Yom Hashoah to feature March of the Living doc
April 30, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Award-winning producer Anthony Salamon and award-winning director Adam Dostalek will bring their socially significant short film, Never Forget: A March of the Living Story to the public this Yom Hashoah. Read more
B’nai B’rith slams UN Palestinian ambassador for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
April 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced United Nations Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour for comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany. Read more
Portrait exhibition at The Great
April 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s The Great Synagogue will present thirty selected highlights from the collection of historical and contemporary portrait paintings from its AM Rosenblum Museum. Read more
Model for Schindler ring on display in Melbourne
April 30, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A model used by Jewish workers to create a gold ring for Oskar Schindler is to go on display in Melbourne. Read more
Muslim Care meets JewishCare
April 30, 2016 by Warren Hurst
In order to explore the different forms in which leadership presents itself in its various contexts, applications and societies, Muslim Care “Leading Together” youth program has met with Sydney’s JewishCare. Read more
Golan Heights teens meet Melbourne counterparts
April 30, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Melbourne recently hosted twenty year 10 and 11 Diller Teen Fellows from Israel’s Golan Heights region. Read more
Anti-Semitism, George Orwell, and the U.K.’s Labour Party…writes Ben Cohen
April 30, 2016 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
“It is generally admitted that antisemitism is on the increase, that it has been greatly exacerbated by the war, and that humane and enlightened people are not immune to it. It does not take violent forms (English people are almost invariably gentle and law-abiding), but it is ill-natured enough, and in favourable circumstances it could have political results.” Read more
Southwick calls for increase in school security support
April 28, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Liberal State MP David Southwick believes the Victorian State Budget 2016-17 appears to have set aside no security funding for Jewish schools or the Community Security Group (CSG). Read more
Florence Foster Jenkins – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
April 28, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
It must have been hard work for Meryl Streep to learn to sing off-key. Read more
Anzac Day in the ACT
April 28, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Deliberate feckless foolish folly…writes Michael Kuttner
April 28, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
How many times must we endure a never-ending stream of unmitigated folly? When it comes to Israel apparently the answer is simple: without limit. Read more
Top marks for education board
April 27, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff has commended the NSW Board of Studies “on going to great lengths to accommodate the needs of Jewish students and minimise the impact of the clash between the exams and Jewish festivals”. Read more
Iran: A Labor Government will change Australia’s policy
April 27, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References committee has heard that the U.S. has named 225 Iranian companies and/or individuals against which or whom sanctions remain…but the Australian number is only 91. Read more
Lest we forget the Shoah…writes Alan Gold
April 26, 2016 by Alan Gold
The recent commemoration of the 101st ANZAC Day was observed by tens of thousands of men, women and children in every city and town in Australia, as well as in the fields of France and on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula. Read more
Marching rabbi
April 26, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Joining the thousands of participants in Sydney’s ANZAC march was Maroubra rabbi Yossi Friedman. Read more
Meet Rabbi Elisha Greenbaum
April 26, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Rabbi Elisha Greenbaum of Melbourne’s L’Chaim Chabad – Kingston and Moorabbin talks with The Shtick’s Henry Greener on the subject of Pesach and Circumcision…a tenuous but relevant connection. Read more
More on Pesach…from Rabbi Raymond Apple
April 26, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
I really did come out of Egypt. Looking for a route from Australia to Israel, my wife and I decided one year to go via Cairo. We took Qantas from Sydney to Cairo and then El Al to Israel. Read more
Australia’s Maccabiah delegation could top Rio numbers
April 25, 2016 by David Weiner
The Australian delegation to the 2017 Maccabiah in Israel could top 500 according to organisers. Read more
ANZAC Day in Jerusalem
April 25, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
At the Commonwealth War Cemetery on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem the annual commemorative service has been held to honour servicemen and women from Australia and New Zealand who died serving their countries during the first and second world wars. Read more
Jewels and Ashes – A 25th Anniversary Edition: a book review by Alan Gold
April 25, 2016 by Alan Gold
Virginia Woolf once said that every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. Perhaps the finest example in Australia today of the elemental truth of Woolf’s words is in the body of work produced over the past quarter of a century by Arnold Zable. Read more
B’nai B’rith salutes ANZACs
April 25, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has saluted the Australians and New Zealanders who lost their lives fighting for their countries. Read more
A place for Gays and Lesbians in Jewish society
April 25, 2016 by J-Wire
The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia NSW will hold a forum next month to discuss issues impacting on gay members of Sydney society. Read more
Resetting the GPS…writes Michael Kuttner
April 22, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
Once upon a time not so long ago when planning to travel from home to one’s destination it was necessary to consult maps in order to work out the best and quickest route. Read more
Pesach message from Bill Shorten
April 22, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Leader of the Opposition in Australia has sent a Peach message to the Jewish community. Read more
Palestine – France Embarks On Flight Of Fancy
April 22, 2016 by David Singer
The announcement by French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that France will host a meeting of ministers from 20 countries in Paris on May 30 to try to relaunch the Israel-Palestinian peace process seems to be yet another flight of fancy that is destined to end up where the Oslo Accords and the Bush Roadmap presently find themselves after decades of fruitless negotiations. Read more
New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner slams antisemitic Facebook posts
April 22, 2016 by J-Wire
New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has slammed antisemitic Facebook posts made following a politician’s visit to Auckland’s Jewish Community Centre. Read more
Head On Photo Festival exposes New Zealand men
April 22, 2016 by Keren Cook
This year’s Head on Photo Festival showcases the work of New Zealand photographer Ilan Wittenberg – a new collection of monochrome images of bare-chested New Zealand men. Read more
Pesach in Sydney
April 22, 2016 by J-Wire
NSW Liberal politician David Clarke has once again bought the chometz from Sydney Yeshiva’s Rabbi Pinchus Feldman…and a 12-yr-old boy has delivered a siyum. Read more
Happy birthday Your Majesty
April 21, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s ninth President Shimon Peres has wished Queen Elizabeth II a happy birthday through a video message on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Read more
Wakils make record donation to Sydney University
April 21, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The University of Sydney has received a $35 million gift from the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation. Read more
