Dozens of “Freedom Coins” from Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 C.E.)
March 27, 2018 by Tali Aronsky
Bronze coins, the last remnants of a four-year Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire have been found near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Read more
Seder focussed on children
March 27, 2018 by Shula Lazar
The way in which the Seder is constructed has much to teach us about parenting and education. Read more
Prestigious award for Chief Rabbi Lau
March 27, 2018 by Elana Oberlander
Bar-Ilan University’s Ingeborg Rennert Centre for Jerusalem Studies will bestow its annual Guardian of Zion Award upon former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Israel Meir Lau in May. Read more
Australia asked to apologise to Israel for indifference to 1938 plight of Europe’s Jews
March 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
MP Stuart Robert has told the Australian parliament that Israel’s 70th anniversary will shortly followed by the 80th anniversary of the Evian Conference at which Australia offered no relief to the plight of Europe’s Jews…and he is suggesting an apology to Israel. Read more
Exploring the connection between Pesach and refugees
March 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Young adults in their 20s and 30s joined the New Israel Fund Australia, Stand Up, Habonim Dror and Netzer youth movements to learn more about the refugee situation in Israel and Australia and its relevance to the festival of freedom, Pesach. Read more
Pesach signifies the joining of the Jewish people
March 27, 2018 by Ashley Perry - Perez - JNS
Passover has been described as the “Independence Day of the Jewish People”—the day of our national liberation. It is possible to describe the exodus from Egypt as the moment Jewish peoplehood was founded. Read more
Pauline Hanson questions Australian funds for UNRWA
March 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Pauline Hanson asked question time in the senate to ask for reasons why Australia’s government financially supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in financing Palestinians given their anti-Jewishactivities and funding the families of terrorists. Read more
Melbourne’s UIA Gala Dinner 2018
March 27, 2018 by Toni Susskind
The 2018 Victorian UIA Gala dinner was this year held at the Crown Casino Paladium and M.C.’d by President Haley Southwick. Read more
AIJAC welcomes Australia’s vote against resolutions condemning Israel
March 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed Australia’s votes against five resolutions passed over the weekend condemning Israel at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Read more
La Bohème: Puccini’s masterpiece of love and loss transfers superbly to Sydney Harbour – reviewed by Victor Grynberg.
March 26, 2018 by Victor Grynberg
This is the sixth opera since Opera Australia commenced their Operas on the Harbour in 2012 with Carmen repeated last year. Read more
Interstate care takes the honours
March 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The wellbeing of the Melbourne and Sydney Jewish communities is in good hands, with Jewish Care Victoria’s Bill Appleby announced winner and Montefiore Sydney’s Robert Orie runner up in the Aged Care CEO of the Year category at the inaugural Australian Healthcare Week Awards. Read more
Henry has a guest from Sydney
March 26, 2018 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Judy Campbell, Artistic Director of The Jewish Choral Festival to be held in Sydney in June this year. Read more
A guide to seder time management
March 26, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple suggests a structure… Read more
The Other Side of Hope: a movie review by Hila Tsor
March 26, 2018 by Hila Tsor
For years we’ve been hearing about the conflict in Syria on the news. Read more
Feintooner
March 26, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Inhuman rights writ. Read more
Love, Simon…a movie review by Tayla Rosen
March 25, 2018 by J-Wire
An inspiring story of love and honesty takes viewers on a journey through a more light-hearted coming out story than previous films of its kind. Read more
Globalism is not a Jewish concept
March 25, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In a recent column in The New York Times, Bret Stephens argued in praise of “globalists.”…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
Putin an anti-Semite? It really doesn’t matter…writes Ben Cohen/JNS
March 25, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Among Sephardic Jews of my grandmother’s generation, there was a popular, if unproven, belief that Gen. Francisco Franco—the military dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975—was of Jewish parentage, and that this explained why he granted refuge to several thousand Jews fleeing the Nazis. Read more
David Harris warns of Iranian threat
March 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The growing influence of Iran under the failing nuclear deal and the ongoing importance of the Australia-US relationship were key messages shared during this week’s visit by American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris. Read more
The Death of Stalin: a movie review by Tayla Rosen
March 25, 2018 by Tayla Rosen
From director Armando Iannucci comes this comedy of cruelty…an avant-garde comic. Read more
Taylor Force Act signed into law as part of massive spending bill
March 25, 2018 by JNS
The Taylor Force Act, legislation that seeks to cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it ends its payments to terrorists and their families, has been passed by Congress as part of a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill. Read more
UNHRC adopts five resolutions accusing Israel of human right abuses
March 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has decried the United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of five resolutions under agenda item 7 accusing Israel of human rights abuses and violations of international law in the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories. Read more
AIJAC welcomes John Bolton’s new appointment
March 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that John Bolton has been appointed to become the US National Security Adviser. Read more
Pop Poetry launch event celebrates Jewish culture on Auckland’s Karangaphape Road
March 25, 2018 by Keren Cook
Pop Poetry launched on Auckland’s well known Karangahape Road this week and runs for two further days, finishing on Sunday. Read more
The lion never got out of its cage: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 25, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The Sydney Opera House organ recital is something like an annual pilgrimage for me. Read more
On the other hand
March 25, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
In the week before Passover we eliminate leavened products from our homes. Good news however continues to proliferate…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Briefing for Sydney community heads
March 23, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim has chaired a lunch attended by Jewish community leaders in Sydney who heard from visiting Israeli MKs, Sharren Haskel and Yoel Hasson, about current events in Israel and the wider Middle East region. Read more
Jewish journalist in Colombia forced to resign for refusing to cross herself on air
March 23, 2018 by JNS
A Colombian Jewish journalist was forced to resign as anchor of a daily TV newscast after refusing to cross herself on air. Read more
A one-on-one with Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon
March 23, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Despite the role of the United Nations in helping establish the State of Israel in 1947, the world body has long been a forum used by other nations to single out and condemn the Jewish state. Read more
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 23, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Today, people in Australia and around the world mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and make their voice heard about the growing problem of racism and discrimination. Read more
