History
From left: Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Professor Jay Waronker, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg.
October 27, 2023, 6:33 am
St Kilda Shule hosts architectural historian
A self-taught artist, his first two books are filled with his paintings of the synagogues of India and Africa, a history and description of each of the communities, and photographs and images of every synagogue.
Tell es-Sultan in Jericho. Photo: Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons
September 27, 2023, 7:03 am
Ancient ruins now World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’
"The property proposed for nomination is the prehistoric archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan located outside the antique site of Jericho," Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO's assistant director general, said during the meeting to discuss the site.
By AJN STAFF
Pope Pius XII, circa 1940. Photo: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images
September 26, 2023, 6:49 am
Pope knew about camps
Koenig's letter leaves little room for doubt about whether Pius knew of the Holocaust.
By Andrew Lapin
The Australian cast of You Don't Have to Be Jewish.
September 18, 2023, 11:47 am
You Don’t Have to be Jewish staged in Sydney
“It portrays the mundane of life with humour. There’s not a swear word in it, it’s clean, it’s loaded with irony, it’s loaded with pathos as well. Yet it’s still hysterical.”
By Jessica Abelsohn
Ruins near Hisham's Palace, Jericho. Photo: Zairon/Wikimedia commons
September 18, 2023, 7:11 am
UNESCO to vote on ancient Jericho
If the vote passes, the ancient city will join three other "UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Palestine": the Church of the Nativity and the pilgrimage route in Bethlehem, the cultural landscape of southern Jerusalem and Battir, and the Old City in Hebron.
By TOI STAFF
Helen Granek (middle front) the last Bialystoker survivor with her family.
September 15, 2023, 12:18 pm
‘The jewel in the Jewish cultural world’
“When the Germans stormed the ghetto and ordered everyone to leave that was the end of Jewish life in Bialystok.”
By Carol Saffer
Anna Ciddor (left) and Tamara Lewit with A Message Through Time.
September 5, 2023, 7:07 am
A pacy and action-packed time-slip adventure
"A Message Through Time tells the story of a modern Australian girl and boy who slip through time to the Roman Empire and accidentally bring an ancient Roman girl into the present," Ciddor said.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Hannah Gandy, Major General James Edward Barry and David Polonsky from the Spirit of Australia Foundation at the 2023 Monash Commemorative Service.
August 24, 2023, 12:09 pm
The influence of General Sir John Monash
Hannah Gandy uses education to benefit the community
By Carol Saffer
Professor Leon Mann (left) and Margaret Price at the memorial benches dedication ceremony at Broken Hill Synagogue. Photo: AJHS
August 24, 2023, 11:49 am
Huge crowd honours shule’s history
On the Sunday morning of the event, more than 100 people gathered in the shule’s forecourt for the dedication ceremony of two memorial benches.
By AJN STAFF
The Google Doodle for August 4. Photo: Google, Wikimedia Commons. Design by Mollie Suss
August 14, 2023, 7:11 am
Google Doodle celebrates Altina Schinasi
A trained sculptor, Schinasi designed the glasses in the late 1930s while working as a window display designer.
Marc Chagall in 1969.
August 13, 2023, 1:27 pm
How The Joint found Marc Chagall in its archives
When photo and film archivist Minda Novek spotted children waving American and Portuguese flags on the decks of the Mouzinho in 1940s footage, it led her to the discovery of the repatriation of Russian–French artist Marc Chagall to the USA.
By Carol Saffer
Writer/director/executive producer Greta Gerwig poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Barbie, in London. Photo: Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP
July 30, 2023, 5:20 pm
Barbie director wants you to feel like it’s Shabbat
Gerwig is winning acclaim for transforming Barbie from a stagnant symbol of capitalism and women's oppression into a canvas for exploring self-discovery, through an accidental jaunt from the toy world into the real one.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screenshot from Vera Rudner's 100 Project film. Photo: The 100 Project
July 25, 2023, 7:27 am
Celebrating Australia’s centenarians
Australia's 100-year-olds were born when children rode horses to school (if they even attended) and penicillin didn't exist. They are a wealth of knowledge, experience and stories and it's important that we capture these as keepsakes.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Professor Gilah Leder and a municipal official put the finishing touches on a plaque honouring her father, watched by Dick van der Kamp, son of a Dutch resistance fighter.
July 24, 2023, 7:04 pm
Dutch family gave shelter
Initially the owners thought he might be avoiding the German military draft. "After some time, it was clear that my father was Jewish but he was allowed to stay," Leder said.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau.
July 19, 2023, 7:16 am
Rabbi Lau in Australia
Brought here by high-profile business magnate Joseph Gutnick, Rabbi Lau is also visiting Melbourne and will speak at a major communal event at Chabad House of Caulfield tonight.
By AJN STAFF
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