Maccabiah 2013 gets community support
Maccabi’s Melbourne and Sydney communities have shown their support for Team Australia heading to the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel in July. Read more
A Good Thief
May 31, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
There is a Jewish axiom that we can learn and draw inspiration from everything that we see and experience. Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli taught that we can even learn from a thief. By observing the seven behaviors of a burglar, we can design a formula for successful personal development…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
God’s Neighbours – a film review by Michelle Coleman
May 31, 2013 by Michelle Coleman
It was with some trepidation that I sat down to watch Gods Neighbours, an Israeli film by Meni Yaesh about a group of young members of the Breslov Chassidic sect who take it upon themselves to police their neighbourhood and protect it from the scourge of immodestly dressed women, stores that are open on the Sabbath, and purveyors of pornographic material. Read more
Peres, Abbas, and Kerry: Fantasies and Realities…writes Isi Leibler
May 31, 2013 by Isi Leibler
Earlier in the week, I participated in “Breaking the Impasse”, an event held in Jordan under the auspices of the World Economic Forum. It was attended by some 300 Israeli and Palestinian leaders of commerce and industry who represent over 25% of the GDP of Israel and the Palestinian region. Some of the most prominent Israeli business personalities were present. Read more
Stem cell donation may have saved life
Melbourne’s Craig Rosen may have saved the life of another Jew who is believed to be dying from a rare blood disorder. Read more
Greens say “No Thank You” to signing the London Declaration
Greens MPs John Kaye and David Shoebridge said they won’t sign the London Declaration into Combatting Anti-Semitism even though it “contains a number of laudable commitments to stamp out any resurgence of hatred against a people who have historically suffered more than most.” Read more
Yiddish in court evidence
A judge of the NSW Supreme Court has rejected a ruling by the Sydney Beth Din that ordered Benjamin Amzalak to pay an Israeli businessman more than $300,000 for the apparent sale of shares in a company. Read more
PM meets AUJS
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hosted a short meeting with members of the Australian Union of Jewish Students in Canberra. Read more
First Jewish burial in Goulburn in 70 years…and a Barmitzvah at 63
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Shmueli Feldman officiated at a funeral in Goulburn on the weekend…the first the NSW country town has seen in 70 years. Read more
Goot on Claims Conference team
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire
The President of the ECAJ Dr Danny Lamm has welcomed the announcement of the appointment of Robert Goot, to the Select Leadership Committee of the Claims Conference. Read more
Petition for Buckingham Palace
The grandson of William Cooper, the aboriginal who led the only known private protest against Kristallnacht in 1938 is campaigning to send his grandfather’s petition to the Queen. Read more
A Global Tsunami of Anti-Semitism…writes Isi Leibler
May 28, 2013 by Isi Leibler
Participants at the fourth conference of the Global Forum for Combating antisemitism, held under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry this week in Jerusalem, will be provided with data highlighting the accelerated global erosion of the status of Jews and Israel. Read more
The video they did not want you to see
May 28, 2013 by J-Wire
A video featuring the reactions of Melbourne’s Gary Smorgon House’s residents to “Gangnam Style” was banned from YouTube bu has made its reappearance….watch it here. Read more
Palestine – Beware The Snake Oil Salesman…writes David Singer
May 27, 2013 by David Singer
Paul Larudee – one of the founders of the Free Gaza and Free Palestine Movements and an organizer in the International Solidarity Movement – has made some incredibly misleading statements in his latest article “The Palestine Liberation Movement is not about Anti- Semitism” – published in Dissident Voice on 23 May. Read more
Call to step up boycott of Israel
Stepping up the boycott of Israel will be on the agenda of a conference in solidarity with Palestine to be held in New Zealand next month. Read more
Anne Frank in Sovereign Hill
Touring exhibition “Anne Frank – A History for Today” is now on show at Sovereign Hill’s Gold Museum in Victoria.
Senior Yeshivah Officials may face tribunal
The father of child sex abuse victim Manny Waks is taking two senior officials at the Yeshivah Centre to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Mossad man in Canberra will not be replaced – report
Israel’s Mossad representative in Canberra, who was expelled in the aftermath of the 2010 Dubai passport scandal, will not be replaced, according to a report in The Weekend Australian. Read more
Raising funds for Maccabiah
May 24, 2013 by Geoff Sirmai
The Emanuel School is to host a huge ‘fun-raising’ night of laughter, benefiting the school’s Australian representatives at the 19th Maccabiah in July. Read more
Slezak WILL present at Limmud Oz
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Media reports that Jewish philosopher Peter Slezak’s participation at this year’s Limmud-Oz in Sydney may be in doubt, the organisers have issued a statement that Slezak will be a presenter at the event. Read more
Open email to the Claims Conference
J-Wire has received a copy of an email sent to the Claims Conference…. Read more
Moselmane tells Israeli ambassador to “butt out”
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor politician Shaoquett Moselmane has made a speech in the NSW Parliament in which he has told Israel’s Ambassador to Australia to “butt out and stay out” accusing him of bullying in the Middle East. Read more
Why worry?…asks Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
May 24, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Question:
I worry a lot. I am anxious about losing my job, I constantly think about the health of my family and am always scared about saying or doing something that will embarrass myself. How can I put a stop to this? Read more
94-yr-old publishes e-book
When in 1997, eminent scholar Dr. Israel Kipen penned Ahad Ha-am: The Zionism of the Future, widely regarded as the definitive and standard study of one of Zionism’s most towering and influential figures, he never imagined that his much lauded and classic text would be republished as an e-book in the second decade of the 21st century. Read more
Book review: Saving Your Life – One Day at a Time
May 24, 2013 by Ian Stokol
Dr Roy Sugarman PhD has published a book focusing on healthy aging…read Ian Stokol’s review. Read more
No money for academic antisemitism
May 24, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A Liberal-led government may withdraw funds to an academic institution it believed was using taxpayer money for antisemitic campaigns, according to Julie Bishop. Read more
Campus virus – a worldwide pandemic…writes Michael Kuttner
May 24, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
During the waning years of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930’s, my late father was a student at the university in Karlsruhe, Southern Germany. Read more
Arafat in Therapy for Sydney
May 24, 2013 by Geoff Sirmai
Lawyer by day, actor by night, Jeremie Bracka will bring his hilarious hit one-man political comedy Arafat in Therapy to Sydney for four shows in July. Read more
Most child sex offenders have multiple victims
May 24, 2013 by Margaret Bozik
An astounding 93 per cent of child sex offenders have more than one victim, while 23 per cent abuse 10 or more children, psychologist Sandra Ifrah told parents attending workshops on ‘Parenting Safe Children’ held recently in Melbourne. Read more
Australian-born Israelis at risk in the sun
May 24, 2013 by Jerry Barach
A new study conducted using extensive medical records of over one million Israeli adolescents before military service shows clearly how exposure to the Israeli sun of young, light-skinned children increases substantially the risk of cutaneous melanoma (a serious form of skin cancer). Read more
