AUJS up and running
March 13, 2013 by Community Editor
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has launched the 2013 academic year with its first Israel campaign. The campaign, entitled ‘My Israel’, is a positive campaign that gives voices to Israelis representing the many diverse communities and groups that exist in Israeli society. Read more
ADC calls for peaceful peace conference
March 13, 2013 by Geoffrey Zygier
Dr Dvir Abramovich, chair of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), today emphasised that the forthcoming Australian Islamic Peace Conference must not be allowed to undermine social harmony in this country. Read more
A Recipe For Peace and Understanding?…writes Michael Kuttner
March 13, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
The Israel Resource News Agency in Jerusalem recently commissioned a documentary on the subject of education in UNRWA schools. In an explosive exposure of what is really happening behind the scene in these places of learning, the full extent of hate education being carried out in these schools is revealed. Read more
Australian Islamic Peace Conference
March 12, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia has raised concerns about an Australian Islamic Peace conference being held in Melbourne this week. Read more
Jew-Hating Imam not to be a speaker
March 12, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
A headline in today’s “The Australian” proclaiming that a “Jew-hating” Imam was to be a speaker at Australian Islamic Peace Conference is unlikely to carry any truth as the man in question has not applied for a visa. Read more
2013 Board for NAJEX
March 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The New South Wales Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women has announced its 2013 Board. Read more
Tel Aviv University visits Sydney
March 11, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Top level administrators of Tel Aviv University are visiting Sydney to strengthen ties between its campus and major universities in Australia. Read more
Jewish Agency helping small communities
March 11, 2013 by Benjamin Rutland
One year after the tragic terror attack in Toulouse, France the Chairperson of the Executive of The Jewish agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky has met with the parents of the late Rabbi Jonathan Sandler who was killed with his two children. Read more
Israel contributes to Samoan relief
March 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Shemi Tzur, the Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand has donated NZ$ 12,200.00 on behalf of the State of Israel to the President of the Samoa Victim Support Group. Read more
Palestine: Suspending Disbelief Is An Unbelievable Hoax…writes David Singer
March 11, 2013 by David Singer
Beware failed negotiators like Dennis Ross when they continue to pontificate on the possibility of the two-state solution. Read more
Inter-community Passover dinner
March 11, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
100 young leaders from a broad cross-section of faith, ethnic and political communities will participate in a unique Passover dinner next week. Read more
Prisoner “X” and the effect on Jewish Australians
March 8, 2013 by Michael Danby
I wanted to raise some strong responses to the charges of ‘Dual Loyalty’ made against the Australian Jewish community. For perhaps the most ugly outcome of the tragedy of Prisoner X – Ben Zygier affair is the exploitation of this issue by the usual suspects to denigrate Israel and the Australian Jewish community…writes Michael Danby. Read more
Coles prepare for Pesach
March 8, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Coles Supermarkets are selling Pesach goods quickly…but many products bought have been given away by customers before they leave the store. Read more
You can do it
March 8, 2013 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
WE have often focused on various important and necessary strategies for personal growth, such as taking risks, putting in effort and attention to detail, and being diligent. However the success of these strategies depends on another fundamental human attitude – confidence. Lack of confidence comes from a hidden insecurity, a belief that we are not strong or skilled enough to succeed…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
UIA’s Melbourne Major Event
Over 800 United Israel Appeal supporters gathered on Wednesday evening at The Peninsula in the Docklands to hear from international guests Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman and Former IDF Helicopter Pilot and gold medal Paralympian Noam Gershony. Guests were also honoured to be in the presence of Gilad Shalit who made a grand entrance following a highly emotional video capturing imagery from his release. Read more
Triathlon star on the rise
March 8, 2013 by David Weiner-Maccabi NSW
Adriel Young turned up for his first ever Maccabi triathlon about a year ago on a borrowed bike … by his third major non-Maccabi race in January, he’d qualified for the Hawaii Iron Man, which he’ll tackle in October after representing Australia at the Maccabiah Games. Read more
Australia and New Zealand walk out of nuclear meeting
March 8, 2013 by Henry Benjamin
Both the Australian and New Zealand ambassadors to the International Atomic Energy Agency walked out of a meeting in Vienna after the Iranian ambassador accused Israel of genocide. Read more
Do Jews have a suicidal gene in their DNA?
With the imminent arrival of Barack Obama, Israel is still trying to put together a coalition government of such disparate groups, that if it were not so serious, it would be laughable…writes Gil Solomon. Read more
Award for Kevin
March 7, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Gateways has named Kevin Bermeister the Guest of Honor at its Fifteenth Anniversary Banquet celebrating The Brownstone Experience, a collegiate and young adult leadership center that offers young men and women worldwide an opportunity to strengthen their Jewish identity and deepen their connection to Israel. Read more
ABC gets a letter from Judy
Judy Singer watched how ABC-TV’s 7:3o Report handled the Ben Zygier case following the release of findings by Foreign Minister Bob Carr. She penned this off to them… Read more
Israel Bashing in the Israeli Movie World…writes Isi Leibler
March 7, 2013 by Isi Leibler
It is a depressing reflection of our times, when many of us heaved a sigh of relief when neither of the two Israeli documentary Oscar nominations received awards. Read more
Broken City **/4 – a movie review by James Berardinelli
March 7, 2013 by James Berardinelli - Reelviews
Broken City? More appropriately, Broken Movie. Read more
Family visited Zygier more than 50 times
March 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Love letter to Hamas – Paul McGeough’s front-page profiles of Khaled Meshal…writes Sharon Mittelman
March 6, 2013 by Sharyn Mittelman
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday dedicated their front pages to a profile of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal – interviewed in Qatar by Fairfax senior journalist Paul McGeough. There were also a number of subsequent articles on Meshal by McGeough over the weekend in those papers. Read more
Turkel Observer Praises Israel
March 6, 2013 by David Marlow
Professor Tim McCormack has complimented Israel on being the only country in the world to conduct an extensive independent inquiry into its military justice system, and said that it had broken new ground in terms of analysis of international law. Read more
Federal Minister visits The Jewish House
March 6, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Federal Mental Health, Ageing, Social Inclusion, Housing and Homelessness Minister Mark Butler has paid a private visit to The Jewish House in Bondi. Read more
Big night for UIA
March 5, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
Over 1600 United Israel Appeal supporters packed Sydney’s Central Synagogue this week to listen to international luminaries former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, Gilad Shalit and Israeli paralympic gold-medal winning wheelchair tennis star Noam Gershony. Read more
A travelling Holocaust exhibition created by non-Jews
March 5, 2013 by Michael Kuttner
A devoted Christian couple in Auckland has created a project called Shadows of Shoah (SOS) initiated by them in Israel in 2008 when they photographed and interviewed Holocaust survivors. Read more
Emanuel School Cleans Up
March 5, 2013 by Michelle Favero
The school bell rings, it’s lunch time. Food, wrappers, drink containers, serviettes – all by-products of a healthy lunchbox but potentially a problem in the environment. This year Sydney’s Emanuel School students have decided to celebrate Clean Up Australia Day with a twist and help eradicate litter in the School playground permanently. Read more
How Israel Investigates War Crimes
March 5, 2013 by Community Editor
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies plenum will receive insights as to how Israel investigates allegations of war crimes from a member of the investigating committee later this month. Read more
