General Sir John Monash

At St Kilda Shule’s Anzac Day ceremony, (from left) Rabbi Ralph Genende,
Dylan Quick, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg and Rabbi Yaakov Glasman.
Photo: Peter Haskin

April 28, 2022, 11:30 am

"Anzac Day is sacred to all Australians, but for St Kilda Shule it is especially soul-stirring, given the number of our shule's members who served in the first and second world wars."

By Peter Kohn

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) with Felix and Yvonne Sher waving at the couple's grandchildren over FaceTime. Photo: Peter Haskin

November 18, 2021, 10:30 am

‘We will be forever grateful’

At a Remembrance Day service last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with Felix and Yvonne Sher, parents of the late Private Greg Sher, who was killed by a Taliban rocket in Afghanistan.

By CARLY DOUGLAS

The VAJEX memorial in Ripponlea. Photo: Peter Haskin

November 11, 2021, 12:00 am

VAJEX cancels over COVID, Monash service going ahead

By Peter Kohn

June 25, 2020, 2:00 pm

Monash papers go digital

'Monash’s detailed and insightful perspectives are fascinating as he provides a first-person voice to key periods and cultural experiences that have shaped modern Australia'.

By Shane Desiatnik

Keith Shilkin (left) with Warren
Austin at the memorial.

January 14, 2020, 9:37 am

New plaque unveiled

A plaque has been unveiled at the Jewish War Memorial in Perth marking 100 years since General Sir John Monash laid its foundation stone.

By Shane Desiatnik

Keynote speaker at the NAJEX Jewish Remembrance Day service,
Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

November 8, 2018, 12:01 am

Reflecting on Armistice centenary

SYDNEY'S Jewish Remembrance Day service is always deeply moving, but it held even more resonance in its latest chapter at the Sydney Jewish Museum last Sunday – almost 100 years to the day since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I, and 95 years since General Sir John Monash officially opened the NSW Jewish War Memorial.

By Shane Desiatnik

October 19, 2018, 12:00 am

By-election candidates back new Monash bill

A three-year campaign led by former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer to posthumously promote Jewish Australian WWI legend General Sir John Monash to Field Marshal is alive again, with independent MP for Indi Catherine McGowan announcing on Monday that she will introduce a private member's bill to Parliament to achieve that objective on October 22 – just two days after the Wentworth by-election.

By Shane Desiatnik

Jules Hoffman points to his brother Adolf's name on the National Jewish War Memorial. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

August 16, 2018, 11:20 am

Honouring our fallen Diggers

JEWISH history was made in our nation's capital last Sunday when Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove officially unveiled the first ever Australian Jewish War Memorial (AJWM), which commemorates all 341 Jewish Diggers who are known to have died on active service for their country from 1900 to today.

By Shane Desiatnik

Rabbi Ralph Genende speaking at the unveiling of the new statue of General Sir John Monash. Photo: Fiona Silsby

July 19, 2018, 12:00 am

Monash: An example to us all

Australian War Memorial director Dr Brendan Nelson not only focused on Monash's Jewishness, but attributed his character and leadership to his embodiment of Jewish values.

From left, Rabbi Ralph Genende, Michael Bennett, Monash's great-grandson, and Air Commodore Mark Willis in front of the sculpture. Photo: David Whittaker

July 18, 2018, 11:33 am

Monash sculpture unveiled in Canberra

A sculpture commemorating the pivotal role of General Sir John Monash in World War I has been unveiled at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to mark the centenary of the landmark Battle of Hamel.

By Peter Kohn

Charles Bean. Photo: The Australian War Memorial

May 18, 2018, 12:01 am

‘Don’t name seat for anti-Semite’

AN acclaimed scholar of the life of General Sir John Monash has attacked the naming of a federal electorate after an anti-Semitic historian who undermined Australia's greatest citizen officer.

By Peter Kohn

Artist's impression of the new Australian Jewish War Memorial.

May 3, 2018, 12:01 am

National Jewish war memorial to open in August

THE dedication ceremony of the new Australian Jewish War Memorial in Canberra will be held on Sunday, August 12 to coincide with the commemoration of the Centenary of General Sir John Monash's knighthood, the ACT Jewish Community's secretary Dr Merrilyn Sernack has announced.

By Shane Desiatnik

April 19, 2018, 12:01 am

Promotion rejected

GENERAL Sir John Monash (pictured) will not be posthumously promoted to Field Marshal, despite a lengthy campaign to have the highest military rank bestowed upon him, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed to The AJN on Wednesday.

January 15, 2018, 12:01 am

A critical year for promotion

2018 is "an absolutely critical year" to push for and achieve the posthumous promotion of Jewish military legend General Sir John Monash to the highest Australian military rank of Field Marshal according to Saluting Monash Council (SMC) chairman Tim Fischer, who fears "the window of opportunity" will rapidly close after the centenary edition of Remembrance Day on November 11.

By Shane Desiatnik

Tim Fischer speaking at the book launch. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

December 10, 2017, 12:00 am

Fischer ramps up Monash campaign

The push for the posthumous promotion of General Sir John Monash to Field Marshal gained further momentum on November 26 when former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer officially launched Professor Roland Perry's latest book, Monash and Chauvel.

By Shane Desiatnik