DonateLife Thank You Day
November 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
DonateLife Thank You Day is a national day to honour all living and deceased organ and tissue donors and their families and to acknowledge their generosity, which saves and transforms the lives of others. Read more
Community leadership distances itself from the IJCA
November 19, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and The Jewish Community Council of Victoria have distanced themselves from a new Jewish group which has invited Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts to address it. Read more
The Odd Couple…a Henry Greener interview
November 19, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
David Maeir-Epstein and Rabbi Moshe Shapoff are the “Odd Couple”….working to address an issue that is divisive, yet essential to a functional Israeli Society… Read more
Newts News
November 19, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Newt’s News: Trumpism & Judaism, Women of The Wall and Leonard Cohen… Read more
Walking for friendship
November 19, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Jews, Christians and Muslims Walking for Friendship in Melbourne…a video report. Read more
Israeli minister to talk in Australia
November 18, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Those who can’t wait for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit in February won’t want to miss Minister Tzachi Hanegbi’s public talks in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
McCully meets Netanyahu
November 18, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has met with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully, who is on an official visit to Israel. Read more
US election after shocks
November 18, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
The reverberations from the US elections continue to rumble throughout the world…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Chanukah in the air
November 17, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Opposition leader Luke Foley have addressed a special function at the NSW Parliament to mark Chanukah. Read more
Hanson and Roberts to address new Jewish group
November 17, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The owner of IDF Training in Melbourne has invited Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts to address a new Jewish group in the city. Read more
NZ earthquakes
November 17, 2016 by J-Wire News Service
Three Israeli tourists were trapped in Kaikoura. Read more
Palestine – Brexit 1922 Key To Trump Resolving Arab-Jewish Conflict
November 17, 2016 by David Singer
President-elect Donald Trump has lost no time in stressing his desire to end the Arab-Jewish conflict which has seen many proposals in the last 100 years fall by the wayside as a result of unrelenting Arab rejection to any Jewish State in former Palestine…writes David Singer. Read more
Special Religious Education Celebration at the NSW Parliament
November 16, 2016 by Sophie Deutsch
The 2017 Special Religious Education event celebrating the potential for religious teaching to unite, rather than divide, communities within NSW was addressed by the CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Advice from Israeli entrepreneur behind Waze at the United Israel Appeal AGM
November 16, 2016 by Sophie Deutsch
As one of Israel’s most prolific business innovators, Uri Levine is in a privileged position to shed light on the highs and lows of starting a successful business venture. Read more
Once-verdant Irish Jewish community paling over time
November 16, 2016 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
An Israeli and an Irish Jew walk into a bar. After a shot of whiskey and a pint of Guinness, they discuss neither leprechauns nor the verdant landscape, but rabbinics…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org. Read more
Underground blood bank
November 16, 2016 by Agencies
Israel’s national emergency medicine service Magen David Adom will break ground today on the world’s first innovative underground blood bank facility in Ramla. Read more
Lamm elected to the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency
November 15, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
ZFA President Dr Danny Lamm has been elected to serve as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency as a representative of the World Zionist Organisation. Read more
Protecting the memory of the Holocaust
November 15, 2016 by Andre Oboler
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has held a conference in Romania attended by Australian experts. Read more
New Zealand earthquakes: community safe but property damaged
November 15, 2016 by J-Wire
Reports from New Zealand have not revealed any personal injury of any members of the country’s Jewish community following yesterday’s earthquakes. Read more
A new system to alert security issues
November 15, 2016 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has acquired a security alert system to enable Jewish communities around the world to communicate efficiently and immediately in the event of emergency antisemitic or terror situations. Read more
The Founder – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
November 15, 2016 by Roz Tarszisz
You don’t need to have entered a McDonald’s restaurant to appreciate how a hamburger stand became a billion dollar empire. Director John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr Banks) has brought to life the American success story of the man who saw gold in a beef patty.
Meeting with the African community
November 15, 2016 by David Marlow
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) held a Jewish – African ‘Jeffersonian’ Dinner in partnership with Africa Media Australia (AMA) and the African Professionals Association. Read more
Over 1m Jews in 1,150 cities across 94 countries in a record-shattering Shabbat Project
November 15, 2016 by Agencies
The 2016 global Shabbat Project – now in its third year – outdid its predecessors on all fronts, reaching 1,150 cities in 94 countries around the world, and attracting record numbers of participants. Read more
Will Donald Trump fire the Iran nuclear deal?…asks Sean Savage/JNS.org
November 15, 2016 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
The election victory by Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman who has never held political office and is a neophyte on foreign policy, has left many observers wondering about the future direction of U.S. policy abroad. Read more
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
November 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
The Royal Commission will hold a series of public hearings in Sydney to inquire into the current policies and procedures of the Jewish institutions in relation to child protection and child-safe standards, including responding to allegations of child sexual abuse. Read more
Police Shabbat
November 14, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
Sydney’s Central Synagogue hosted members of the NSW Police force at their Police Remembrance Shabbat. Read more
Anxiety Awareness Week
November 14, 2016 by Jenna Chaitowitz
In support of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week Melbourne’s Jewish Care have published Miriam & Schneier’s Story, the final video instalment from its Reach Out, Speak Out campaign. Read more
Are there too many prayers and too much Kaddish?…ask the rabbi
November 14, 2016 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple deals with questions on Judaism. Read more
Members of the IDF sing Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
November 13, 2016 by Agencies
An inspiring version of the beautiful song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen who passed away last week. Read more
Henry Greener interviews Hayley Southwick
November 13, 2016 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Hayley Southwick is a successful multi-tasker… Read more
