“Greens No Chance Melbourne Ports” – Michael Danby
July 13, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Postal and declaration voting continues, only about 6,000 of 11,500 Postal Votes have been counted but on the current trends I will be returned as the Member for Melbourne Ports,” Michael Danby said today of his likely re-election. Read more
Sydney to join fashionistas on 1st-of-its-kind delegation to Israel
Nikki Vernon of Sydney, along with 34 other Jewish fashion industry mavens from around the world, was selected to join the journey of a lifetime and see Israel beyond the headlines while connecting with Israel’s fashion leaders later this month. Read more
The Netanyahu family at Yoni’s grave
July 13, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and the boys Yair and Avner Netanyahu went the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, to attended a memorial ceremony for the Prime Minister’s brother, Lt.-Col. Yoni Netanyahu to mark 40 years [on the Hebrew calendar] since he fell while commanding the IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit during the operation to free the hostages at Entebbe. Read more
No permanent allies or enemies: only permanent interests
July 12, 2016 by Isi Leibler
Aware that President Erdogan remains an aggressive Islamist and presumably harbors as much love for Israelis as we do for him, the government was strongly criticized for the unpalatable concessions it granted in order to restore economic and diplomatic relations with Turkey…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
Is an election brewing in Israel?
July 12, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
At the annual Herzliya Conference in Israel last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a seemingly unprecedented barrage of attacks from a number of political speakers, who contended that it was time for a change of direction in the Jewish state. Read more
Jewish Care Receives History Making $5 Million Donation
July 11, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria is thrilled to announce it has received a $5 million donation from Mrs Hannah Cohen and family, in memory of the late Daryl Cohen. Read more
The first Philistine cemetery after thirty years of excavation
The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon announces the groundbreaking discovery of the first Philistine cemetery to be found, a crowning achievement of more than thirty years of excavation at the site. Read more
Rachael Kohn fonder memories of Elie Wiesel interview
July 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Elie Wiesel granted Rachael an exclusive interview in 1999 at the publication of his memoirs All Rivers Run to the Sea and The Sea is Always Full. Read more
The Israeli Climate…ask the rabbi
July 11, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Q. For such a small country Israel has a wide climatic variety. Does this have any effect on Jewish identity? Read more
Malcolm Turnbull remembers Elie Wiesel
July 10, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
We mourn the passing of Elie Wiesel, humanitarian, author, witness to the Holocaust. Read more
Palestine – Quartet and Two-State Solution Sink into Political Oblivion
July 10, 2016 by David Singer
The Quartet – America, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations – has effectively consigned any negotiated two-state solution to political oblivion with its latest Report…writes David Singer. Read more
Alice In Wonderland…writes Michael Kuttner
July 10, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
“In wonderland, Alice knew she had but to open her eyes again and all would change to dull reality.” Read more
All My Sons…a theatre reviews by Deb Meyer
July 10, 2016 by Deb Meyer
Capitalism, corruption and cover ups are familiar stomping ground in American theatre. In All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s riveting, award-winning play of 1947, these themes and more are explored in epic proportions. Read more
A jam packed day of engaging ideas at Yom Limmud Sydney
July 6, 2016 by Sharon Berger
Months of preparation by the volunteer led team, supported by Shalom Institute staff, came to fruition at Yom Limmud Sydney. Read more
The Antisemitism of BDS…writes Julie Nathan
July 6, 2016 by Julie Nathan
The Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign is inherently antisemitic. BDS campaigners deny this. Read more
A sail on the Kinneret
July 6, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
The Zionist Federation of Australia has brought together 225 gap year program participants from across Israel for Rafsodia – a two day experience in which teams of up to 25 people build rafts (rafsodot) from scratch and sail them across the Kinneret. Read more
One Nation clash
July 6, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Labor front bencher and Deputy Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, Walt Secord has expressed “deep disappointment” in what he perceived was NSW Premier Mike Baird’s “cozying up” to One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and her supporters, in the wake of the Federal election result.
Montefiore Chair of Healthy Brain Ageing, Professor Henry Brodaty AO, wins ‘Nobel Prize for Ageing’
July 6, 2016 by J-Wire
UNSW Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty AO, has been awarded The Ryman Prize, an international prize that rewards the best work in the world that has enhanced quality of life for older people. Read more
The scandal-ridden chief rabbinate must be restructured…writes Isi Leibler
July 6, 2016 by Isi Leibler
The depths to which the haredi extremists have sunk with their scandalous abuse of their rabbinical authority seem limitless. It is high time for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora to publicly vent their rage and insist that these shenanigans must cease. Read more
A new take on drones
July 5, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
A 27-yr-old inventor who left Sydney’s Moriah College at the age of 16 is knocking at the door of world-wide success with his latest invention…a selfie-drone which uses face recognition to follow its target. Read more
Remembering Sir Julius Vogel
July 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Entebbe revisited
July 5, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the airport in Entebbe in Uganda where his brother Yoni was killed leading an Israeli special forces unit on a mission to liberate hostages captured on a hijacked Air France plane forty years ago today. Read more
Jewish burials on the agenda
July 5, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Following complaints to the NSW Government, an administrator has been appointed to run Sydney’s Rookwood Cemetery with a priority being set to appoint a manager for the Jewish section. Read more
Einstein the Musical
July 5, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Jess Newman has written a Musical about Albert Einstein entitled “Einstein: Master of the Universe” playing at Melbourne’s Theatreworks in St Kilda. He talks with Henry Greener. Read more
ACT rabbi represents Australia Jewry in Mexico
July 5, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The ACT Jewish Community’s Rabbi Alon Meltzer has attended the biennial meeting of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture in Mexico. Read more
Record Number of Graduates from Aged Care Course at Jewish Care
July 5, 2016 by J-Wire
A record number of students have graduated from the Certificate III in Aged Care and Home & Community Care course, hosted by Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s Employment and Education Centre. Read more
Jewish Care supports NAIDOC week
Generational experiences of alienation, dislocation and persecution are dominant discourses of both the Jewish community and the Indigenous people of Australia. Read more
UIA Yom Ha’azmaut Mission
UIA’s Yom Ha’atzmaut mission to Israel was an unparalleled experience for all its participants. Read more
New Zealand’s Dame Grace Hollander passes away.
July 4, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
President Rivlin hosts Iftar meal
July 4, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has hosted a traditional Iftar meal marking the breaking of the day’s Ramadan fast. Read more
