Pesach Message from the JCA
March 29, 2010 by Agencies
David Balkin, President of the Jewish Communal Appeal sends a personal message for Pesach Read more
Pesach
March 29, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
J-Wire will shut down from Monday evening and resume publishing on Wednesday evening in accordance with the Passover festival.
A Kosher Pesach for the underprivileged
March 28, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The Jewish House campaign to ask Coles’ shoppers to donate Kosher LePesach food for the poor has met with resounding success. Read more
J-Junction goes international
March 28, 2010 by Agencies
Those searching for their life’s partner can now access a worldwide database thanks to a hookup between J-Junction and overseas Jewish dating services. Read more
An unbalanced Philip Adams on your ABC
March 28, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
ABC’s Late Night Live has given air space to Shlomo Sand author of the controversial book ‘The Invention of the Jewish People’….with no attempt to balance the topic.
J-Wire adds equilibrium courtesy of The Times. Read more
On his way – our man In South Africa
March 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
David Weiner will leave Australia today on a trip which will take him eventually to South Africa and the Soccer World Cup Read more
Vasin tells of kidney donation to brother
March 26, 2010 by Odile Faludi - Maccabi NSW
The Jewish Shorts report told how Maccabi NSW CEO Mick Vasin donated one of his kidneys to save his brother’s life. Odile Faludi dives more deeply into the story… Read more
Hate law in Victoria – no prosecutions
March 26, 2010 by Agencies
The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act was passed in Victoria in 2001….and not a single prosecution since. Read more
Posthumous awards for Polish mother and son
March 26, 2010 by Agencies
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria will present a Righteous Amongst the Nations Award to a Bunbury brother and sister whose father and grandmother saved the life of one of their father’s schoolmates. Read more
Travelling Matzah Bakery
March 26, 2010 by J-Wire
The Traveling Matzah Bakery has toured Sydney extensively teaching the community the skills of matzah-making. Read more
Margo appointed director of Sydney Alliance
March 26, 2010 by Community Editor
Robin Margo, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, has been appointed to the board of the Sydney Alliance. Read more
New Zealand group fundraising for PFLP
March 25, 2010 by Agencies
The Workers Party of New Zealand has transferred funds to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Read more
La Trobe professor wins top maths award
March 25, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Professor Gilah Leder has become the first Australian to win the prestigious Felix Klein Medal. Read more
Stephen Smith on the passport issue
March 24, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has announced his decision to expel an Israeli diplomat. The ABC has interviewed Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister Stephen Smith on his reaction. Read more
IDF training helps save lives in Perth
March 24, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
A former Israeli counter-terrorism soldier has been awarded Australia’s prestigious Bravery Medal for saving five people from a fire which destroyed a Perth shopping centre. Read more
Jewish Shorts in for the long haul
March 23, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The Jewish House presented its second Jewish Shorts at the Chauvel Cinema. Read more
Israeli Vietnamese dairy project using New Zealand livestock
March 23, 2010 by Agencies
More than 1600 calves have arrived in Vietnam to kickstart a giant Israeli milk-production unit. Read more
Moriah student selected from 4000 for national debate
March 23, 2010 by Agencies
Gregory Jacobson will debate legislative power and federalism at the 2010 National Schools Constitutional Convention. Read more
Apr-15 SBS1-TV 10:00 p.m. : Movie – The Wedding Song
March 23, 2010 by J-Wire
Follows two young women, one Muslim and one a Sephardic Jew, in German-occupied Tunis. Read more
Apr-15 SBS2-TV 8:30 p.m.: The Two of Us
March 23, 2010 by J-Wire
Lucy Gershwin and Simon Tedeschi Read more
Matza class at the Emanuel School
March 23, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney Yeshiva travelling matzah factory has brought the experience of baking your own matza to Sydney children. Read more
Matzah for the Prime Minister
March 23, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
New Zealand will be the first country in the world to celebrate Pesach…and its Jewish Prime Minister will have Shmurah matzah for the festival. Read more
Isla gets her man
March 22, 2010 by Agencies
Australian actress Isla Fisher has married Sacha Baron Cohen in Paris. Read more
Two teachers – one suitcase
March 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Fumiko Ishioka told her amazing story of her search for the owner of a suitcase she received from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to a Sydney audience last night…and met a Canberra teacher who has just finished teaching the project. Read more
Movie men shine at Byron festival
March 21, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Film producer Simon Ritch has taken out the award for the Best Short Film at the Byron Bay International Film Festival Read more
Apr-27 Sydney: Jewish House Business Lunch
March 20, 2010 by J-Wire
Inaugural business lunch at the Sofitel with Premier Kristina Keneally Read more
The Armenian community responds to Turkish Ambassador
March 19, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
Earlier this week, the Turkish Ambassador Oguz Ozge addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in Canberra and spoke of the 1915 Armenian genocide. The Armenian community has responded to his remarks. Read more
Mar-21 Melbourne: Jewish Care Festival of Fun
March 19, 2010 by J-Wire
Volunteers Band Together to Create a Festival of Family Fun Read more
Brothers charged with murder of Byron man
March 18, 2010 by J-Wire
Two brothers are facing court over the murder of John ‘Jack’ Garda, a Byron Bay businessman and son of a Holocaust survivor. Read more
Hello, I must be going
March 18, 2010 by Miriam Bell
Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand, Yuval Rotem, has made his farewell trip to the country due to the pending reinstatement of a dedicated ambassador to the land of the Great White Cloud. Read more
