University of Melbourne
Amos Oz. Photo: Omer Messinger/PA
January 3, 2019, 12:01 am
Oz remembered
ISRAEL and world Jewry have "lost a giant" with the passing of Amos Oz, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim said this week.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Cara Davies' mother Danielle, Jeremy Bassat, Isabelle Worth and Sahar Shavit.
May 20, 2018, 12:01 am
High achieving Jewish students
LAST year, almost 51,000 Victorian students completed their VCE – and on Tuesday morning, 13 Jewish students were among the 274 highest achievers presented with VCE Premiers Awards by Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, James Merlino.
By Rebecca Davis
Sue Hampel (left) and Frances Prince with their awards.
August 29, 2017, 12:01 am
MOTL founders honoured
HOLOCAUST educators Sue Hampel and Frances Prince have each been honoured with a Henryk Slawik Award from the Australian Society of Polish Jews and their Descendants.
By Peter Kohn
Israel Kipen is remembered as a philanthropist and a pioneer.
July 10, 2017, 12:01 am
Schools pioneer mourned
ISRAEL Kipen, Holocaust survivor, philanthropist and Jewish day schools pioneer, has passed away at 98. Kipen was among a small circle that founded Mount Scopus Memorial College, Australia’s first Jewish day school, in 1948.
By Peter Kohn
From left: Ron Finkel, Amos Oz and David Forbes.
June 11, 2017, 12:01 am
Trauma in the spotlight
AN Australian organisation has successfully staged the first international conference on trauma and mental health to be held in Israel, attracting 270 delegates from 16 countries.
A Holocaust denial flyer recently distributed at Melbourne universities.
April 25, 2017, 12:01 am
Flyers deny ‘Denial’ facts
HOLOCAUST denial flyers were distributed at the University of Melbourne and Monash University again last week.
Part of the offensive poster distributed around the University of Melbourne campus.
December 8, 2016, 12:00 am
Neo-Nazi posters at Melbourne Uni
A racist, anti-Semitic poster has been circulated around the University of Melbourne campus, depicting Jews as introducing “hordes” of minorities.
By Peter Kohn
University of Melbourne.
March 3, 2016, 12:00 am
Denial leaflets in uni carpark
HOLOCAUST denial reared its ugly head on campus on the first day of the new university semester on Monday.
By Joshua Levi
August 15, 2014, 12:00 am
Jewish students victimised on campus
THERE are fears for the safety of Jewish students at universities across Australia, following a spate of verbal attacks and harassment, which resulted in at least one student being too scared to go to classes and the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) suspending activities at one institution.
By ZOE KRON and Gareth Narunsky
July 25, 2011, 8:24 am
Aussie push for flotilla inquiry
A MELBOURNE-based legal expert has been appointed as the newest member of the Turkel Commission, which is investigating the 2010 Gaza flotilla.
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