By Rabbi Amikam Tanami MERON, Israel — Currently, Ezer Mizion services over 650,000 people a year. Its professional staff is augmented by 11,000 volunteers. Way back in the old days, I had the privilege of being Rabbi Chananya Chollak’s first employee. It was way back, when Ezer Mizion was still taking its first steps. There [...]
Compiled by Garry Fabian * Heritage listing possible for first Victorian shul MELBOURNE, 13 May – Heritage Victoria is campaigning to protect the site of Melbourne’s first synagogue from any unsympathetic development. The building, now known as Equity Chambers and since 1930 the home to legal offices, was the original location of Melbourne Hebrew [...]
Compiled by Garry Fabian Senior global role for NCJWA president MELBOURNE, 8 May – Former National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) president Robyn Lenn is set to take up a top-level position with the organisation’s global roof body next month. At the quadrennial International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) convention, to be held [...]
