Articles in Community Life
Victorian Islamic and Jewish community leaders dine together
Amongst the many press releases we receive on a daily basis, we received one yesterday from the JCCV about a dinner they had with the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV). In a sea of …
So you think you can Soapbox? Good, because I can’t!
By Anthony Frosh
A couple of weeks of ago, I received a call from one of the organisers of the upcoming event The Jewish Community: What’s in it for me? that is on this Sunday evening. …
Gossip Danger
By David Werdiger
“I won’t let my child ever walk home alone again from school”, I heard a mother say, in the wake of the tragic abduction and murder of Leiby Kletzky in the supposedly safe …
The Jewish Frankenstein – How to Breathe Life into a Dying Community
By Yaron Gottlieb
For the second time in not very long, someone that I held in very high esteem has come crashing down.
First Rav Motti Elon, my former Rosh Yeshiva, had suspicions raised about his conduct …
Nowhere left to hide
By Malki Rose
Perhaps the single most distressing thing about the David Kramer case, is not how many Yeshiva College students he preyed upon, or that he was quietly shipped out of Yeshiva and sent packing …
Refugee Stigma
By Keren Tuch
There were many thought provoking events on last week in honour of Refugee Week, including the confronting SBS series Go Back To Where You Came From, discussed here and here.
One event I attended …
Protestor at a Prayer Rally
The following is a personal account sent to us by someone who attended the prayer event held last week for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. The author supplied their name and address to us …
Countdown to Draft Day
By Kovi Rose
The process has begun, the cogs are in motion, the clock is ticking and I have less than 100 days until my first draft or tzav rishon for the Israeli Army. During this …
Remembering the Farhud
By Leor Karp
During one of the many wars in the Middle East during the 20th century there is one massacre that to date has received little publicity. This massacre took place in British controlled Iraq …
NIF Australia Rolls out its Zionist Credentials
By Rachel Sacks-Davis
In the coming months, a branch of the New Israel Fund (NIF) will be launched in Australia. Despite its name, the NIF, which is based in the US, is more than 30 years …
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