Sharyn Kolieb
Author Rachelle Unreich in her mother's home. Photo: Peter Haskin.
April 25, 2024, 5:10 pm
Writing a memoir
Jewish author and journalist Rachelle Unreich shares her advice on writing a memoir following the successful release of her book A Brilliant Life.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Loolwa Khazzoom.
April 25, 2024, 5:07 pm
Album in tribute to the October 7 victims
"Music heals. Dance heals. And the constructive expression of anger heals," says Loolwa Khazzoom.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Alexis Fishman in her cabaret show Amy Winehouse Resurrected.
April 18, 2024, 1:22 pm
Alexis Fishman to perform cabaret in Melbourne
"I felt there was more to her than what people knew," says Alexis Fishman.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Anton Berezin in Rootless Cosmopolitans.
April 18, 2024, 11:04 am
Rootless Cosmopolitans
"Isn’t that how we as Jews deal with the struggles and challenges of life ... You’ve got to’laugh or else you go bananas," says Anton Berezin
By Sharyn Kolieb
Gideon Preiss and Husky Gawenda.
April 11, 2024, 3:50 pm
Husky to tour with new album
It was the vision of producer Rick Chazan who contacted musician Husky Gawenda during COVID in 2020 to ask that he be the musical director to recreate the music of Laurel Canyon.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Jeremy Piven
March 29, 2024, 11:08 am
Jeremy Piven in Australia to perform stand-up comedy
Piven tells the AJN about his stand-up and how his new movie “The Performance” is his best work yet.
By Sharyn Kolieb
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
March 26, 2024, 11:49 am
$10,000 in funding for Australian filmmakers
Applications for the 2024 fund are open on the JIFF website and close on April 1, 2024.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Vivian Falk with her portrait of Mark Leibler, A Man of Values. Photo: Scott & Co.
March 21, 2024, 3:40 pm
‘The power of advocacy’ conveyed in portrait
Falk told The AJN that her painting, A Man of Values, was "inspired by Mark Leibler's profound dedication to justice and advocacy".
By Sharyn Kolieb
Evelyn Field OAM
March 14, 2024, 4:01 pm
How to stop a BULLY
Well-known expert on bullying, psychologist Evelyn Field has updated her book Bully Blocking: Empowering students to manage bullying.
By Sharyn Kolieb
March 14, 2024, 3:52 pm
NYT praised her ‘musical intelligence’
The New York Times has praised Grunstein for her "penetrating musical intelligence".
By Sharyn Kolieb
Photo: Dreamstime
March 14, 2024, 11:33 am
Australian Jewish Fertility Network to launch in Melbourne
While many people struggling with their fertility feel alone, they are not – as 1 in 6 Australian couples experience infertility.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Julia Levitina at a book signing for her novel The Girl from Moscow.
March 12, 2024, 12:08 pm
A story about being Jewish in the USSR
The story is set in 1983 in Moscow, where 21-year-old Ella Ashkenazi dreams of playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace at the Moscow Theatre Academy
By Sharyn Kolieb
March 12, 2024, 9:00 am
Author to speak in Melbourne and Sydney
Helen Signy's historical fiction novel Maya's Dance is inspired by the true story of Holocaust survivor Lucie Pollak-Langford (1926-2021).
By Sharyn Kolieb
Jeremy Moses
March 7, 2024, 1:37 pm
Return to the stage
The comedy festivals return to Melbourne and Sydney.
By Sharyn Kolieb
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