General Sir John Monash
Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld delivering the keynote address. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 17, 2023, 10:37 am
Special centenary marks Remembrance Day
The service included, as always, components such as the Last Post, a minute’s silence, and the lighting of candles in memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice when serving in Australia’s armed forces.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: Hannah Gandy, Major General James Edward Barry and David Polonsky from the Spirit of Australia Foundation at the 2023 Monash Commemorative Service.
August 24, 2023, 12:09 pm
The influence of General Sir John Monash
Hannah Gandy uses education to benefit the community
By Carol Saffer
ADF members from Melbourne University Regiment with from left Rabbi Glasman, Rabbi Genende, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg.
August 22, 2023, 3:26 pm
Remembering Monash
Rabbi Glasman said, "Sir John Monash was a giant of a man … The esteem in which he is held within our Australian Defence Force, the government and indeed the entire Australian population is unparalleled."
By Carol Saffer
From left: Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg and Michael Bennett with Sir John Monash's desk. Photo: Paul Topol.
March 30, 2023, 11:27 am
St Kilda Shule acquires Sir John Monash’s desk
"Monash has been an incredibly important figure in our shule and it was amazing to think we could have another piece of his history as part of ours," she said.
By Mia Gardiner
Rabbi Glasman and Rabbi Genende in attendance at the event.
August 31, 2022, 12:21 pm
Rabbis pay tribute to ‘a giant of a man’
"St Kilda Shule is exceptionally fortunate to be connected to Monash."
By Mia Gardiner
At St Kilda Shule’s Anzac Day ceremony, (from left) Rabbi Ralph Genende, Dylan Quick, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg and Rabbi Yaakov Glasman. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 28, 2022, 11:30 am
Honouring Australia’s fallen
"Anzac Day is sacred to all Australians, but for St Kilda Shule it is especially soul-stirring, given the number of our shule's members who served in the first and second world wars."
By Peter Kohn
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) with Felix and Yvonne Sher waving at the couple's grandchildren over FaceTime. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 18, 2021, 10:30 am
‘We will be forever grateful’
At a Remembrance Day service last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with Felix and Yvonne Sher, parents of the late Private Greg Sher, who was killed by a Taliban rocket in Afghanistan.
By CARLY DOUGLAS
The VAJEX memorial in Ripponlea. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 11, 2021, 12:00 am
VAJEX cancels over COVID, Monash service going ahead
By Peter Kohn
General Sir John Monash.
June 25, 2020, 2:00 pm
Monash papers go digital
'Monash’s detailed and insightful perspectives are fascinating as he provides a first-person voice to key periods and cultural experiences that have shaped modern Australia'.
By Shane Desiatnik
Keith Shilkin (left) with Warren Austin at the memorial.
January 14, 2020, 9:37 am
New plaque unveiled
A plaque has been unveiled at the Jewish War Memorial in Perth marking 100 years since General Sir John Monash laid its foundation stone.
By Shane Desiatnik
Keynote speaker at the NAJEX Jewish Remembrance Day service, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 8, 2018, 12:01 am
Reflecting on Armistice centenary
SYDNEY'S Jewish Remembrance Day service is always deeply moving, but it held even more resonance in its latest chapter at the Sydney Jewish Museum last Sunday – almost 100 years to the day since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I, and 95 years since General Sir John Monash officially opened the NSW Jewish War Memorial.
By Shane Desiatnik
Tim Fischer.
October 19, 2018, 12:00 am
By-election candidates back new Monash bill
A three-year campaign led by former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer to posthumously promote Jewish Australian WWI legend General Sir John Monash to Field Marshal is alive again, with independent MP for Indi Catherine McGowan announcing on Monday that she will introduce a private member's bill to Parliament to achieve that objective on October 22 – just two days after the Wentworth ­by-election.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jules Hoffman points to his brother Adolf's name on the National Jewish War Memorial. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos
August 16, 2018, 11:20 am
Honouring our fallen Diggers
JEWISH history was made in our nation's capital last Sunday when Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove officially unveiled the first ever Australian Jewish War Memorial (AJWM), which commemorates all 341 Jewish Diggers who are known to have died on active service for their country from 1900 to today.
By Shane Desiatnik
Rabbi Ralph Genende speaking at the unveiling of the new statue of General Sir John Monash. Photo: Fiona Silsby
July 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Monash: An example to us all
Australian War Memorial director Dr Brendan Nelson not only focused on Monash's Jewishness, but attributed his character and leadership to his embodiment of Jewish values.
From left, Rabbi Ralph Genende, Michael Bennett, Monash's great-grandson, and Air Commodore Mark Willis in front of the sculpture. Photo: David Whittaker
July 18, 2018, 11:33 am
Monash sculpture unveiled in Canberra
A sculpture commemorating the pivotal role of General Sir John Monash in World War I has been unveiled at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to mark the centenary of the landmark Battle of Hamel.
By Peter Kohn
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