B'nai B'rith
Julian Leeser. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 10, 2018, 12:00 am
Leeser to deliver Human Rights address
Federal politician Julian Leeser will examine the singling out of Israel by the international community and the role of international human rights when delivering the 2018 B’nai B’rith Human Rights Address in Sydney on July 15.
A young Walter Glaser. Photo: Supplied.
May 10, 2018, 2:36 pm
Luck and a letter to freedom
What do a dinner party in South Yarra, an ant extermination company and an Australian prime minister have in common? Walter Glaser shares his family’s story of survival against the Nazis at the opening of the latest B’nai B’rith Courage to Care exhibition.
By Rebecca Davis
B'nai B'rith NSW president Anna Marks with Gidon Goodman. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 4, 2017, 12:01 am
Young achievers recognised
GIDON Goodman – the determined Sydney teenager who successfully campaigned to the NSW government to introduce a fairer hospital parking fee system – was among the big winners at last week’s Jewish Changemaker Awards ceremony in Sydney.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Ernie Friedlander, guest presenter Jay Laga'aia and Stepan Kerkyasharian.
March 26, 2017, 12:00 am
Top award for Moving Forward Together
A volunteer organisation chaired by Holocaust survivor Ernie Friedlander has won the top prize – the Stepan Kerkyasharian Harmony Award Medal – at the 2017 Premier’s Harmony Dinner.
By Shane Desiatnik
September 8, 2016, 12:01 am
‘Sickening’ attack on war graves
POLICE are investigating an incident where a number of World War II gravestones were defaced with swastikas at Nowra, on the NSW South Coast.
By Evan Zlatkis
Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg.
August 18, 2016, 12:00 am
Bishop calls for Wallenberg facts
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called for the truth to be revealed about the fate of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg.
By Peter Kohn
All together now: Winners, nominees and officials at the 2016 Jewish Changemaker Awards, held at Sydney's Emanuel School on July 31. Photo: Shane Desiatnik.
August 5, 2016, 12:00 am
Awards celebrate future leaders
They are young, energetic and brimming with leadership potential, but most of all the 50 nominees and nine winners in the 2016 Jewish Changemaker Awards, held at Sydney’s Emanuel School on July 31, share a commitment of giving their time to help others.
By Shane Desiatnik
A promotional image for Tales of a City by the Sea.
May 12, 2016, 12:00 am
Furore over ‘anti-Israel’ VCE play
VICTORIAN education minister James Merlino has come under fire after Victorian high school students found a “heavily biased” stage-play about life in Gaza during the conflict with Israel on their curriculum.
By Peter Kohn
The lead model used to make Oskar Schindler's ring, with ring moulds in the background. Photo: Jewish Holocaust Centre
April 29, 2016, 12:00 am
Schindler’s ring
A UNIQUE piece of Holocaust history – a jewellery model used to craft a gold ring for Shoah rescuer Oskar Schindler – will go on display at the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) next month, after lying unnoticed in Melbourne for half-a-century.
By Peter Kohn
Michael Danby. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 28, 2016, 12:00 am
Senate considers Iran sanctions
MELBOURNE Ports MP Michael Danby called on the government to explain why it has gone from being a major international critic of Iran to being even more accommodating of the regime than the United States, when he spoke yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s inquiry into the partial suspension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
By Shane Desiatnik and Joshua Levi
Jeremy Spinak (left) and Ernie Friedlander at last year's ceremony.
March 21, 2016, 12:00 am
Recognising change makers
IF you know someone in the Jewish community who is making the world a better place, applications are now open for the B’nai Brith and JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards 2016.
By Evan Zlatkis
Max Stern.
February 19, 2016, 9:30 am
Max Stern leaves his stamp
THE Jewish community, stamp collectors and soccer enthusiasts are mourning Melbourne stamp and coin dealer and Holocaust survivor Max Stern, who died last week aged 95.
By Peter Kohn
Bob Carr.
December 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Carr slammed over Jerusalem remarks
FORMER foreign minister Bob Carr has come under fire from members of his own party after lamenting the “Judaising” of the “great Arab city” of Jerusalem and saying politicians are being “seduced and bribed” with study tours to Israel.
By Gareth Narunsky
ECAJ co-CEO Alex Ryvchin.
July 30, 2015, 2:52 pm
Discussing the future of the Jewish community
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the B’nai B’rith Alfred Dreyfus Unit will host “Generation Next” - an evening to examine the issues critical to understanding our youth, and by extension, the future of Australia’s Jewish community – next week.
31-5-15. B'nai B'rith 70th anniversary. Prof Louis Waller speakign the the guests at the GlenEira Town Hall. Photo: Paul Gardner.
June 9, 2015, 12:00 am
B’nai B’rith Vic celebrates 70 years
By Peter Kohn
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