On Running for Council
SO when it comes to asking for votes, these people promote their Jewishness, but when Israel is lambasted, they sideline with anti-Semites and…
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Council & local affairs, 2008
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Council rejects plans for eruv on North Shore
A PROPOSAL to build an eruv, or “visual wall”, that would enclose part of the North Shore’s St Ives suburb, has been knocked back by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Questions for the next 70 years of Zionism VIEWPOINT The 70th Annual Assembly of the State Zionist Council of Victoria affords the perfect opportunity to reflect on support for Israel - now and in the future
ON October 28, the State Zionist Council of Victoria (SZCV) will celebrate its 70th Annual Assembly, a…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Pink Sunday National Council of Jewish Women of Australia held its Pink Sunday fundraiser on October 19
From left: Dr Viola Helnzeimann Schwarz, Pauline Rose, Dalia Ayalon Sinclair, Isabelle Shapira. Geraldine Jones (left), Robyn Lenn…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nsw Jbd to address council at centre of racism accusations
JEWISH leaders will address the Shoalhaven City Council in early November when the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) conducts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fundraiser for cancer Michele Fleischmann held a morning tea to raise funds for the Cancer Council on October 23
Michele Reischmann (left), Suzanne Koranyi. From left: Sagit Oron, Robyn Isaacson, Rebekah Markey…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →That other election in the Jerusalem municipality Kobi Nahshoni reports divisions among sectors of the Orthodox community in the final days before municipal elections in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM mayoral candidate Meir Porush and the ultraOrthodox public have no consideration for the national…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →World Jerusalem elects a secular mayor
JERUSALEM - The victory of a secular businessman in Jerusalem’s mayoral elections was greeted with relief by Israelis concerned about the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Israeli Mayor: ‘Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated’
RESIDENTS of Israel’s southern city of Be’er Sheva woke up last week to ads declaring their mayor dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tel Aviv mayor re-elected
TEL AVIV - Ron Huldai, incumbent mayor of Tel Aviv, was returned by voters for another term in the recent municipal elections. He will be at the helm when Tel Aviv celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2009. Huldai received 54 per cent of the vote against his opponent Hadash Knesset member Dov Khenin, who…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Challenges for Jerusalem’s new mayor Sichat Yosef
IN a victory speech to a crowd of supporters, newly appointed mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat called his win “a victory for…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Block Looks Back After three years at the helm of the Jewish Comilhunity Council of Victoria. Anton Block is handing over the reins. He told Naomi Levin about the highs and lows, the successes and regrets, and his plan for a communal appeal for Melbourne like Sydney's JCA
ANTON Block is a very polite man. The outgoing Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) president…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →been&seen Senator addresses boardroom lunch Senator Mark Arbib was guest speaker at the boardroom lunch hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry on November 17 at Shaw Stockbroking
Photos: Nadine Saacks From left: Robert Goot, Robin Margo, Senator Mark Arbib, George Newhouse. Peter Wertheim (left), Stephen Lewish. Peter Wise (left), Harold Milner…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Not-for-profit What We Do Liberty Victoria - the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties
LIBERTY Victoria was founded in 1936 and is considered one of Australia’s leading human-rights and civil liberties organisations. For more than 70 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Zionist Youth Council year in review As the New Year fast approaches, Zionist Youth Council (ZYC) leaders speak to The AJN on their achievements over 2008
THE madrichim (youth leaders) of the five Zionist Youth movements have worked tirelessly throughout the year to ensure that a love of Israel and a strong Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thank you to bogrim The State Zionist Council, Zionist Youth Council and Hagshama hosted a thank you breakfast on December 14 for outgoing bogrim of the five Zionist youth movements
From left: Paul Turner, Toby Shroot, Adaya Turkia. George Schneider (left) and Andy Aronstan…
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