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Naama Potok in Sydney. Photo: Noel Kessel.
May 13, 2016, 12:00 am
Her Name is Naama Potok
SYDNEY audiences are set to be moved, with the Australian stage version of Chaim Potok’s gripping coming-of-age novel 'My Name is Asher Lev', which officially opened this week, at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst.
By Shane Desiatnik
A still from a video released earlier this year in which Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage.
April 19, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis address LGBTI inclusion
A PANEL of guest speakers, including both Orthodox and Progressive rabbis, will come together on Sunday, May 1 for the first time to openly discuss issues, barriers and opportunities for greater inclusion of Jewish members of the LGBTI community.
By Shane Desiatnik
Dr Hilton Immerman. Photo: Ofer Levy.
February 4, 2016, 8:00 am
Immerman to step down from Shalom
AFTER almost 30 years as chief executive of The Shalom Institute and Shalom College, Dr Hilton Immerman has announced he will retire at the end of the year.
Shailee Mendelevich outside The Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville. Photo: Noel Kessel.
December 24, 2015, 12:00 am
Hillel shutting up shop in Sydney
THE largest organisation for Jewish students across the world is no longer operating in Sydney.
By Evan Zlatkis
Shailee Mendelevich outside The Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville. Photo: Noel Kessel.
March 26, 2015, 10:13 am
Theatre sorry for Hillel rejection
By Joshua Levi
May 29, 2014, 11:40 am
Reclaiming human rights for the right
By Nathan Jeffay
May 23, 2013, 12:00 am
Limmud-Oz may pull pro-BDS speaker
THE Limmud-Oz board was this week considering pulling a planned session with outspoken Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigner Dr Peter Slezak from the three-day education festival in Sydney next month.
By Joshua Levi
September 19, 2011, 12:00 am
Scholar stranded in visa row
A RENOWNED Israeli scholar, who was scheduled to be The Shalom Institute’s scholar-in-residence, had to cancel her trip to Australia after her carer was denied an entry visa, prompting the institute’s program director to call the decision “discriminatory”.
July 6, 2011, 12:00 am
Sleep tight with PJ Library
A NEW initiative will let parents snuggle up with their little ones to read Jewish bedtime stories – for free.
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