chanukah
November 30, 2018, 3:44 pm
Chanukah greetings from the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten wish the Jewish community a happy Chanukah.
December 12, 2017, 12:00 am
Chanukah messages from our leaders
Australia's federal and state leaders and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry's president Anton Block wishes the Jewish community a happy Chanukah.
From Left: Gabrielle Upton MP, Ray Williams MP, JBOD president Jeremy Spinak, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 1, 2017, 12:00 am
Parliament lights up Chanukah
More than 100 people, including Jewish communal leaders, politicians and representatives from other faith communities, attended the NSW Parliament pre-Chanukah celebration last week.
A Chabad of RARA Chanukah event held in Jindabyne last year.
December 23, 2016, 12:00 am
Chanukah goes rural
Chabad of RARA will spread Chanukah light and joy in Jewish communities around our vast continent, with an impressive 21 celebrations planned.
The Light for Peace campaign this Chanukah will raise funds for the IDF.
December 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Lights, cameras, action
Chabad rabbis in Melbourne are urging the community to support the Lights For Peace campaign during Chanukah to help raise funds for the IDF.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews lighting chanukiah candles with Rabbi Chaim Herzog. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Chanukah lights up Vic Parliament
Chanukah celebrations started early at Victoria’s Parliament House on Monday (December 5) when Premier Daniel Andrews lit the chanukiah.
Josh Frydenberg MP lights an historic chanukiah at a Chanukah reception at Parliament House, Canberra.
December 5, 2016, 12:00 am
A capital Chanukah
More than 220 members of Canberra’s Jewish community joined politicians at Mural Hall in Parliament House on November 29 to light an historic chanukiah.
By Peter Kohn
Malcolm Turnbull at Central Synagogue. Picture: Noel Kessel.
December 17, 2015, 12:00 am
PM joins ‘mishpocha’ for Chanukah
A staunch friend of the Jewish community and a personal friend to so many within it, Malcolm Turnbull attended his first Jewish function as Prime Minister, when he lit the chanukiah at Central Synagogue on Monday.
By Gareth Narunsky
The organisers of Chanukah in the Racecourse with the attending politicians. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Chanukah lights up Melbourne
IT was a Chanukah party the likes of which Melbourne had never seen before as an estimated 10,000 revellers converged on Caulfield Racecourse last Sunday for a magical evening of entertainment.
By ZOE KRON
From left: Michael Danby, Josh Frydenberg and Mark Dreyfus. Photo: Eldad Ohayon
December 4, 2015, 12:00 am
Lighting up Capital Hill
A CHANUKIAH hasn’t been lit in Federal Parliament since 1988 when Bob Hawke was prime minister. But that all changed on Tuesday when political rivals Josh Frydenberg and Michael Danby co-hosted a Chanukah party under the auspices of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), with the support of the ACT Jewish Community and Chabad ACT.
Having fun at previous Chanukah celebrations. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 4, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Magical kingdom’ for Chanukah
CHANUKAH at Caulfield Racecourse just got a whole lot bigger than originally expected.
By ZOE KRON
Mike Baird celebrating Chanukah last week at Parliament House. Photo: Noel Kessel
November 26, 2015, 12:00 am
Chanukah lights up Parliament
CHANUKAH came early at Parliament House last week, with the who’s who of the community gathering for a pre-Chanukah celebration.
By Evan Zlatkis
Fireworks at a previous Chanukah in the Park event. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 26, 2015, 12:00 am
Communal Chanukah party will go ahead in Melbourne
A COMMUNAL Chanukah celebration is due to be held at Caulfield Racecourse to replace Chanukah in the Park, which was cancelled last week “because of the security situation” despite advice from the Community Security Group (CSG) that the function “could have taken place, safely, with appropriate security measures in place”.
By Joshua Levi
November 26, 2015, 12:00 am
NSW Police: Go out and celebrate Chanukah
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas has called on everyone to attend Chanukah events this year.
By Joshua Levi
There were 343 antisemitic incidents reported to CSG in 2018.
November 19, 2015, 12:00 am
Chabad HQ issues security alert
CHABAD headquarters in New York has told its emissaries across the world to “avoid participating in events with large crowds of people” only three weeks before Chanukah.
By Joshua Levi
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