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For a large number of links to sites worldwide of Jewish interest, courtesy of the ACT Jewish Community website,  click here. Some of them, and many others, are included in the listings below under the following categories:

The Arts in Jewish Australia
Australian Jewish Women in the Arts

Australian links
Children's welfare
Eco-Judaism and Eco-Kashrut

Email lists and Chat rooms
Family History
Festivals and Fasts
General knowledge

Holocaust education
 
International Issues
Israel information

Israel projects
Jewish communities around Australia
Jewish history
Jewish literature
Judaism
Social Issues
State Sections

Women's issues
Worldwide Jewish Women
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The Arts in Jewish Australia
Australian Jewish Women in the Arts (AJWA)
Jewish Australia - culture

Women's Art Register

Australian Jewish Women in the Arts
Abrahamson, Micheline
Adamson-Pinczewski, Samara

Alexander, Goldie
Armstrong, Diane
Ayalon Sinclair, Dalia
Blay, Anna Rosner
Campbell, Judy

Cassab, Judy
Ciddor, Anna
Cohen, Sarit
Fine, Jacqui
Frankel, Karen
Hartman, ZsuZsi
Jacobson, Fanny
Kohn, Rachael
Koval, Ramona
Lessac, Frané

Lynkushka, Angela
Mahrer, Michelle
Polack, Gillian

Radiant Heart, Anique
Schiff, Judi

Australian links
AUJS - Australian Union of Jewish Students
Aussie Legal - Useful Government Legal Links

Australian Women's Archive Project (NW)
Australian Women's Art Register
Community builders NSW - support and funding for community projects

Crikey.com - a subscription e-zine Mon-Fri that brings you the lowdown on Australian politics, government,
media, business, sport etc etc.

Department of Family and Children's Services - Office for Women
Famous Australians
Government Services for Women
Jewish Australia
Jewish Board of Deputies NSW
Know Your Australia - facts and figures at your fingertips
The Maccabean - WA's Jewish weekly newspaper
Volunteering Australia
Zionist Federation of Australia

Children's welfare
Association of Children's Welfare Agencies
Child and Family Welfare Association
Department of Family and Children's Services - Office for Women
Who's Looking after the Kids? :
A parliamentary brief regarding Child Abuse and Child Protection in Australia,
issued in October 2002

Eco-Judaism and Eco-Kashrut
The Noah Project
My Jewish Learning.Com
Eco-Kosher: Jewish  spirituality in action

NCJWA Email Lists and Chat Rooms

Jewish efriends
For Jewish girls aged 12-15 around Australia, including those who live outside the major Jewish communities. This list aims to bring them into contact with their peers, and also to bring them into contact with NCJWA. 
For more information or to join, contact the list facilitator,
Gillian Polack.
 
Chavachat 
A chat group for Australian Jewish women everywhere, including those who are isolated from Jewish communities and wish to maintain contact with their peers.

NCJWA - Young Women
A private discussion list that aims to bring together young Jewish women from around Australia with an interest in women's issues, social justice, the Jewish community, and Jewish identity. The list will promote communication and discussion between young Jewish women about social justice, legal, and community issues affecting the women of this community. The list facilitator, Talia Epstein may be contacted at ncjwnat@bigpond.net.au.

NCJWA  issues - development and action
This discussion list aims to bring together key parties to look at and advance specific issues of current interest to the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (e.g. domestic violence). This list is by invitation only as the issues being dealt with will change as necessary. Inquiries on current issues should be made to the list facilitator, Gillian Polack.

Haverot  
A discussion group to promote friendly interfaith dialogue among Australian women of all faiths.

These and other links of interest to women are to be found at the Australian Virtual Centre for Women and the Law.

Family History
Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
JewishGen Family Finder : Discussion groups and archival resources
National Archives of Australia

Festivals and Fasts
Chanukah
Judaism 101
Chabad.org holidays

Rosh Hashanah
Judaism 101
Shavuot

Shavuot on the Net
Passover
Pesach - the Basics
The Haggadah - an interpretation
The Yale University Haggadah collection
The Aish Passover Super Site
An insight into the history of those poems at the end of the Haggadah, and some other Seder customs
Counting the Omer - the Basics
Counting the Omer - an in-depth look
Next Year in Jerusalem


General knowledge
Wikipedia - general online encyclopaedia

Holocaust education
Holocaust Memorial Day

International Issues
Anti-Defamation League
European Council of Jewish Communities
European Jewish Congress
Global News Service of the Jewish People
Honest Reporting : media watch on news from Israel
Institute for Jewish Policy Research
Israel Women's Network
Mandat International

Palestine Facts
Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association
Shalom Institute
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Unifem : the women's fund at the United Nations
United Nations
United Nations Association of Australia
World Jewish Congress
Zonta International
Women and the Culture of Peace

Israel information
To e-mail your support to the Israeli government, the addresses below may be useful:


Prime Minister
 
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Kaplan Street, P O Box 187
Jerusalem 91919, Israel
Fax: +972 2 6705475
e-mail: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il
Some more e-mail addresses:
Spokesperson of the Prime Minister
Defense Minister

Spokesperson Defense Ministry
Foreign Minister

Addresses of Israeli embassies worldwide can be found at 
www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel1.htm

Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
Australia Israel Cultural Exchange
Embassy of Israel, Canberra
Honest Reporting : media watch on news from Israel
Israel Trade Commission
Israel Government Tourist Office
Jerusalem Post Online
JNF Australia
Rape Crisis Centers
www.ynetnews.com

Zionism and Israel

Israel Projects

Jewish communities around Australia
Hobart Jewish community
Jewish Perth
JNF Australia's links page to Jewish organizations
Maccabean - WA's weekly Jewish newspaper

Surfers Central Synagogue - Gold Coast

Jewish history
A map history of Israel
Gaza - a fascinating history through archaeology
International Survey of Jewish Monuments
Israel history in a nutshell - the bare facts about Israel and the Palestinians
Jewish communities of the world

Jewish literature
Naomi Ragan's website

Judaism
Beth Din - Rabbi Gavriel Cohen
Chabad-Lubavich
Hebcal Hebrew Calendar
Hebrew alphabet (Aleph Bet)
Judaism 101
Jewish Australia
Jewish calendars and useful information

Jewish Virtual Library

Koogle : the kosher website
Shamash: The Jewish Network

Wikipedia - Jews : a comprehensive set of encyclopaedia articles

Social Issues
Anti-Defamation League
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
Domestic Violence in Australia
Naomi Ragan's website
Jewish Women International


State Sections

Women's issues
Australian Women's Coalition
Australian Women's Archive Project (NW)

CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
Department of Family and Children's Services - Office for Women
Domestic Violence in Australia :
Medicine and the Community - Domestic violence in Australia: definition, prevalence and nature of presentation in clinical practice (a Paper)
Emily's List Australia : Formed in 1996, Emily's List has provided crucial support to women  seeking election to government.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
International Women's Day History

Jewish Women International
Jewish Women's Archive

JNF Australia's links page to Jewish organizations
National Council of Women of Australia
National Women's Justice Coalition
Non-Government Women's Organizations
Rape Crisis Centers in Israel

Women Watch (United Nations)
Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL)
1325australia : a Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Initiative


Worldwide Jewish Women
ICJW
Jewish Women International
United States NCJW
Women and the Culture of Peace