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How Healthy is Your Body?

May 16, 2012 – 7:33 pm | 9 Comments

By Michelle Coleman
Your peak body that is. For Victorians, this is the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV).
Is it really ‘the voice of Victorian Jewry’? Does it truly represent 60 organisations and 65,000 Jews? Is …

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Hummer Lacks Humility

August 11, 2011 – 10:56 pm | 62 Comments
Hummer Lacks Humility

Dear Izzy,
I gave up my intention to write about this, but then the site of a stretched pink hummer outside Caulfield shul on a Sunday afternoon some weeks ago (nothing says kiddushin like a stretched …

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A Terrorist is dead – Quit your kvetching!

February 25, 2010 – 3:52 pm | 28 Comments
A Terrorist is dead – Quit your kvetching!

Galus Australis resident Zaide goes nutmeg in response to the following letter.
Dear Izzy,
Recently I discovered that a forgery of my passport was used in a mission to assassinate some terrorist in Dubai.  And now I …

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Ask Izzy #4: Simcha Circle Conundrum

November 1, 2009 – 10:59 pm | 6 Comments

Dear Izzy,
From time to time, I find myself invited to simchas in which I am not well acquainted with the hosts.  For example, in one case we were invited to a wedding where the connection …

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Ask Izzy #3: Sailing Solo

September 9, 2009 – 11:12 pm |
Ask Izzy #3: Sailing Solo

Dear Izzy,
My young adolescent daughter is a member of youth sailing club.  Recently she has expressed an interest in becoming the youngest ever solo yachtsperson to circumnavigate the globe.  I feel like I need to …

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Ask Izzy #2: Kiddush Conundrum

July 30, 2009 – 6:30 pm | 6 Comments
Ask Izzy #2: Kiddush Conundrum

Dear Izzy,
I seek your advice. I frequently go to Shule on Shabbos but have difficulty getting food at the Kiddush that follows the service. No matter how hard I try, I always seem to end …

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Ask Izzy #1: Vegetarian dilemma

July 14, 2009 – 10:56 pm | 10 Comments

Traditionally in Jewish culture, knowledge and wisdom are passed down from the elders to the younger generation.  Together with a historically higher than average literacy rate, this has been one of the keys to Jewish …

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