Articles in Community Life
Does Charity Begin at Home?
By Keren Tuch
Does charity begin at home? It’s an issue many of us have grappled with, and a significant consideration for the Jewish community.
Recently, I attended a panel at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival exploring this …
Birds of a Feather Flock Together – Deal with it!
By Anthony Frosh
Box Hill in Victoria has lots of Chinese, Lakemba in NSW has lots of Lebanese, Peppermint Grove in WA has lots of WASPs, and of course, there are a number of areas in …
Breaking Barriers – a Postcard from My Jerusalem
The following is a slightly edited version of a letter by Merav Carmeli recently sent to some friends back in Australia. Merav, along with her partner Nathan and three young children, …
If Not Now, When? The Next Step in the Free Jewish Education Movement
By Jonathan Schauder
Almost 8 years ago, when my wife and I were deciding whether to have a 3rd child, I went to seek counsel from my Rabbi. I posed him a difficult choice:
I asked, “Should …
The First Arrest – A Grassroots Movement to Protect our Children
By Malki Rose
Today is unique in Australian Jewish community history.
The first arrest has been made, and a man has been charged with 16 counts of indecent assault and 13 counts of gross indecency.
In coming days, …
New-ish Jews
By Joel Lazar
There’s more than one way to do Judaism. That is the unfaltering message that has accompanied me since my arrival to the Star Spangled States one month ago. And more than ever, it …
The Shule-School Alliance – Another Model for Free Jewish Education
By Yoram Symons
My cousin and a number of his friends had decided to embark on that peculiarly Melbourne-ish hobby of starting a shule. There was nothing too out of the ordinary about that. Jews in …
The Free Jewish Education Movement has Begun
With the cost of the private Jewish school becoming increasingly unaffordable, Jonathan Schauder presents an example of a plan to provide better Jewish education in a state school.
Glen Eira College – Australia’s First Jewish State …
Census Maximus
By Anthony Frosh
‘There’s this unspoken thing among Jews,” comedian John Safran was quoted in a recent interview published in The Age, ”that no matter whether you’re kosher or not, you always ask for kosher meals …
Choose Your Own Adventure: Frankston
By Simon Morawetz
Anyone familiar with the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series will know that life can be full of tough choices. Any path you choose to tread has both advantages and disadvantages. Otherwise, it wouldn’t …
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