Klezmer in Canberra
March 4, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney performer Fay Sussman will perform at the National Gallery in Canberra this weekend as an added attraction to the Touluse Lautrec exhibition. Read more
Not Israel’s favourite song
Dr Dvir Abramovich, chairperson of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission, has questioned the Australian Broadcasting Commission about program content that apparently endorses genocide and the destruction of the State of Israel. Read more
The Broken Streamer
A Melbourne play – a migrants’ tale. Read more
Times at Tatura
March 4, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Memories of another day are no stranger to Eva de Jong-Duldig a director of a museum which has made a sizable contribution to “Behind Barbed Wire: POW and Interment Camps in Victoria 1939-1945” an exhibition showing the lives and times of internees and prisoners of war in Victoria opened recently at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. Read more
Mardi Gras
More than 80 members of the community turned last night to join the Dayenu float in the 2013 Mardi Gras parade. Read more
The ZFA beats to a different drum
ABC-TV’s “The Drum” recently addressed the issue of Israelis who hold an Australian passport or vice versa following the death in custody of Bez Zygier. The Zionist Federation of Australia’s president t Philip Chester responds…. Read more
Aleph welcomes Bialik joining SSCV
March 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Aleph Melbourne congratulates Bialik College on joining Safe Schools Coalition Victoria today. Read more
Fashion panel at the museum
March 3, 2013 by Community Editor
A Mardi Gras Story
March 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Penny Sharpe, Shadow Minister for Transport, a member of Rainbow Labor and senior campaigner for Gay and Lesbian rights paid tribute to the late-Ron Quilter-Fienberg in the NSW Parliament this week ahead of Sydney’s 35th Mardi Gras. Read more
Two new B’nai B’rith Retirement Villages team members
March 3, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Retirement Villages recently welcomed two new members on its Management team. Read more
Bye Bye Joan?
March 2, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Internationally-renowned Jewish comedienne Joan Rivers may have distanced herself permanently from her Jewish fan base after using a line referring to Germans “pushing Jews into the ovens”. Read more
Be Specific
March 1, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Have you ever resolved to change a habit or a negative behavior and found it too difficult to sustain? Have you ever had good intentions that remained in the world of thought and were never implemented?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
A special art exhibition
March 1, 2013 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has launched an exhibition of artwork by adults living with a mental health condition to raise awareness and support participants in their journey to recovery. Read more
JewishCare co-operating on Mental Health
March 1, 2013 by Warren Hurst
Sydney’s JewishCare has hosted a Mental Health – Meet your Neighbour meeting. Read more
Shalom scholarships for outstanding Jewish students
March 1, 2013 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Shalom college has offered for the first time scholarships to Jewish students on the basis of their academic record and leadership potential. Read more
