Tag Archives: Community
Would I Lie to You with B’nai B’rith
MEMBERS of B’nai B’rith’s Melbourne Mitzvah Lodge tried their hand at comedy on Sunday, with a live performance of Would I Lie to You. Read more » »
‘Champion and hero’
LOVED ones are supporting and caring for George Stein (pictured), 95, Holocaust survivor and icon of Brisbane’s Jewish community. Born in Romania in 1927, he grew up in Oradea, where his father was president of a synagogue. With the town falling to Hungary under the Nazis, the family was transported to Auschwitz in 1943. Read more » »
BBYO leaders head stateside
THREE young members of the Sydney Jewish community have flown to Washington and Baltimore to take part in the B’nai B’rith Youth Organisation (BBYO) international convention this week. More than 5000 young Jewish leaders from around the world attend the event each year to listen to speakers, learn together and develop friendships. Read more » »
Janine Zimbler takes the helm at B’nai B’rith NSW
B’nai B’rith NSW welcomed Janine Zimbler as its new council president last month. Zimbler, who has had a successful career as a family and marital therapist, has served in numerous leadership positions in a professional capacity and in the community. Read more » »
Local heroes awarded
THE winners of the 2021 Caulfield Volunteer Awards received their honours at a special presentation evening last week hosted by Member for Caulfield David Southwick. The awards were made in partnership with Community Bank Caulfield Park. This year seven of the 10 winners were connected to the Jewish community. Read more » »
Mazal tov to the Changemakers of 2021!
MELBOURNE mental health campaigner Cassandra Barrett has been named the winner of the inaugural Joshua Levi Young Professional Award at this year’s B’nai B’rith and JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards. Read more » »
Walking together this Chanukah
THE Jewish community and the First Nations community are coming together this Chanukah to walk the streets of Melbourne’s CBD to support First Nations Australians’ wish for a Voice to Parliament, as called for by the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Read more » »
Changing of the guard
B’NAI B’rith Retirement Villages (BBRV) is “one of the great unspoken stories of Jewish community involvement in NSW,” outgoing chair Henry Wirth said. Wirth will step down from the helm at the organisation’s AGM tonight (Thursday) after more than 20 years in the role. Read more » »
‘Leader, doer, achiever’ mourned
TRIBUTES have flowed for communal icon Phil Symons who passed away last month. In a long and diverse communal career, Symons, 93, served as a president of the Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies – predecessor of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV), – Mount Scopus Memorial College and Mizrachi, and was strongly involved with B’nai B’rith. Read more » »
Second-hand shop becomes a second home
SINCE its inception, B’nai B’rith’s Bargain Bazaar charity shop in Surry Hills has become an institution – a major social hub where all members of society interact. For some, it is a bargain hunter’s Aladdin’s cave and a place to stock up on household goods; for others, it is a second home. Read more » »
