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October 2, 2024, 8:00 am

Anti-Zionist Jewish professor Peter Slezak spoke in favour of the motions, referencing Palestinian activist and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah during his speech.

By Carly Adno

Chutney violinist Ben Adler performing at the AUJS United with Israel event at UNSW. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

October 29, 2023, 7:28 am

MPs, students support Israel

"I have had so many conversations with my constituents this past week, telling me about their family members [in Israel], and the grief they're suffering,"

By Shane Desiatnik

October 12, 2023, 12:54 pm

Past residents invited to reconnect

"...we are looking forward to welcoming back the individuals who have contributed to making Shalom College the vibrant, inclusive and nurturing place it is today,"

By AJN STAFF

August 17, 2023, 2:19 pm

‘Dying to Know’ events

“My mum experienced palliative care both at home and in a hospice environment, and also in hospital, so I had a taste of what was available,” Coburn said.

By RACHEL TREISMAN

August 16, 2023, 5:13 pm

Tributes for McLaws: ‘A truly great Australian’

Mary-Louise McLaws died aged 70 on August 12, 18 months after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

By Shane Desiatnik

Brett Kelly (left) and Rebecca Kelly, with students that completed the Kelly+ Partners Business Leadership Scholars Program at UNSW in December.

March 8, 2023, 6:32 am

Students keen to learn in Israel

10 non-Jewish students were awarded scholarships to embark on April 14 on a five-day immersive, supervised trip to Israel to meet some of Israel's top innovation movers and shakers

By Shane Desiatnik

February 23, 2022, 2:41 pm

Harmony on campus

Jews, Catholics, Muslims Together

By AJN STAFF

Limmud FSU founder and chairman Chaim Chesler. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

October 22, 2018, 12:00 am

Russian speakers flock to festival

THE UNSW Roundhouse Centre turned Russian on October 14, as more than 250 Russian-speaking Sydney Jews enjoyed food, music, art and seminars at the Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Australia festival.

By Shane Desiatnik

September 18, 2018, 12:01 am

Pulver appointed key Indigenous leadership role

SHE cites co-founding the Shalom Gamarada Scholarship Program for Aboriginal students at UNSW as one of her proudest achievements, and currently serves as Western Sydney University's Pro Vice-Chancellor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership, but Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver will soon return to where everything started for her - the University of Sydney (USYD) - to begin an important new role.

Shalom Gamarada scholarship recipient Tahlia Mckee. Photo: Nadine Saacks.

August 22, 2018, 12:34 pm

Bipartisan support for Indigenous scholarships

The statistics alone for the Shalom Gamarada Indigenous Residential Scholarship Program are worth celebrating - 41 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates since 2009, including 23 doctors.

By Shane Desiatnik

Ari Hershkowitz in his religious days. He will share insights into his journey leaving the world of Orthodoxy, as revealed in Netflix doco One of Us.

May 30, 2018, 10:54 am

Yom Limmud set for Sydney

Across one immersive day of thought-provoking sessions set for Sunday, June 17 in Sydney, Yom Limmud will celebrate Jewish identity, raise difficult questions and provoke stimulating discussion.

Diane Armstrong, Fiona Harari, Paul Drexler and Chana Raizel Friedman are some of the speakers at this year's Yom Hashoah commemorations.

April 8, 2018, 12:01 am

Commemorations will shine a spotlight on survivors’ new lives in Australia

"REBUILDING Lives" is the powerful theme for this year's NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' (JBOD) Yom Hashoah commemorative events.

From left: Holocaust survivors Susan Warhaftig, Agi Adler, Peter and Yvonne Halas, Dasia Black Gutman and Charlotte Vidor. Photo: Giselle Haber

April 27, 2017, 12:02 am

Sydney remembers the six million

“THE single most important thing that the Jewish community does is remember the victims of the Holocaust,” said NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Jeremy Spinak at the Yom Hashoah communal commemoration.

By Yael Brender

The first members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Sydney chapter.

August 26, 2016, 10:35 am

Jewish fraternity opens its doors

IN 1913, a Jewish economics student Charles C. Moskowitz established Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), the Jewish fraternity that has now expanded to Sydney.

By Yael Brender

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein will be a guest speaker at Yom Limmud. Photo: Facebook.

June 5, 2016, 12:00 am

A day of learning in Sydney

Israeli-Palestinian relations, the glass ceiling of Jewish community leadership and what exactly is going on with Donald Trump are just some of the 18 topics that will stimulate discussions at Limmud-Oz Sydney on July 3.

By Yael Brender