Danby on animal welfare
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has made a speech in Federal Parliament on supervisory regulations of the live export trade, raising the recent allegations of mistreatment of animals in Israel. Read more
Yeshivah plans for the future with “stronger governance”
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre Board of Trustees has sent an open letter stating that they have implemented “stronger governance and renewed capability – to enable our schools and community to continue to thrive.”. Read more
Julie Bishop attends North Shore Chabad anniversary
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has addressed Sydney’s North Shore Chabad function marking its 25th anniversary. Read more
The Imaginary Enemies of the Government of Israel…writes Rachel Liel
June 17, 2015 by Rachel Liel
The Palestinian attempt to remove Israel from FIFA and the warning of the CEO of Orange International about his desire to disconnect from his Israeli franchises put the movement to boycott Israel in the headlines. Read more
Hamas mulling truce…in exchange for seaport
June 17, 2015 by Agencies
Hamas leaders are discussing a possible five-year cease-fire with Israel during a meeting with Qatar, according to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper. Read more
The one who got away
June 17, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Kathleen Whelan was awarded an OAM in the Queen’s Birthday honour. She lives in Agnes, South Gippsland and is a true blue Aussie country girl…but her father was Dunera boy Bertolt Myer better known in Melbourne as commercial artist BIM and we missed her on J-Wire’s list of honorees. Read more
A belated happy birthday
June 16, 2015 by Eileen Freed
Israel’s 67th birthday has been belatedly celebrated in Melbourne at an event sponsored by the State Government of Victoria. Read more
UIA Federal President visits Perth
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Federal President of The United Israel Appeal Harold Finger has recently visited the Perth community. Read more
Far From the Madding Crowd…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
June 16, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Spare me the misery is my usual reaction to anything connected to the novels of Thomas Hardy. I studied – somewhat loosely – Tess of the d’Urbervilles in high school and have steered clear of him ever since.
A miraculous match
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A Melbourne leukaemia patient has met the Sydney donor whose stem cells have saved his life…and both men were originally from South Africa. Read more
A Bissel of Songs
June 16, 2015 by Ayal Tusia
Melbourne’s Jewish Care asked residents to sing their favourite songs, in any language. What they heard was a wonderful collection of tunes in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew. Read more
Movie giveaways
J-Wire has three double passes to give away for Israeli movie Zero Motivation opening at the brand new Lido Cinema in Melbourne’s Hawthorn on June 25. Read more
Carnival gets a $7,500 gift
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Attorney-General and MP for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has announced NSW Government funding of $7,500 for Maccabi NSW as part of the 2014/15 Sport and Recreation Events Program. Read more
B’nai B’rith Victoria turns seventy
June 16, 2015 by Garry Fabian
In a turbulent, ever-changing world, for an organisation to survive seventy years and still be strong and vibrant is an impressive achievement. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Gregory and Anna Vaisman
June 16, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
The Shtick’s Henry Greener interviews Gregory and Anna Vaisman, founders of Melbourne-based Sputnik TV. Read more
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
June 16, 2015 by Agencies
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict was presented to media in Jerusalem this week. Read more
A place to eulogise
June 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Metaher House at Melbourne’s Springvale Cemetery has been restored giving mourners a place to hear eulogies immediately prior to the burial of loved ones. Read more
A mother’s tale
June 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Author of the best-seller “The Book Thief” Markus Zusak has enthralled Sydney’s JCA East Communal Event with stories of broken eggs and wartime Munich. Read more
Women at a funeral? Ask the rabbi
June 15, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Is it true that women should not go to a funeral? Why not ask the rabbi? Read more
Orange will never support a boycott against Israel
June 14, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former president Shimon Peres have met with Orange Chairman and CEO Stephane Richard in Jerusalem following the French company’s reversal of its decision to break off its relations with Israel. Read more
Register for AUJS Aviv
June 14, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Registrations for AUJS Aviv are now open and, as a special bonus, if you register before 19th June, AUJS will pay for your mobile phone use while you’re on the program! Read more
A defribrillator for JCCV
June 14, 2015 by David Marlow
An automated external defibrillator (AED) unit has been presented to the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) as part of Hatzolah’s ‘Start the Heart’ project initiated and funded by Gandel Philanthropy. Read more
Anti-BDS book launched by Melbourne academics
June 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Over 100 people packed into popular St Kilda bookstore ‘Readings’ to attend the launch of a noteworthy book, ‘Boycotting Israel is Wrong,’ authored by Monash University academics Philip Mendes and Nick Dyrenfurth. Read more
Spanish parliament approves law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Spain’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a law aimed at granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Read more
Meet the Minister
June 14, 2015 by Rachel Mihalovich
The State Minister of Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott has met at Parliament House with the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria. Read more
Was Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza War disproportionate?
June 12, 2015 by J-Wire
Days before the release of the United Nations Human Rights Council report on the 2014 Gaza War, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has released a 3-minute video that confronts one of the main accusations made against Israel throughout and after the war—that Israel’s response to Gaza’s rocket fire on Israeli civilian population centers was “disproportionate.” Read more
Israel: Rhetoric v Reality
June 12, 2015 by Ron Weiser
When discussing matters pertaining to Israel one of the challenges is how to differentiate between rhetoric and reality…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Were you at Limmud Oz last weekend?
June 12, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
A J-Wire photo gallery…. Read more
Christopher Pyne opens new learning centre
June 12, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has opened the new Education Resource Centre at Sydney’s Jewish Museum which now has the capacity to increase the numbers participating in its courses by over 75%. Read more
Beating the BDS Jew-haters…writes David Singer
June 12, 2015 by David Singer
Recently, a group of 52 Harvard students – of all backgrounds and faiths – visited Israel for 10 days during the Harvard Israel Trek 2015. Read more
