The Census results have been released, and the Jewish population of Western Australia has officially grown to 5,855 self declared Jews.  This is up from 5,294 in the 2006 Census and 5,125 in the 2001 Census.  The growth rate, of more than 10%, is in line with the Australian Jewish experience as a whole.  The [...]

I once had a history teacher who often remarked that for a true historical context a fifty year period from a particular event or transformation is needed. I also had a Rabbi who once exclaimed that we have two ears.  One is to listen to what our grandparents were saying 50 years ago, and the [...]

From amongst our own people, too many people ask the question “Who is a Jew?” but not enough people ask the question “What is a Jew?”   Not so for the non-Jewish enquirer who is often fascinated by the Jew, and the longevity of the Jewish people. As a “visible” Jewish person on both the outside [...]

If you stop and ask any member of the Jewish community what is most important to them as Jews, the chances are that they will say it is that their children have the opportunity to be informed Jews and one day opt to build a Jewish family of their own. This is true for Jews [...]