Bnei Akiva
Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, with a recycled plastic Yad
September 26, 2023, 6:10 am
‘Blue is the new silver’
Rosenthal believes that as Psalm 95 says "Asher lo hayam", the sea is God's, and we should treat it as such.
By Bruce Hill
Aardvark participants in Israel. Photo: Supplied
June 23, 2023, 6:59 am
Making 2024 Israel programs accessible to all
"The experiences that these young people will have in Israel will shape their Jewish and Zionist identities, inspire their commitment to their cultural and spiritual heritage as well as their commitment to their own communities on their return."
By AJN STAFF
The leaders of the Bnei Akiva youth movement from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Photo: supplied.
May 11, 2023, 1:13 pm
Bnei Akiva hosts federal leadership seminar
"To me it was inspirational to see so many people who believe in the same thing, who give up significant time in their lives and daily commitments to build the next generation..."
By AJN STAFF
Pre-Shabbat photos in quarantine. From left: Tammy Lazarus, Sasha Cohen, Leila Freedman and Rachel Treisman.
May 11, 2023, 11:06 am
My Israel Story – An experience unlike any other
In 2020, AJN journalist Rachel Treisman set off to Israel on a gap year program. She didn't expect a global pandemic to intercede.
By RACHEL TREISMAN
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman blowing the shofar. Photo: Paul Topol.
May 4, 2023, 12:50 pm
Yom Ha’atzmaut tefillah gathering
This event is a major annual event in the modern Orthodox religious community and was extremely well attended this year.
By Mia Gardiner
Attendees at the 2023 Mizrachi Australia conference in Perth last month. Photo: Donnay Zulberg Photography
March 9, 2023, 11:35 am
Perth proud to host national conference
A community learning program was a feature, exploring topics such as conversion, surrogacy, the meaning of Purim and cancel culture.
By AJN STAFF
Bnei Akiva held its winter camp for the first time in three years.
July 27, 2022, 8:23 pm
‘Rush of life’ returns after three years
"Camp is something that really has the potential to re-spark a movement."
By RACHEL TREISMAN
Some of Bnei Akiva's 62 shnatties at Ben Gurion airport.
February 17, 2022, 12:30 pm
This year in Jerusalem
By AJN STAFF
Tributes are flowing in for Daniel Simons, who passed away last week.
January 12, 2017, 12:00 am
Young community stalwart mourned
Tributes have been paid to 23-year-old Daniel Simons who passed away tragically last Friday (January 6).
From left: Rabbi Benji Levy, Julia May, Meg Josman, Sam Springer. Photo: Noel Kessel
October 28, 2016, 10:41 am
Sea in Shabbat at Bondi
More than 800 people are set to attend an “extraordinary” communal Kabbalat Shabbat as part of the Shabbat Project on Bondi Beach before sundown on November 11.
By Yael Brender
Israel Defence Forces’ Colonel Moshe Pinkert laying a wreath at the ceremony in Jerusalem.
April 28, 2016, 12:00 am
Honouring the memory of the Anzacs
DIPLOMATS from Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and other nations joined Australians and Israelis at the annual ANZAC Day ceremony at the Mount Scopus Commonwealth Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.
The husband and children of Dafna Meir mourn during her funeral ceremony in Otniel.
January 21, 2016, 12:00 am
Dafna’s murder felt deeply in Australia
NEWS of the brutal slaying of Israeli mother and nurse Dafna Meir by a Palestinian terrorist has stunned the Australian Jewish community, as her brother, Daniel Moatti, recently spent a year working in Melbourne with the Mizrachi community, Bnei Akiva and Leibler Yavneh College.
By Peter Kohn
April 14, 2015, 12:00 am
Hackers target Bnei Akiva
By Peter Kohn
July 4, 2014, 12:00 am
Family friend in Australia recalls Naftali
MURDERED Israeli teenager Naftali Frenkel was “a great kid that loved everyone and was loved by everyone”, according to Bnei Akiva shlichah Eidit Wolf.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 3, 2014, 1:00 pm
Community mourns ‘our boys’
HUNDREDS of mourners were expected to flock to a memorial service for murdered Israeli teenagers Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach at Moriah College on Wednesday night, while around 50 Bnei Akiva chanichim attended a service at Bondi Mizrachi Synagogue on Tuesday night.
By Gareth Narunsky
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