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 …
By Nathan Cherny
Dear Philip
From my office in Jerusalem I make it a habit of touching base with the community where I grew up, nurtured by the Zionist values of my family home and my involvement …
By Manny Waks
After much consideration, I have decided to respond to some of the reaction to the Capital Jewish Forum’s (CJF) inaugural Melbourne event this Sunday (17 July) featuring the Palestinian Authority Head of Delegation, …
By Bernie Tuch
In January this year, an advertisement (see left) appeared in a magazine called Physician Life that is sent to registered physicians like me in Australia. Sponsored by an organization called Towards Hope Foundation …
By Robert M Kaplan
“They want you to give a talk at something called Limmud-Oz”, said my publisher, a woman of enormous capability and an undistilled admiration for the organising capacity of the late Mr Ceausescu. …
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 …
By Andrew Wirth
I recently attended Melbourne University’s Festival of Ideas to hear a debate entitled: “The Middle East: the Cockpit of National Identities and Perpetual Conflict… can the idea of two states –Israeli and Palestinian …
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 …
By Andrew Harris
It was only a few days ago, but it feels like it was in another life, on another planet, that I was watching Go Back to Where You Came From on SBS, marvelling …
Muslim, Jewish & Sikh women talk about fashion, faith and how it feels to look different.
Here’s a press release about an event that readers (especially those in Melbourne) might find interesting:
Finding the perfect scarf to …
By Lior Misrachi
The other day I complained to my husband about my iphone (I find that I often lean on it in such a way that I turn myself on mute) and he told me …
Galus Australis is excited to be hosting a couple of panel discussion sessions at the upcoming Limmud Oz in Melbourne.
One of these sessions will be on The Finkler Question and Jewish Identity. The Finkler Question, authored …
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 …
By Mark Symons
Every year, the Melbourne Orthodox community conducts a communal Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) prayer service. But it is a community service in name only. The rabbis and presidents of most Orthodox congregations …
In response to a recent discussion on Galus Australis relating to the ethical and moral issues that arise if one chooses to serve in the Israeli military, Larry Stillman has submitted the following article.
The key issue …
The following is an abridged version of an interview recently screened on the ABC’s Q&A program.
Tony Jones: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to a very special Purim edition of “Q&A”. I’m your …
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