connection following the challenges of 2025, including the Bondi terror attack. Now in its fourth year and organised by Shalom Collective, the event will run from 10am to 3pm at a […]

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Monday Morning Cooking Club is back with a book for the next generation

Rob Klein — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:20:36 +0000

The Monday Morning Cooking Club did not set out to build a publishing brand. It set out to save recipes. The project began in 2006 when six women from Sydney’s Jewish community came together to write a cookbook for charity. Over time, the group has evolved into the trio of Lisa Goldberg, Merelyn Frank Chalmers […]

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Shabbat Bo

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:52:57 +0000

Mezuzah This week, we read about the Israelites’ preparations to leave Egypt. “This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Speak to the community leadership of Israel and say that on the tenth of this month, each of them […]

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Shabbat Miketz

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:18:30 +0000

More on Frailty The themes of human frailty continue. Last week, we read about Tamar and the way she dealt with her personal crisis. Yehudah accepted that she was justified in her breach of law and custom. Even though offering oneself up as a prostitute was hardly the act of a God-fearing human being. But […]

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Shabbat Chayey Sarah

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:41:12 +0000

Was Hagar Abandoned? Hagar was the maid servant that Sarai (later Sarah), the wife of Avraham, took as a surrogate when it appeared that she would remain barren and therefore Avraham would be without an heir. Sarah chose Hagar for this role after consulting with her husband. It is a heart-rending story that can be […]

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JIFF launches with a deadly dinner party in “Bad Shabbos”

Rob Klein — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:56:04 +0000

The Jewish International Film Festival has opened with a lively farce in Bad Shabbos, a sharp, fast-paced comedy that turns a well-intentioned Shabbat dinner into complete mayhem. After the last few years, we all need a laugh, and Bad Shabbos provides plenty of them. Directed by Daniel Robbins (best known previously for the 2018 horror […]

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Shabbat Eykev

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:56:07 +0000

CHOSEN It still amazes me how often I hear non -Jews claim that we Jews are so arrogant and exclusive because we claim to be the chosen people. And they happily ignore the fact that both Christianity and Islam at various times have proudly claimed to be the chosen people, the beloved of God or […]

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Shabbat Behukotai: What am I worth?

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 30 May 2024 05:19:19 +0000

As we reach the end of the book of Leviticus, we’ve run through a series of laws, ethical and ritual, that relate to other human beings, the Land, and God. The Torah begins this week with a covenantal agreement between God and us, which mirrors similar royalty covenants in the ancient Assyrian world and earlier. […]

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Shabbat Bo: Lessons from the Exodus

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:24:46 +0000

There are two themes amongst the many in this week’s Torah that stand out as being particularly relevant at this moment in time. The first one is how the Egyptians reacted to the Israelites. Although the antagonism towards Israel came from the top, in fact, the general population seems to have been much more friendly […]

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Shabbat Vayakhel Pekudei: Repetition is Good

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:35:58 +0000

It is an interesting phenomenon that the major events of the Torah that play a crucial role in the life of the people from a philosophical point of view are repeated in slightly different ways. Here are just two of the many examples of repetition and modification. The Creation narrative is one. In the first […]

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