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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
Rabbi Allison Conyer meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog.
May 11, 2023, 12:05 pm
Rabbinic leader meets Herzog
A delegation of Australia's Progressive Jewish leaders met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.
By Peter Kohn
Candles along the protest route.
May 9, 2023, 6:47 am
Standing up for the Israel we care for
The broad and deep 16 weeks of protests across the nation are a constitutional moment. It is as yet far from clear what the outcome will be.
By David Knoll
Lesley Sachs at a Saturday night post-havdalah protest in Israel.
March 29, 2023, 3:21 pm
Flag ‘a sign of what we’re fighting for’
Sachs said the imminent legislative tsunami goes well beyond changes weakening the judiciary, extending into legislative changes proscribing freedoms of minority groups.
By Peter Kohn
Lesley Sachs (right) blows a shofar at the Western Wall.
March 15, 2023, 6:35 am
Activist: Diaspora Jews ‘have a voice’
The former Women of the Wall activist, arrested five times for protesting for women's rights at the Kotel, will speak in Australia next week for the UIA Progressive Appeal.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Kim Ettlinger with her daughter Noa at her Upsherin on Sunday.
December 1, 2022, 10:35 am
Perth homecoming for Rabbi Ettlinger
Rabbi Kim Ettlinger has been inducted as the rabbi of Progressive congregation Temple David in Perth.
By Peter Kohn
Anna Kislanski, CEO of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.
August 17, 2022, 11:00 am
Progressive Judaism’s Israeli flavour
'Most of the people who join our congregations come from a secular background and most of them join our congregations as adults – they make a choice.'
By Peter Kohn
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