Missing in action
October 27, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Celebrations are an ideal opportunity for friends to gather and join in showing solidarity and friendship…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
An Anti-Semitic caricature of me generates no criticism from Berkeley hard left
October 27, 2017 by Alan Dershowitz
I was recently invited to present the liberal case for Israel at Berkeley…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more
Suburbicon: a movie review by Glen Falkenstein
October 27, 2017 by Glen Falkenstein
Suburbicon wants you to think it’s another Coen Brothers classic. Written by the redoubtable pair, Grant Heslov, George Clooney and directed by the latter, it may look and feel like their golden era but lands far off the mark. Read more
Asthma treatment could be Israel’s latest high achievement in medical cannabis
October 27, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
In a development that could spark Israel’s latest groundbreaking achievement within the medical cannabis sector, the Israeli-British cannabis biotech start-up CIITECH announced Oct. 24 that it will fund a research project in collaboration with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem exploring methods for treating asthma with medical cannabis…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org. Read more
Labor MP’s Nazi Germany comparison apology welcomed by ECAJ
Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon likened recent police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) to Nazi Germany in an interview on Sky News this week. Read more
Montefiore extends CHeBA funding to set a new agenda for dementia research
October 26, 2017 by Danielle Oppermann
Sydney Montefiore President David Freeman and CEO Robert Orie have announced a renewed five – year funding partnership with the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)) at UNSW Sydney. Read more
President Rivlin addresses Balfour Declaration centennial at Young Person’s Award ceremony at British Ambassador’s Residence
October 26, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the award ceremony for the International Young Person’s Award – Israel, a volunteering and young leadership project under the umbrella of the renowned Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme in the UK. Read more
ANZAC Centenary Mission traces the footsteps of the soldiers from the Jordan Valley to Beersheba
October 26, 2017 by Ahuva Bar-Lev
Amy Winehouse Exhibition…a video report
October 26, 2017 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Amy Winehouse Exhibition has opened at the Jewish Museum of Australia, with Michael Gudinski speaking to Rebecca Forgasz in a Q&A, then at a press meeting, they made further comments, along with Senior Curator Juliette Hanson, about the talent, personality and significance of the short-lived career of Amy Winehouse. Read more
Catch Tuvia Tenenbom at UIA Events
October 26, 2017 by Community newsdesk
United Israel Appeal will host Tuvia Tenenbom, best- selling author of ‘Catch the Jew’ at events in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane in November. Read more
The new New Zealand Government
October 26, 2017 by John McCormick
Well the outcome of the coalition talks wasn’t as I advocated back on September 27 but we have an interesting situation now that the cabinet is known. In particular the four ministers and one under-secretary allocated to New Zealand First…writes John McCormick. Read more
Wertheim corrects Gaza aid error
October 25, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Jews of Greece
Dr Stavros Kyrimis, Consul General of Greece in Sydney has opened The Jews of Greece Exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum in h. Read more
Madama Butterfly: an opera review by Victor Grynberg
October 25, 2017 by Victor Grynberg
Last July Victoria’s Minister for Creative Arts, (in)famously accused Opera Australia of being happy to have an audience that will “die in their seats”. Read more
The enemy of my enemy
October 25, 2017 by Isi Leibler
The dramatic swing to the right in the recent Austrian elections is likely to have widespread repercussions throughout Europe. It will also oblige Israel to reconsider its current approach to far right-wing groups….writes Isi Leibler. Read more
NZ Governor-General to go to Beersheba
October 24, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Youth mentoring programs at Jewish Care
October 24, 2017 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria has a long history of working with, and supporting, young people in the Jewish community by offering youth mentoring programs that connect 14-18 year-olds with independent and trained mentors aged 25 years and over. Read more
Job Readiness training for the ultra-orthodox community
October 23, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
In August 2017, Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Employment and Education Centre, in partnership with Adass Israel, ran the first of a series of workshops entitled ‘Tools and Techniques to Find Employment’. Read more
Tension rises in Israel’s north as Syria, Iran team to fight ‘Zio-American schemes’
October 23, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
The IDF struck three Syrian rocket launchers Saturday after five rockets from Syria entered the Israeli Golan Heights earlier that day, and as Iran’s military chief inked an agreement with Damascus pledging to combat “Zio-American schemes.” Read more
Feintooner
October 23, 2017 by Feintooner
Out with the new and in with the old…this week’s cartoon from Feintooner. Read more
Hopes and fears – a video from Jewish Care
October 23, 2017 by Ayal Tusia
‘Hopes and Fears’ shows a group of Holocaust survivors explaining what hopes and fears they have for future generations and the world they live in. Read more
How should Jews interact with others?
October 23, 2017 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the Rabbi…Rabbi Raymond will proffer his answers. Read more
Labor’s support for Israel
October 23, 2017 by J-Wire
It’s becoming abundantly clear that Labor is abandoning its support for Israel, and the few remaining pro-Israel Labor MPs appear incapable of stopping it…writes Senator James Paterson. Read more
Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival – Free tickets
October 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The Melbourne Jewish Festival will take place on December 5,6,7. J-Wire has a double pass to give away for each performance. Read more
Balfour Declaration Centenary shames Arab and UN deniers…writes David Singer
October 23, 2017 by David Singer
The continuing Arab refusal – aided and abetted by the United Nations – to recognise the international legitimacy of the Balfour Declaration 100 years after it was first issued on 2 November 1917 – remain the greatest obstacles to resolving the Jewish–Arab conflict. Read more
The hope of change at UNESCO lies with new French Jewish leader
October 22, 2017 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The election of the first Jewish director-general of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, French politician Audrey Azoulay, is raising hope that with her background and political experience, she could return the organisation to its original mission…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
Speaker at Centre for Jewish History violently denounces Israel
October 22, 2017 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any messier over at the Centre for Jewish History, a New York Times columnist who was invited to speak at an event there has unleashed a barrage of verbal attacks on Israel…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.0rg Read more
On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner
October 21, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Discoveries, innovations and world “firsts” combined with other positive developments kick start the post (Jewish) New Year into high gear. Read more
Poland’s proposed restitution law ‘excludes vast majority of Holocaust survivors and heirs’
October 21, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has expressed “profound disappointment” in the Polish government’s proposed legislation for the restitution of confiscated property belong to Holocaust victims and their heirs. Read more
When the ABC uses its “Media Watch” program to attack critics of the ABC…writes Allon Lee
October 20, 2017 by Allon Lee
Two federal MPs. The high profile Turnbull Government backbencher George Christensen from Queensland. The other, federal Labor Victorian MP Michael Danby. Read more
