Articles tagged with: JCCV
Jews Witness the Hajj
By Rachel Sacks-Davis & Anthony Frosh
The Jewish tradition was born in journey. From Abraham and Jacob to Moses and the Israelites, our mythic ancestors were wanderers whose encounters with God almost always occurred en route. …
Peak Jewish body condemns racist attacks
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has strongly condemned the attack on a mosque in Israel and the subsequent attacks against both Jewish and Muslim targets.
JCCV President, John Searle, stated that “The attack on …
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, …
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 …
Menachem Khoen and Kevin Rudd – a Tale of Unfair Dismissal
On the anniversary of Kevin Rudd being dumped by his party, and following several articles published on this website and elsewhere critical of Lion FM boss Menachem Khoen, Ralph Zwier sees things from Khoen’s perspective.
Here …
JCCV Tigerish after the fall of Lion
Tommy Hafey, former Richmond (Tigers) Football Club coach, immortalised the words, “There’s nothing more tigerish than a wounded tiger!” But what’s to be done about a dead Lion? In the wake of the Lion FM …
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 …
Everybody loves question time
By Les Rosenblatt
No prize for guessing what the attitude was of the 150 or so attendees at the talk by The Age’s Editor- in- Chief, Paul Ramadge, to the Plenum of the JCCV (Jewish Community …
Lobbying, the Left and web 2.0: a blueprint for the Australian Jewish community?
By Larry Stillman
When reading a recent New York Times magazine article by James Traub about the emergence of a left-of centre ‘Israel Lobby’, I was particularly struck by how completely different the situation is in …
An Open Letter to the Jewish Community of Australia
This is a guest post from Jono David of Osaka.
I am a freelance documentarian of Jewish communities worldwide (www.JewishPhotoLibrary.com). My mission is to contribute to the preservation of Jewish communities by documenting them photographically. …
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