shalom Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/shalom/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:25:47 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 2025 Jewish Writer Awards nominees announced https://www.jwire.com.au/2025-jewish-writer-awards-nominees-announced/ https://www.jwire.com.au/2025-jewish-writer-awards-nominees-announced/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:25:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172068 The shortlists have been announced for the 2025 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards, recognising outstanding books published in 2024 across a range of genres and age categories. Now in its second year, the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-Fiction ($10,000) honours works of significant relevance to the Jewish experience. This year’s shortlist […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/2025-jewish-writer-awards-nominees-announced/feed/ 0 172068 Shalom Australian Jewish Book Awards https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-australian-jewish-book-awards/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-australian-jewish-book-awards/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:56:16 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=160122 Sydney-based Shalom has announced the creation of a new prize under the banner of the Shalom Australian Jewish Book Awards to recognise excellence in contemporary Australian fiction and non-fiction and to inspire and support current and future Jewish Australian authors. The Wingate Award for Unpublished Manuscripts (Jewish Subject), supported by Investment Manager Wingate (http://www.wingate.com.au), is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-australian-jewish-book-awards/feed/ 0 160122 Do it yourself produce https://www.jwire.com.au/do-it-yourself-produce/ https://www.jwire.com.au/do-it-yourself-produce/#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 02:51:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=158174 Shalom’s Adamama has launched a new initiative in Sydney’s Bondi Junction for nature and fresh food lovers. Adamama’s Community Garden Project caters to young Jewish adults aged 20-35, empowering them to learn to grow their produce locally, from sprouting seeds to permaculture and everything in between. In the three months since the launch, there have […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/do-it-yourself-produce/feed/ 0 158174 David Baddiel to headline Sydney Jewish Writers Festival https://www.jwire.com.au/david-baddiel-to-headline-sydney-jewish-writers-festival/ https://www.jwire.com.au/david-baddiel-to-headline-sydney-jewish-writers-festival/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:02:51 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=148999 The inimitable David Baddiel, British comedian, best-selling author, screenwriter, and television presenter will join the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival across a number of events.   Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, powered by Shalom, returns in August 2023 celebrating and will showcase  books, writers and ideas, planned to ignite and engage audiences. From Wednesday 23 August to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/david-baddiel-to-headline-sydney-jewish-writers-festival/feed/ 0 148999 Jewdle: a Jewish version of Wordle https://www.jwire.com.au/jewdle-a-jewish-version-of-wordle/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewdle-a-jewish-version-of-wordle/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:20:23 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=133697 Sydney’s Shalom has launched a Jewish version of the immensely popular online word game Wordle called Jewdle. Like many other offshoots spawned by Wordle, Jewdle is in most respects identical to the original — with a few key differences. Players must guess a six-letter word, rather than five. And all of the mystery words are […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewdle-a-jewish-version-of-wordle/feed/ 6 133697 Shalom partners with Hakoah https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-partners-with-hakoah/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-partners-with-hakoah/#respond Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:31:57 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=128836 Sydney's Shalom has signed up to be the first announced preferred partner of Hakoah at Sydney's White City.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shalom-partners-with-hakoah/feed/ 0 128836 Limmud Oz Sydney 2019 – Call for presenters https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-oz-sydney-2019-call-for-presenters/ https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-oz-sydney-2019-call-for-presenters/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:43:27 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=95364 Presenter applications are now open to anyone in the community whose talk can promise to take Limmud Oz participants ‘one step further on their Jewish journey’.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-oz-sydney-2019-call-for-presenters/feed/ 0 95364 Innovating for the future https://www.jwire.com.au/innovating-for-the-future/ https://www.jwire.com.au/innovating-for-the-future/#respond Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:33:46 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=67515 Fourteen people across nine teams recently graduated from Sydney's Shalom’s Ideation Project; a 3-month incubation program that develops not-for-profit, for-profit and social enterprise innovations.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/innovating-for-the-future/feed/ 0 67515 Limmud Fest for Shalom https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-fest-shalom/ https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-fest-shalom/#respond Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:40:53 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=66871 Next month, Limmud Fest provides a chance for parents to play and learn along with their kids.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/limmud-fest-shalom/feed/ 0 66871 Writers’ Day https://www.jwire.com.au/writers-day/ https://www.jwire.com.au/writers-day/#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:10:56 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=36453 Based on the overwhelmingly positive response to our program last year, the Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival (SJWF) is holding a one-day program on 1 September, highlighting the recent works of authors of Jewish and general interest. International guests include acclaimed French author of HHhH, Laurent Binet, who will be featured in a pre-event on the […]

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