Archive for February, 2012

PURIM, which will fall on March 7-8, will see Melbourne’s suburbs streaked with hamentashen shaped hats, glittering gowns and the resounding noise of the raashan. To accommodate the

KEREN Hayesod-United Israel Appeal (UIA) will put on several fundraising events next month as part of its promise to deliver Diaspora Jews to Israel and strengthen Israeli society. At

PREMIER Barry O’Farrell was on hand, as was Israeli ambassador to Australia Yuval Rotem as the NSW Parliamentary Israeli Friendship Group was officially relaunched at Parliament House on

EYEWITNESSES will be able to report hate crimes online as part of a landmark revamp of the Community Security Group (CSG). The new streamlined body will draw together several

JEWISH Care launched its annual appeal at a gala dinner at the Promenade Room at Caulfield Racecourse last week, with around 650 people turning out. President of Jewish Care

A LEADING Australian rabbi has come under fire for attacking programs that aim to prevent gay children being bullied at school. Writing in the journal of the Australian Family

ON the other side of the world, guns fired, stones flew and peace seemed all but an ideal. Yet at Campaspe Downs the room was dead quiet, but for

A NEW Jewish internet radio station has begun test programming and hopes to launch live content by the end of next month. J-Air is run by Jewish Community Radio

US President Barack Obama will address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual conference in March, the White House announced this week. His appearance before the country’s largest pro-Israel