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Australian Jewish community leaders presented their case before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights review of the Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and received an hour long intense hearing of their submission for the rete... (Australian Jewish community leaders presented their case before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights review of the Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and received an hour long intense hearing of their submission for the retention of the 18C section in its present form. The family of Australian soldier Greg Sher eh, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, were relieved to hear that Amirah Droudis, the girlfriend of Man Haron Monis, was sentenced to 44 years jail for the murder of Monis ex-wife, because Monis and Droudis had sent dispicable hate letters to them and other families of ADF killed soldier, just after their deaths. The Australian ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma chaired a meeting of Asia-Pacific ambassadors in Israel, together with the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, during which they affirmed their countries support of Israels right to exist in peace and security and praised the countries achievements since its independence. The Collected Stories of Pinchas Goldhar, the pioneer Australian Yiddish writer, who wrote stories about Australian Jewish immigrants in the 1930s and '40s, and which have been translated into English, will be launched this Sunday at the Kadimah in Melbourne. Anns: The Kadimah proudly presents the launch of The Collected Stories of Pinchas Goldhar: A pioneer Yiddish writer in Australia. Goldhar was the literary voice of his generation, the "New Australians, as well as a leading cultural and social commentator. Arriving in Australia in 1926, he was the first to publish a Yiddish literary book, the first editor of a Yiddish paper, the first Yiddish writer to be included in Australian anthologies and the first to translate Australian writers into Yiddish. This important collection of stories (including some never published), about Australian Jewry in the 1930s and '40s, has been translated into English by Serge Liberman and published by Hybrid Publishers. The book will be launched by Arnold Zable, with guest speaker Professor Bill Rubinstein and readings in Yiddish and English by Danielle Charak OAM and Jack Unikowski, with songs presented by Freydi Mrocki and the Mir Kumen On Yiddish Choir. This is a FREE event.  )

A special Shabbat service for members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Trans-gender) community, at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne. (A special Shabbat service for members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Trans-gender) community, at Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne.  )

Find out the latest news from Israel. Don't miss our special report from Jerusalem with Prof Rafi Mann! Rafi reports from Jerusalem on the evacuation and demolition of the illegal outpost of Amona.     (Find out the latest news from Israel. Don't miss our special report from Jerusalem with Prof Rafi Mann! Rafi reports from Jerusalem on the evacuation and demolition of the illegal outpost of Amona.      )

Israeli chef Yotam Otolenghui is coming to our shores...He will be Masterchef judge on Channel 10! Members of the Jewish community, including the leaders are calling US President Donald Trump to stop discriminating against people on the basis o... (Israeli chef Yotam Otolenghui is coming to our shores...He will be Masterchef judge on Channel 10! Members of the Jewish community, including the leaders are calling US President Donald Trump to stop discriminating against people on the basis of their nationality and religion. The South Head synagogue in Sydney is in crisis. Members of the Sydney Jewish community gathered on Monday in the Jewish museum to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz)

SBS is sharing stories that celebrate indigenous people and culture...this is an interesting feature that highlights the cultural healing, with the sound of the didgeridoo, with paintings and making dolls.   (SBS is sharing stories that celebrate indigenous people and culture...this is an interesting feature that highlights the cultural healing, with the sound of the didgeridoo, with paintings and making dolls.    )

Australian Jewish community leaders joined others around the world in condemning the Trump administrations ban on the visitors and immigrants from seven countries with a majority Muslim populations and agreed with the sentiments expressed by the C... (Australian Jewish community leaders joined others around the world in condemning the Trump administrations ban on the visitors and immigrants from seven countries with a majority Muslim populations and agreed with the sentiments expressed by the Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Prince Charles at a Jewish event in London. The previous US ambassador in Canberra, Jeffrey Bleicher, who happens to be Jewish, expressed his disagreement with his countrys ban on immigrants and condemned those around the world who remained neutral over this issue. The Jewish community in Melbourne has expressed their disappointment and regret, following the announcement by the Israeli Embassy in Canberra that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to cancel his planned visit in that city, because of his previously unplanned trip to the Washington to meet with President Donald Trump. Speakers at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, including survivors, warned against the forgetting the horrific history of the Holocaust and called for eternal vigilance against the repetition of such horrific events. The Australian Society of Polish Jews and their Descendants is organizing a legal team and bringing out Polish legal experts, to inform people here, who may have claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland. Anns: The seminar on claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland, will be held on Tuesday 7th February, at 7.00PM, at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre and Museum, in Selwyn St., Elsterwick. Vic.  )

On 27 January 2017, 72 years ago, the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops. The date is used as a memorial fro victims of the Holocaust. (On 27 January 2017, 72 years ago, the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops. The date is used as a memorial fro victims of the Holocaust.  )

Don't miss our weekly report from Jerusalem with Peta Jones Pellach Listen and find out the latest from Israel... (Don't miss our weekly report from Jerusalem with Peta Jones Pellach Listen and find out the latest from Israel...)

The International Holocaust Memorial Day, the 27th January, was commemorated in Sydney with the awarding of Yad Vashems medals of the Righteous Among the Nations to a Dutch couple who rescued a Jewish boy and settled with him after the WWII in Syd... (The International Holocaust Memorial Day, the 27th January, was commemorated in Sydney with the awarding of Yad Vashems medals of the Righteous Among the Nations to a Dutch couple who rescued a Jewish boy and settled with him after the WWII in Sydney and testimony by Olga Horak, 91, who survived 5 concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen. The Jewish and general Australian community were shocked and angered by the deliberate car-ramming of pedestrians in the centre of Melbourne, which resulted in the death of 5 people including 10 year old Jewish girl Thalia Hakin, a student of the Beth Rivka Ladies College. The renowned painter Yosl Bergner, who recently died in Israel at the age of 96, was also remembered for his artistic legacy in Australia, where he lived for 10 years from 1937 to 1947 and where he studied with some of Australias best known artists, and painted memorable works depicting Aborigines and other subjects from a Jewish, immigrant artists perspective. Some 30 Jewish Australians, including the Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau AC were among the 727 recipients of this years Australia Day honours. The principals of Melbournes Bialik and Mt Scopus Colleges expressed their deep dismay over the rejection of their request for a special mass meeting of Jewish students with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is due to visit Australia next month. Anns: Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the infamous Wansee Conference, will take place today Sunday 29th January at the Elwood Synagogue, Elwood, Vic., at 7.30PM The International Holocaust Memorial Day will be commemorated on Monday 30th January at 7.00PM, at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre and Museum, in Selwyn St., Elsterwick. Vic.  )

Ronni Kahn is best known for founding the charity, Oz Harvest.. Born in South Africa, Kahn moved to Israel where she lived on a Kibbutz for many years before immigrating to Australia with her then-husband in 1998 and started an events management b... (Ronni Kahn is best known for founding the charity, Oz Harvest.. Born in South Africa, Kahn moved to Israel where she lived on a Kibbutz for many years before immigrating to Australia with her then-husband in 1998 and started an events management business. Building on her experience in corporate hospitality, she was shocked by the waste and founded Oz Harvest in 2004, initially with the support of people in the restaurant and catering industries in Sydney It was important to Kahn to lobby for changes to civil liability and health legislation which prevented food donors from supplying excess food. The legislation was changed in four Australian states starting in NSW in 2005 Interview is in English with Nitza)