Marsha Thomson
The poster stuck on Mike Kelly's office.
March 2, 2018, 12:01 am
Neo-Nazi group’s assault
A BARRAGE of anti-Semitic attacks has ravaged NSW and Victoria, with community leaders and MPs voicing concern over an upsurge in hatred and bigotry.
By Peter Kohn
From left: David Southwick, Marsha Thomson, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Danny Lamm, Sharene Hambur. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 2, 2017, 12:00 am
Thomson quitting Parliament
VICTORIAN Labor MP Marsha Thomson, who became the first female Jewish minister in Australia, has announced she is stepping down from politics.
By Peter Kohn
From left: Fred Alale, president of the Nigerian Society of Victoria, PriceWaterhouseCoopers intern Bareetu Aba-Bulgu, JCCV president Jennifer Huppert, and Victoria Police deputy commissioner Andrew Crisp.
September 18, 2017, 12:00 am
Building bridges with Africans
More than 130 people from the Jewish and African communities heard each other's stories at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria's third annual Jewish African Friendship Dinner.
By Peter Kohn
From left: David Southwick, Marsha Thomson, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Danny Lamm, Sharene Hambur. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 25, 2016, 12:00 am
Celebrating Zionism in Victoria
Zionism Victoria’s 78th annual assembly saw the prestigious Jerusalem Prize bestowed jointly upon MPs David Southwick and Marsha Thomson.
Alon Cassuto speaks with a member of Melbourne's Somali community. Photo: James McPherson Photography
November 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Interfaith mentoring for Somali students
A Muslim-Jewish Somali graduate mentoring program, called Iftiin, has been launched at Parliament House in Victoria.
By Phoebe Roth
From left: Former Zionism Victoria president Sam Tatarka, Marsha Thomson, David Southwick, and Israeli Ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben Shmuel, at the Israel Exhibition at Parliament House in 2014. Photo: Lochlan Tangas
October 31, 2016, 12:00 am
Pollies honoured for advocacy
Liberal MP David Southwick and Labor MP Marsha Thomson will be jointly awarded the Jerusalem Prize at Zionism Victoria’s 78th Annual Assembly next month.
By Phoebe Roth
Politicians and communal leaders at last week’s Passover lunch in parliament.
April 1, 2016, 12:00 am
Parliamentary Pesach on Purim
THE Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and Zionism Victoria hosted a Passover-themed luncheon at State Parliament last week, which brought together 30 members of Victorian Parliament, including ministers and shadow ­ministers.
By Phoebe Roth
9-6-15. Israel medical innovation exhibtion at Parliament house , Victoria. From left: Margaret Fitzherbert, Georgie Crozier, Kristee Shepherd, Mary Wooldridge, David Southwick. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 12, 2015, 12:00 am
Israel’s medical magic on show
By Peter Kohn
December 1, 2014, 12:00 am
A fond farewell to Nina
By Peter Kohn
July 24, 2014, 12:00 am
Melbourne rallies for Israel
FROM a sea of almost 2000 protesters at a community rally for Israel, Maya Zipman, a diminutive Melbourne grandmother, stepped forward, holding a piece of paper, on which she had written a prayer for her grandson, an Israeli soldier currently in Gaza. In a quavering voice, she asked Zionist Council of Victoria president Sam Tatarka to read it out, which he did.
By Peter Kohn
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