Community Hearbeat
Sasha Lipworth has such a rare disease it doesn't have a name.
April 11, 2024, 2:47 pm
‘We cannot do this alone’
In October last year, at the age of six, Sasha was diagnosed with such a rare disease it doesn’t even have a name, so doctors called it “SLC6A1”.
By Carly Adno
Photo: Supplied
April 2, 2024, 9:00 am
B’nai Brith Human Rights Oration
His achievements in the legal field have earned him well-deserved recognition and acclaim, including for his active community involvement.
By Carol Saffer
March 19, 2024, 1:35 pm
Understanding addictions in the Jewish community and breaking the stigma. 
RCV training session on addiction.
By Carol Saffer
Brothers for Life second delegation arrives in Melbourne.
March 18, 2024, 10:11 am
Achim L’Chaim, Brothers for Life
The soldiers are members of Achim L'Chaim, Brothers for Life, a not-for-profit organisation, started and run by injured Israeli soldiers whose mission is to support other soldiers injured in combat.
By Carol Saffer
Shane Hamilton and Beverley Honig (co-founders First Nations Blockchain) with the previous vice-chancellor Indigenous of Monash University, and the then head of the Monash MITI program.
March 12, 2024, 3:55 pm
Cultural artwork protected by blockchain
"We recruited four amazing students. One was from the art world, one from law, the third was a software developer, and a hardware developer," says Beverley Honig.
By Carol Saffer
The Journal is sent to members each November.
March 12, 2024, 3:50 pm
AJHS celebrates 70 years
The society began in 1954 under the presidency of state parliamentarian Sir Archie Michaelis as a branch of the Sydney-based Australian Jewish Historical Society.
By Carol Saffer
The Valley of Death Memorial of the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Photo: Sarah Grandke
March 12, 2024, 3:48 pm
Call for information about former inmates
It has only been in the last two decades that the memorial has gained significant attention, now drawing around 100,000 visitors annually.
By Carol Saffer
Nina Sanadze's Hana and Child. Photo: Leon Schoots
February 29, 2024, 12:54 pm
New Children’s Space and exhibitions in 2024
Representing the intersection of Jewish art and culture, the JMA and its exhibitions in 2024 plan to explore what it means to be Jewish in Australia.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Writer Mykaela Saunders. Photo: Fremantle Press
February 29, 2024, 12:48 pm
MWF deputy chair resigns
Saunders, within three weeks of the October 7 Hamas onslaught signed an open letter blaming the violence on "75 years of Israeli settler colonial dispossession".
By Carol Saffer
Dr Steven Cooke, new CEO at Melbourne Holocaust Museum. Photo: Jon Moss
February 22, 2024, 1:42 pm
The historical stories not always heard
"My grandparents told those stories to me, and I heard them on the news, yet we didn't really hear much about the Holocaust."
By Carol Saffer
Photo: Supplied
February 21, 2024, 12:49 pm
Unsent Postcards
Intermittently postcards were allowed to be sent as the only means of communication to people beyond the ghetto walls.
By Carol Saffer
Photo: Avi Balaban KKL archive
February 6, 2024, 12:24 pm
The Be’eri Forest Revival Project
"It is a symbol of resilience and hope that has deep roots in the history of the western Negev,” says Ronit Fraid.
By Carol Saffer
Myra Fisher with her collection of letters to the editor.
January 31, 2024, 10:11 pm
A lifetime of memories and opinions
"Is it too late for me to join a charm school?"
By Carol Saffer
Photo: 2016 at Minaret College, Buildings Bridges program.
January 25, 2024, 1:07 pm
Fixing Australia’s damaged interfaith relations 
AIJAC announces new Interfaith and Community Liaison.
By Carol Saffer
Joanne Levy's nom de plume is Joanne Dannon.
January 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
The president writes romance novels
"They will read the book, with curiosity, to see how the author shapes them into a couple," says Joanne Levy.
By Carol Saffer
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