Community Heartbeat
From left: Rachel Mihalovich, Professor Margaret Gardner, Rabbi Moshe Kahn.
April 18, 2024, 1:46 pm
Governor expresses support
A sense of honour marked the meeting as the council had the opportunity to engage directly with the esteemed Governor.
By Carol Saffer
2023 Yom Hashoah at the Glen Eira Town Hall. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 18, 2024, 1:44 pm
We are proud and here
"'We Are Here' is the last line in Zog Nit Keyn Mol, the Partisan Hymn, but it is also a declaration that we will make as a community this Yom Hashoah," said Naomi Levin, JCCV CEO.
By Carol Saffer
Candlemaker Sandy Waislitz.
April 18, 2024, 1:42 pm
Support Light Up With Hope
"I wanted lighting the hostage's candle [to be] a meaningful prayer rather than just a generic prayer," says Sandy Waislitz.
By Carol Saffer
A C Care volunteer creating food packs.
April 11, 2024, 4:09 pm
C Care partners with Melbourne Chevra Kadisha
The two organisations have worked thoughtfully together to craft a pack of symbolic foods that are shared with mourners as a heartfelt expression of support from the community.
By Carol Saffer
Nina Sanadze at Gertrude Studio. Photo: Tim Herbert
April 11, 2024, 4:07 pm
Artist creates sculpture to make a point
"I did a lot of different things before I came to understand how sculpture is my thing," says Nina Sanadze.
By Carol Saffer
Hila Solomon, left in white dress between Dr Kerry Chant, NSW chief medical officer, and Dr Nicola Spurrier, South Australia's chief medical officer at an AUSIMED delegation with Ron Finkel and members of Doherty Institute in Israel.
April 11, 2024, 4:06 pm
Specialising in individual personalised gifts
James Ostroburski, CEO and managing director at Tyalla Capital, said Solomon has been a vital part of the Jewish business and diplomatic community in both Israel and Australia.
By Carol Saffer
From left: Jessica Cebon, Harriet Bell, Abby Feldman, Holly Feldman, Leon Mann, Sara Lupton, Steven Prawer, Saskia Liberman.
April 4, 2024, 3:54 pm
Orientation week stall was a big hit
The AUJS banner was colourful and vibrant, and the Israeli flag was on display together with leaflets, printouts of menorahs, Magen David lapel stickers, and succah decorations.
By Carol Saffer
IDF soldiers at Sufa Military outpost proudly wearing beanies knitted in Australia.
April 4, 2024, 3:51 pm
Volunteering with Sar-El shows solidarity
“I also wanted to show solidarity with my fellow Jews in Israel and show them that the Jews in the Diaspora had not abandoned them but were 100 per cent behind them,” says Liz Pinczewski.
By Carol Saffer
Dassi Erlich is ready to share her story.
March 28, 2024, 11:42 am
Dassi Erlich shares her quest for justice
Her memoir In Bad Faith offers a compelling narrative that sheds light on a segregated ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and the harrowing experiences she endured.
By Carol Saffer
Lynn Cai, community connector with Connect Local, and Judith Pinto.
March 21, 2024, 2:29 pm
‘I have to live, not just exist’
"We are firm friends now, going to shule and Spiritgrow together."
By Carol Saffer
From left: Noam White, Myer Brott and Robert Bontschek at the soon-to-be-opened Mount Scopus College in 1949.
March 21, 2024, 2:26 pm
Reminiscing on the early days at Scopus
To help celebrate 75 years of strength and courage, White, Brott and Bontschek agreed to pose for the school again, this time at the Gandel Besen House campus.
By Carol Saffer
Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue president Joanne Levy (left) with Marcelle Levi.
March 21, 2024, 2:24 pm
Women come together and connect
All events are built around a meal and storytelling by members of the shule.
By Carol Saffer
St Kilda Shule's Rabbi Glasman with the Collingwood footy jumper donated anonymously.
March 21, 2024, 2:23 pm
Footy jumper gifted to bar mitzvah boy in Israel
Rabbi Glasman said, "This was very challenging for her nephew, and she wanted to do something special to cheer him up."
By Carol Saffer
At the launch, from left: Naya Seelig-Schnattner; Lucie Dickens, vice-president AFTV; Esther Wise; the French ambassador to Australia, Pierre-André Imbert; and honorary consul of France, Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie.
March 19, 2024, 1:30 pm
A new French-language educational resource launched
Never Forget – N’oubliez jamais.
March 19, 2024, 11:18 am
Family seeks donations to save daughter’s life
Melbourne ex-IDF lone soldier diagnosed with brain cancer.
By Carol Saffer
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