New leader for UIA Young Leadership in NSW
August 2, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Joshua Biggs has taken over from Robert Kawalsky as Chair of UIA NSW Young Leadership. Read more
Launch of Neighbourhood Watch in Glen Eira
August 1, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Over the years, as the population of Glen Eira has increased greatly (reaching nearly 150,000 a 13.6% increase since 2011), the number of active Neighbourhood groups has declined substantially, making it ever more difficult to reach residents and provide useful crime prevention education and support. Read more
UIA says thanks
July 27, 2017 by Community newsdesk
UIA hosted its annual Volunteer’s Thank You Dinner for over 100 people in Melbourne. Read more
Melton changes for Sydney
July 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The world renowned adult Jewish education Melton program has exciting changes ahead in Sydney. Read more
Nominate Now for Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence
July 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Victorian Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Inga Peulich MLC has to announced the opening of the Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2017. Read more
Get ahead in Hebrew
July 18, 2017 by Community newsdesk
>Sydney’s BJE is proud to introduce its new PRE- Bar and Bat Mitzvah Hebrew reading classes to help students improve their fluency before they start learning for the Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Read more
Sydney’s Jewish Youth in focus
July 14, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The unique role which Sydney’s Jewish youth movements play within the community will come under the spotlight next Tuesday night at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more
Magen David Adom launches the e-tzedakah box
July 5, 2017 by Community newsdesk
No spare change? No problem, as the traditional tzedakah box or pushka has now entered the 21st century. Read more
Out of the Shadows: rediscovering Jewish music and theatre
July 4, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Music and theatrical works of Jewish refugee artists fleeing fascist persecution in the 1930s and 1940s will be rediscovered in a one-off festival staged by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Seymour Centre next month. Read more
Prestigious mathematics award to Gus Lehrer
June 7, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The President of the Sydney Jewish Museum Professor Gus Lehrer has been awarded the prestigious George Szekeres Medal for 2016 in recognition of the influential contribution he has made to the studies of algebra and geometry. Read more
“We Are All Sydney” inaugural graduating class
June 7, 2017 by Community newsdesk
18 women from almost as many communities graduated in June from the first-ever “We Are All Sydney” community leadership program, initiated and run by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
CBDChabad launches mental health event to ‘Challenge the Black Dog’
June 7, 2017 by Community newsdesk
CBDChabad has planned an event designed to help fight the stigma of mental illness and to increase awareness about mental health. Read more
Record response to Gen17 survey
June 7, 2017 by Community newsdesk
More than 8,600 people participated in the Gen17 Australian Jewish community survey, a record number for any survey of this type in the Diaspora.
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The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in Sydney
May 30, 2017 by Community newsdesk
More than 500 people attended the New Israel Fund’s (NIF) evening with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue. Read more
Moriah launches entrepreneurial scholarship to Israel
May 29, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College has announced a new scholarship to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation among Year 11 students. Successful applicants will be awarded an all-expenses paid week-long trip to Israel to showcase leading Israeli start-ups and entrepreneurs. Read more
Countdown to the long weekend and Limmud-Oz
May 29, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Limmud-Oz Sydney, the Festival of Jewish Ideas, comes but once every two years . . . and this year’s must-see event is just days away. Read more
Chabad ACT expands to new building
May 19, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Chabad ACT is expanding into an additional building in Giralang, Canberra. Read more
A new look for fundraising
May 18, 2017 by Community newsdesk
JCA is yet again stepping out of the box to bring unique and innovative fundraising events to the Sydney Jewish Community. Read more
Fiddler on the Moriah roof
May 18, 2017 by Community newsdesk
It’s one of the greatest and most loved musicals of all time, capturing the hearts and imagination of audiences around the world – and it’s coming back to Sydney’s Moriah College in 2018, for the first time in close to three decades. Read more
Jewish-Aboriginal relationships
May 18, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Shadow Federal Minister for Human Services Linda Burney addressed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum on the Jewish-Aboriginal relationship. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut celebrated in Sydney
May 8, 2017 by Community newsdesk
The Zionist Council of NSW hosted its annual Yom Ha’atzmaut Concert and Carnival to celebrate 69 years of Israel’s independence. Read more
Teenagers keen to explore Israel
May 4, 2017 by Community newsdesk
There was a record attendance at last week’s Youth 2 Israel Information Night is Sydney for Year 10 students who are from non-Jewish day schools. Read more
NSW communal ANZAC Day commemoration
May 2, 2017 by Community newsdesk
In the presence of NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women patron, the Governor of NSW David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), nearly 300 people gathered at the Sydney Jewish Museum for the annual Anzac Day Commemoration and Wreath Laying organised by NAJEX. Read more
Premier’s Awards for Mount Scopus students
May 1, 2017 by Community newsdesk
Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College has announced five students have been awarded Victorian’s Premier’s VCE Awards. Read more
