New web site for ZFA programs

The Zionist Federation of Australia Israel Programs has recently launched a newly improved website. Read more

David Cyprys – suppression order lifted

Former security guard at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College David Cyprys has been facing charges in Melbourne’s County Court since last month of more than 40 offences against children in the 198os and 1990s….but proceedings have been subject to a suppression order until today. Read more

Putin’s Russia Now a Force in the Middle East…writes Isi Leibler

President Obama’s abysmal failure to provide leadership during the Syrian crisis represents a turning point in the Middle East and has paved the way for President Putin’s Russia to emerge as the dominant regional force, a position it had surrendered after the breakup of the Soviet Union.  Read more

Frydenberg appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the PM

Liberal Member of Parliament for the Melbourne seat of Kooyong Josh Frydenberg has been appointed one of two Parliamentary Secretaries to elected Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Read more

Special franking for Wallenberg

Kornmehl Cares

Sydney’s Kornmehl Emanuel Pre-schoolt is to help to provide basic ‘health care packs’ for Aboriginal children who live in country NSW. Read more

Singer defends J-Wire

David Singer writes an open response to reader Ben David… Read more

Prisoners of War returns to your screens

SBS-TV will shortly screen the second series of the award-winning Israeli drama “Prisoners of War”. Check “What’s On?” for details…. Read more

Syrian Free Army Signing Own Death Warrant…writes David Singer

The swift agreement between Russia and America to collect and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons has been an impressive diplomatic achievement – marred only by the fact that it has taken three weeks longer to reach this point because of their joint failure to focus on ending the use of chemical weapons in Syria – rather than focusing on who was responsible for the atrocity that caused the deaths of 1429 Syrians on 21 August. Read more

King David Students Support Jewish Care Clients

Jewish Care will substantially enhance support for families and carers of Jewish people living with a disability, thanks to some clear thinking and top decision making from Melbourne’s King David School students. Read more

Fame in Chatswood

Two talented young ‘triple threats’ (singing, dancing and acting) Dylan Hayley Rosenthal and Kelly Goldberg feature in the upcoming Chatswood Musical Society production of “Fame: the Musical” at the PLC school performing arts centre on Sydney’s North Shore. Read more

Jewish Care Builds Management Leaders

Management training using real-world examples and case studies from Jewish Care Victoria policies, procedures and templates brought learning to life for 34 staff who recently graduated from the Certificate IV in Frontline Management. Read more

AIJAC objects to conference

 

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) have written to the Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian National University Professor Ian Young AO, to raise concerns regarding the one-sided nature of the “Human Rights in Palestine Conference” that ran in Canberra this week. Read more

Melbourne rally planned to counter Falk

Professor Richard Falk. the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, is to deliver a public lecture in Melbourne on Monday. Read more

The ANU Conference on Human Rights in Palestine – an Academic Farce

The ‘Conference on Human Rights in Palestine’ is currently being hosted and sponsored by the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Read more

Putin puts International Law before War…writes David Singer

Russia’s President – Vladimir Putin – has trumped America’s President – Barack Obama – in urging the American nation to put international law before war to prevent any armed attack on Syria threatened by President Obama as a result of the chemical weapons atrocity perpetrated on 21 August that killed 1429 people. Read more

Lowy retiring from Gallery

Steven Lowy  is to retire from his position as the President of the Art Gallery of NSW at the end of this year. Read more

Hide and Seek…writes Michael Kuttner

At some stage most children have played the game hide and seek where a designated individual closes his/her eyes, counts to 20 or 50 or 100 while the other kids run and hide as quickly as possible. Read more

A$1.2 million for Zygier’s family in Israel

The Israeli Government will pay four million shekels to the family of Melbourne-born  Mossad agent Ben Zygier who hanged himself in a high security prison cell.  Read more

Netanyahu congratulates Abbott

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, yesterday telephoned Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbot and congratulated him on his election victory. Read more

Special Sermon for Yom Kippur

Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, the president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia, has sent a special sermon on sexual misconduct to rabbis in Australia and New Zealand to be delivered on Yom Kippur. Read more

Syria – Putin To Dictate Terms Of UN Security Council Resolution…writes David Singer

Russia’s President Putin will dictate the terms of any UN Security Council Resolution calling for the collection and destruction of chemical weapons in Syria – no matter what bluster or spin emanates from America, the United Kingdom and France. Read more

ECAJ critical of conference

Richard Falk, Jeff Halper and Hanan Ashrawi are participating in a conference dealing with Human Rights in Palestine at the Australian National University in Canberra…and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has made its views clear… Read more

Shut down Shule opens for a special Barmitzvah

Sydney’s Strathfield Synagogue was shut down two years ago in the midst of a legal wrangle but opened its doors recently to celebrate a Barmitzvah. Read more

New English Course at the Hebrew Uni

The Melton Center for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will open for the first time this Spring a new master’s degree program in Jewish education, taught in English, designed for students from abroad, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Read more

Donating human organs

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) is organising a Jewish Community Organ and Tissue Donation Forum. Read more

Learning Hebrew in Melbourne

Habayit is a new and exciting initiative of the World Zionist Organisation to promote the Hebrew language and Israeli culture in Jewish communities around the world. Read more

Israeli program continues in Australia

The very first Kangarusski Birthright trip brought 40 Russian-speaking Jewish Australians to Israel for an unforgettable ten day experience. Read more

America’s Isolationism and its Implications for Israel…from Isi Leibler

There is currently a remote possibility that the Russian strategy will succeed in averting US military action by persuading Assad to hand over his chemical weapons of mass destruction for demolition by the international community. Read more

Australian initiative cleans up Israel

Volunteers from 250 localities took part in this year’s International Cleanup Day, an event that KKL-JNF has orchestrated in Israel for the past thirteen years. Read more

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