Parliamentarians at Max Brenner
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson said his visit today to a Max Brenner café in Sydney’s Met Centre was designed to show support for the chocolate chain following recent protests. Read more
Sep-04 10:15PM SBS2-TV: Movie – Almost Peaceful
August 18, 2011 by J-Wire
Sweetly moving and visually rich story of a group of Parisian Jews, coming to terms with life after Nazi occupation and the Holocaust. Read more
Sep-06 Midnight SBS1-TV: Movie – Jaffa
August 18, 2011 by J-Wire
In the heart of Jaffa, an Israeli town cohabited by Jews and Arabs, Reuven’s garage is a family business. His daughter Mali and his son Meir, as well as Toufik, a young Palestinian, work there. No one suspects that Mali and Toufik have been in love for years. Read more
Facebook asked to treat Holocaust Denial as Incitement to Hatred
The Online Antisemitism Working Group of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism has called on Facebook to treat Holocaust denial as incitement to hatred. Read more
Tel Aviv Uni Students show their brand of Israeli PR
“Is.Real” is a project initiated by students from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) branch of the StandWithUs Fellowship, in cooperation with the TAU Student Union The “Is.Real” series will cover the lives of four young Israelis from diverse social and ethnic backgrounds, including one from Sydney. Read more
Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart Reaches the Summit of Mt Kilimanjaro
Doctors, volunteers and supporters of Israel-based humanitarian organisation Save a Child’s Heart habe reached the summit of Africa’s highest peak, Mt Kilimanjaro, in an effort to raise $1 million which will save the lives of 100 African children in desperate need of heart surgery. They were partly funded by the Australian Pratt Foundation. Read more
Aardvark – a new youth initiative in Israel
August 18, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Aardvark Israel – www.aardvarkisrael.com is an exciting 5 or 6.5 month student program situated in the heart of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The program combines immersion into Israeli Society, service to the community through volunteer work and internships, and learning about Israel and Judaism through both formal academic and informal educational encounters. In addition to volunteering and studies, built into the program are weekly field trips, extracurricular activities, hiking trips, seminars, and more! Read more
David Mandie passes away
The duty free and travel retail industry has lost one of its truly great figures and pioneers with the sad passing of James Richardson (JR) Group Chairman and Managing Director, David Mandie. Read more
Shofar at the Shrine
August 18, 2011 by Harold J Karpin
The Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Inc. (VAJEX) has made its second Annual Pilgrimage Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. Read more
Aug-31 09:20PM ABC2-TV: Inheritance
August 18, 2011 by J-Wire
Monika Hertwig is grappling with a stunning and profound legacy left to her by her Nazi mass murderer father, Amon Goeth, whom she never knew. Read more
Peace Team visits Our Big Kitchen
August 18, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Our Big Kitchen’s Rabbi Dovid Slavin played host to the AFL Peace Team in Australia to compete in the AFL International Cup. Read more
Social Protest – Reality and Delusion
August 17, 2011 by Isi Leibler
We should be celebrating the apparent success of a protest movement initiated by Israelis outraged by the increasingly hedonistic society which displays scant concern or compassion for the underprivileged. After the tents have been dismantled and the protestors return home, there is every likelihood that their exercise in people power will have a long term impact, creating a new political agenda obliging legislators to ensure that societal and welfare issues are no longer ignored…writes Isi Leibler Read more
Durban III – Julie Bishop Declares it a No Go
August 17, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop has called for Australia to withdraw from the Durban III Conference. Read more
Zentai: Commonwealth back in the Driver’s Seat
August 17, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor has to determine what constitutes a war crime in the legal battle to satisfy the request for extradition by the Hungarian government of 89-yr-old Perth resident Charles Zentai to face questioning over the 1944 murder of Jewish youth Peter Balazs in Budapest. Read more
Israeli Arab Journalist Addresses NSWJBD AGM
August 17, 2011 by Henry Benjamin
Khaled Abu Toumeh is a distinguished Arab Israeli journalist. Last night, he addressed the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies’ AGM. Read more
The Premier and the Parliamentary Friends of Israel
August 17, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
Premier Barry O’Farrell has responded to MLC Walt Secord’s claim that the State Government has politicised the revival of the NSW Parliament’s Friends of Israel group by being its “sole convenor”. Read more
Academy BJE’s Weekend Escape Camp is On
August 17, 2011 by Nanette Horak
Sydney’s Academy BJE’s annual Weekend Escape Camp is happening from Thursday, September 1 – to Sunday, September 4. Read more
Protecting our Children
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has conducted a parent forum on the need to raise awareness within our community of sexual abuse of children. Read more
B’nai B’rith launches Young Achievement Awards
August 16, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
The Sydney-based B’nai B’rith Alfred Dreyfus Unit has launched its inaugural Young Adults Achievements Awards…open to suitable candidates nationally. Read more
Aug-22 National: Last day for nominations for Young Adult Achievement Awards
August 16, 2011 by J-Wire
The B’nai B’rith Alfred Dreyfus Unit has launched its inaugural Young Adult Achiever Awards which carry a cash prize and a certificate. You are invited to nominate anyone you think worthy of communal recognition. Read more
Aug-16 & 18 Sydney: Award Winning journalist at NSWJBD AGM & Masada
August 16, 2011 by J-Wire
Arab Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh will address the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies AGM Read more
Sep-04 Melbourne: Meet Anat Hoffman
August 16, 2011 by J-Wire
Anat Hoffman is a Reform movement activist and the Executive Director of the Israel Action Center [RAC]. Read more
Aug-25 Melbourne: Israel Today: Issues and Challenges
August 16, 2011 by J-Wire
Community briefing with Uzi Landau MK Read more
New CFO for Jewish Care
August 16, 2011 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care has announced the appointment of Daniel Goodman as Chief Financial Officer. Read more
Australia Farewells a Noble German
August 15, 2011 by Frank Walker
Jurgen Corleis was the son of a Jewish mother and Jewish grandmother. He practised no religion but always said he was Jewish. No-one in the Sydney Jewish community knew him except J-Wire. The man cremated today in Sydney was a high calibre foreign correspondent and documentary maker. The film which plays continuously to visitors at the Bergen-Belsen camp was made by Jurgen Curleis. Former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Frank Walker told Jurgen’s story this morning…. Read more
Peace Team Crosses the Line
August 15, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
The AFL Peace Team which includes 24 Israelis and 24 Palestinians competed in Sunday’s City to Surf road race in Sydney…and crossed the finishing line as one. Read more
The AJDS on the UN Resolution to Recognise Palestine
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society urges the Australian government, which already accepts the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, to support their bid for recognition of the State of Palestine by the UN General Assembly. Read more
Secord Back-Seated as Friends of Israel is revived
August 15, 2011 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor Upper House Member of Parliament Walt Secord successfully suggested to Liberal member Gabrielle Upton that the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel group be revived…but Premier O’Farrell is saying no to a bipartisan leadership. Read more
Palestine – Duping the United Nations
August 14, 2011 by David Singer
Dr Ghassan Khatib, the Special Envoy of the unelected and unconstitutional Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, last week addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in the Victorian Parliament House…writes David Singer. Read more
Correction and Apology
August 14, 2011 by J-Wire
On March 15, 2011, J-Wire published a report on its web site under the title “Israeli Law Books Daubed in University” which alleged that the group referring to itself as “Action for Palestine” at Adelaide University had been reprimanded by the Adelaide University for daubing textbooks on Israeli law in the University’s library.
J-Wire has now been informed that “Action for Palestine” was not reprimanded in relation to the incident. J-Wire acknowledges that members of “Action for Palestine” have denied involvement in the daubing of the text books.
J-Wire apologises to any member of “Action for Palestine” who may have been hurt by J-Wire’s publication.
