Yael Brender
Glick's products are no longer on sale at Coles. Photo: Peter Haskin.
July 21, 2017, 12:01 am
Glick’s gives Coles the flick
GLICK’S products won’t be available at Coles stores anymore because the companies couldn’t come to a financial arrangement that both sides were comfortable with.
By Yael Brender
Eddy Boas started writing his book 15 years ago. Photo: Yael Brender
July 16, 2017, 12:02 am
‘I want an apology before I die’
More than seven decades after his liberation, Holocaust survivor Eddy Boas has written his memoirs. He shares his story with Yael Brender. 
By Yael Brender
Jarrod Basger makes a tackle against Brazil.
July 13, 2017, 12:01 am
Australia’s epic futsal comeback
AUSTRALIA pulled off a miraculous last-minute victory over Brazil on July 10 to qualify for the futsal finals at the Maccabiah Games and keep their hopes of a medal alive. 
By Yael Brender
The only wartime photo of Francine, taken in Brussels in 1942.
July 13, 2017, 12:01 am
A child survivor’s story
Through the kindness of strangers, toddler Francine Lazarus was able to survive World War II, and recounted her amazing story to Yael Brender.
By Yael Brender
From left: Miri Orden, Marian Appel, Dorothy Jones, Bernice Bachmayer, Margaret McNiven, Natalie Gafen; (front row) Rhoda Abulafia, Elza Levin and Ethel Davis.
July 3, 2017, 9:39 am
Ladies lunch for a worthy cause
“WE all like to think that we put the ‘fun’ in ‘fundraising’,” Aqua Group member Margaret McNiven told The AJN this week.
By Yael Brender
From left: Victoria Nadel, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Rysia Rozen, Sylvia Deutsch.
July 2, 2017, 12:01 am
Changing of the NCJWA guard
FORMER AJN Canberra correspondent Sylvia Deutsch and Sydney’s Victoria Nadel were jointly appointed to lead the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) at the organisation’s annual plenary in Canberra this week.
By Yael Brender
Australian Daniel Ricciardo (left) with Lance Stroll after the Grand Prix in Azerbaijan.
July 2, 2017, 12:01 am
Stroll’s podium finish
"IT'S a dream come true," said 18-year-old Jewish Canadian Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll, who took third place at the Grand Prix in Azerbaijan last weekend.
By Yael Brender
Australian lacrosse player Liam Harari plays against the Taiwanese team in South Korea last week. Photo: Liss Ralston
June 29, 2017, 10:15 am
Australia reaches finals of Asia Pacific champs
AFTER five wins and one loss during the tournament, the Australian lacrosse team faced Japan in the grand finals of the 2017 Under-23 Asia Pacific (ASPAC) Lacrosse Championships in South Korea over the weekend.
By Yael Brender
Husky Gawenda (left) and Gideon Preiss.
June 22, 2017, 9:28 am
Husky headed for musical heights
Popular indie band Husky has drawn on new inspirations, including a year living in Berlin, to deliver an exciting new experimental album which has just been released. Yael Brender reports.
By Yael Brender
Rabbi Steve Greenberg spoke at Limmud-Oz in Sydney on June 10.
June 18, 2017, 12:02 am
Goldilocks and the three Orthodoxies
"I AM attracted to both men and women. What do I do?” Steve Greenberg asked Israeli Charedi Rabbi Yoseph Eliashuv.
By Yael Brender
Rachelle Silver will swim the English Channel in August to raise money for PANDA.
June 15, 2017, 12:02 am
Channeling her strength
Australian Jewish woman Rachelle Silver will be swimming solo across the English Channel to raise money for Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia.
By Yael Brender
From left: Lior and Michael Misrachi with Shalom CEO Tamara Samuel and Shalom president Jonathan Leib.
June 9, 2017, 12:02 am
Shalom and farewell Michael
THERE were mixed emotions at Shalom as programming director Michael Misrachi, who has been with the organisation for eight years, announced that he and his family will be making aliyah.
By Yael Brender
Captain Eitan Fund addresses the crowd at the Yom Yerushalayim celebration at Moriah College. Photo: Nadine Saacks
June 2, 2017, 12:02 am
‘The spirit of our people’
HUNDREDS packed the Moriah College auditorium last week for a particularly emotional Yom Yerushalayim commemoration, marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.
By Yael Brender
AUSTRALIA’s participation in the 2018 Men’s World Lacrosse Championships is in doubt after the decision was made to move the venue to the Israeli city of Netanya.
June 1, 2017, 12:01 am
Australia may pull out of lacrosse tournament in Israel
AUSTRALIA’s participation in the 2018 Men’s World Lacrosse Championships is in doubt after the decision was made to move the venue to the Israeli city of Netanya.
By Yael Brender
Jazz pianist Tal Cohen
May 25, 2017, 9:47 am
World of jazz from Tal and friends
Winning a music competition at the Sydney Opera House saw jazz pianist Tal Cohen win a $15,000 grant to make the album of his dreams, writes Yael Brender.
By Yael Brender
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