Here comes The Shabbat Project
October 22, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Around the world tomorrow night, Jewish communities will make this Shabbat a very special one as they participate in The Shabbat Project. Sydney is up and running… Read more
American Jewish leaders: Speak up now or be damned
October 22, 2015 by Isi Leibler
It is now evident that, by and large, the Jewish establishment has adopted a policy of deafening silence in relation to condemning or protesting against the virulent one-sided political attacks and sins of omission by the Obama administration concerning our barbaric adversaries. Read more
NSW intent on tightening up racial vilification legislation
October 21, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton has told the The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies plenum “we cannot allow race hate speech to divide our community”. Read more
Turnbull says no change to 18C planned
October 21, 2015 by Agencies
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that his government has no plans to reopen the call for reform to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more
Sydney hosts Maccabi Australia’s 90th anniversary
October 21, 2015 by Agencies
Burnt – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
October 21, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Serious chefs have lent their skills and advice to this outing from director John Wells (Love and Mercy). Read more
Maccabi 90 years on
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Maccabi Australia’s 90th Anniversary continues to be marked by many outstanding sporting and social events. Read more
JNF Gala Dinner Photo Gallery
Were you ate the JNF Gala Dinner in Melbourne? Check the photo gallery. Read more
Find someone you know at Scopus
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Find a relative, find a friend, find yourself…at the Mount Scopus College “Courage Then, Strength Now” exhibition. Read more
Beersheva
October 20, 2015 by Lydia Weitzman
An Israeli soldier was killed Sunday night and at least 11 others injured in a combined shooting and knife attack in the central bus station of Beersheva. Read more
Danby calls the government an “unwitting facilitator” in aiding and abetting Iran
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby has spoken to a parliamentary motion moved by Opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanya Plibersek. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Moshe Feiglin
October 20, 2015 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Moshe Feiglin’s mild-mannered low-key style is not indicative of the hawkish image that so many opponents of his opinions portray. A video interview from The Shtick’s Henry Greener. Read more
Rabbi Yehudah Glick: we will continue to call on Jews to visit the Temple Mount
October 20, 2015 by Agencies
Rabbi Yehudah Glick, an Israeli activist seeking to increase Jewish access to the Temple Mount, offers the following commentary on the security situation in Israel. Read more
Alan Dershowitz and Abraham are two of kind
October 20, 2015 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
In his latest sharp-witted work, the world’s perhaps best-known Jewish lawyer profiles the man he considers to the first-ever Jewish lawyer: the biblical patriarch Abraham….writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org. Read more
Parliament told of Palestinian call to kill Jews
October 20, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Liberal Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar has delivered a speech in parliament on a sermon delivered by a Palestinian cleric calling on terrorists to form “groups of three or four” to stab Jews to death. Read more
Israeli yacht rescues refugees
October 20, 2015 by Agencies
A yacht from an Israeli civilian navigation school conducting training near the Turkish coast has encountered and rescued 11 Syrian and Iraqi migrants whose boat had capsized, in addition to a 6-month-old baby who did not survive. Read more
Kotel an Islamic site?…the MFA responds
October 20, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to a Palestinian proposed USESCO resolution to register the Wailing Wall as a Muslim site. Read more
What difference can Israel make?…ask the rabbi
October 19, 2015 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem….and answers your questions. Read more
UNESCO resolution to declare the Western Wall a Muslim site
October 19, 2015 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder today warned UNESCO against exacerbating tensions in Israel by adopting a Palestinian-sponsored resolution that declares the Western Wall in Jerusalem a part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Read more
Iran can reach Israel’s borders…writes Michael Danby
October 19, 2015 by Michael Danby
Russian Deputy Chief of Staff General Nikolay Bogdanovsky was in Israel last week pursuing Israeli/Russian plans to avoid military confrontation particularly in the air over Syria…writes Michael Danby Read more
Australia seeks membership of the UN Human Rights Council
October 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Australia has launched its candidacy for membership for the first time of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2018-20 term. Read more
Stopping the spread of racial vilification
October 19, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The NSW Government is planning to reform laws impacting on racial vilification. Read more
Art at the Monte
October 19, 2015 by Natalie Shymko
Sydney’s Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home will showcase the artistic endeavours of some of its residents. Read more
Bridge of Spies – a movie review by James Berardinelli
October 18, 2015 by James Berardinelli - Reelviews
With names like Spielberg, Hanks, and the Coen Brothers, it’s hard not to be excited about a project like Bridge of Spies. Read more
A politically-guided tour
October 18, 2015 by Peter Wertheim
An article featuring Israel and the West Bank entitled “Hope in a Divided Country” by Sandra Hall appeared in the “Traveller” section of Sydney’s Weekend Herald and Melbourne’s The Saturday Age (October 17-18): http://www.traveller.com.au/on-tour-in-israel-and-palestine-beyond-the-borders-gk49lk. Read more
Mitzvah Day 2015
October 18, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
This year’s 5th annual Mitzvah Day will take place on Sunday 15 November. Read more
Report from Jerusalem
October 16, 2015 by Hayley Hadassin
ZFA president Danny Lamm reports from Jerusalem. Read more
Sydney Shabbat Project update
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
On 23/24 October, the Jewish community of Sydney will unite in the biggest communal event of the year – the Shabbat Project. Read more
A man in Vogue
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
David Leser wrote an article for German Vogue in 2009 about his father Bernard, founder of Australian Vogue who passed away in Sydney this week at the age of 90.. Read more
Moriah wows them at Manly
October 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Moriah College Senior Jazz Band ‘wowed’ the audience at the recent Manly Jazz Festival. Read more
