170 Aussies plant JNF trees on IDF air force base
January 31, 2010 by Agencies
170 18-yr-old Australians shared the planting of trees on TuBishvat with young Israelis on active duty at the Nevatim Air Force base…a first for JNF Read more
Canadian musician visiting Wellington
January 31, 2010 by Community Editor
David Raphael Kaetz is offering an evening of songs, Hasidic niggunim and storytelling, klezmer music, and lots of humour at Temple Sinai, on Monday, 1 February 2010.
Sydney man wins $2 million poker tournament
January 31, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
23-yr-old Tyron Krost has won the 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event at Melbourne’s Crown Casino. Read more
New Yeshiva college shines in schools’ rankings
January 31, 2010 by Agencies
The newly established Yeshiva College Primary School in Bondi, first in Australia to have Torah studies approved equivalent to secular studies with regard to Government requirements, ranked within the top 3 Jewish Primary Schools in Sydney and within the top 12% of all Primary Schools in the State of New South Wales. Read more
Berman through to final – amazing fightback
January 29, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne’s Sean Berman is through to the final of the Australian Open Tennis Boys’ Championship. But his berth in the final did not come without an epic comeback. Read more
2010’S first centenarian
January 29, 2010 by Katie Hoskins
Susie Solomon has celebrated her 100th birthday at the Montefiore Home in Hunters Hill. Read more
Team Manager announced for MAIGS
January 29, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
Introducing Ellana Aarons – MAIGS Team Manager Read more
New swimming club for Maccabi NSW
January 29, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
Meet the Gefilte Fishes – the Sydney Northside Swimming Club Read more
Sir Zelman Cowen at Australia Day function
January 29, 2010 by J-Wire
Former Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen attended an Australia Foundation function in Melbourne. Read more
Auschwitz liberation remembered 65 years on – Melbourne
January 28, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Liberators met the liberated at Melbourne’s Elwood Shule’s Karafka Hall. Read more
New Zealand Remembers the Holocaust
January 28, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Record numbers of New Zealanders attended this year’s commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, at the Holocaust Memorial in Wellington’s Jewish cemetery at Makara. Read more
Sean through to the semis
January 28, 2010 by J-Wire
Sean Berman is the last Aussie standing in the Australian Open Tennis Boys’ Championship at Melbourne Park. Read more
Jewish activist calls for compassion in Auburn
January 28, 2010 by Agencies
Danielle Lauren, an Australian Ambassador for the Charter for Compassion, appealed to residents in the Sydney suburb of Auburn and surrounding areas to spread compassion on Australia Day by signing the Charter. Read more
Auschwitz liberation remembered 65 years on – Sydney
January 28, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The standing-room only commemoration in Sydney was transported back to the years of the Holocaust to listen to personal reports of life in those most troubling of times. Read more
Stop Press Sean wins
January 27, 2010 by J-Wire
Sean Berman beat the number three seed at Melbourne Park this morning. Read more
Courting the future – Sean Berman, new star, new Aussie
January 27, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire speaks to Sean Berman, a 17-yr-old tennis sensation who has advanced to the round of 16 at the Australian Open Junior Boys’ Championship at Melbourne Park. Read more
A survivor becomes ambassador for the day
January 26, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Richard Rozens, a Holocaust survivor, spent his Australia Day as a special Ambassador to the tiny town of Girgarre 190kms north of Melbourne. Read more
Israeli Maoris banned in New Zealand port
January 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
As the “Sun Princess” berthed at Tauranga in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty, a group of ferocious-looking Maoris headed towards the lowering gangways to greet the vessel’s cruising tourists. But these Maoris spoke Ivrit! Read more
Ronni gets the double
January 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Ronni Kahn has added to her NSW Local Hero of 2009 Award by being named Australia’s Local Hero 2010. Read more
Australia Day Awards
January 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
J-Wire publishes the Australia Day Awards and apologises in advance for any errors or omissions. Congratulations to each and every one of you. Read more
A fleeting meeting with Prince William
January 25, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Jeremy Spinak was the only member of the Jewish community to meet Prince William on his recent visit to Sydney. Read more
On the buses – the Yeshiva’s 3 Legends
January 24, 2010 by Community Editor
In a unique advertising move, a concert being produced to raise funds for the Sydney Yeshiva Centre is being advertised on the back of Eastern Suburbs buses.
Aussie Junior through to 2nd round in Melbourne
January 24, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Up and coming tennis player Sean Berman has won his first round match in the Junior Boys’ Singles at Melbourne Park. Read more
Peer’s Open over – Aussie Junior’s begins
January 23, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer has been bundled out of the Australia Women’s Open in Melbourne. Read more
Help win a million for the Friendship Circle
January 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The Chase Bank in the U.S. is giving US$1 million to the charity that raises most votes in a competition which ends today. Read more
Shabbat in Edmonton – Super Mall- Super Rabbi-Super Cold
January 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
As Sydney readies itself for a 45 degree Shabbat, think of the Friedman family in Edmonton, Canada dealing with temperatures of 6 degrees below zero. Read more
Jordanian Ambassador addresses Canberra Jewish Group
January 22, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Jordanian Ambassador Rajab Sukayri spoke to the Capital Jewish Forum on “The Current Nuclear Dilemma in the Middle East – a Jordanian and Arab Perspective.” Read more
Adelaide-born Israeli captures the Jordan in full flood
January 21, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Paul Steiner from Adelaide took this image of the Jordan river following torrential downpours in Israel. Read more
One day, two matches, two wins – all in a day’s work for Shahar
January 21, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
A tasking day at the Open has got off to a great start for rising Israeli tennis star, Shahar Peer. Read more
A Sensible Jew joins the AICE
The Australia Israel Cultural Exchange (AICE) has appointed Alex Fein as its Director of Communications. Read more
