Festival
Animated action in the Danish hit, Checkered Ninja.
May 2, 2019, 2:12 pm
Festival of films just for kids
From adventure to animation, children aged four to 14 can delight in some of the world's best movies and shorts in the Children’s International Film Festival.
By sophie deutsch
Evelyn Krape stars in Can You Hear Me
February 13, 2019, 11:42 am
Winning feeling at Tropfest
Seasoned stage and screen performer Evelyn Krape was thrilled at being selected joint best actress at the Tropfest short film festival for the seven-minute dark comedy Can You Hear Me?
Richard Moore, whose short film Thank G-d, received a grant last year from the Short Film Fund.
January 31, 2019, 12:50 pm
$10,000 boost for short films
Jesse Lubitz (left) and Lior Albeck-Ripka at the Melbourne Recital Centre where they will hold next year’s music festival. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 28, 2018, 10:39 am
New Jewish music festival
The Shir Madness music festival in Melbourne is passing the baton to a new event for 2019.
Limmud FSU founder and chairman Chaim Chesler. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
October 22, 2018, 12:00 am
Russian speakers flock to festival
THE UNSW Roundhouse Centre turned Russian on October 14, as more than 250 Russian-speaking Sydney Jews enjoyed food, music, art and seminars at the Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Australia festival.
By Shane Desiatnik
Comedian Josh Glanc
March 27, 2018, 12:25 pm
Stand up for laughs
It’s the season for laughs as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival gets under way for 26 days from March 28 with the line-up including Jewish comedians from Australia and overseas.
YID! performs Dona Dona in Yiddish at In One Night concert, with the English translation of the lyrics projected above the stage. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 27, 2018, 12:10 pm
Sounds of Yiddish in the night
There was a Yiddish flavour to the In One Night concert that ushered in this year’s In One Voice festival in Melbourne, thanks to big band YID! and the Ghetto Cabaret Orchestra.
CAMILLA AND MARC Ira Coat. Photo: Lucas Dawson Photography.
March 15, 2018, 2:48 pm
The shmatte stories: Behind the seams of the Melbourne Fashion Festival
By Rebecca Davis
Musician Willy Zygier and daughters (from left) Syd, Hettie and Alma rehearse in preparation for the YID! concerts at In One Voice. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 14, 2018, 3:46 pm
Music fills In One Voice festival
The annual In One Voice street festival in Elsternwick has plenty of music to keep the crowds entertained, both on Sunday, March 18 and at the festival eve concert. 
A scene from the short film "The Director" in Heroine.
August 10, 2017, 9:42 am
Spotlight on Israeli films
From dramas to documentaries, this year's AICE Israeli Film Festival under the helm of director Richard Moore offers a smorgasbord of award-winning films, writes Danny Gocs.
Hong Kong comedian Jim Brewsky
May 20, 2017, 4:34 pm
Laughter with Jewish flavour
It was a full house at this year’s Jewish Comedy Showcase, part of the the Sydney Comedy Festival, with plenty of laughs from local and overseas comedians.
By Yael Brender
Rachel Weisz stars as academic Deborah Lipstadt in the courtroom drama Denial.
October 11, 2016, 12:22 pm
A feast of film
This year’s Jewish International Film Festival is bigger than ever, with top Israeli films and overseas productions – and an Australian documentary – dominating the line-up.
A scene from Who’s Gonna Love Me Now.
October 11, 2016, 12:14 pm
Movie wins $25,000 prize
The $25,000 prize for the best Israeli feature film or documentary screened at the recent AICE Israeli Film Festival held in Melbourne and Sydney has been announced.
Former right-wing politician Csanad Szegedi in a synagogue with Rabbi Boruch Oberlander in Keep Quiet.
August 24, 2016, 2:45 pm
Best of Israeli films
Films and documentaries by leading Israeli filmmakers will be screened during the AICE Israeli Film Festival in September. And the festival will award a $25,000 prize for the best film.
A packed session at last year’s Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival.
July 27, 2016, 1:11 pm
Festival time for authors
Leading Australian authors will join key international writers at this year’s Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival, being held from August 27-28 to celebrate the quality of Jewish writing.
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