Coming to you shortly – the Torah on the iPad
April 30, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
In a few weeks’ time, the iPad will hit our shores…and the Torah is ready for it! Read more
Masada College honors Frank Lowy
April 29, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Philanthropist Frank Lowy has been made a Life Governor of Sydney’s Masada College. Read more
Rodney Adler meets the Pope
April 29, 2010 by Agencies
In a report just in from Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, J-Wire has learned that Sydney identity Rodney Adler accompanied him on a meeting with the Pope. Read more
Alana Ruben Free
April 28, 2010 by Lloyd Bradford Syke
She might sound more like a New Yorker (she now lives there, with her 11-year-old son), but Fredericton, New Brunswick-born Alana Ruben Free earned her last name as a poet. Don’t ask me how, but it stuck and applies aptly to the effect this, the first of a trilogy of related works, has on the viewer. Read more
Federal Government to provide $6.2m for Jewish schools
April 27, 2010 by Agencies
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor today announced 14 Jewish schools across the country will receive $6,278,810 total funding under the Australian Government’s $20 million Secure Schools Program. Read more
$53,000 from New South Wales for the Jewish House
April 27, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Premier Kristina Keneally presented the Jewish House with a cheque for $53,000 at the care organisation’s inaugural business luncheon today. Read more
Rhythm Safari – review
April 27, 2010 by Lloyd Bradford Syke
Rhythm Safari is currently being staged at the Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. Read more
Apr-29 Sydney: 60 Years in Show Business
April 27, 2010 by J-Wire
Toni Lamond talks to B’nai B’rith Read more
Zentai presents new evidence
In a bid to avoid extradition to Budapest to face questioning about the murder of 18-year-old Peter Balazs in Budapest in 1944, Perth resident Charles Zentai’s son Ernie Steiner, has preseneted new evidence pointing to his father’s innocence to the Attorney-General. Read more
Why leave a life of luxury for life in Israel?
April 26, 2010 by Anton Marks
| Discussions around the Friday night dinner table are a Jewish institution. The raison d’etre of Shabbat is indeed to pause between the previous week and the next, to reflect and search for meaning in our busy lives. Read more |
Home sweet home
April 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Ninety- five Year 11 students arrived home safe and sound in Melbourne and Sydney this morning after experiencing the air traffic chaos in Europe which stranded them in Warsaw for four days…and denied them the opportunity of celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut in Israel.
Knowing where they are
April 26, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
For David Lesnie and Sandra Berman, this was a special Anzac Day weekend. Read more
You can bank on Mendel
April 23, 2010 by J-Wire
Next week’s Jewish House inaugural luncheon will be supported by Australia’s major banks. Read more
Jana Gottshall mentioned in Opposition Leader’s Anzac Day speech
April 22, 2010 by J-Wire
Rebbetzin Jana Gottshall will be buried in Sydney tomorrow [Friday]. Today in the NSW State Parliament, Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell mentioned Jana Gottshall in his Anzac Day speech.
Sydney loses one of its finest
April 22, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
The Australian Jewish community is in mourning with the passing of one of its matriarchs, Rebbetzin Jana Gottshall, who died yesterday at the of 89. Read more
Green light for shule in Victoria
April 22, 2010 by Geoffrey Zygier
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has completed negotiation for automatic green lights for shul-goers on Jewish Festivals. Read more
Margo lays a wreath
Robin Margo SC, President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, laid a wreath at a Jewish commemoration service on Sunday to mark ANZAC Day. Read more
Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’azmaut – Melbourne
Almost 2000 people packed the Arts Centre in Melbourne’s Hamer Hall last night, to join in celebrating the 62nd anniversary of Israel’s independence. Read more
Yom Hazikaron – Sydney
More than four hundred community members attended the State Zionist Council of NewSouth Wales’ Yom Hazikaron ceremony at the National Council for Jewish Women in Woollahra. Read more
A special award for Rabbi Apple
April 20, 2010 by Agencies
The Australian Catholic University today conferred a major award on Rabbi Raymond Apple, the former spiritual leader of Sydney’s Great Synagogue. Read more
Meet Andrea Faulkner – Australia’s new ambassador to Israel
April 20, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Andrea Faulkner, Australia’s ambassador-designate to Israel, talks to J-Wire. Read more
March of the Living participants trapped in Poland
April 20, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
More than 100 Australians and New Zealanders who took part in the March of the Living at Auschwitz have found themselves trapped in Poland. Read more
Flight havoc cancels MDA meeting
April 20, 2010 by Agencies
Tomorrow’s evening’s function to be held jointly by Magen David Adom and the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation has become a ‘victim’ of the world-wide aviation crisis and has been cancelled. Read more
Israeli Embassy reopens in New Zealand
In a move which has caught the Jewish community by surprise, the Israeli Embassy has reopened its doors in Wellington. Read more
U.S. playwright to direct her work in Sydney
April 19, 2010 by Agencies
New York Jewish playwright Alana Ruben Free returns to Australia this month to direct charity performances of her powerful one-woman show “Beginner at Life”. Read more
Olmert lets the cat out of the bag
April 19, 2010 by Agencies
It was no secret in Sydney, but it appears the Lowy family’s dedication of a boxcar at Auschwitz used in the transport of Jews to the death camp was supposed to be a secret in Israel…until former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert let the cat out of the bag. Read more
Yom Ha’atzmaut – Sydney
April 18, 2010 by Henry Benjamin
Around 5000 members of Sydney’s Jewish community celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Read more
Apr-20 Melbourne: Australian Jewish Music Ensemble in concert
April 18, 2010 by J-Wire
The Australian Jewish Music Ensemble performs at the Bennetts Lane Jazz Club. Read more
Jewish Chronicles: J-Wire’s review
April 17, 2010 by Lloyd Bradford Syke
Lloyd Bradford Syke reviews “Jewish Chronicles” for J-Wire – and gives it top marks. Read it here Read more
Egyptian Embassy Hosts Capital Jewish Forum
April 16, 2010 by J-Wire Staff
The Egyptian embassy has hosted a function a t which Ambassador Omar Metwally has addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in Canberra. Read more
