Elsternwick
Annetta Able with daughter Daphna Carmi at the launch of The Mosaic of My Life.
July 27, 2023, 7:27 am
Memoir highlights survivor’s amazing life
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Annetta and Stephanie were transported to Theresienstadt in 1942. The following year they were sent to Auschwitz, where the notorious Nazi Dr Josef Mengele experimented on them.
By Danny Gocs
May 30, 2023, 7:22 am
Bring on the musicals
The series, which runs weekly on Sundays until December, includes blueprints of the genre like Singin’ in the Rain and The Sound of Music, as well as off-kilter cult classics...
By Lindy Tamir
Adolf Eichmann listens to the proceedings during his trial through a glass booth. Photo: USHMM.
May 18, 2023, 10:29 am
Hannah Arendt’s political and cultural legacy
"From the viewpoint of our legal institutions and of our moral standards of judgment, this normality was much more terrifying than all the atrocities put together."
By Mia Gardiner
Worst Ones
February 22, 2023, 7:01 am
The diversity of European cinema
From the UK to Ukraine, and everywhere in between – the festival celebrates the diversity of talent and experiences of European storytellers.
By Erin Rosenberg
Premier Daniel Andrews visits the proposed site of the Jewish Cultural and Arts Precinct in Elsternwick. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 21, 2018, 12:00 am
Andrews pledges funds for Jewish precinct
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews visited Habonim House, Sholem Aleichem College and the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre last week to announce State Government funding towards establishing a Jewish Cultural and Arts Precinct.
By Rebecca Davis
Musician Willy Zygier and daughters (from left) Syd, Hettie and Alma rehearse in preparation for the YID! concerts at In One Voice. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 14, 2018, 3:46 pm
Music fills In One Voice festival
The annual In One Voice street festival in Elsternwick has plenty of music to keep the crowds entertained, both on Sunday, March 18 and at the festival eve concert. 
Contestants at the 2017 In One Voice bagel eating competition. Photo: Ren Rizzolo
March 28, 2017, 12:01 am
In One Voice rocks the streets
AN estimated 8000 people flocked to the In One Voice (IOV) festival on Sunday despite the sweltering conditions.
Harry Feller.
March 16, 2017, 12:01 am
A race against time for Harry
FIVE-year-old Harry Feller was born profoundly deaf. He was born with the rare Usher syndrome and other inherited genetic diseases, and before he knows it, unless a cure is found, Harry will be blind before he hits adolescence.
107-year-old Melbourne Jew Esther Friedman. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 12, 2016, 12:00 am
Our oldest Jew?
For Melbourne's Esther Friedman, who has just turned 107, the key to her longevity is simply not to give it too much thought.
By Phoebe Roth
Singer Natalie Gamsu
March 16, 2016, 4:03 pm
Yiddish favourites at In One Voice
Singer Natalie Gamsu is excited to be performing several Yiddish songs at the In One Voice festival which will be held in Elsternwick from 11am to 5pm on March 20.
Israeli singer Tula performs at the Shir Madness Jewish Music Festival in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 22, 2015, 12:17 pm
Musical treat at Shir Madness
The sound of traditional and contemporary Jewish music reverberated through Elsternwick as local and overseas stars performed for music fans celebrating Melbourne’s inaugural Shir Madness Jewish Music Festival.
PHOTO of Eddie Tamir and sons Benji (left) and Josh in the new Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 24, 2015, 3:34 pm
Birth of a new cinema
February 11, 2015, 1:09 pm
For the love of Yiddish
November 26, 2014, 9:35 am
Finding voice in the street
November 14, 2014, 3:29 pm
Opening night at Jewish film festival
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