Jewish Museum of Australia
A Secret Chord: Music, Rhythm and Movement in the Jewish Museum of Australia Collection. Photos: Dean Schmideg
November 15, 2024, 11:29 am
New exhibition celebrates music
Celebrating Australia’s vibrant Jewish music scene, showcasing artists including Conway, Lior, David Helfgott and the Bashevis Singers.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Central Shule Chabad has a ramp. Photo: Google Street View
July 25, 2024, 8:00 am
Plea for better accessibility
"Just because we are not physically in the room does not mean that we are not part of Am Yisrael," says Bianca Felix.
By Bruce Hill
Julia Gillard speaking at an event hosted by the Jewish Museum of Australia on March 19. Photo: Dean Schmideg
March 28, 2024, 11:02 am
Julia Gillard on retaining hope
The former PM spoke on the importance of museums for “truth telling and remembrance”.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Nova Peris (left) with ADC chairman Dvir Abramovich.
March 21, 2024, 3:02 pm
‘Leading light in the fight against antisemitism’
ADC chairman Dvir Abramovich presented Peris with the ADC's Bravery Against Antisemitism Medal last Friday at the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne.
By AJN STAFF
William Cooper.
November 3, 2023, 6:18 am
New scholarship in William Cooper’s honour
The Golimdja William Cooper Memorial Scholarship will be officially launched at events in both Melbourne and Sydney.
By AJN STAFF
Yvette Coppersmith and Toby Lopata talk about portrait painting Photo: Peter Haskin
August 31, 2023, 12:37 pm
Archibald winners chat at CHAGALL
Sitting in the Krongold Gallery surrounded by Coppersmith's Inaugural Contemporary Artist Commission, the two artists shared their thoughts on passion, advice, career and a potential portrait subject for the Archibald Prize.
By Carol Saffer
PJV president Maureen Barten.
July 3, 2023, 6:52 am
PJV’s week of caring
...volunteers will commit to three-and-a-half hours a day of activities focusing on tikkun olam and of chesed (loving-kindness). They will also commit to eight hours of education during that week, which can include taking part in Shabbat activities.
By Peter Kohn
Marc Chagall, Vision de Paris (Image of Paris), 1960, lithography from Lithographes series © Comité Chagall, courtesy Art & Co / Jewish Museum of Australia
June 6, 2023, 6:14 am
Marc Chagall: the international artistic master
Niklai describes the exhibition as a lovely tribute to Chagall, and a nod to the very first large-scale exhibition that was presented at the museum, curated by the late Dr Helen Light, titled Chagall and the Bible.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Jessica Bram. (Photo: Facebook.)
May 4, 2023, 12:55 pm
Bram steps down as director and CEO
Appointed in 2019, Bram saw the Jewish Museum through the years of the global pandemic and extended lockdowns in Melbourne...
By Mia Gardiner
Dr Helen Light receiving the 2019 General Sir John Monash Award. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 11, 2022, 9:03 am
Farewelling a communal luminary
Dr Helen Light 'created a space of innovation and expression, truly illuminating an Australian Jewish experience'
By AJN STAFF
September 15, 2021, 9:00 am
Treasure trove of Mirka’s art
A new Mirka Mora exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia features more than 200 items, many previously unseen from family archives.
By Danny Gocs
Family Gathering in the Dream Park (detail), 2008. Photo: William Mora Galleries ©The Estate of Mirka Mora
August 25, 2021, 9:30 am
Welcome back to the museum
Out of lockdown, the Jewish Museum of Australia loves to welcome back school and program visits.
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Artist’s impression of the proposed new JMA and Kadimah site.
July 12, 2020, 11:30 am
Excitement for Jewish Arts Quarter
Melbourne's new JAQ, which will include state-of-the-art exhibition and education spaces, a 300-seat auditorium and a public plaza, will be completed within the next 2-3 years.
By Rebecca Davis
Victorian Governor Linda Dessau virtually invests Bella Hirshorn (bottom left corner of screen) with her AM in the state’s first ever online investiture last week.
June 5, 2020, 9:00 am
Communal stalwart Bella Hirshorn ‘a remarkable Victorian’
Victoria's governor Linda Dessau has bestowed Bella Hirshorn as a Member of the Order of Australia in a historic online ceremony last week.
By Rebecca Davis
Students from The King David School and Sirius College participating in the Museums Together program. Photos: Peter Haskin
December 2, 2019, 12:53 pm
‘Now we can start to become friends’
Museums Together – a joint education program between the Jewish Museum of Australia and the Islamic Museum of Australia – recently brought 100 Jewish and Muslim students together.
By Rebecca Davis
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