Youngest-ever mayor for Glen Eira Council
MELBOURNE’S Glen Eira City Council elected its youngest-ever mayor late last month. Steven Tang, a 23-year-old law student, was…
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Council & local affairs, 2008
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been & seen Wolper AGM Wolper Jewish Hospital celebrated their AGM with a cocktail parly at Council House
From left: Michael Atlas, Julla Myers, Zelda Feigen and Marilynne Atlas. From left: Roma Shell, Edith and Peter Ryba…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Outlook A chamber of Jews Melbourne's Glen Eira City Council celebrated 150 years of local governance in the region late last year. While it is belived Jewish people first settled in the area in the 1860s, it is only
AS is becoming habitual in the City of Glen Eira, last week the mayoral robes were passed from one Jewish councillor to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In Memoriam Ra’anana Deputy Mayor
UZI Cohen, deputy mayor of Israeli suburb Ra’anana, died at the age of 55. Cohen came from near poverty to attain respected national political status, serving as one…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Woollahra Council honours volunteer
WOOLLAHRA Council’s 2008 Young Citizen of the Year honour was awarded to Emily Margo on January 23…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Executive council seeks top 50 for pre-2020 Summit symposium
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has commenced a rigorous search for 50 of the brightest and brainiest Jewish community members to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Purim and Harmony at Ncjwa National Council of Jewish Women of Australia NSW Division marked Purim and Harmony Day at Council House on March 19
From left: Jeremy Jones, Pourndokhy Naser, Fay Sussman, Dalla Ayalon Sinclair, Farnad Farbod…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Friends of the Laperouse Museum - Winners at Randwick City Council's Australia Day Awards Ceremony
Pictured L-R, Mr Greg Bond (Secretary), Hon Bruce Motle (Mayor of Randwick City), Monsieur Lionel Majesté-Larrouy Consul-General & Patron), Hon. Peter Garrett (Federal Minister Environment, Heritage and the Arts & Member Kingsford Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Israel backs Australia’s UN Security Council bid
AN Israeli embassy spokesperson has hosed down suggestions that in order to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council, Australia would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EXCLUSIVE Shoalhaven mayor faces investigation
A NSW regional council has been asked by the government to explain anti-Semitic comments allegedly made by the mayor. Director-General of the NSW…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Mayor of Shoalhaven
COUNCILLOR Watson's wife may be Jewish and so are some of my best friends. CHOOK…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Shoalhaven shockers give rise to greater alarm Recent remarks from the mayor of Shoalhaven and his fellow councillors shocked many local residents, but it is alarming that the councillors themselves don’t understand the error of their ways. VIEWPOINT
LAST week’s furore over antiJewish remarks uttered in public by the mayor of Shoalhaven — and supposedly in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Councillor breaks rank with mayor
A SHOALHAVEN city councillor has broken rank and criticised mayor Greg Watson over his recent anti-Semitic comments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NSW Council of Orthodox Synagogues up and running
THE NSW Council of Orthodox Synagogues (COS) will meet its Victorian counterpart and representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yom Yerushalayim youth event The State Zionist Council hosted a barbecue and trivia event for youth on June 1 at Bnei Akiva Moadon
From left: Hayley Needleman, Adaya Turkia, Talya Jacobs. From left: Ari Tuch, Ryan Levine, Michael Sack, Josh Fuchs; front: Talla Fuchs…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Around the Schools Emanuel student wins council’s art award
EMANUEL School year 8 student Anna Giacco recently won first prize in the Waverley Youth Art Award’s junior division for her watercolor portrait Dizzy Lizzy with Fruit. The portrait…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council of Orthodox Synagogues launched
FOLLOWING two years of deliberation and planning, the Council of Orthodox Synagogues (COS) of NSW was officially launched at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mark Leibler Chairman, Australla/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
RABBI Groner was a unique and remarkable individual who was a true inspiration to all with whom he came into contact One of his greatest gifts was the ability to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →European Commission Welcomes Outcome of Iter Council
The European Union (represented by EURATOM) attended a two-day meeting in Cadarache, France, together with representatives from the other 6 ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) members: China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ultra-Orthodox candidate for Jerusalem mayor
JERUSALEM - In a widely anticipated but closely watched move, Knesset Member Meir Porush of the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) Party was unanimously selected on…
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