Putting your best foot forward

Melbourne’s YoungUIA Women’s Division will run a workshop next month  titled “Upskill Yourself: How to put your best foot forward.” Read more

A Touch of Sweetness and Light

It could have been the lure of sweet, pillowy balls of sufganiyot – traditional jam donuts– that brought a large gathering to NSW State Parliament House this week where politicians, diplomats, community and religious leaders from many faiths mingled to mark the upcoming  Festival of Lights, Channukah. Read more

Syria and Islamic State: America Capitulates – UN Security Council Procrastinates

President Obama has finally abandoned his 2011 policy calling for Syria’s President Assad to step aside and allow the future of Syria to be determined by its people – opening the way to a UN-led process on the political future of Syria being undertaken without first removing Assad…writes David Singer. Read more

How long should you sleep?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem…and answers your questions. Read more

Melbourne awards community leaders

Over 200 people from across Melbourne’s Jewish community have attended  the JCCV 2015 Community Recognition Awards. Read more

Food from the Arava

The agricultural community of the Arava in Israel  is a living miracle of Israel that has turned the dry, barren desert into the Land of Milk and Honey…and will demonstrate their culinary skills in Australia. Read more

Frydenberg visits Bataclan

Melbourne MP Josh Frydenberg has paid a visit to the Bataclan Concert Hall in Paris…scene of one the most horrific terrorist attacks in recent times. Read more

Netanyahu-Obama vibes better than usual, but Golan Heights discord lingers

The latest meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama experienced somewhat less fanfare than previous showdowns…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

The JCCV: 2015 in review

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s video report of the year in review. Read more

Newt’s News looks at the Jewish International Film Festival

Newt’s News covers topics of interest to our community including JIFF 2015, Holocaust Movies including “Son of Saul”, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s new PM and Mitzvah Day.  A video report produced by Henry Greener’s The Shtick. Read more

World’s Jewish leaders send condolences to France

Top Jewish community professionals from 40 countries world-wide have met in Lisbon  for a two-day conference organized by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and sent a combined message of condolence to the France’s Prime Minister. Read more

Celebrating Israel and the Point of No Return

The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia’s  Celebrating Israel 2015 event entitled “Point of No Return” will be dedicated to the plight of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Europe and the Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries prior and post the ‘Partition Plan’. Read more

Devries book launch

Robin Devries’ Book “My Mother took me to the Cricket” has been launched in Sydney…the 54^th book to be published by the Community Stories Project of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

OBK at work for France

Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen has issued an open invitation to join help bake and prepare care packets for staff at France’s diplomatic offices in Australia. Read more

Masorti France

Claude Machline, founder of Massorti France and Masorti Europe has issued a statement following  the massacre in the Bataclan Theatre following the murder of one of their congregant’s granddaughter. Read more

Hebrew University’s Melton Centre launches Distance Learning M.A. in Jewish Education

The Melton Centre of Jewish Education from the prestigious Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel’s top ranking college, is launching a new distance learning Masters degree track. Read more

Royal visit to Oz Harvest

During her recent visit to Australia with Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall visited Oz Harvest. Read more

B’nai B’rith Retirement Village Benefactor Honoured

The late Karla Zolshan was a determined and feisty woman who lived simply and frugally but whose success as a businesswoman gave her the means to give generously to others.

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Paris

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has expressed “shock and outrage” at the terrorist attacks in Paris, calling them “an unspeakable crime against humanity.” On behalf of world Jewry, Lauder expressed his deep condolences to the French people in a message sent to President François Hollande. Read more

Red Crescent abandons terrorist victims

Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed Israel’s Foreign Ministry to file a sharp protest with the International Committee of the Red Cross responsible for the Red Crescent requesting explanations for the abandonment of Jewish injured following a terrorist attack in Oltniel which claimed two lives. Read more

The Rabbi and the Prince

Rabbi Ben Elton and his wife Hinda met Prince Charles at a garden party in Sydney and answered questions from His Royal Highness about Sydney’s Jewish community. Read more

Bojo tells it like it is…writes Ted Lapkin

Amongst Palestinians, speaking well of Zionism can be a capital offence. At least that’s what Conservative Party Mayor of London Boris Johnson learned while leading a trade mission this week to Israel. Read more

EU “guilty of double standards”

The World Jewish Congress’ (WJC) says the European Union is guilty of applying “blatant double standards” after the European Commission, the EU’s executive, adopted new guidelines requiring the mandatory labelling of certain products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Read more

What have gestures ever done for us?…asks Michael Kuttner

One of the unforgettable lines from the hit film, “The Life of Brian” had one of the characters demanding to know “what have the Romans ever done for us?” Read more

Telling Israel’s story

Zionism Victoria, in partnership with the Zionist Federation of Australia, will present the Public Diplomacy Toolkit: Triumphs, Bloopers & What Can I Do, an interactive presentation by Michael Lawrence later this month. Read more

Holocaust theme in winning dance performance

Rosebud is a small town on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula…a local school has won a dance competition with a performance using the Holocaust as its theme. Watch it here… Read more

With terror abound in Israel, is news reporting feeding the beast?

You’re a journalist on the ground in Israel during the current wave of terror. Murders are committed on your street corner. Protests are organized by your neighbours…writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org. Read more

Newts News: Mitzvahs and Polish Jews

Henry Greener’s The Shtick presents Newt’s News: Mitzvahs and Polish Jews…with clips, views and current events… local and international.. Read more

Six honorary doctorates conferred by the Weizmann Institute

Lord Robert Winston and Israeli musician Shlomo Bar have joined  two Nobel laureates and two distinguished philanthropists tin receiving honorary doctorates from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science. Read more

Bibi’s Game: Talk Tough on Iran, Pass The White House, Collect $5 Billion…writes Gidon BenZvi

According to several reports, Israel wants $5 billion per year in military aid for the next 10 years. Jerusalem has been signaling that it wants more money to counter threats it says will arise as a result of the international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Read more

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