Articles tagged with: Australia
‘Pioneerism’ Dead or Alive?
This article is part of the Hineni journal, Partition, which was distributed in synagogues around Australia on the 63rd anniversary of the UN’s adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine. We …
The Diaspora Divide
By Keren Tuch
The Sydney Jewish community has just farewelled the great Jewish educator, Steve Israel. Steve, who is well known to any youth movement madrich (leader) who participated on Machon (a 4 month program designed …
I’m dreaming of a white …
By David Werdiger
The chagim are spread widely across the calendar year, with the “major” ones like Pesach and the High Holydays falling usually around April and September. These correspond to the seasons of autumn and …
As the UN votes to allow gays to be executed, silence prevails
By Anthony Frosh
Currently in Australia we are witnessing a much-publicised debate concerning the establishment of gay civil marriage. I use the term ‘debate’ liberally since I am yet to hear any good arguments against it. …
More than Words
By Simon Holloway
On November 7th, this coming Sunday, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz will be completing his forty-five year project of translating the entire Babylonian Talmud into Israeli Hebrew. Abigail Leichman, writing for the New Jersey Jewish …
JCCV, GLBT, and all the rest of us!
By Malki Rose
At the JCCV Plenum meeting in May 1999, delegates, non-delegates and rabbis spoke with impassioned fervour on the question of whether or not to admit Aleph, Melbourne’s only Gay Jewish group, into the …
The Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti-Semitism – A History
By Philip Mendes
The Rise and Fall of the Melbourne Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti-Semitism, 1942-1970
Historical research is often motivated by, and influenced by, the interests and perspectives of the researcher. When I …
Yes, Jews do Camp
By Keren Tuch
I was telling a friend about a rejuvenating weekend camping I enjoyed in Australia’s beautiful nature. Although he expressed interest in coming on future camping trips, he remained a little surprised because, as …
For the young, the elderly, and for Israel, vote Liberal
By Nadav Prawer
The dual identity of being both Australian and Jewish can present a conflict of loyalties when it comes to elections. Do I vote as an Aussie first, or as a Jew? Is there …
Are The Greens Kosher?
By Arielle Perlow and Ittay Flescher
The Rabbis of the Talmud teach us there are 70 faces to the Torah. Is it possible that one of them is green? Many Jews in Australia believe in the …
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