2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (176+ words) There's something poetic about a comedian whose great-grandfather was a famous Jewish comic finding himself, a century later, asking the exact same questions about identity and belonging, and turning it into a show. David Rose will bring Nepo Great Grandbaby…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (922+ words) In their home state on March 22, at the magnificent Heritage Golf & Country Club northeast of Melbourne, team Victoria comprehensively beat WA and NSW to clinch their first Maccabi Australia Presidents Cup title win since 2018. Played between selected 12-man squads, in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (10+ words) Using AI to aid breast cancer treatment'The Australian Jewish News...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (165+ words) The University of Notre Dame Australia has received a $200, 000 philanthropic gift from Robert and Ruth Magid to support the Centre for the History of Philosophy's Jewish philosophy program. The Magids' gift will help the centre advance its academic work in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (130+ words) Stand With Us Australia has launched its third cohort of Emerson Fellows, bringing together 14 students from nine universities across the country. The Emerson Fellowship is a global Stand With Us initiative that equips university students with the knowledge and skills…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (720+ words) The Jewish Communal Appeal (JCA) has undergone the most significant overhaul in its near 60-year history, shifting from being run by its member organisations to a corporate, board-led structure. The NSW Jewish community's central fundraising and planning body has also…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (354+ words) For years, Grace Tame has been one of the most powerful and persuasive voices in Australia insisting on a simple moral principle: believe women. Believe survivors. Believe testimony. Do not reflexively dismiss the accounts of women describing sexual violence. She…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (783+ words) I was driving past a local school the other day. As I sat idle, waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I watched a teacher walk through the playground. A thought crossed my mind. At a Jewish school, you'd…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (357+ words) However, it was not possible to reach every community in a far-flung Diaspora. Hence the introduction of the second day of many festivals to ensure that we would celebrate on the correct day even if one day was wrong. Even…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (298+ words) The Australian Jewish News I was arrested four times for wearing a tallit at the Western Wall and once for "smuggling" a Torah scroll into the women"s section for our services. Today, as chair of the Israel Movement for…...