The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc Recipient of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 LAUNCH OF GESHER 2018 POLITICS & RELIGION BY Dr Nick Dyrenfurth Dr Nick Dyrenfurth is Executive Director of the John Curtin Research Centre. He has worked as an academic and written or edited seven books, including A …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc Receiver of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 The Luncheon Club Presents In partnership with JDC, The Joint Australia ASHER OSTRIN WORLD EXPERT ON POST-SOVIET JEWISH LIFE In a career spanning more than 32 years, Asher has overseen the care and wellbeing of millions of …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Receiver of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 Presents THE ANNUAL SR SHIRLEY SEDAWIE ORATION THE CONTRIBUTION OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IN A WORLD OF FUNDAMENTALISM AND POLITICAL EXTREMISM By Rev’d Dr Michael Trainor AM Rev’d Dr Michael Trainor is senior lecturer in biblical studies with …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc Receiver of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 Presents NITA TIFFAHA JAWARY ‘THE FARHUD’ The life of the Jews of Baghdad, how three cultures lived together in relative harmony until the rise of Nazism and the massacre of June 1st 1941 known as The Farhud. …
Receiver of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 The Luncheon Club Presents Direct from Limmud Oz Melbourne Dr EMILY FILLER ‘SOMETHING DREADFUL’: WRESTLING WITH THE BIBLE’S MOST TROUBLING TEXTS “Something dreadful” is a quote from Martin Buber, and this talk will take a detailed look at the passage it is quoted from, …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Receiver of Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 Presents ‘Appreciating the Relationship between Islam and Judeo-Christianity’ By REEM SWEID Reem is the founder and president of Muslim Collective, formerly known as Muslims for Progressive Values, a national grassroots progressive Muslim organization. She is a PhD student …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Receiver of Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 Presents Pilgrimage: A conversation about Sacred Places and Sacred Journeys (Jerusalem, Mecca & Santiago de Compostela) Chaired by Mark Walsh Sam Tatarka is the Immediate Past President of Zionism Victoria which is the roof body of 54 communal Jewish …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Receiver of Victorian Multicultural Commission Award for Excellence 2017 Presents “A Touch of Genius” Portraits and Literary Masterpieces By Dvir Abramovich Join author Dvir Abramovich for a talk packed with entertaining stories and anecdotes in which he pays tribute to some of his literary heroes. With narrative …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Presents “A Discussion on Ethics” Sunday 18 February 2018, 3pm – 5pm Temple Beth Israel, 76 Alma Road, St Kilda $10 entry, includes Kosher afternoon tea Click here to download the .pdf flyer: http://ccjvic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CCJ-ethics-18-Feb.pdf Overcoming Betrayal: How I learned to trust myself again ~ Dr Leslie Cannold …
The Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. Presents THE WILLIAM COOPER LEGACY AVRAHAM SCHWARZ will present an audio-visual summary of Uncle Boydie’s amazing delegation to London, Ypres, Beersheba and Berlin this past month, honouring the 79th anniversary of his grandfather William Cooper’s 6-12-1938 protest to the German Government on the very day the world …
