Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s 2013 report card

November 24, 2013 by  

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has held its AGM. Read more

Kosher Aussies

November 24, 2013 by  

Garlo’s Pies is about to become the largest Australian pie company to cater for the Jewish community…making the Aussie iconic snack available to kosher consumers. Read more

Aboriginal petition to remove racism from constitution

November 23, 2013 by  

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bronwyn Bishop,  has been presented with a giant boomerang by Norman Miller, Chairman of the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace Inc. at Parliament House. Read more

Roosters and Lego keep KTC Busy

November 23, 2013 by  

Sydney’s Kesser Torah College Primary students have participated in the Roosters League Tag Gala Day, entering three teams into this popular competition. Read more

BJE Hebrew Students Win Linguafest Short Film Award

November 23, 2013 by  

BJE Years 5 and 6 Hebrew students from Rose Bay Pubic School have won the Linguafest 2013 Short Film Competition. Read more

Learning to care

November 23, 2013 by  

Jewish Care Victoria is expanding its employment service, announcing a new Employment and Education Centre delivering nationally accredited courses in partnership with Chisholm Institute. Read more

Australian-born soccer player fined for Nazi chants

November 23, 2013 by  

Josip Simunic has been fined 25,000 kuna [$4,800] for chanting pro-Nazi slogans following his Croatian team’s World Cup playoff victory against Iceland in Zagreb. Read more

A Parliamentary Chanukah

November 22, 2013 by  

Chanukah got off to an early start when Rabbi Pinchus Feldman lit all eight candles at a special ceremony in the NSW Parliament. Read more

Colour-in for Chanukah

November 22, 2013 by  

Chabad Youth NSW have a SONY PS Vita to be won in a Chanukah colouring in competition… Read more

Humility…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

November 22, 2013 by  

Jewish sources continuously promote humility. Our sages ask us to “be humble before everyone”. When the Torah praises Moses, it is his great humility that is highlighted. What is the definition of humility? Read more

Racial Discrimination Act: A word from the Attorney-General

November 22, 2013 by  

J-Wire asked Federal Attorney-General George Brandis what criteria were being engaged in consulting ethnic communities and leaders about intended changes to the Racial Discrimination Act. He has responded. Read more

Racial Discrimination Act changes…Look Before you Leap says Professor Gillian Triggs

November 22, 2013 by  

Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission writes on intended changes by the Federal Government to the Racial Discrimination Act… Read more

Hamas’ school curriculum: one, two, three, war…writes Gabsy Debinsky

November 22, 2013 by  

The lessons we are taught at school as children stay with us for life. They are the ideas that inform the people we will become and the values that will define us as adults. While it may be possible to reverse the beliefs instilled in youth, it is hard. Sometimes even impossible.   Read more

NSWJBD/Honest Reporting Israel Mission Day 2

November 22, 2013 by  

Today’s report brought to you by Michael Foley and Antoinette Collins… Read more

Apples and Pears – a drama review by Deb Meyer

November 22, 2013 by  

Where in Sydney do you find an intimate theatre inside a NY style, graffiti filled warehouse, with a labyrinth of narrow staircases, bustling with energy and the occasional pot of overgrown tomatoes? Read more

Segal and Wolanski appointed Opera House trustees

November 22, 2013 by  

NSW Jewish community identities Jillian Segal and Philip Wolanski have been appointed trustees of the Sydney Opera House. Read more

Meet the Musos

November 22, 2013 by  

Shir Madness, the Sydney Jewish music festival, takes place next weekend. J-Wire invites you to meet the performers… Read more

Hechsher at last

November 21, 2013 by  

Sydney caterer Amaze in Taste is now operating under rabbinical supervision. Read more

NSW UIA holds AGM and awards two special workers

November 21, 2013 by  

UIA have held their annual AGM and North Shore briefing where guest speaker Ofir Gendelman addressed over 300 attendees on his role as advisor to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Arab Media. Read more

The Poisonous Plague Continues [Part 2]…from Michael Kuttner

November 21, 2013 by  

Almost as if in confirmation of my last op-ed, the torrent of poison against the Jewish State continues unabated, not only spread by our supposed “peace partners” but also manufactured and disseminated by others. Read more

NSWJBD/Honest Reporting Israel Mission Day 1

November 21, 2013 by  

Rachel Lustig and Lynda Ben-Menashe report from Israel….
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Saving Syrian Lives…writes Vic Alhadeff

November 21, 2013 by  

Israeli hospitals have treated 500 Syrians wounded in the civil war. Vic Alhadeff visited one of those hospitals last week and spoke with a Syrian patient. Read more

Chaotic Government Undermines Our Global Standing…writes Isi Leibler

November 21, 2013 by  

The return of Avigdor Lieberman to head the Foreign Ministry will undoubtedly exacerbate the disastrous absence of cabinet responsibility and failure of the government to speak with one voice. This will become especially sensitive now with Israel’s rapidly deteriorating relationship with the Obama Administration over Iran and the Palestinians. Read more

Communities unite to face change of vilification laws

November 21, 2013 by  

In the wake of Federal Attorney-General George Brandis’s announcement that the government  is planning to water down sections of the Racial Discrimination Act, ten highly significant ethnic communities have united to protest against the move. Read more

Hayman allowed to go home

November 20, 2013 by  

Daniel Hayman is free to return to his family in Los Angeles after posting $1 million bail at Waverley Local Court today. Read more

Record number on IST

November 20, 2013 by  

Originally an initiative of the Zionist Council of NSW,  the 2013 IST has seen a record number of 91 Year 10 students leave Sydney for a 6 week programme in Israel on the Israel Study Tour. Read more

Sweet help for the Philippines

November 20, 2013 by  

News of help from Jewish resources to those who survived the horrific typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines ranges from a baby  born in a rapidly constructed IDF field hospital being named Israel to a visit of Sydney’s Kesser Torah students to a Kosher chocolate shop owned by a Catholic Chinese Philippino who who loves his chocolate…and Chabad. Read more

Film Prize for Bialik student

November 20, 2013 by  

Bialik Year 12 Student, David Zwier, has taken first prize at the Boroondara Annual Youth Film Festival with his short film “Crossing Paths”. Read more

Mitzvah Day roundup

November 20, 2013 by  

Organisations report how Mitzvah Day went for them…a big day for helping others and endorsed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Read more

Heading to the Hill

November 20, 2013 by  

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will undertake its first-ever bridge-building visit to Broken Hill next week. Read more

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