Danny Hochberg

Sar-El volunteers at Tel Hashomer IDF base

November 21, 2023, 7:16 am

"There are no tourists in Israel and there's very few people volunteering, so Israelis are very appreciative of any contribution you make..."

By Bruce Hill

July 23, 2020, 3:19 pm

‘Broad church’ sweeps Board of Deputies

JBOD president Lesli Berger: 'I wish to thank and commend the deputies who were not re-elected and the candidates who didn't get over the line for their ongoing commitment'.

By Gareth Narunsky

Fiona Harari spoke at the Yom Hashoah commemoration.

April 23, 2020, 6:20 am

Shoah survivors inspire online

'We must strive to learn from the past, and to ensure that such atrocities are never again perpetrated'.

By Sophie Deutsch

Holocaust survivors light the memorial candles. Photo: Giselle Haber

May 3, 2019, 12:00 am

Shoah survivors ‘inspire us’

ONE year after commencing his directorship of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson had one of the most meaningful experiences of his life.

Lighting of the memorial candles at a past Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber

April 25, 2019, 12:00 am

Yom Hashoah: Memorials and memories

THIS year's theme for the Sydney Yom Hashoah commemoration is "Memorials and Memories". How do we keep history alive in our communities? asks Danny Hochberg.

April 23, 2019, 12:00 am

Nelson to headline Sydney’s Yom Hashoah commemoration

AN injection of youth participation, a distinguished keynote speaker in Dr Brendan Nelson, and free events in three parts of Sydney that share the theme of Memorials and Memories will make for a powerful and diverse Yom Hashoah commemoration program commencing later this month.

By Shane Desiatnik

Tom Rogic (right) of Australia in action against Tamer Seyam (left) of Palestine during last Friday's match. Photo: EPA/Mahmoud Khaled

January 17, 2019, 2:51 pm

Turning soccer into a political football

The power of football is a panacea to the many woes of the Middle East, and for that matter, the world. How fantastic if it could be part of the cure.

December 21, 2018, 2:48 pm

The world is afflicted by Jerusalem syndrome

Everyone's dreams will only be realised with a healthy dose of clarity. Israel exists. The Palestinians exist. A solution must try to meet as many of the aspirations as can be achieved, for both people.

Chana Raizel Friedman with her grandmother and Holocaust survivor Alice Adamak. Photo: Giselle Haber

April 12, 2018, 12:01 am

Rebuilding, remembering lives

EMOTIONS ran high at UNSW's Clancy Auditorium as 800 people heard how Holocaust survivors built new homes and thrived in postwar Australia at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' Yom Hashoah commemorative event on Sunday.

Diane Armstrong, Fiona Harari, Paul Drexler and Chana Raizel Friedman are some of the speakers at this year's Yom Hashoah commemorations.

April 8, 2018, 12:01 am

Commemorations will shine a spotlight on survivors’ new lives in Australia

"REBUILDING Lives" is the powerful theme for this year's NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' (JBOD) Yom Hashoah commemorative events.

Izydor Marmur, the president of the Australian Society of Polish Jews and their Descendants.

February 14, 2018, 6:47 pm

Local concern over Shoah law

"CONCERN" and "disappointment" is the early reaction by members of the Australian Jewish community to controversial legislation passed by the Polish Parliament last week which would make it a criminal offence to publicly suggest the Polish nation was complicit in crimes committed against Jews during the Holocaust.

By Shane Desiatnik

November 5, 2017, 12:00 am

Sydney to commemorate Kristallnacht

ORGANISERS of next Thursday night's Kristallnacht commemoration service at the Sydney Jewish Museum have secured a dynamic guest speaker lineup.

By Shane Desiatnik

October 5, 2017, 12:01 am

Six inducted into Hall of Fame

Olympian Emeric Santo, Wallabies five-eighth Rupert Rosenblum, former FFA board members Phil Wolanski and Brian Schwartz, Maccabi Australia past-president Phil Filler and karate world champion Danny Hakim will be inducted into the Maccabi NSW Hall of Fame later this year.

JCA president Stephen Chipkin with 2016 Hal Goldstein Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Jaku. Photo: Peter Philippsohn.

June 10, 2016, 12:00 am

Community champions recognised

The efforts of a lifelong supporter of the Sydney Jewish Museum, a champion for Kosher Meals on Wheels and two Maccabi movers and shakers have been recognised in the JCA’s 2016 Communal Awards.

Lily Brett in Sydney this week. Photo: Noel Kessel

May 5, 2016, 12:00 am

Creative responses to the Holocaust

THE power of the written word to explore and reflect on the tragedy of the Holocaust and its ongoing legacy runs through Lily Brett’s veins.

By Shane Desiatnik