Nomi Kaltmann is Tablet magazine’s Australia correspondent. Follow her on Twitter @NomiKal.
Since Oct. 7, the country’s small Jewish community has faced growing prejudice
Australian Jews are targeted by boycotts, harassment, and intimidation. Is this the end of a golden age, or just a blip in a long and overwhelmingly positive history?
My grandfather kept a picture from his childhood school in prewar Bratislava. Most of his classmates were murdered by the Nazis, but those who survived the Holocaust remained connected for the rest of their lives.
Australia’s Ballarat Synagogue tries to preserve its unusual cultural history
A collection of South Africa’s Jewish cookbooks preserves the history of the community—in the kitchen and beyond
For residents of Melbourne, Australia, help is on the way
Jonathan Landes and his son Asher both keep bees, and help others to do the same—whether it’s in the Berkshires or Melbourne, Australia
With government backing, Australia is opening and renovating museums about the Shoah in every state and territory
Australians are divided over an upcoming referendum about creating a parliamentary advisory body to represent Indigenous communities
Australian Daniel Herszberg visited every country on earth by age 30—and documented Jewish life, past and present, along the way
Massive Passover gatherings in Thailand and Nepal cater to backpackers—by the thousands
Once it was a synagogue serving Jewish immigrants in a remote Australian mining town. Today, it’s a reminder of a history many have forgotten.
Chana Raskin breaks new musical ground with an album of Hasidic melodies
‘Jews were people of the land before we were people of the book’
For Australia’s small but growing Jewish community in Tasmania, celebrating Sukkot poses some unique obstacles
In Melbourne, a massive project aims to bring Jewish organizations, museums, communal groups, and restaurants to a new, one-stop destination
In the Southern Hemisphere, feeling out of sync on a day of communal mourning
In Jerusalem, Shabbat Shelach maintains a focus on both queer identity and religious practice
