AIJAC hosts Greek Deputy FM and top local diplomats
June 9, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Terens-Nikolaos Quick has met with Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council at AIJAC’s Melbourne offices. 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
Jewish Care receives registered charity tick of approval
June 4, 2017 by Community Editor
Jewish Care Victoria is pleased to have been approved to use the Registered Charity Tick that was recently introduced by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Read more
Jewish Care Signs MOU with Jewish Mediation Centre
May 28, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria’s Individual and Family Support Service recently signed an MOU with the Jewish Mediation Centre, formalising the relationship between the two organisations. Read more
Drumming up community support at Jewish Care’s Annual Appeal Dinner
May 25, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria has hosted 400 supporters at its 2017 Annual Appeal Dinner. Read more
Shula meets New York City’s top cop
May 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Shula Endrey-Walder attended the ‘Partners for Life’ dinner in support of Gift of Life the organisation she head is Australia where she met the New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. Read more
Rabbi gets updated
May 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Jewish chaplain for NSW Rabbi Mendel Kastel has spent three days on specialised training at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. 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
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
Wagner: to play or not to play
May 14, 2017 by Community Editor
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff conducted a Q and A on “You shall not play Wagner” with its South African playwright Victor Gordon from South Africa at the Eternity Theatre in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Read more
Rodney Horin in conversation with Henry Greener
May 12, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rodney Horin in conversation with Henry Greener about transitioning to Aged Care and the Financial Literacy Forum he and Jeffrey Appel will be presenting at Melbourne’s Blake Street Shul on May 16. Read more
New potential donors…including popular rabbi
May 9, 2017 by J-Wire
25 people celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut at Sydney’s Moriah campus become potential blood stem cell donors to save the lives of Jews diagnosed with blood cancer. Read more
Engaging Women at Friends of Montefiore Annual Brunch
May 9, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria hosted 220 guests at the 34th Annual Friends of Montefiore Brunch at Leonda by the Yarra, Hawthorn. Read more
Jewish Care Launches ‘Postcards for Pesach’ Mental Health Awareness Campaign
May 4, 2017 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Melbourne’s Jewish Care is proud to once again run its Postcards for Pesach mental health awareness campaign. Read more
Limmud-Oz: Where variety is the spice of learning life
May 4, 2017 by Paula Towers
A weekend of Jewish learning and creativity, Limmud-Oz is being held at Sydney’s UNSW on the long weekend of June 10-12. Read more
20 years of Aleph
May 1, 2017 by Community Editor
Aleph Melbourne’s documentary “Aleph Melbourne – Celebrating 20 Years” is to be screened in the prestigious 2017 St Kilda Film Festival. Read more
Kosher pop up restaurant for theatre production
April 27, 2017 by J-Wire
Following the huge success of the kosher pop up restaurant at the 2016 Sydney production, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, preparations are underway to bring back the restaurant for this year’s season. Read more
Zionism Victoria names its New Executive Director
April 24, 2017 by Sarah Bendetsky
Zionism Victoria is delighted to announce the appointment of Jean Katzen as its new Executive Director. Read more
Could this be the best dinner party conversation?
April 20, 2017 by Aviva Lowy
Imagine a dinner party with an acclaimed novelist and playwright, a film maker whose paternal grandparents were killed in the Holocaust but whose maternal grandfather was director of an infamous Nazi propaganda film plus one of the most influential people on Jewish Twitter with her finger on the pulse of Israeli politics. And that’s just some of the people at one end of the table! Read more
Victorian spiritual hospital visitors now need accreditation
April 20, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Victorian Government has advised that all community appointed spiritual carers visiting hospitals, unless personally invited by the patient, will require accreditation. Read more
Table talk about refugees and asylum-seekers
April 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Since 2015, the Sydney Alliance has been holding ‘Table Talk’ events to address the issue of refugees and people seeking asylum. Read more
Girls win Unity Cup
April 6, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Aussie Rules Unity Cup 2017 was played out between eight female teams and 12 male teams representing 14 diverse communities from Melbourne and regional Victoria. Read more
COA Seder
April 3, 2017 by Sandy Matrai
There is nothing quite like Seder with the family, especially the Sydney COA family. Read more
Money and me
April 1, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Shalom’s Professional Women’s Forum (PWF) launched their 2017 workshop series with an insightful workshop for women in their 20s and 30s called “Money & Me”. Read more
Professional women’s workshops
March 15, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
In 2016, Sydney’s Shalom surveyed 90+ young women and found out that high on their priority list was professional development, career advancement and a need for workshops that offer hands-on and practical skills. Read more
MDA Lunch with Robert Goot…a photo gallery
Did you attend the Magen David Adom Solicitors and Professionals Lunch in Sydney with speaker Robert Goot? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Local Sydney theatre company presents Australian premiere of a hilarious new Broadway show.
March 13, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU is a hilarious and wild, musical farce with blushing brides, nervous grooms, overbearing mums, unexpected guests, and plenty of crazy twists and turns. It’s the funniest wedding you will ever go to… and it’s coming to the Independent Theatre, North Sydney from 31 March! Read more
Farewell Julian
February 27, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
NSW MP Heffron Ron Hoenig has paid a farewell tribute to outgoing Maroubra Synagogue Administrator Julian Cass, who has stepped down after almost eleven years in the role. Read more
Jewish House backyard makeover
February 24, 2017 by Adrian Erdedi
A team from Bunnings Randwick has collaborated with other local Bunnings stores to volunteers to Sydney’s Jewish House to turn its drab backyard into a usable, practical, functional space which include a sustainable vegetable garden and mature citrus trees. Read more
Kosher Theatresports: more laughs than you could poke a shtick at!
February 21, 2017 by Geoff Sirmai
In what was the closest finish ever seen in 22 years of Kosher Theatresports at Sydney’s Bondi Pavilion Theatre. Read more
