Je m’appelle Dreyfus, je suis juive – Paris 2013
March 31, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Australian artist Ella Dreyfus installed these phrases on buildings and streets in Paris in 2013.
Pesach postcards
March 31, 2015 by Donna Surdut
As we prepare to commemorate the freedom of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, Melbourne’s Jewish Care has turned its focus to freedom from another kind of enslavement – mental illness. Read more
Legal action by Melbourne victims
March 30, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
As a result of evidence given at the recent Royal Commission Case Study 22, Melbourne legal firm, Waller Legal, is acting for a group of clients claiming negligence by the Yeshivah Centre Melbourne. Read more
Old computers – new use
March 30, 2015 by Talia Katz
Melbourne’s Bialik College has donated 50 working computers, worth over $20,000 to Ardoch Youth Foundation, a charity that provides education support for children and young people in need. Read more
Parliamentarians get immersed in Jewish Melbourne
March 30, 2015 by David Marlow
Fifteen Victorian Members of Parliament have participated in the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV’s) 2015 Politicians’ Jewish Immersion Day, visiting Jewish Care, the Jewish Museum of Australia, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, the Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Beth Weizmann Community Centre. Read more
Lynch’s Supporters Dig Him into a Deeper Hole
March 30, 2015 by Peter Wertheim
Nick Riemer’s apologia for the conduct of his colleague, Jake Lynch, during the disruption by protesters of a lecture by Colonel Richard Kemp at the University of Sydney on March 11 (Why Jake Lynch was waving money around at an anti-Israel protest, March 25) only digs Lynch into a deeper hole. Read more
Nazi memorabilia on sale in Canberra
March 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Canberra auction house has come under fire for offering for sale Nazi memorabilia. Read more
Melbourne’s UIA Gala Dinner
March 29, 2015 by Carli Diamond
550 donors recently filled Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Savoy Ballroom to capacity for the UIA Gala Dinner featuring international guest speakers Colonel Richard Kemp and Lieutenant Colonel Chezy Deutsch. Read more
UIA Victoria – Seniors’ Afternoon Tea
March 29, 2015 by Agencies
UIA Victoria’s recently hosted a community afternoon tea for seniors..were you there? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Ask the Rabbi about Pesach
March 29, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about the ten plagues, chametz and the invisible Seder guest… Read more
New Yorker article compares Jews to dogs
March 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has today expressed strong reservations about an essay in The New Yorker magazine by actor and comedienne Lena Dunham in which she compares her Jewish boyfriend to a dog and employs offensive and insulting stereotypes about Jews and money. Read more
Melbourne YoungUIA events
March 27, 2015 by Agencies
Over the UIA Victoria campaign period, YoungUIA held a couple of successful events. Read more
A Trying Subject…writes Emily Gian
March 27, 2015 by Emily Gian
In medieval England, a separate court was established with the purpose of providing redress for people in a fair and just manner. Read more
Sour Grapes and Bitter Herbs…writes Michael Kuttner
March 27, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
In the aftermath of the Israeli elections we are witnessing an unprecedented outpouring of bilious blathering from dismayed local and foreign sources. Read more
Breaking the 18-minute rule…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
March 26, 2015 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
In just over a week we will celebrate Passover, which begins with the Pesach Seder. One of the important Mitzvot of the Seder is the eating of Shmura Matzah. Read more
Yehuda Avner: Isi Leibler remembers
March 26, 2015 by Isi Leibler
When Yehuda Avner passed away this week, aged 86, Israel lost a noble citizen whose entire life was devoted to serving the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Read more
The Road to Realisation
March 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
More than 180 people attended at the AGM of Sydney’s Hakoah Club despite there being no election and were “walked through” the Hakoah proposal for the redevelopment plans of the White City site. Read more
Palestine: Words Matter – But Their Meaning Matters More
March 25, 2015 by David Singer
“Words matter” – White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters this week…writes David Singer. Read more
Special helping hands
March 25, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Josh Ferenbach and Ruthie Ben-Danan from Access Inc, recently worked in the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University-Vic office assisting with a bulk mail-out. Read more
Red Rattler: Apology accepted
March 25, 2015 by J-Wire
A Sydney theatre which refused to consider a booking from a Jewish organisation has apologised…and the apology has been accepted. Read more
Dear Malcolm, Dear Mark
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Mark Leibler was the president of the Zionist Council of Victoria in 1983 when Malcolm Fraser lost the prime ministership to Bob Hawke… Read more
Watch your rhetoric
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has stated its position on the use of rhetoric invoking the Nazi Party. Read more
Israel, not Netanyahu, is the ultimate target…writes Ben Cohen
March 24, 2015 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There is no world leader more hated by bien-pensant liberals in the West than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
What ordinary Palestinians are saying about the Israeli election
March 24, 2015 by Orit Arfa - JNS.org
Near the entrance to the city of Ariel in the heart of Samaria lies an Arab strip mall of sorts, where Jews and Palestinians alike can get fruits and vegetables, a car wash, pet supplies, hummus, and falafel. Read more
JNF Victoria has shared presidency
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Michael Carp will become Co-President of JNF Victoria together with Simone Szalmuk-Singer, the current Victorian President. Read more
TV duo receive two Logies nominations
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
At sea with the COA
March 24, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Sydney’s COA has taken to the water for a Senior’s Week Cruise on Sydney Harbour. Read more
Pesach recipes: a link to the past
March 24, 2015 by Agencies
Does memory have a taste? Anyone who has tried to replicate their favourite family dishes without a recipe will tell you it does. Read more
Women Taking Action to Stop Domestic Violence
March 24, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Being proactive in tackling sexual assault and domestic violence is the focus of this year’s Status of Women Program run by National Council of Jewish Women (NCJWA) NSW. Read more
Red Rattler apologises
March 23, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
A Sydney theatre which refused to offer its facilities to a Jewish group saying that the organisation “does not support colonialism/Zionism” has apologised to the applicant. Read more
