Have you eaten dessert?
March 23, 2012 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Question:
I have worked hard to be a good, decent and honorable human being. I don’t drink, smoke or eat unhealthy food. I don’t cheat, lie, gossip or humiliate other people. I stay away from bad company and am allergic to shady business. But I am still unhappy and constantly have this ongoing feeling of emptiness. Can you help…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie? Read more
Facebook or Facelessbook?
March 23, 2012 by David Singer
Can anyone out there tell me how I can have direct on-line contact with a real live person at Facebook – not just some anonymous message that is flashed on my screen?…asks David Singer. Read more
Kosher cooking by celebrity chefs
On the last Tuesday of each month one high-flying Sydney chef prepares a scrumptious and easy to cook menu for 15 girls and 15 guys in at Bondi Our Big Kitchen. Read more
$6 footnote for seniors
Watch Footnote (2012 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film) in Sydney for only $6 for seniors ($12 general) at the Young at Heart Seniors Film Festival. By Israeli director Joseph Cedar, Footnote is a clever satire set in the world of Talmudic studies. Read more
One Stop Community Shop
March 23, 2012 by Michelle Coleman
Jewish Care Victoria and the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) have signed an agreement to explore the feasibility of establishing a joint Volunteer Resource Centre (VRC) aiming to become a ‘one stop shop’ in the recruitment, matching, referral and training of local volunteers to support the Victorian Jewish community. Read more
Apr-26 Melbourne: Yom Ha’azmaut @ Luna Park
March 23, 2012 by J-Wire
Israel Independence Day celebrations for all ages… Read more
Apr-25 Melbourne: Yom Ha’azmaut Concert
March 23, 2012 by J-Wire
Join in celebrating Israel’s Independence Day… Read more
Futsal boys meet Internationals
March 23, 2012 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Maccabi futsal club ended their first foray into the Asian club futsal scene on a high after two narrow defeats in the AFC Futsal Club Championships Qualifying stage this week. Read more
Marathon Man
March 23, 2012 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Dr Terry Diamond’s initiative to run seven marathons (42 kilometres each) in seven days, will be fulfilled when he completes number seven at Bondi Beach on Sunday morning. Read more
Catherine Ashton and Toulouse
March 23, 2012 by Emily Gian
On Monday evening, Melbourne time, we heard the devastating news that four French Jews had been murdered outside Ozar Hatorah, a Jewish school in Toulouse, France…writes Emily Gian. Read more
Mar-27 Sydney: The Threat from Iran
March 22, 2012 by J-Wire
Yaakov Katz, the military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and other prestigious publications will talk at the NCJW Council House on the threat from Iran… Read more
Mar-25 Sydney: The Threat from Iran
March 22, 2012 by J-Wire
Yaakov Katz, the military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and other prestigious publications will talk at Masada College on the threat from Iran… Read more
Israeli “art dealers” deported
March 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
All seven Israelis ordered to be deported by New Zeealand authorities following a complaint about an art scam have left the country. Read more
Overlap of cultures
March 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s new Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, has advocated helping “the overlap of cultures” in his maiden speech, citing a 10th century caliph who had a Jewish foreign minister. Read more
Cookbook award for Judy and Pnina
“One Egg is a Fortune” has been awarded Best in the World as winner in its category, “Australia-Pacific – Fundraising, Charity and Community”, at the 17th annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Read more
Countering Israeli Apartheid Week
March 22, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
As university campuses around the nation featured Israeli Apartheid Week, members of The Australasian Union of Jewish Students countered by displaying specially designed posters. Read more
Scholarships honour Sir Zelman Cowen
March 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Two young Australians will be given the ability to study at the top universities in the world each year, through scholarships announced in honour of Sir Zelman Cowen. Read more
Israeli Arabs – Rights, Obligations and Loyalties
March 21, 2012 by Isi Leibler
An incident during the recent retirement ceremony for Israel’s Chief Justice, Dorit Beinisch, highlighted the complexities Israeli Arabs face in relation to their identity…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Emanuel Progress Report
March 21, 2012 by Community Editor
In 2010 Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue obtained development consent for a major redevelopment of its Woollahra site, including the creation of a new second sanctuary, preschool, education spaces, and an administration and office building, all surrounded by beautiful and flexible outdoor spaces. Read more
Solomons family reunion
March 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
More than 200 descendants of Emanuel and Vaiben Solomon, convicts who landed in Australia in 1818, held one of the largest reunion on record in the Jewish community. Read more
Meet the London Klezmer Quartet
March 21, 2012 by Community Editor
A Klezmer Workshop by London Klezmer Quartet is to be held in Melbourne next month. Read more
Getting ready for Pesach
March 21, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Pesach preparations were well underway in Sydney last week with management and staff from fifteen Coles supermarkets receiving a rapid-fire education about the significant Jewish festival. Read more
AUJS Queensland on the way back
March 21, 2012 by Esther Oliver
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students is being revitalised in Queensland. Read more
Run for Cancer Research
March 21, 2012 by Community Editor
Join Josh Frydenberg’s Kooyong Colts as they run an 18 hour relay in Melbourne this weekend to raise money for cancer research.
Condolences to France as the Jewish World Mourns
March 20, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Prime Minister and the Jewish community through the Executive Council of Australian Jewry have sent condolences to the French community following the tragic murders of three Jewish children and one of their teachers in Toulouse. Read more
First ever Aged Expo
March 20, 2012 by Warren Hurst
The Aged Expo was the first ever time that all of seven Sydney Jewish organisations which provide aged care have presented their services at the one time. Read more
Emanuel student at Constitutional Convention
March 20, 2012 by Michelle Favero
Emanuel School student, Jonathan Katz, is one of 125 Year 11 and 12 students selected to investigate Australian Federalism: a question of balance, at the 17th National Schools’ Constitutional Convention, being held at Old Parliament House in Canberra this week. Read more
Ottolenghi on Iran
March 20, 2012 by Community Editor
Washington-based analyst Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi is visiting Australia and New Zealand briefing communities on the current situation with Iran. Read more
Iran, Turkey both posturing
March 20, 2012 by Joshua Cole
An expert on Turkey, Middle East relations has told a Zionist Federation of Australia meeting that Iran and Turkey are “both posturing”. Read more
Mazon Pesach Appeal Launched
March 20, 2012 by Community Editor
The Union for Progressive Judaism’s Mazon Australia has launched its Pesach appeal… Read more
