Perth
Melissa Maizels saved the day for Australia.
July 6, 2017, 10:10 am
A Maccabiah miracle
After an injury ruled goalkeepeer Amy Seskin out of the Maccabiah Games, the captain and coach of Maccabi Australia’s women’s football team found a miracle replacement in Perth's W-League goalkeeper Melissa Maizels.
Jazz pianist Tal Cohen
May 25, 2017, 9:47 am
World of jazz from Tal and friends
Winning a music competition at the Sydney Opera House saw jazz pianist Tal Cohen win a $15,000 grant to make the album of his dreams, writes Yael Brender.
By Yael Brender
January 13, 2017, 1:16 pm
Athletes ready for Maccabi junior carnival
EXCITEMENT is building for the 2017 Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival, which begins this Sunday in Perth.
From left: Rose Polack of Netzer, Shannyn Gelbart of King David School and Joel McCarroll of Netzer lead Havdalah in fancy dress. Photo: Brian Samuel
November 28, 2016, 12:00 am
Perth hosts UPJ conference
Delegates from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific converged on Perth for last week's Union for Progressive Judaism biennial conference.
By Peter Kohn
Marvin Cohen with supporter Cely Malki Benchoem. Photo: Shane Desiatnik.
August 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Iraqi refugee’s survival story
It took eight painful years for Jewish Iraqi refugee, Perth resident Marvin Cohen, to complete a book giving testimony of his family’s tragic persecution in Iraq under ruthless dictator Saddam Hussein, and his own remarkable survival story.
By Shane Desiatnik
February 4, 2014, 12:00 pm
Now for Melbourne Carnival
WITH the 32nd Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival in WA done and dusted, preparation for next year’s event in Melbourne is already underway, with organiser Justin Lipson admitting it will be a tough act to follow.
October 7, 2013, 12:00 pm
Junior Carnival hits the western front
THE Maccabi Junior Carnival is heading west to Perth early next year, with preparations for the annual event starting to take shape.
April 3, 2013, 11:00 am
Baral bounds to title double at the champs
JUNIOR pole vault star Elizabeth Baral has excelled again, taking out both the under-17 and under-16 titles at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Perth recently.
December 19, 2012, 9:00 am
Swimming for a good cause
THE Maccabi National Swimathon continued over the weekend in Sydney and Perth, with more than $85,000 raised so far for the Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS), and the Australian team heading to next year’s Maccabiah Games in Israel.
July 7, 2011, 3:08 pm
Perth beef off the menu
THE manager of a Perth abattoir, which until recently supplied the local community with kosher beef, this week denied that the decision to halt shechita had been prompted by the current debate over animal welfare.
February 4, 2011, 12:09 pm
Three years for video vitriol
A WESTERN Australian man was this week sentenced to three years imprisonment following his conviction on six counts of anti-Jewish harassment and vilification.
December 28, 2010, 6:52 am
Record fine for Perth kosher shop
PERTH’S largest kosher food outlet has been hit with a massive fine for hygiene and labelling offences.
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