Increasing numbers of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama

It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party in the recent midterm congressional elections…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

The full Monte – the challengers state their case

The candidates for the Board of Sydney’s Montefiore Home state their case.. Read more

The Full Monte

Sydney’s aged care Montefiore Home’s Hunter’s Hill will be filled to capacity on Sunday as concerned members of the community await the fate of incumbent president David Freeman. Read more

Antisemitic graffiti on the streets of Wellington

An elderly couple was heckled as they chalked antisemitic graffiti on a pavement in the CBD of New Zealand’s capital city Wellington. Read more

Lapid on the front foot

Israeli party Yesh Atid’s chairman Yair Lapid has taken his first shot at incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has called for an election in March. Read more

A night to please

Take a British beginning and end, put Sibelius in the middle, and everybody goes home feeling good – but only if the musicians can deliver, writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more

Abramovich remains at the helm

Dr Dvir Abramovich has been re-elected chairman of the Melbourne-based B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission. Read more

Remembering the vote

Worlds and generations apart they assembled at the 10^th Anniversary of NCJWA ‘Celebrating Israel’ event recently at Council House in Sydney’s Woollahra, to share their personal accounts of ‘The Vote’ by UN General Assembly of Resolution 181 on 29 November 1947. Read more

South African Jewish leaders meeting with Abbas creates backlash

Senior leadership of the South African Jewish community has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and President Zuma at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria. Read more

Limmud Fest- a weekend to remember

An electrifying silent disco topped off an uplifting Shabbat of intellectual and spiritual nourishment at Limmud Fest last weekend. Read more

Exodus, Gods and Kings…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Do we really need yet another swords and sandals cutlery saga? Why rehash ancient history? What could we expect from Director Ridley Scott? Read more

Greek mayor visits Our Big Kitchen

Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen has acknowledged the input into its foundation by the Greek community in the presence of the mayor of Thessaloniki. Read more

Jewish House Gala Dinner

Over 500 guests packed Sydney’s Sheraton Wentworth Hotel for The Jewish House Gala Dinner, raising over $250,000 for the care and refuge facility. Read more

Photo Gallery: Peter Philippsohn Farewell

A function was hosted by Richard and Jacqui Scheinberg to acknowledge the work of outgoing Sydney JCA president Peter Philippsohn. Read more

Award for Emile Sherman

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) have  announced Australian producer Emile Sherman as the 2014 recipient of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region. Read more

The ambassador visited by Chabad

Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben Shmuel has put on Tefillin in honour of the victims of the recent terrorist attack on a synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem. Read more

Yesh Atid says immediate Israeli elections “unnecessary”

Netanyahu is leading Israel to unnecessary elections. Read more

New Government for Victoria

Last weekend, Victorians made history by changing Government after just one term. Read more

Maccabi Australia announces new President

Barry Smorgon has been elected as the new President of Maccabi Australia. Read more

New Board for JewishCare

Sydney’s JewishCare has elected a new Board at its AGM. Read more

The Great greets a new president

Justice Stephen Rothman has taken over the presidency of Sydney’s The Great Synagogue….the city’s oldest and a jewel in it Jewish historical crown. Read more

Triguboff thanked for conversion support

A major legislative reform of the conversion process in Israel has been amended as an administrative decision in an Israeli Cabinet meeting. Read more

Tragedy of Mizrahi Jewish refugees emerges from the shadows

To properly understand how the Holocaust has been seared onto Israel’s collective consciousness, one should visit the country on the 27th of Nisan, a date in the Hebrew calendar that falls in either April or May in the solar one….writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more

Words matter: how vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem? Those are some of the language choices that journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are faced with each day—and those choices should not be taken lightly, experts say…writes Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org Read more

Jews from Arab Lands

The president of Israel has spoken at a ceremony commemorating the First Exit and Deportation of Jews from Arab Lands and Iran Day…an event also remembered in Sydney. Read more

The Chief Rabbi in Melbourne

The Chief Rabbi of theUnited Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended a Victorian Jewish communal event in his honour. Read more

David Williamson’s “Rupert” – reviewed by Deb Meyer

Sitting down to write this review, a strange sweet craving came over me. Read more

Times of change – JCA

Sydney’s JCA has a new president as Peter Philippsohn ends a four year term and passes the baton to Stephen Chipkin. Read more

The Monte – a governor unable to vote

Through circumstances beyond my control, I am unable to be present at the AGM of The Montefiore Home on 7 December . Read more

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