Danny Gocs
American academic and musician Vivien Goldman is one of the international guests at FOJAM.
August 29, 2019, 1:02 pm
Punk Professor bound for Oz
For more than 40 years British journalist, musician, filmmaker and academic Vivien Goldman has been involved in the world of punk music. Known as the Punk Professor, she will be in Australia next week for FOJAM. Danny Gocs reports.
Josh Piterman outside London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre where The Phantom of the Opera has played for the past 33 years.
August 22, 2019, 2:53 pm
Dream West End debut for Piterman
MELBOURNE musical theatre star Josh Piterman is in London preparing to make his West End debut in the lead role of the hit musical The Phantom of the Opera, which has been running for the past 33 years and has been seen by millions of theatregoers.
Punk rock band Yidcore.
August 16, 2019, 10:09 am
Yidcore makes a comeback
YIDCORE, the Australian Jewish punk rock band established in Melbourne in 1998 which disbanded in 2009, is reuniting for a concert at the inaugural Festival of Jewish Arts and Music (FOJAM) to be held at the Melbourne Recital Centre next month.
Author Suzy Zail with schoolchildren in Uganda during her 2015 research trip.
August 9, 2019, 11:06 am
Dreaming of a better life through education
After writing two Holocaust-themed novels, author Suzy Zail turned her attention to the plight of African girls fighting for the right to an education in her latest novel.
Jake Fehily as Augustus Gloop (centre) and Octavia Barron Martin as Mrs Gloop. Photo: Jeff Busby
August 2, 2019, 11:55 am
Life lessons in Dahl’s chocolate coated musical
Despite the fun and fantasy in the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which sees Jewish actor Jake Fehily make his professional stage debut, there’s also a serious message.
Karen Pearlman on the set of her new short film, I Want to Make a Film About Women. Photo: Meg White
June 27, 2019, 3:44 pm
Short stories on the big screen
TWO experienced filmmakers have been awarded $5000 grants to make short films that will premiere at this year’s Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF), screening in Melbourne and other capital cities in October and November.
Josh Piterman will perform his favourite numbers in concert.
May 16, 2019, 1:45 pm
Piterman to embark on first solo concert tour
Singer Josh Piterman is embarking on his first solo concert tour of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane next month to perform his favourite songs.
Author Leah Kaminsky with copies of her latest novel, The Hollow Bones. Photos: Noel Kessel
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Novel idea inspired by Nazi explorer
IT was while author Leah Kaminsky was researching her debut novel The Waiting Room, published in 2015, that she unearthed an amazing story that provided the inspiration for her latest novel, The Hollow Bones.
Michael Shafar is performing in this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
April 1, 2019, 11:45 am
Comedian’s last laugh on cancer
SINCE Michael Shafar turned his back on a law career for the world of stand-up comedy a few years ago, he has been a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
December 20, 2018, 7:04 pm
Summer showtime in Melbourne
The acclaimed Harry Potter stage show heralds in a feast of summer shows on the Melbourne stage, writes Danny Gocs.
Artist Mirka Mora in her studio. Photo: Fred Kroh
September 4, 2018, 9:55 am
Mirka Mora mourned
TRIBUTES have been paid to French-born Jewish artist Mirka Mora who died this week aged 90.
Judy Cassab with her portrait of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Photo: Joshua Levi
November 5, 2015, 12:00 am
Prize-winning artist mourned
TRIBUTES are flowing for acclaimed artist Judy Cassab, who died this week in Sydney aged 95.
James Sieff on The Voice.
July 22, 2015, 12:00 am
Voice singers strike a chord
SYDNEYSIDER James Sieff stole Delta Goodrem’s heart with his rendition of You’ve Got a Friend In Me on Channel Nine’s The Voice on Monday night.
July 25, 2014, 12:00 am
MH17 crash ended hopes for a family reunion
EARLIER this year Itamar Avnon, a 27-year-old Israeli studying at Melbourne’s Swinburne University, discovered that he had relatives in Australia.
By ZOE KRON
June 9, 2014, 12:00 am
Painting finally returned to heirs
THE heirs of a German-Jewish industrialist, forced by the Nazis to sell his art collection, will have an artwork returned following a landmark decision by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).
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