Nomi Kaltmann is an Australian lawyer who writes regularly on Jewish life and culture.
Nomi Kaltmann
By Nomi Kaltmann
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Fast Forward Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestinian protest that included ‘gas the Jews’ chants
Officials have rejected protesters’ request for another rally this weekend
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Opinion On Simchat Torah, women belong in the synagogue
Women’s-only spaces often inadvertently reinforce the idea that women should be hidden away
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News How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Since the 1980s, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has sent emissaries to some of the most remote places on earth — including these places in the outback
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News In Australia’s remote Tasmania, Jews welcome a rare visit from a former Israeli chief rabbi
'It’s a long way from anything,' said a longtime resident of the island state
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Fast Forward Rising football star Harry Sheezel could be ‘greatest ever male Jewish athlete in Australia’
At 18, the Jewish day school graduate has already set a record in Australian Rules Football, the country's rugby-adjacent No. 1 sport
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News In France, women found a school of their own to study ancient Jewish texts
These French Jewish women felt left out. Though France is home to the world’s third largest Jewish community, Tali Trèves-Fitoussi, 29, and Myriam Ackerman Sommer, 25, had no place to seriously study Torah and Talmud with other women. They were looking for rigor, and the few programs organized for Jewish women in the past had…
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News An uptick in women’s Talmud study – courtesy of Zoom, podcasts and online tools
It is just after 5 a.m. in Perth, Western Australia, when Debbie Posner logs on to the All Daf App to begin her day by studying Talmud. Despite the distance and remoteness of her location – some 11,000 miles from New York City – Posner has no trouble accessing resources to help her study one…
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