New home for Betar
February 20, 2012 by Community Editor
Hakoah’s White City complex will provide youth group Betar with a new home…the first headquarters they have had in five years. Read more
Tu B’Shevat at Emanuel School
February 9, 2012 by Community Editor
Students from Emanuel School ranging from 3 to 18 years picked up spades and shoveled soil to celebrate Tu B’Shevat. The Korhmehl Centre Emanuel Pre School children were particularly busy as they planted a Fairy Magnolia in the not so forgiving soil while Primary and High School students planted small shrubs and parsley following their sederim. Read more
New President for UJEB
February 3, 2012 by Community Editor
Melbourne’s The United Jewish Education Board has endorsed the appointment of Yossi Goldfarb as its new president. Read more
Auschwitz Liberation Commemoration
January 20, 2012 by Community Editor
The Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants together with Sydney Jewish Museum will hold its annual Liberation of Auschwitz Commemoration on Sunday 29 January at the Sydney Jewish Museum. This year is 67th Anniversary and we are holding the commemoration as well as the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day. Read more
Ambassador Jones
January 18, 2012 by Community Editor
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today congratulated 40 Australians who have been recognised for their outstanding work in building strong and cohesive local communities…including Sydney identity, Jeremy Jones. Read more
World Zionist Leader to Visit Melbourne
January 13, 2012 by Community Editor
Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman, the co-chair of Department for Diaspora Activities of the World Zionist Organisation will deal with questions from the Diaspora at a meeting to be held in Melbourne at the end of the month. Read more
Fellowship Group in new hands
January 4, 2012 by Community Editor
Margaret Heselev and the Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith have relinquished the organising of Melbourne’s Fellowship Group. Read more
Young Adult Chabad take over Hotel
December 21, 2011 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Young Adult Chabad took over the Watson’s Bay Hotel for their Chanukah party…. Read more
Chanukah Gold Party
December 21, 2011 by Community Editor
The Central Synagogue, Hagshama and J-Junction end the year with a bang!! On Sunday, 18th December, over 400 young Jewish adults came together in style, to celebrate the end of the year and the coming of Chanukah at the legendary ‘GOLD PARTY’. Read more
Go Mendel
December 20, 2011 by Community Editor
Mendel Slavin has made the finals of JewishKidsGotTalent.com and he needs your vote… Read more
Moriah Makes the Top Ten
December 15, 2011 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Moriah College has achieved ninth spot in the Higher School Certificate…and all Sydney Jewish day schools have elevated their rankings over last year’s results. Read more
Winners are grinners
December 13, 2011 by Community Editor
Happy families in NSW today as the State’s Board of Studies named the 107 students in the 2011 HSC First Place in Course. Read more
Emanuel Hoodwinked
December 13, 2011 by Community Editor
Sydney’s Emanuel Primary School’s musical called “Hoodwinked” is a roaring success. Read more
Israeli diplomat to address plenum
December 9, 2011 by Community Editor
Israeli Deputy Chef de Mission Meir Itzchaki will address the community at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum meeting next week. Read more
First Israeli Film Festival for Wellington
December 2, 2011 by Community Editor
The Israeli Embassy in Wellington is hosting a film festival in the New Zealand capital for the first time. Read more
Project Heart Extended – Reclaiming Holocaust Property
December 2, 2011 by Community Editor
The office of Israel’s Prime Minister has recommended that Project HEART extend the deadline for individuals to submit Questionnaires into 2012. This decision was made in response to the high number of inquiries it has received from Holocaust victims over the past few months as well as numerous requests from the families of Holocaust victims to participate in the program. Read more
Change at the Top in Victoria
November 23, 2011 by Community Editor
Nina Bassat is the new president of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria. Read more
Opportunity for NSWJBD Summer Internship
November 23, 2011 by Community Editor
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies is offering an opportunity for a communal-minded tertiary student to gain work experience over the summer months in its Sydney office. Read more
Celebrating Israel
November 23, 2011 by Community Editor
Celebrating Israel 2011 marks the 64th Anniversary of the passing of resolution 181 by the UN General Assembly on 29 November 1947, calling for the establishment of a Jewish State alongside an Arab State in the historical land of Israel, leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. Read more
Gottshall Library Opening in Sydney this Month
November 7, 2011 by Community Editor
The Premier of NSW, Barry O’Farrell MP, will officially open the Rebbetzin Jana Gottshall Memorial Library, established by the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA), in Sydney on 29 November. Read more
Prejudice and Mental Issues in Melbourne’s Jewish Gay and Lesbian Community
October 31, 2011 by Community Editor
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has released a ground-breaking report on prejudice and mental health issues in Melbourne’s Jewish GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) community. Read more
Closer Collaboration between the NSWJBD and the Police
October 25, 2011 by Community Editor
The Anti-Terrorism Unit of the NSW Police has invited the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies to deliver seminars to put Jewish and Israeli issues into context for its staff. Read more
Sydney Kristallnacht Commemoration
October 25, 2011 by Community Editor
“No foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before the world could outdo the tale of burnings and beatings, of blackguardly assaults on defenceless and innocent people which disgraced that country yesterday.”The Times, 1938 Read more
Dayenu Seeks New President
October 25, 2011 by Community Editor
Sydney Jewish Gay and Lesbian group Dayenu will hold it AGM this weekend and is on the lookout for a new president. Read more
Sukkah in the City
October 23, 2011 by Community Editor
Chabad of Melbourne CBD which operates in the Center of Melbourne held their yearly major Succos Luncheon. Read more
Kristellnacht remembered
October 23, 2011 by Community Editor
The Melbourne Jewish community will mark the 73rd anniversary of Kristallnacht at a commemorative function on 9 November at the Glen Eira Town Hall. Read more
Pink Sukkah for Breast Cancer
October 18, 2011 by Community Editor
The Jewish Women’s breast cancer network held a Pink Sunday in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra to raise awareness of and funds for breast cancer. Read more
Think Pink this Sunday
October 12, 2011 by Community Editor
The commercial hub of the Sydney suburb of Woollahra will don a pink cloak as the community comes out in support for women and families affected by breast cancer. Read more
Nomination time
October 10, 2011 by Community Editor
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) is calling for nominations from community members interested in bringing new energy and ideas to its restructured Executive. Read more
26 Years of Caring for the Visually Impaired
October 5, 2011 by Community Editor
One of Sydney’s JewishCare’s oldest Friendship Clubs is the Lapid group for the vision impaired…and it has served the community for 26 years. Read more
