Courage to Care
Lena Goldstein, pictured ahead of her 100th birthday earlier this year, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 15, 2019, 1:38 pm
Shoah survivor Lena Goldstein passes away at 100
TWO weeks after lighting a candle at Yom Hashoah, 100-year-old Lena Goldstein died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night.
By Joshua Levi
The Sydney Jewish Museum will receive $10,000, via the JCA, as part of the ORAH Project's latest round of donations. Photo: SJM
March 22, 2019, 12:00 am
ORAH Project giving charities a boost
JEWISH charities are the big winners in the latest round of donations provided by the ORAH Project, an innovative investment fund established by Sydney's Carole and Russel Pillemer.
By Shane Desiatnik
Holocaust survivor Peter Halas at Bondi Beach in front of Anthony Glick's mural – one of many that was defaced in last weekend's antisemitic graffiti attack. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 14, 2019, 12:01 am
‘A reminder of darker times’
Holocaust survivor Peter Halas, who is usually at Bondi Beach every morning, was interstate on Sunday when he received photographs of the swastikas daubed along the promenade.
By Gareth Narunsky
The number 900 bus heading from Chadstone to Oakleigh. Photo: Peter Haskin.
February 8, 2019, 3:48 pm
‘A sad indictment’
By Rebecca Davis
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
From left: Elly Brooks (JHC executive member), Warren Fineberg (JHC executive director), Sue Hampel (JHC co-president), Lisa Phillips (JHC director of education), JHC director of education, Jayne Josem (JHC curator & head of collections) and Norman Seligman (Sydney Jewish Museum CEO).
November 20, 2017, 12:00 am
Holocaust organisations unite
A REGIONAL body to coordinate Holocaust commemorative and educational organisations in Australia, New Zealand and south east Asia, has been launched at a landmark conference.
By Peter Kohn
From left: Dr Tony Weldon, Courage to Care (Victoria) chair, and Alpha Cheng.
October 20, 2017, 12:00 am
Cheng’s son studies Shoah
Alpha Cheng has spoken about his decision to proceed with a Holocaust education program in Israel, in which he had enrolled shortly before his father Curtis Cheng was shot and killed in a terrorist attack in Parramatta.
By Peter Kohn
Litzi Lemberg speaking about her experience as a child survivor of the Holocaust.
August 31, 2017, 12:01 am
Child survivors teach life lessons
WHILE there are many thought-provoking portrayals of the Shoah, Last Witnesses, a documentary set to screen on ABC TV's Compass program this weekend, sets itself apart from other Holocaust films with its moving message that bears strong relevance to youth today.
Child survivor Maurice Linker shares his story.
January 16, 2017, 12:01 am
Have the courage to care
Filming began today on Courage to Care’s most ambitious initiative to date - to create audio-visual recordings of 24 Holocaust survivors sharing their stories.
By Yael Brender
QLD Police Service Chief Superintendent Debbie Platz, QPS education manager Paquita Rasmussen, Queensland University Professor Lorraine Mazzerole, Courage to Care NSW chair Andrew Havas and QLD Police Commissioner Ian Stewart at the award presentation.
October 17, 2016, 12:00 am
Qld cops given Courage to Care
More than 660 Queensland Police Service (QPS) cadets have completed an award-winning social tolerance and anti-discrimination program, tailor made for them by Jewish organisation Courage to Care.
By Shane Desiatnik
November 13, 2015, 12:00 am
Szubanski’s serious side
ACTRESS Magda Szubanski will tell harrowing and inspiring tales of her family’s plight during World War II when she addresses a Courage to Care function next week.
By Phoebe Roth
March 23, 2015, 12:00 am
Showing Courage in Liverpool
By Phoebe Roth
February 5, 2014, 12:00 am
A humble Holocaust hero
July 11, 2012, 12:00 am
Bric-a-brac and giving back
MANY within the Jewish community don’t even know it’s there, but B’nai B’rith’s Bargain Bazaar shop in Surry Hills has donated almost $50,000 dollars to charity this year.
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