NSW Labor leader calls for better school security
May 19, 2016 by J-Wire
NSW Labor president Mark Lennon has pledged to do whatever possible to ensure all Jewish schools “have the same gates and fences as all other schools”. Read more
Meet Amir Ohana
May 18, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Amir Ohana is the first openly gay member of the Likud…and a man who would like to see marijuana legalised in Israel and to see responsible Israelis having the right to carry a gun. He talks to J-Wire. Read more
800 Jewish mothers celebrate Israel journey
May 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
More than 800 Jewish mothers from 10 countries around the world celebrated a life-changing journey to Israel this month, at a Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Mega Event on Monday in partnership with the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. Read more
Nakba Day – commemorating the Arab failure to destroy Israel
May 18, 2016 by Julie Nathan
In cities around the world, anti-Israel protesters commemorate Al-Nakba Day on May 15. ‘Nakba’ is Arabic for ‘catastrophe’…writes Julie Nathan. Read more
Experts say North Korea an overlooked player in Mideast threat landscape
May 18, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
North Korea has provided the technology or weapons for Hamas’s cross-border attack tunnels from Gaza to Israel, Hezbollah’s Scud-D missile stockpile in Lebanon, and Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. Yet the totalitarian state in East Asia doesn’t seem to frequently enter the Western public discourse on Middle East threats…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more
Remembering the Light Horse
NSW State MP Ron Hoenig and the Mascot RSL Sub-branch have joined Eran Tearosh Chairman of The Society for the Heritage of WWI in Israel and Vicky Gonda from the Israel Tourism Centre in commemorating the Charge of the Australian Light Horse Regiment at Beersheba in 1917. Read more
Is it true that someone must suck the blood at a circumcision?…ask the Rabbi
May 17, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers your questions. Read more
Israeli divers discover 1,600-yr-old shipwreck
May 17, 2016 by Agencies
Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists diving in the ancient harbor in the Caesarea National Park have recovered beautiful statues, thousands of coins 1,600 years old and other finds from the seabed…the largest assemblage of marine artifacts to be recovered in the past thirty years. Read more
Senator authorises pro-Palestinian poster
May 17, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A Pro-Palestinian poster advertising a Nakba Day rally was “authorised and printed” by Senator Lee Rhiannon together with leaflets distributed at the event. Read more
My Name is Asher Lev…a theatre review by Deb Meyer
Over the years, non-Jewish book reviewer Doug Cannon and his Dad would occasionally have a conversation about Chaim Potok’s classic novel. Read more
McKosher is treif
May 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A NSW lawyer who claims he is of Scottish/Jewish descent, has failed in a bid to register the trademark “McKosher”. Read more
“Questions remain unanswered”: Senate Committee report
May 16, 2016 by Michael Danby
The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has released its report on its inquiry into the ‘Partial Suspension of Sanctions Against Iran’…writes Michael Danby. Read more
An evening with a remarkable pianist…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 15, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
While there are many valid opinions as to who is the best classical pianist in the world, you do know when you’re in the presence of a contender. That was how I felt after hearing Alexander Gavrylyuk in recital at the Theme & Variations Foundation fundraiser last night. Read more
UN Security Council Moves To End Anonymity On Internet…writes David Singer
May 15, 2016 by David Singer
Ending the plague of anonymity on the Internet seems closer to fruition following moves this week by the UN Security Council. Read more
Holocaust cartoon contest in Iran
May 14, 2016 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder is “disgusted” by the fact that Iran is once again staging a global competition showcasing cartoons denying and mocking the Holocaust, adding that the Iranian government is insulting the international community by portraying itself as moderate while allowing such a display to be carried out under its name. Read more
A MASA journey
May 14, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Michael Landis participated in a free 10-day trip with Taglit-Birthright Israel as a teenager and fell in love with the country. Read more
AIJAC welcomes MPs on their return from Israel
May 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has played host to ALP Victorian government MPs recently returned from a study visit to Israel. Read more
On air with Rachael Kohn
May 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
On Radio National, Rachael Kohn speaks with author Chaim Potok’s daughter Naama and a Melbourne couple who have turned their home into a public art gallery. Read more
Maccabi tennis junior to play for Australia
May 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Maccabi tennis player Lara Kaplan will represent Australia at the under 14s Nick Bolliteri IMG Discovery International Open to be held in Bradenton, Florida at the end of the month. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut at Bialik
May 14, 2016 by Talia Katz
Melbourne’s Bialik College celebrates Yom Ha’azmaut. A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
Defining Morality
May 13, 2016 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Most normal human beings have a desire to pursue moral behaviour. The only question is what the definition of morality is. The Oxford definition – principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour – only shifts the question from ‘what is moral?’ to ‘what is right?’ Read more
Reform at Rookwood
May 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
An investigation of the running of Sydney’s Rookwood Cemetery has shown that Jews, Muslims and Chinese communities have paid abnormally high prices for their burials. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut: Sydney
May 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over 650 people heard NSW Premier Mike Baird speak of his recent trip to Israel at the Yom Ha’azmaut celebration in Sydney. Read more
Return and renewal
May 13, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
As I write these lines Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Fallen soldiers and terror victims) is concluding…says Michael Kuttner. Read more
Netanyahu proposes return of Israeli Independence Day military parades
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel reinstate the tradition of military parades on the country’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut). Read more
World diplomats join in Yom Ha’azmaut celebrations
May 13, 2016 by Agencies
Ambassadors to Israel, honorary consuls, and military attachés from around the world arrived at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem this afternoon (Thursday), hosted by President Reuven & First Lady Nechama Rivlin for a celebratory reception in honor of Israel’s 68th Independence Day. The President welcomed the guests in the garden of the President’s Residence, before both he and Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the event. Read more
Mike Baird sends Yom Ha’azmaut greetings
May 12, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
A message to the NSW Jewish community from Premier Mike Baird on Yom Ha’azmaut. Read more
Freelander under fire…but apologises
May 12, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Political hopeful Dr Mike Freelander has apologised for remarks he made describing Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island as “concentration camps”. Read more
A conversation with Isi Leibler
May 12, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
On 7 June, Bar Ilan University will confer a well-deserved Doctorate Honoris Causa on former Melbournian Isi Leibler in recognition of his many years of service to the Jewish People and the State of Israel. Read more
In the beginning – retold…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 12, 2016 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Whether you believe in the Big Bang or the Bible when deciding how everything started, Haydn’s The Creation stands inarguably as one of the most outstanding musical works of the 18th Century. Read more
