Jennifer Huppert
A beaming Michael Barnett (second from right) of Aleph Melbourne with husband Gregory Storer (right) after the historic apology motion was accepted at Monday night’s JCCV plenum. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 5, 2019, 12:00 am
JCCV’s ‘sorry’ to Aleph 20 years on
HISTORY was made at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) on Monday night when its plenum voted to apologise unconditionally to LGBTIQ+ advocacy and support group Aleph Melbourne for painful events that occurred 20 years ago.
By Peter Kohn
JBOD president Lesli Berger on stage with other faith leaders at St Mary's Cathedral.
March 21, 2019, 12:00 am
JBOD launches Christchurch crowdfunding campaign
THE New Zealand mosque massacres prompted the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) to launch a crowd-funding campaign in support of the Muslim community in Christchurch.
Michael Barnett (left) and Shaun Miller.
March 7, 2019, 12:01 am
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
OLD wounds were scratched at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) plenum on Monday when it failed to formally apologise for denying affiliation to gay advocacy and support group Aleph Melbourne 20 years ago.
By Peter Kohn
People at the rally performed Nazi salutes. Photo: Screengrab, ABC News
January 10, 2019, 12:01 am
‘Confine these views to the dustbin of history’
JEWISH leaders have joined a legion of Australians condemning an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on Saturday attended by Queensland senator Fraser Anning, at which neo-Nazi salutes were made and Nazi paraphernalia was displayed.
By Peter Kohn
From left, Bruce Atkinson, Saara Sabbagh, Jennifer Huppert, Richard Wynne, Rohini Kappadath, general manager of the Immigration Museum, and Ahmet Keskin.
December 19, 2018, 5:55 pm
Jewish-Muslim initiative tackles racism
A Jewish-Muslim initiative that provides training on how to safely respond to a hate attack was launched at Melbourne's Immigration Museum on December 10.
By Peter Kohn
Andrew Bolt. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 9, 2018, 12:01 am
Thundering Bolt strikes Bagel Belt
HE is no stranger to divisiveness, and last week Andrew Bolt polarised members of both the wider and Jewish community. Four News Corp tabloids, including the Herald Sun published an op-ed by the controversial columnist entitled in the Daily Telegraph as "The foreign invasion".
By Rebecca Davis
JCCV vice-president Anton Hermann speaking to the censure motion at Monday's plenum. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 8, 2018, 12:01 am
AJDS carpeted by roof body
THE Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has voted overwhelmingly to censure the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), one of its constituent organisations, over its promotion of a pro-Palestinian rally held in May.
By Peter Kohn
David Marlow. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 16, 2018, 11:41 am
JCCV chief resigns
AFTER more than five years at the helm of the Victorian Jewish community's roof body, David Marlow is calling it a day, citing frustration with a lack of funding for important projects as the reason he's stepping down next month as executive director.
By Peter Kohn
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.
May 3, 2018, 9:01 am
$4 million security boost
A LANDMARK $4 million boost to security upgrades for the Victorian Jewish community was announced by Premier Daniel Andrews at South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation on Sunday.
By Aaron Fetter
Jewish Community Council of Victoria president Jennifer Huppert. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 2, 2018, 12:01 am
Fears of tax on shules
A BILL introduced into the Victorian Parliament to remove tax exemptions from charities that advocate religion has come under fire from the Victorian Opposition.
Sydney couple Dr Kerryn Phelps (left) and Jackie Stricker-Phelps at their New York wedding.
December 17, 2017, 12:00 am
Jewish chuppas booked for same sex weddings
The first two same-sex Jewish weddings in Australia to be solemnised by a rabbi will take place next year, as Jewish community leaders applauded the legalisation of same-sex marriage, while high-profile gay Jewish Australians expressed joy at the landmark change.
By Shane Desiatnik and Peter Kohn
Guest speaker at the JCCV annual meeting, Australia's Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow. Photo: David Marlow
November 23, 2017, 12:00 am
JCCV pays tribute to Baker
The Melbourne community has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Johnny Baker at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV)'s annual meeting.
By Peter Kohn
Alfred Turner hands his grandfather William Cooper's Kristallnacht protest letter to Dr Felix Klein of the German government.
November 16, 2017, 12:00 am
Indigenous Kristallnacht protest finally accepted
An Aboriginal letter of protest to Nazi Germany against the horrors of Kristallnacht has finally been accepted by the German government 79 years after it was initially offered at the door of Melbourne's German consulate in 1938.
By Peter Kohn
November 15, 2017, 1:24 pm
Jewish roof bodies: ‘Legalise SSM’
COMMUNAL roof bodies have urged the government to legalise same-sex marriage in the wake of the postal survey which showed 61.6 per cent of respondents supported marriage equality.
By Evan Zlatkis
Avi Yemini.
November 3, 2017, 12:00 am
‘Yemini does not represent us’
VICTORIAN and federal Jewish leaders have made it clear that a bid by extreme right-winger Avi Yemini to run for State Parliament at next year's election does not have any kind of official endorsement from Australia's Jewish community.
By Peter Kohn
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