Labor Party denies plans to recognize Palestine; Limmud Oz, Australia 2015 will take place June 6-8Read More
Commemoration planned for 2018 to mark 100 years since the Battle of Hamel; Jews condemn grafiti on monument marking Turkish genocide of 300,000 Armenian Christians; local theater group performing Chaim Potok’s “My Name is Asher Lev”.Read More
Plans for a new exhibit about Raul Wallenberg; several companies will no longer carry a kosher symbol on their products as a protest against a ban on Halal stamp.Read More
Several evenings with Jewish artists, at the Australian Jewish Museum; Holocaust commemorations in Melbourne and Carlton.Read More
The Yiddish play, “Ek Velt”, created in Melbourne, will be staged in NY this year; Melbourne klezmer musician Ernie Gruner founds a new Sephardi band.Read More
Efforts to launch a Jewish TV channel on the internet; Melbourne official demands changes in Yeshiva Center’s handling of sex abuse allegations.Read More
Australia participates in a conference in Herzliah about Israeli citizens living abroad; the electorate of Melbourne Ports may be renamed after the Jewish WWI hero, Sir John MonashRead More
Festival “In One Voice” takes place on the streets in Melbourne where Yiddish institutions are located; first Limmud Oz conference for Jews from the former Soviet Union; after 30 years, the Mitvokh Club is “retiring”.Read More
The Yiddish film “Tsili” is among the 30 films being shown at the Holocaust Film Festival; an exhibit about Albanian Muslims who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.Read More
A Jewish woman will serve on the multi-cultural council; 8 choirs will participate in the concert-festival “In One Voice”Read More