NIF Australia to Screen The Silver Platter
August 17, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
Next month, New Israel Fund Australia Foundation (NIF) will screen episodes in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney of Magash Hakesef (The Silver Platter), a popular Israeli TV miniseries from 2015.
Young Aussie interns in the Israeli Government and lands dream political leadership job
August 17, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Not many people get insider access and work experience in a foreign government but that’s just what Benjamin Saling, from Melbourne has been spending the past 10 months doing. Read more
Hop aboard the Kangarusski Taglit-Birthright Bus!
August 17, 2016 by Hayley Hadassin
Birthright trips are a regular occurrence in Australia. The Zionist Federation of Australia provides the opportunity for Jewish young adults to visit Israel in the summer or winter and explore the country as well as their Jewish identity and heritage. Read more
Ben-Gurion University Institute tackles water shortage, hygiene in developing countries
August 17, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
Israeli water experts believe by 2050, almost half of the world’s population will live in countries with a chronic water shortage…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more
What is your World Vision?…asks Emily Gian
August 17, 2016 by Emily Gian
Two weeks ago, a story emerged from Gaza that was so explosive in its nature and content that it should have shaken the world. Read more
Has the Anti-Defamation League lost the plot?…asks Isi Leibler
August 17, 2016 by Isi Leibler
I rubbed my eyes with incredulity when I read bizarre statements emanating from Jonathan Greenblatt the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most powerful American Jewish organisations whose principal mandate is to combat antisemitism. Read more
Keeping Warm with Soup & Chat While Supporting Others
August 16, 2016 by Sarah Bendetsky
What is the best way to make your winter Tuesdays more enjoyable? The answer is having a cup of hearty soup with a friend or two at the Melbourne Lamm Library! Read more
Jewish Care Hosts 35 Israeli Delegates from Disability Sector
August 16, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria hosted a group of 35 Israeli professionals and owners of private and not-for-profit organisations that provide services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more
New Exhibition To Be Internationally Debuted in Brisbane
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
The New Zealand creators of the Shadows of Shoah Exhibition have designed a new Holocaust exhibition to be launched in Australia next week. Read more
$500 membership for Sydney’s The Great Synagogue
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Great Synagogue has launched a $500 annual membership rate, which gives all benefits, including the right to sit in any seat without a dedicated brass plaque. Read more
Paging Amb. Ira Forman: Synagogue attacked, world is silent…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire
If a bomb was thrown at a prominent synagogue in Brooklyn, the media would treat it as front-page news and politicians would rush to condemn the assault. Read more
WJC extends sympathies from the world Jewry
August 16, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder that his thoughts and prayers were with the members of the Muslim community in New York, after an imam and his assistant were shot dead leaving a Queens mosque over the weekend. Read more
Rebellious Daughters launch at Sydney Jewish Writers Festival
August 15, 2016 by Eli Levi
Some of Australia’s most talented female writers have teamed up to share their experiences of defying and challenging societal expectations in a new book, Rebellious Daughters.
Israeli startups win Global Innovation Awards in China
August 15, 2016 by Agencies
Two Israeli startups have won first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016 in Beijing. Read more
Religious v Secular Law?…ask the rabbi
August 15, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Q. Which takes priority – religious or secular law? Read more
Responsible Citizenship and Speaking Up – Berlin’s Last Starlit Night
August 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Two sisters, granddaughters of Holocaust survivors, team up for an exciting new theatrical/educational workshop for students in collaboration with Sydney Jewish Museum this September. Read more
Phillip Maisel – an inspiring true story
August 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
A filmmaker to screen his inspiring documentary about 94-year-old twin volunteers and Holocaust survivors and their continuing legacies. Read more
Nazi flag on display in Southland Museum sparks debate
August 14, 2016 by Keren Cook
A World War II Nazi flag is currently being displayed in the main room of a South Canterbury Museum as part of their RSA’s centenary celebration. Read more
A well-known luxury hotel in Berlin has denied claims that it deliberately omitted Israel in its phone directory due to concerns of its Arab guests
August 12, 2016 by Agencies
French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who directed the Holocaust documentary “Shoah”, wrote an op-ed in the French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ and the German daily ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’ in which claimed that the Kempinski Hotel Bristol had intentionally left Israel off a list of international dialing codes. Read more
A second Olympic medal: such a great feeling
August 12, 2016 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney kayak Jessica Fox has added to her London 2012 Olympics Silver Bronze for the K-1 event bagging the Bronze Medal in Rio. Read more
Green Party Stirs Anti-Israel Election Acrimony
August 12, 2016 by Michael Danby
Twice, once before the election and once after the election the Green Party attempted to minimise and apologise for its anti-Israel politics, particularly during the recent federal election. Read more
Victorian Coalition delegation looks to Israel for innovation inspiration
August 12, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Over the course of eight days in July, a delegation of eleven Victorian Coalition MPs, including a number of Shadow Ministers, travelled to Israel to partake in AIJAC’s Rambam Israel Fellowship Program with a key focus on learning about Israel’s startup culture and industries. Read more
Rare Frescoes from Roman Period Discovered in the Galilee
August 12, 2016 by Dov Smith
A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has discovered hundreds of fragments belonging to frescoes from the Roman period, in the Zippori National Park…funded by the estate of a Perth couple. Read more
Call to action – to keep NSW safe from racist violence
August 12, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Every member of the NSW Jewish community is being urged to immediately send a letter to their MP and the Premier, urging them to keep NSW safe from racist violence. Read more
By the Rivers of Babylon…writes Michael Kuttner
August 12, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
This Sunday, many Jews worldwide will be remembering the first exile of their ancestors from Judea to Babylon and subsequent calamities including the destruction of the first and second Temples. Read more
Holocaust savior Wallenberg executed in Soviet jail, former KGB chief’s diaries say
August 11, 2016 by Agencies
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who courageously saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to the German death camps, was executed in a Soviet prison, according to the diaries of Ivan Serov, a former director of the Soviet spy agency KGB. Read more
At Rio, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia lose their Olympic spirit over Israel
August 11, 2016 by Sean Savage
More than 11,000 world athletes have converged on Brazil’s second largest city, Rio de Janeiro, for the 2016 Summer Olympics, which began on Aug. 5…writes by Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more
Swastikas on Bondi
August 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Fifteen swastikas have daubed on electricity boxes, bus stops and poles in Campbell Parade…the thoroughfare facing Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. Read more
Masha Zeleznikow’s Legacy Celebrated at the Tuesday Club
August 11, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
Jewish Care Victoria honoured the significant contributions of the late Masha Zeleznikow at a special memorial service at the ‘Tuesday Club’, a program Masha pioneered and directed for over 38 years. Read more
Vanished Musicians Author in Australia
August 11, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
German musicologist and music critic Albrecht Dumling will be in Australia later this month to launch the English language version of his book The Vanished Musicians: Jewish Refugees in Australia.